The project Towards Simplification – Analysis of Selection of Operations – Analysis of Selection of Operations in the Member States takes stock of and disseminates information on the practices and procedures applied by national/regional authorities responsible for the management of the ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund in EU Member States regarding the selection of operations in the programming period 2014-2020.

It analyses the selection process (practices, procedures and criteria used) of a sample of 90 calls for proposals, identifies possible challenges and good practices for developing a handbook of practices for effective selection of operations by the Managing Authorities in an effort to help authorities simplify the selection process in the programming period 2021-2027.