Translation glossary

A beneficiary is a project partner that receives programme co-financing for the expenditure related to their activities in the project.

A benefit is a measurable improvement resulting from an outcome perceived as an advantage by one or more stakeholders.

A body governed by public law is any legal body governed by public or private law: – established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character , and – having legal personality, and – either financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or other bodies governed by public law, or subject to management supervision by those bodies, or having an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities or by other bodies governed by public law.

A border region is a territorial entity made of several local or regional authorities that are co-located yet belong to different nation states.

Budget breakdown is a process of dividing the cost of something into the different parts that make up the total amount, according to who is doing the work and to which budget lines the costs belong.