Draws attention to the report produced for Parliament by the EPRS which finds that most of the established EEOS have demonstrably been important in delivering national energy efficiency improvement and have delivered cost-effective savings to large numbers of households and organisations; also highlights the report’s conclusion that EEOS are highly cost-effective and that there is evidence that well-designed and implemented EEOS can deliver up to 100 % of a country’s Article 7 savings; suggests, therefore, that the Commission should compile a list of good and bad practices and develop a set of criteria to ensure well-designed and effec ...[+++]tive EEOS.

Supervision will take account of contractual obligations as well as of the principles of cost/benefit analysis and sound financial management.

4a. The Member States shall take account of the morphological particularities of geographically isolated regions and the distances that have to be covered to reach them, making an exception if need be to the cost-efficiency ratio principle referred to in Annex I;

210. Calls on the Commission to engage the Russian Government in further dialogue to identify national needs and direction accurately and to seek to define and identify priorities and objectives to reach by actions taken; considers that the Commission should keep in mind the principle of "value for money" and therefore urges the Commission to monitor and evaluate the programme more prudently and closely than before;

EU donors' criteria for selection of implementing partners include professionalism and management capacity, capacity to respond to identified need (technical and logistical capacity, including presence and access), adherence to the humanitarian principles and international law, as well as international codes of conduct, guidelines and best practice in delivery of aid, specialist knowledge or mandate, cost-efficiency, local partnership and experience in operational contexts, readiness to take part in coordination activities established for overall operational effectiveness, accountability, including reporting transparently on results, and ...[+++] quality of implementation capacity, including sound financial management.

Costs must be reasonable and comply with the principles of sound financial management, in particular value for money and cost-effectiveness (e.g. staff costs related to project management and implementation must be proportionate to project size etc.).