Regional governance in the context of globalisation : Reviewing governance mechanism & administrative costs. Annex 1, administrative workloads and costs by tasks

The administration of EU Cohesion Policy in the Member States involves a wide range of different tasks. For this study a total of 46 different tasks have been identified following the present Structural Funds regulations. In this annex, each task is presented on one page providing basic information about the workload and costs connected to this task, as well as the evolution of the task over the programming period. Where appropriate additional information on the extent of these external costs and the degree to which the administrative work related to the task results from EU or national regulations is also provided. It has to be remembered that the division of the workload and costs among the tasks is based on estimations made by the respondents and interviewees. Thus the figures provide rough indications about the costs and workload of the tasks but need to be treated with great care. For the comparison of tasks it is recommended to use the median values and the central 50% figures of the box-plots. The calculation of those figures used only information that has been provided on the specific tasks. The sums for the workload and administrative costs can differ from the total figures for some functions. This is because some data has not been provided at an aggregated level and it has not always been possible to disaggregate it to the detailed level of single tasks. This concerns in particular the tasks under the programme preparation and the programme management