According with article 23 of ETC Regulation, the Joint Secretariat assists the Managing Authority in carrying out its functions. The Joint Secretariat facilitates, assesses, and ensures that project selection is equitable and transparent. It collects financial, physical, and statistical data that is needed for programme monitoring as well as for the interim and final appraisals. The Joint Secretariat also evaluates each major or minor modification at project level before presenting a technical report to the Executive Committee which, if it is the case, will approve it. The Joint Secretariat is also in charge of implementing the information system that is open and available to operators and to the public for the implementation of the programme.