The meeting is held at the government headquarters and is also attended by the heads of authorities managing EU funds.
Ponta said last week that the European Commission (EC) proposed that European funding for Romania and other EU member states should not be reduced in the 2014-2020 period. He added that EC President José Manuel Barroso recommended that authorities in Bucharest should improve the country’s EU fund absorption.
The Romanian Government targets to draw EUR3.1 billion this year through programs financed with European structural and cohesion funds, according to a memorandum approved by the Cabinet mid-June.
According to data posted on the webside of Romania’s Ministry for European Affairs, the country attracted structural funds of EUR1.68 billion in the first five months. Romania was allotted EUR19.2 billion in EU funds for 2007-2013.