Statistics provided by the EU countries on the participation in ESF-funded projects during the ESF period 2007-2013.
The European Commission cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the data or information provided by the Member States, nor does it accept responsibility or liability for any use made thereof.

The data available provides **national values** for outputs under 18 core indicators reported by over 300 ERDF/CF programmes across the EU.
[The disaggregated programme achievements values for the 4 years 2012-2015 are provided in a separate dataset: https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/EU-Level/2007-2013-ERDF-CF-achievements-core-indicators-by-/dsvh-4gnx ]

Last data update: March 2018.
The values reported relate to achievements tracked in monitoring systems as reported by projects financed with EU investments in the period 2007-2015.
For three Member States - Croatia, Romania and Slokavia - the final values may include outputs from 2016 under specific extensions provided; in those cases the final values are nonetheless tagged as "2015" in order to allow aggregation.

1. BACKGROUND:
After the negotiations on the ERDF and Cohesion Fund operational programmes (OPs) for 2007-2013, the Commission recommended the use of 'core indicators' for the main intervention areas. Core indicators can be used to compare and aggregate data across similar priorities or measures. Reporting on core indicators was not a legal obligation in 2007-2013. As a pilot, voluntary exercise it allowed the Member States (MS) and the Commission to establish reporting routines and detecting practical reporting issues. The effort undertaken to report against core indicators has improved accountability in the use of the Funds. Strategic reports were submitted by the MS twice in the course of the programming period (in 2009 and 2012), including core indicator data to communicate progress towards achieving policy objectives. Thanks to the use of core indicators, this was the first programme period in which indicator data could be aggregated and analysed across programmes.

2. USING THE DATA:
The data is provided by Member State in annual cumulative time series 2009-2015 where values were reported. Annual value can be compared but **SHOULD NOT BE AGGREGATED** as they are already cumulative.
The dataset also includes annual aggregate values at EU level. If aggregating values from the dataset **DO NOT AGGREGATE THE EU TOTALS AND NATIONAL VALUES** in order to avoid double counting.

3. SCOPE OF THE DATA:

As part of the ex-post evaluation the reported indicators values for 2012 and 2013 available were examined in 2014-2015 by independent consultants. The synthesis report of their work (March 2015) is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/evaluations/ec/2007-2013/#1

The values for 2014 and 2015 were established by DG REGIO by comparing the values reported by the programme authorities for those years with the work of the consultant on the values reported for 2012 and 2013 and compiling a picture of the progress. The 2015 data is derived from the final report programme reports received in March 2017.

The following is the list of "core indicators" that were examined and can be found in the dataset when used and reported by the programmes:
CO04 Number of RTD projects (N° projects)
CO05 Number of cooperation project enterprises-research institutions (N° projects)
CO06 Research jobs created (FTE)
CO07 Number of direct investment aid projects to SME (Number)
CO08 Number of start-ups supported (Enterprises)
CO09 Jobs created in SME (gross, full time equivalent) (FTE)
CO12 Additional population covered by broadband access (people)
CO14 km of new roads (km)
CO15 km of TEN roads (new and reconstructed) (km)
CO16 km of reconstructed roads (km)
CO17 km of new railroads (km)
CO18 km of TEN railroads (new and reconstructed) (km)
CO19 km of reconstructed railroads (km)
CO24 Additional capacity of renewable energy production (MW)
CO25 Additional population served by water projects (people)
CO26 Additional population served by waste water projects (people)
CO29 Area rehabilitated (km2)
CO35 Number of jobs created in tourism (FTE)

The indicator "CO00 Aggregated Jobs (FTE)" found in the dataset is the result

This data is refreshed every 24 hours. EU Cohesion Policy (European Regional Development Fund + Cohesion Fund + European Social Fund) including European Territorial Cooperation. Percentage of funds paid (including interim payments and pre-financing) compared to total available budget. Source: Infoview > Financial Management > Financial_execution_by_period_fund_country

This data is refreshed every 24 hours.
NB THE DATA IS ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL END 2016 - AS OF 10/2020 A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE ANNUAL TIMESERIES IS BEING TREATED.

EU Cohesion Policy (European Regional Development Fund + Cohesion Fund + European Social Fund) including European Territorial Cooperation.

The data presents the annual payments (not cumulative) made by the Commission from the EU budget to the Member States broken down by Fund and by year. The totals paid by year (across funds) are also provided by Member State. The payment amounts show the payments made during each year broken down by interim payments and pre-financing.

The % column show the % paid to each Member state compared to total available budget.

Source: Infoview > Financial Management > Financial_execution_by_period_fund_country

Total allocation of EU Structural Funds for the programming period 2007-2013

Breakdown of EU Structural Funds by Theme and Member State for the programming period 2007-2013.
The breakdown is mainly based on the group headings for the "priority theme" codes in the categorisation system as defined in Annex II to Regulation 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02006R1828-20111201 )
More detailed thematic information is available in these datasets:
- Planned categorisation 2008 + 2015: https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/2007-2013/SF-2007-2013-Categorisation-Planned-2008-and-2015/x2d8-jjj2
- https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/2007-2013/2007-2013-ERDF-CF-Categorisation-Projectselection-/b5xq-38ds

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Statistics provided by the EU countries on the participation in ESF-funded projects during the ESF period 2007-2013. The European Commission cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the data or information provided by the Member States, nor does it accept responsibility or liability for any use made thereof.

This dataset provides the *planned* EU allocation to categorisation system codes as adopted in ERDF, CF and ESF programmes at the end 2008 and the end of 2015.

The values at the moment of closure of the period 2007-2013 are provided in this dataset: https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/2007-2013/ESIF-2007-2013-categorisation-raw-data-from-closur/qt3c-wiyg

Each row presents a volume of EU support allocated to a categorisation dimension codes. The programme documents only provided planned financial information on three dimensions, namely;
- Priority themes (actions supported)
- Form of Finance (grants, loans, etc.)
- Territorial context (urban, rural, etc.)

The full categorisation information system 2007-2013 was composed of 5 dimension providing information on:
- Priority themes (activities supported)
- Form of Finance
- Territorial context
- Location (NUTS codes)
- Economic Dimension
Information on the last two dimensions was not provided in the programmes but only in the annual reporting.

This data is of interest because it allows an analysis of time of the planned use of the EU support by 3 different dimensions. I show the detailed changes in thematic allocation between 2008 and 2015 allowing to look re-progamming.

More background information on the categorisation system 2007-2013 is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/evaluations/data-for-research/

2007 - 2013 EU payments by country, operational programme, fund, objective, showing the initially planned EU amount, de-commitments, payments and recoveries by type. The dataset includes transactions for ERDF and CF programmes.
For more information on the legal basis for, see:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32006R1083&from=EN