The Czech Republic is top-ranking in the use of European money: current data from the European Commission on the use of European funds have a new look

"We welcome the Commission's efforts to ensure transparency in the use of the European budget and to share openly the summary data on the reimbursement of money from EU funds to Member States. The 'Budget Story', as the Commission called the overview on the Cohesion website, provides a quick overview of the data. For us, the results are more than pleasing.   More than CZK 642 billion paid to beneficiaries for the implementation of projects in the Czech Republic correspond to more than 98% of the funds allocated for the 2014-2020 programming period. The Czech Republic is also doing very well in the comparison of the use of European funds in the 2021-2027 programming period," said Stanislav Schneidra, senior director of the Ministry of Regional Development section for the coordination of European funds, international relations and tourism, and added: "An important part of looking at the use of European funds is also a look at the outputs and results that the investment brings and, in the long term perspective, at the impacts of the supported projects. Over its long history, cohesion policy has become EU's most evidence-based policy."
 
The Commission's Directorate-General responsible for managing the budget of the European Union (DG BUDG) submits this information every month to the budget committees of the Council (EU) and of the European Parliament. Due to the great interest in accessing information in this open form, the data have now been displayed more attractively and clearly in charts and tabs by fund and member state. 
Access to the data, updated every working day, is available directly from this link: https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/stories/s/2jjj-66bt. More detailed overviews at the CZ national level are provided on the dotaceEU.cz website, including an interactive Map of Projects and a comprehensive List of Beneficiaries with a brief description of the projects.
 
Selected values of aggregate indicators are also available on the dotaceEU.cz website. Last year, the Ministry of Regional Development completed impact evaluations unique in their scope and focus: from the point of view of the Partnership Agreement and in terms of the benefits and influence of EU funds on the development of regions.