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Has ERDF support to SMEs in the area of e-commerce been effective? : (pursuant to Article 287(4), second subparagraph, TFEU /
- Title
- Has ERDF support to SMEs in the area of e-commerce been effective? : (pursuant to Article 287(4), second subparagraph, TFEU / European Court of Auditors.
- Publication
- Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2014.
- © 2014
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- Additional Authors
- European Court of Auditors, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004049923
- Description
- 36 pages : colored illustrations; 30 cm
- Summary
- "In recent years, the EU has co-financed e-commerce projects in the context of its cohesion policy with the support of the European Regional Development Fund. In this report, the European Court of Auditors assesses whether e-commerce projects were successful in supporting ICT uptake by SMEs by auditing a sample of EU co-financed e-commerce projects in Greece, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom.The Court concludes that the ERDF support to e-commerce projects contributed to increasing the availability of business services online. However, it also concludes that shortcomings in the monitoring made it impossible to assess to what extent it contributed to the achievement of the EU and Member States' ICT strategies as well as SMEs' development objectives."-- Page 4 of cover.
- Series Statement
- Special report, 1831-0834 ; 2014, no. 20.
- Uniform Title
- Special report (European Court of Auditors) ; no. 2014/20.
- Alternative Title
- Has European Regional Development Fund support to small and medium-sized enterprises in the area of e-commerce been effective?
- Subjects
- Note
- "QJ-AB-14-021-EN-C" -- -- Page 4 of cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available on the Internet.
- Contents
- Executive summary -- Introduction. Why is e commerce important?; EU information society strategies; European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) support to e commerce investments; ERDF management system -- Audit scope and objectives -- Observations. Member States' Operational Programmes (OPs) served as a good basis for providing support to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field of e commerce but not for performance measurement; Managing authorities focused more on outputs than on results at both selection and monitoring stages; Overall SMEs implemented the projects smoothly but the results achieved were not always demonstrated -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Reply of the Commission
- ISBN
- 9789287213457 (paperback)
- 9287213453 (paperback)
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library