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EUROSUR funding policy : how financial accountability challenges the European strategy for external border management
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Florence : European University Institute, 2020
EUI; LAW; LLM Thesis
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GIGLI, Michele, EUROSUR funding policy : how financial accountability challenges the European strategy for external border management, Florence : European University Institute, 2020, EUI, LAW, LLM Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69196
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This thesis explores the way the development of the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) has been funded and assess whether the funding strategy adopted complies with established principles of financial accountability. Starting from a notion of financial accountability as a duty to report expenditure in a measurable, transparent and coherent way, relevant budget lines contributing to the development of the system will be singled out in order to assess whether they have been implemented in accordance with those criteria. While the funding strategy initially relied on a multi-level system of financial governance involving the EU, the Member States and the executive agency Frontex, EUROSUR funds were then channelled into three main funding streams belonging to different policy areas of the EU: research and development, border management and humanitarian aid to developing countries. An integrated analysis of these financial instruments shows that the overall EUROSUR funding policy infringes principles to be respected to give account of expenditure, because of original accountability gaps affecting the launch of the EUROSUR project. Nevertheless, this deficit has been reduced over time. Chances are that in the next multiannual financial framework, running for the period 2021-2027 compliance will be improved in the field of external border management, with a more efficient use of available resources.
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Award date: 18 November 2020
Supervisor : Professor Deirdre Curtin (European University Insitute)
Supervisor : Professor Deirdre Curtin (European University Insitute)