Coordinates of the Absorption Capacity of Structural and Cohesion Funds at EU Level

• Main Authors: Anca Simina POPESCU, Inocentiu Alexandru FLOREA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitaria Publishing House 2015-09-01
• Series: Finanţe: Provocările viitorului
• Subjects: cohesion policy; absorption rate; rate of contraction; macroeconomic indicators; the rate of payment; financial funding programs; financial absorption capacity
• Online Access: http://www.financejournal.ro/fisiere/revista/188242119620_simina.pdf

The structural and cohesion funds are considered an attractive instrument for the funding of investments opportunities especially in times of crisis when the private investments are reduced. Nevertheless, they have not been factually highlighted in order to empirically document the role of European funds in supporting the short-term economic growth, at macroeconomic level. The target of absorbing as much European financial non-refundable aid requires constant efforts made by the member states and administration authorities, the involvement of regional and local public administrations in each stage of the process, as well as an appropriate capacity of institutional structures and management and control systems, they being basic premises of this objective achievement.