MFF 2014-2020: Background Note in View of Mid-Term Review/Revision - Specific Flexibility - Frontloading of Some Key Programmes

Briefing 15-12-2015

The briefing provides preliminary information of the use of frontloading in 2014–2015 for the following programmes: Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020, European Union programme for Education, Training, Youth, and Sport Erasmus+, Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), and EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) (COSME). The objective is to assess the implementation of the frontloading so far and possible implications for the second half of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) period.