Due to EU support, Lithuania will still have to stretch: we are lagging behind in six indicators
A total of 2,224 million is planned for Lithuania. euros of EU funds. In order to receive financial support, the country’s commitments to implement the national economic recovery and resilience building plan and to reach 191 indicators by 2026. August 31 565 million for the first In order to receive a financial contribution of EUR 33, the payment request was submitted in 2022. November 30
The implementation of the measures envisaged in the plan should lead to changes related to education, health, green transition, digital, innovation and science, public sector transformation and social protection.
20 of the 26 indicators of the first payment request of the audit are contractual obligations according to the decision of the EU Council, but three of them may not have the expected effect, in the implementation of reforms important for Lithuania, related to the promotion of clean vehicles, balancing of tax systems. The achievement of the remaining six audited indicators should be improved.
“In order to achieve all indicators in accordance with the obligations agreed upon by the decisions of the EU Council and for Lithuania to effectively implement the reforms of the plan for economic recovery and increasing resilience, further implement changes in the areas of promoting sustainable mobility, digitalization of the public sector, learning life, taxation of sources that do not inhibit economic growth”, – says AugustÄ— PurlienÄ—, head of the audit group.
The internal control measures of the ministries, which are supposed to reduce the risk of not reaching the indicators, are being improved, but according to the audience, the lack of which is compensated by the specially created measures of the management and control system of the economic recovery and increasing resilience plan.
The implementation of the recommendations provided by the State Audit Office will increase the implementation of reform goals focused on the promotion of sustainable mobility, digitization of the public sector and lifelong learning.