The Joint Monitoring Committee is composed of representatives of the local, regional and central authorities from the states which participate in the programme. Each participating country has equal voting rights, regardless of the number of representatives it has appointed.
The Joint Monitoring Committee monitors the carrying out of the programme, examines all the problems which affect its performance, has the possibility to issue recommendations to the Managing Authority regarding the implementation. The works and decisions of the Joint Monitoring Committee are based on the principles of transparency, equal treatment, non-discrimination, objectivity and fair competition.
The Joint Monitoring Committee approves the selection criteria of projects and is responsible for the evaluation and selection procedures applied to the projects which will be funded by the programme.