all public or private bodies or services acting under the responsibility of managing or paying authorities or performing tasks on their behalf in relation to final beneficiaries or the bodies or firms carrying out operations
There are two types of Intermediate Bodies: bodies, which are responsible for implementation of priorities -
Priority Intermediate Bodies; and bodies, which are responsible for implementation of measures-
Measure Intermediate Bodies. In Estonia, the IB are all ministries involved in implementation of the SPD.