For Enterprises

Has ERDF Support to SMEs in the area of e-commerce been effective?

This Special Report (20/2014) examines whether the OPs (Operational Programmes), developed by the Member States and approved by the Commission, were a good basis for efficiently supporting e-commerce measures for SMEs, whether the managing authorities selected and monitored e-commerce projects properly, and whether the ecommerce projects co-financed by the ERDF were successfully implemented and provided measurable benefits to the beneficiary SMEs.