Mar 11Analysing the delivery of NGEU/RRF — EPRS efforts to contribute to monitoring and transparencyBy Alessandro D’Alfonso, European Parliamentary Research Service The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) is looking at various aspects of the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) recovery instrument, and in particular the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). This ranges from covering various policy areas under the six pillars of the RRF to its financing…European Union10 min readEuropean Union10 min read
Published in #ECAjournal·Mar 2Five lessons from the Recovery and Resilience Facility for future crisis response instrumentsBy Zsolt Darvas, Bruegel and Corvinus University, Budapest As NextGenerationEU (NGEU) and particularly its key instrument, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), are different from most previous EU instruments, EU actions in response to the COVID-19 crisis have attracted a lot of attention, especially from scholars and think tanks. Not…European Union11 min readEuropean Union11 min read
Published in #ECAjournal·Mar 2Substitution effects, delays, constraints and administrative capacity risk considerably reducing actual investments under cohesion policy and NGEU/RRFBy Jorge Núñez Ferrer and Tomás Ruiz de la Ossa, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) — The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have led to changes being made to several EU instruments, and a number of new ones being created, most notably the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). This has led to what some analysts have described as a…European Union13 min readEuropean Union13 min read
Feb 23‘Make sure RRF is well spent, because there will be no second chance’Interview with Siegfried Mureşan, Member of the European Parliament — It takes three to tango. At least, that is the case for EU legislation, which is proposed by the Commission and approved by the European Parliament and the Council. Hence the term trilogue to refer to the talks held between the three institutions before they come to an agreement. The…European Union17 min readEuropean Union17 min read
Published in #ECAjournal·Feb 15Obtaining a full picture of the RRF –a multidimensional puzzle requiring various ECA effortsInterview with Ivana Maletić, ECA Member — By Gaston Moonen When, in the spring of 2020, the European Commission presented its first proposal regarding the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), it became clear to the ECA leadership that the proposal, if adopted, would have major policy consequences. These would inevitably affect the work of the ECA as…Interview20 min readInterview20 min read
Published in #ECAjournal·Feb 15The ECA’s Statement of Assurance audit of the RRFBy Nikolaos Kylonis and Judit Oroszki, Financing and Administering the Union Directorate Over one year ago, in our ECA journal on strategy development, three ECA colleagues responsible and involved in developing an audit methodology for the ECA’s Statement of Assurance (SoA) on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), provided insights…Resilience11 min readResilience11 min read
Published in #ECAjournal·Feb 8France’s recovery plan: multifaceted, and a challenge for auditorsBy Lionel Vareille, France’s Cour des comptes — The NextGenerationEU initiative and the RRF instrument in particular have a major impact on the audit activities not only of the ECA but also of the Member States’ audit institutions. The National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) include a major EU financing component, as well as a substantial national component…European Union9 min readEuropean Union9 min read
Feb 2The Recovery and Resilience Facility –an instrument built for performanceBy Céline Gauer, Director-General of the European Commission — In view of the size, coverage and specific set-up of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the European Commission set up the Recovery and Resilience Task Force (RECOVER) in August 2020. Céline Gauer, a Director‑General at the European Commission, is Head of RECOVER, and below she covers its focus on…Recovery9 min readRecovery9 min read
Feb 2‘A constructive approach is needed to make the RRF a success story in every Member State’Interview with Mikuláš Bek, Minister for European Affairs of the Czech Republic — By Gaston Moonen As a new EU instrument, many aspects of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) stand out, such as the financial amounts involved, its emphasis on performance as a disbursement criterion, and its limited disbursement period. A common thread in many RRF aspects is the role of Member…Resilience8 min readResilience8 min read
Published in #ECAjournal·Dec 21, 2022Was the RRF set on the right track? Reviewing the European Commission’s assessment of the National Recovery and Resilience PlansBy Giuseppe Diana, Regulation of Markets and Competitive Economy Directorate The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) has some very specific characteristics. It is a new instrument developed in response to an EU‑wide crisis, for which the EU has issued common debt and developed a specific performance‑based approach unlike that of…European Union7 min readEuropean Union7 min read
