05/09/2019
In this special report, we assess whether the Commission’s
public consultations are effective at reaching out to citizens
and making use of their contributions. We examined the
design of the Commission’s framework; the way that the
Commission prepared and conducted a selection of public
consultations; and how it informed and made use of the
consultation work. We analysed key documents, reviewed a
sample of the Commission’s public consultations and
carried out a perception survey to find out how satisfied
participants in public consultations actually were.
We found that both the performance of our sample of the
Commission’s public consultations and the participants’
perception thereof were satisfactory overall. We concluded
that the Commission’s framework for public consultations is
of a high standard, but that outreach activities need
improvement.
ECA special report pursuant to Article 287(4), second
subparagraph, TFEU
Special report no 14/2019: ‘Have your say!’: Commission’s public consultations engage citizens, but fall short of outreach activities
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