| Country |
Hungary |
| Name of client |
Hungarian Regional and Spatial Development Office (Hungary) |
Origin of funding
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EU Regional Development Operational Programme Hungary |
| Dates (Start-End) |
2004 |
| Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
System Audit of the Regional Development Operational Programme (RDOP), Hungary for the programming period of 2004-2006, covering over M€600 EU Structural Fund supported projects. RDOP received funding both from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF).
The aim of the contract was to review the Operation Procedure Guidebook, the institutional structure, the related human resources from project management, contracting, monitoring efficiency and effectiveness points of view.
It also targeted the analyses of the priorities and measures as they were announced in the form of tenders. The professional content of the tenders covered the following areas:
- Tourism - supporting tourism investments of SMEs and local governments;
- Renovation of cultural heritage city centres, castles, UNESCO World Heritage registered sites;
- Public transport development (for companies and local governments);
- Regional development (support to economic competitiveness);
- Support to the local government (decentralised services);
- SME investment on brown-field areas (previous military or industry zones)
- Supported employment of disadvantaged groups combined with economic development;
- Support to higher education institutions for helping the employment of young graduates
Central programs were launched as indirect supports:
- Training public administration civil servants on governance, public procurement, audit, financial management, etc. issues;
- Support to Chamber of commerce to train SMEs on economic development issues;
- Training of service-provider NGOs.
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Review the operational procedures, the institutional structure, and the related human resources from project management, contracting monitoring efficiency and effectiveness points of view.
The four experts of EUROPE Ltd studied the tenders, worked with the Managing Authority and the Regional Development Agencies, who act as intermediary bodies. EUROPE Ltd made recommendations to improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of the utilisation of EU support in regional development.
The tender documentations were reviewed and compared to the evaluation of the assessors. The work procedures were verified.
Recommendations were made on
- contracting,
- operational improvements,
- professional training,
- monitoring methodology,
- the applied IT system used for monitoring,
- other aspects of the efficiency and effectiveness improvement.
EUROPE Ltd targeted the Managing authority and the implementing bodies by their recommendation, which got realised in the new programming period of 2007-2013, by building new contracting and monitoring procedures in the operational system of the EU supported programme. |
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