Deficiencies in the implementation of the partnership principle in Cohesion Policy - Letter to DG Regio

Civil society organisations have noticed that a number of basic partnership principles are not met by member states during the ongoing programming of Cohesion Policy for the 2014-2020 period. (Read more in this briefing). This letter calls on the European Commission to hold member states accountable for their commitment to implement a good partnership and to follow the principles laid down in the European Code of Conduct on Partnership while negotiating with Member States on the Partnership Agreements and with National and Regional Managing Authorities on the Operational Programmes.