The ICT Monitoring tool allows the user to search ESIF data (ERDF, CF, ESF, YEI and EAFRD) by MS (‘country’), region, CoI, TO, activity area (keywords) and financial form and to view the search results in the form of a map or as a list of data.

The development of the tool is based on background studies and also through continuous interaction with users from DG CONNECT, beginning with a simpler tool that has evolved over time to a full-scale one.

Users can carry out three main types of searches:

• searches for amounts: to identify planned investments through ESIF, based on TOs and CoIs;
• keywords searches: to determine the frequency of keywords in OPs’ actions to be supported;
• searches for financial forms: to identify amounts of planned investments through financial instruments.

In each dimension, the users can make simple searches selecting ‘country’, ‘region’, or one or more of the predefined filters. There is also the option for users to create more advanced, tailor-made, searches. The predefined filters for each search form are described below.

The search result is presented on a map and in tables. The parameters of each search are depicted on the right-hand side of the tool.