The implementation dialogue on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) was held in Brussels, in hybrid format, on 27 June 2025. It featured a constructive exchange, where high-level representatives from national authorities discussed the administrative and reporting burden experienced by Member States during the implementation of the RRF.
Participants generally agreed that, in the implementation of the recovery and resilience plans (RRPs), the most significant challenge was the workload related to gathering the evidence required to prove the satisfactory fulfilment of milestones and targets. Several Member States mentioned the lack of detailed guidance and standardised requirements at the time RRPs were negotiated which led to an element of unpredictability. Many representatives advocated for proportionality and risk-based approaches in the assessment of milestones and targets and called for simplified audit structures to avoid duplications. Synergies with national audit authorities should be fostered.
Commissioner Dombrovskis concluded informing that some of the feedback collected by the representatives could still be reflected in the upcoming simplification of RRPs, following the Commission’s Communication “NextGenerationEU- the road to 2026” and that the insights would be taken into account in the ex-post evaluation of the RRF.