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Analysis on the Financial Impact Due to Non-compliance to Rules of the European Union Funding Programmes for Research

Author(s)

Alexandru Bocean

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DOI:10.17265/2328-7144/2018.05.008

Affiliation(s)

European Research Council Executive Agency, Brussels, Belgium West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania

ABSTRACT

The analysis is targeted on the financial impact of non-compliance to rules for European Union (EU) funding in the field of research in quantitative terms, by examining statistical documents prepared by the European Commission which are available for the public and relate to the period 2008-2016. It is to be noted that these statistical documents use the terminology of irregularity instead of error and it is seen as any breach of rules that may lead to a financial impact and to damage on the budget of the European Union. Details related to error and irregularity terms are included in this paper. In the research on the impact of irregularities for EU research funding, several tasks were accomplished, such as highlighting the evolution of irregularities during the period under study, a comparison between reported irregularities in the research field and other EU policy areas for one year where the financial impact is the highest and an analysis of the types of irregularities identified by the statistical evaluation documents on irregularities.

KEYWORDS

audit, ineligible, framework programme, research, irregularities

Cite this paper

Economics World, Sep.-Oct. 2018, Vol. 6, No. 5, 415-423 doi: 10.17265/2328-7144/2018.05.008

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