Source: European Parliament
In implementing its migration programmes, the Commission relies on the cooperation with several partners, including Member States’ agencies, international organisations and non-governmental organisations.
One of them is the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), an entity that was assessed ex-ante (pillar-assessed) in line with EU law[1], and which has a track record of expertise.
The pillar assessment contributes to ensure that entities entrusted with the implementation of EU funds under indirect management respect the principles of sound financial management, transparency, non-discrimination and visibility of EU’s actions.
The activities implemented by ICMPD and funded by the EU budget are regularly monitored based on contractual clauses, which entitle the Commission to suspend or terminate any contract if there is evidence that obligations have been breached.
The monitoring takes place through multiple channels, such as reporting, verification missions, results-oriented monitoring exercises, and external evaluations. ICMPD provides comprehensive and frequent monitoring and analysis of the operating environment, including the evolution of the human rights situation.
T he Commission is working to enhance transparency by increasing the availability of information on the websites of the relevant Directorates-General.
The Commission systematically publishes reports of strategic evaluations and has now also started publishing reports of evaluations at intervention level[2].
Evaluation reports of projects managed by the ICMPD could also be published in the future, under the established procedure for this type of publication.
- [1] Article 154 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1046/oj) , and Article 157 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj).
- [2] https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/policies/monitoring-and-evaluation/project-and-programme-evaluation-reports_en