Source: European Parliament
On 14 May 2025 the ECA Special Report 11/2025 : “Transparency of EU funding granted to NGOs. Despite progress, the overview is still not reliable” will be presented to Members of the Committee of Budgetary Control (CONT) by reporting ECA Member Laima Andrikienė.
The Court examined the EU Funding granted to NGOs under the EU’s internal policies (such as ESF+ and Erasmus+). It found that the transparency of these funds is not sufficient, due to the absence of a common definition among Commission, Member States and other implementing partners of what a NGO is. Another issue identified by the Court is that information in the financial transparency register is not verified, and therefore of unknown quality. The Court recommends the Commission to correct the issues identified.