WRITTEN QUESTION E-3883/02 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Use of Global Information System in Greece to provide data regarding take-up of Community funding.
Date: 2003-01-13
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Community support framework, Greece, Internet, access to EU information, financing, information system, operational programme

C 242 E/80

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

9.10.2003

(2003/C 242 E/083)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3883/02

by Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(13 January 2003)

Subject: Use of Global Information System in Greece to provide data regarding take-up of Community

funding

The web page of the ‘Ergorama’ Global Information System, which receives assistance under the third
Community support
framework, provides financial data regarding central and regional operational
programmes and projects included in these programmes. However, to date at least, no information has
been provided regarding commitments or expenditure effected. As a result, aside from statements issued by
the Greek authorities,
information is not available to the relevant organisations and
individuals.

the relevant

Can the Commission provide the following information:

1. Does it consider it desirable to publish regularly on the Ergorama web page information regarding

take-up of funding under the third CSF?

2.

Is the use of such electronic information systems by the competent authorities to provide data
concerning the take-up of Community funding current practice in other Member States?

Answer given by Mrs Schreyer on behalf of the Commission

(18 February 2003)

1.
The site of ‘Ergorama’ (http://www.mnec.gr/ergorama/defaultx.asp) is the main point of access to the
Management Information System (M.I.S. or ‘Ο.Π.Σ.-Ολοκληρωµε΄νο Πληροφοριακο΄ Συ΄στηµα’), for all the
parties (Managing Authorities, Single Paying Authority, Beneficiaries, Ministries, as well as every Greek
citizen). Much information is available about
framework (CSF) structure,
Operational Programmes and Priority Centre (formatted in a number of Excel tables, Word and Acrobat
documents), but, to date, no information about expenditure and the absorption of the funds has been
made available in the site.

the Community Support

information about expenditure can be found in either the site of the Ministry of Economy
However,
(http://www.mnec.gr/ypourgeio/default.asp) or
the CSF (http://
www.hellaskps.gr/). The information contained in these sites is derived from the data stored in the MIS,
and is updated every two-three months.

in the site specifically designed for

During discussions between the Greek authorities and the Commission,
the possibility of directly
publishing expenditure information in the ‘Ergorama’ site has been addressed several times. This is being
considered by the Greek Authorities.

2. MIS applications are mandatory requirements for all Member States. However,
the amount of
information that is publicly available through their sites (or the relevant sites of the corresponding
Ministries of Finance) varies greatly from Member State to Member State. All Member States conform to
the minimum requirements (regarding the information that is publicly available), but each Member State
has decided in its own right to provide additional information in their own MIS sites. While some Member
States have chosen to publicise only the minimum information required, others have additional
information and multiple links.

Greece’s site (‘Ergorama’) is amongst the most detailed and informative sites. Not only that, but recent
additions, like the ability for the Final Beneficiaries to directly connect to it, or the ability to use an Oracle
tool (Discoverer) in order to obtain all the necessary information in real time via a direct link with the
database, are ground-breaking features.

is also useful

It
the budgetary
implementation of the Structural Funds’, which covers all Union countries. The last issue concerns 2001
and was published in April 2002.

the Commission publishes every year an ‘Analysis of

to note that