have proved successful vs have proven successful

Both "have proved successful" and "have proven successful" are correct and able to be used. They are interchangeable and can be used based on personal preference or regional variations.

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have proved successful

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the past participle form of the verb "prove" combined with the adjective "successful." It is used to indicate that something has been shown to be successful in the past.

Examples:

The new marketing strategy have proved successful in increasing sales.
Her efforts have proved successful in achieving her goals.

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EU incentives should be provided to encourage the emulation in other Member States of programmes which have proved successful, while the less effective programmes should be replaced with more successful ones.
The criteria used for defining funding areas have proved successful.
Within the framework of guidelines the Commission, after consulting Parliament, recommends that the Member States adopt a series of measures which have proved successful.
Are there any European initiatives in this area which have proved successful?
The projects developed there have proved successful and have been welcomed by the beneficiaries and the public.
whereas French law includes rules on imports, exports and re-imports that are compatible with Community law and have proved successful in practice,
Whilst such initiatives have proved successful, it is important to try and make them more widespread and to provide support for them throughout the EU.
In its Communication, the Commission goes on to analyse the measures which have been taken up to now and the degree to which they have proved successful.
also feels that the mono-fund programmes introduced for the ERDF and ESF have proved successful.
What solutions to the problem of connecting footpaths and cycle paths to roundabouts have proved successful in the EU?
On the other hand, it will have proved successful if it manages to adopt a limited number of verifiable clear-cut commitments on matters central to the bi-regional strategic partnership, for example:
4.1 enhancing the experience of existing regional, city and local authority networks that have proved successful and supporting the establishment of new networks for inter-regional cooperation and European territorial cooperation;
The current principles of cohesion policy with respect to the system of multilevel governance, multiannual programme planning, partnership, focusing of effort, indicator-based programme management and assessment, have proved successful.
The criteria used for defining funding areas have proved successful.
encourage the carrying out at regional and trans-regional level of schemes or measures that have proved successful at European level.
whereas these have proved successful with producers, who have secured higher incomes in return for a genuine effort to improve quality, and with consumers, who can purchase high quality products with guarantees as to the method of production and origin;
Pilot projects undertaken in various Member States in non-industrial fields have proved very successful.
They have proved irritatingly successful at alerting the enemy to our aircraft and ships.
Up to now, acoustic deterrent devices (pingers) have only proved successful during a short-term period and in certain circumstances.
Clearly, the multi-annual orientation programme and the unilateral closure of areas have not proved successful.

Alternatives:

have proven successful
have been proven successful
have demonstrated success
have shown success
have achieved success

have proven successful