Quality and transparency of European integration (EI) policy planning

Requirements for the development of the EI plan(s) are established in the regulatory framework

Review of the legislative and regulatory framework for European integration policy planning.

EI plan is aligned with the government work plan

Review of European integration (EI) and government work planning documents. The alignment between EI planning document(s) and the government work plan is assessed by comparing the lists of planned laws from the current year EI plan with the current year government work plan. At least 90% of the laws in the EI plan must be included in the government work plan for them to be considered aligned.

EI plan includes activities according to negotiation chapters with deadlines

Review of European integration planning documents to assess if the deadlines are provided for all activities (legislative and implementation type) and if these activities are aligned to/ structured according to negotiation chapters and/or clusters.

EI plan includes cost estimates for activities

Costing of European integration (EI) planning documents is assessed by analysing information provided about the costs and funding sources of commitments related to implementation. This excludes the development of draft laws, by laws and strategies, but includes any activities dealing with enforcement of such documents. EI planning documents are considered to include sufficient cost estimates and information about sources of funding, if at least 80% of the commitments related to implementation are costed. If the plan does not include implementation-related activities, then the plan is not considered to be costed. Points are allocated based on the share of activities with cost estimates (x): • x < 40% = 0 points • 40% ≤ x < 80% = linear function • x ≥ 80% = 1 point

EI plan includes information about the sources of funding for activities

Costing of European integration (EI) planning documents is assessed by analysing information provided about the costs and funding sources of commitments related to implementation. This excludes the development of draft laws, by laws and strategies, but includes any activities dealing with enforcement of such documents. EI planning documents are considered to include information about sources of funding, if at least 80% of the commitments related to implementation are costed and if the source of their funding is also provided. If the plan does not include implementation-related activities, then the plan is not considered to be costed. Points are allocated based on the share of activities with source of funding provided (x): • x < 40% = 0 points • 40% ≤ x < 80% = linear function • x ≥ 80% = 1 point

TBD. EI plan includes cost estimates for activities

Costing of European integration (EI) planning documents is assessed by analysing information provided about the costs and funding sources of commitments related to implementation. This excludes the development of draft laws, by laws and strategies, but includes any activities dealing with enforcement of such documents. EI planning documents are considered to include sufficient cost estimates and information about sources of funding, if at least 75% of the commitments related to implementation are costed and if the source of their funding is also provided. If the plan does not include implementation-related activities, then the plan is not considered to be costed.

TBD. EI plan includes information about the sources of funding for activities

Costing of European integration (EI) planning documents is assessed by analysing information provided about the costs and funding sources of commitments related to implementation. This excludes the development of draft laws, by laws and strategies, but includes any activities dealing with enforcement of such documents. EI planning documents are considered to include sufficient cost estimates and information about sources of funding, if at least 75% of the commitments related to implementation are costed and if the source of their funding is also provided. If the plan does not include implementation-related activities, then the plan is not considered to be costed.

EI plan is publicly available

Review of government websites and other government online platforms and systems to verify whether the most recent European integration plan or its equivalent is publicly available.