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Commission Report (2002): Latvia
As foreseen in the Action Plan, the general framework for regional policy
was adopted and the bodies in charge of implementation of Structural Funds
and Cohesion Fund, in particular the managing and paying authorities, have
been largely identified as well as their main tasks and responsibilities.
Legislation on the allocation of functions and the organisational
relationship concerning monitoring and evaluation and financial management
and control procedures are still under development, so only limited progress
can be reported. The preparation of the Single Programming Document has
started, as required by the Action Plan, but further significant improvements
are required to reach the necessary standard; this requires to start its
ex-ante evaluation without delay. The capacity of the designated managing and
paying authorities was strengthened through staff recruitment and training
actions, but further reinforcement is required. Some progress can be reported
regarding inter-ministerial co-ordination and appropriate partnership as the
Structural Funds inter-ministerial working group (future steering group) has
been put in place, but the National Regional Development Council has not been
established yet. Preliminary work has started, but no evaluation and
monitoring systems have been set up yet. The development of the technical
project preparations for Structural and Cohesion Fund projects is ongoing, as
scheduled in the Action Plan, but project pipeline development preparations
are at a very early stage. Overall, the Accession Partnership priorities in
the area of regional policy have been partially met. The time schedule set in
the Action Plan is being largely respected.
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