CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – Bench mark in Business

Current EU Programmes - Serbia

Presentation by Jiří Hansl, M.A.

Praha/Prague, 11 August 2011

CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – Bench mark in Business

PROJECT GUIDELINES

IPA – PRE-ACCESSION SUPPORT– most funds come to Serbia from the pre-accession support programmes– 2 basic components:

• TRANSITION ASSISTANCE AND INSTITUTION BUILDING

• CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION

– Annual programmes designed in accordance with the priorities contained in the MULTI-ANNUAL INDICATIVE PLANNING DOCUMENT (MIPD) for Serbia, in line with the recommendations of the Enlargement strategy

– Priority areas: cross border infrastructures, flood prevention, economic co-operation, environment problems, administrative cooperation, cultural exchanges and people to people actions, activities in education, research, job creation, security and criminality prevention

– Further information under http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/potential-candidates/serbia/financial-assistance/index_en.htm

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CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – Bench mark in Business

PROJECT GUIDELINES

CURRENT CALLS FOR PROPOSALS – Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (open call)

– Regional Social and Economic Development Programme (IPA)

– Improving the national innovation system in Serbia (IPA)

– Improvement of investment environment in Serbia (IPA)

– Support to the Serbian Statistical Office to conduct a survey on income and living conditions (SILC – IPA)

– Fight against organized crime & corruption: Strengthening the Prosecutors‘ Network

– Multi-country programmes: cultural heritage, Regional Co-operation Council Secretariat, archeological heritage, Civil Society Facility, WB reginal strategy on Research & Development for Innovation, Prince, audio-visual production, Information & Communication Programme, etc.

– http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/how_does_it_work/grants_tenders/grants/2011/list_of_grants2011_02-2011.pdf

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CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – Bench mark in Business

PROJECT GUIDELINES

EU MATTERS IN SERBIA – Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia

– http://www.europa.rs/ (in Serbian and English)

– Current political development, news on accession process

– Media publications, press releases

– Projects, current Calls for Proposals, information on EU programmes

– Travels to the EU, consular information

– Useful links

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CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – Bench mark in Business

PROJECT GUIDELINES

PRINCE 2010

– Focused on EU Member States‘ society

– Raising awareness about the advantages and challenges of current EU enlargement towards the countries of the Western Balkan region

– 2 components/parts:• Television programmes in the EU• Information campaigns in the EU

– The main objective is to support public discussion on EU accession process, to show the expected impacts on the Serbian society and economy, to get rid of myths and false expectations, etc.

– http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/how-does-it-work/grants-tenders/grants/index_en.htm

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CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – Bench mark in Business

PROJECT GUIDELINES

COMMUNITARIAN PROGRAMMES where Serbia is eligible

– FP7 (Research and Development) http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/index_en.cfm

– ERASMUS MUNDUS, TEMPUS IV (Scholarships and Academic Co-operation) http://ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc72_en.htm

– PROGRESS (Employment and Social Solidarity Programme) http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=327&langId=en

– CULTURE (projects focused on culture, European Capitals of Culture, etc.) http://ec.europa.eu/culture/index_en.htm

– CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme) http://ec.europa.eu/cip/ • The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP)• The Information Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT-PSP)• The Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE)

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