“So far 10,000 project applications have been received and processed, and 3,000 have been approved,” said Catalina Melita, head of the program’s management authority, Thursday in the conference MEDIAFAX Talks about European Funds. Some 2,000 contracts are currently running, she said.
Melita said she is not happy with the slow pace of implementation, caused by difficulties in finding co-financing, long procurement procedures and lack of funds, in the case of public beneficiaries.
The management authority is considering moving funds between operations, some of which have exhausted their budget.