Monitoring

The tasks of the monitoring committee as laid down by legislation

Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

The monitoring committee reviews the implementation of the programme and the progress made towards achieving its objectives by considering:

• the financial data;
• common and programme-specific indicators;
• changes in the values of result indicators;
• progress towards quantified target values;
• milestones defined in the performance framework;
• results of qualitative analyses.

– Examines the circumstances that influence the performance of the programme.

– Submits an opinion on the proposal for amending the programme, if relevant.

– May submit comments on the performance and evaluation of the programme.

According to Article 110 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013, the monitoring committee inspects the following:

– any circumstances that influence the performance of the operational programme;

– progress made in the performance of the evaluation plan and the follow-up measures of the evaluation results;

– the implementation of the communication strategy;

– the implementation of major projects;

– actions to promote equality between men and women, equal opportunities, and non-discrimination, including accessibility for persons with disabilities;

– actions to promote sustainable development;

– progress on actions to fulfil the applicable ex ante conditionalities;

– financial instruments.

According to Article 110 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013, the monitoring committee inspects and approves the following:

– the methodology and criteria used for selection of operations (approved at the monitoring committee meeting of 30 April 2014);

– the annual implementation reports (2016–2023, deadline 31 May, except for 2017 and 2019 – deadline 30 June) and the final implementation report (2024);

– the evaluation plan for the operational programme (deadline is 1 year after the approval of the operational programme) and all amendments;

– the communication strategy for the operational programme (approved at the monitoring committee meeting of 30 April 2014) and all amendments;

– any proposals made by the managing authority for all amendments to the operational programme.

According to Article 70 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013, the monitoring committee approves the following:

– relevant activities or activity types outside the programme area (i.e. Estonia), but within the Union, which promote the programme area and with their total amount not exceeding 15% of the support from the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund or the EMFF at the level of the priority, or 5% of the support from the EAFRD at the level of the programme.