Scheele urges authorities to prepare for EU fund absorption

The country's EU funds absorption capacity does not depend that much on the government, but on the potential beneficiaries of the funds, according to the head of the European Commission Delegation in Romania, Jonathan Scheele.

He pointed out that a good absorption rate depends on how the projects proposed for subsidies are managed and implemented.

Scheele acknowledged the progress made by authorities in the funds management field, adding that although the implementation mechanisms have been set up, fund absorption is not going to be an easy task.

Scheele said that he is aware that authorities are currently preparing a project to use the structural funds, which the government is to adopt at the beginning of the fall.

"The implementation capacity will be of high importance," he added.