The overall objective of the Methodological Guidance for Costing of Structural Reforms under Economic Reform Programmes (ERPs) (Costing Guidance) is to improve the overall quality of the structural reform chapter of the ERP by providing a consistent and user-friendly framework for the costing of structural reform measures.

The Costing Guidance is based on and fully consistent with the European Commission’s Guidance for ERPs 2019–2021, and has been prepared under the auspices of the Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF) and within the framework of the multi-annual and multi-beneficiary IPA project Strengthening Line Ministries’ Capacities to Assess Fiscal Implications of Structural Reforms (FISR).

The document consists of an introduction, two main chapters and annexes. The second chapter outlines the main conceptual features of the Costing Guidance while the third chapter provides a detailed guidance for filling out those tables of the European Commission’s Guidance for ERPs that are aimed first at quantification of costs of structural reform measures, and second at identification of funding sources for covering these costs (Tables 10a and 10b within the European Commission’s Guidance for ERPs).

The document can be accessed in five languages.