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• In 2018, the Commission will make comprehensive proposals for the next generation of financial programmes for the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, which is the EU's long–term budget. The Commission's proposals will be designed to make it possible for the EU to deliver on the things that matter most, in areas where it can achieve more than Member States acting alone. This requires a careful assessment both of what has worked well in the past and what could be improved in the future. This consultation is an integral part of the process and its objective is to collect the views of all interested parties on how to make the most of every euro of the EU budget:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/public-consultation-eu-funds-area-cohesion_en

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• The Commission is running an Open Public Consultation as part of the 2007-2013 ESF ex-post evaluation. It is open for contributions until 27/04/2016. All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. While the questionnaire is in English, respondents are free to respond in their language:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=699&consultId=21&visib=0&furtherConsult=yes

• Homepage of the consultation + questionnaire + Infosheet:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/civil_society/public_consultation_en.htm

• Press release:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-462_en.htm

• Your Voice in Europe portal:
http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/consultations/index_en.htm

• Transparency portal:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/civil_society/index_en.htm

• Transparency Register website:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/homePage.do