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AEBR seminar
Bruxelles, 20 April 2012
The Perspective of theThe Perspective of the
Romanian ETC Management AuthoritiesRomanian ETC Management Authorities
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Cross-border cooperation in the EU:52 programmes- 5,6 bln.ERDF contribution
Transnational cooperation in the EU:13 programmes- 1,8 blnERDF contribution
Interregional cooperation in the EU: 4 programmes- 0,445 bln. ERDF contribution
ETC in the EU
7,8 bln. ERDF
Objective 3 of EU Cohesion Policy: European Territorial Cooperation
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IPA: Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance - 11,5 bln.
Component 2 cross-border cooperation:
10 programmes- 0,624 bln. (2007-2013)
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ENPI: European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 11,18 bln.
Cross-border cooperation: 13 programmes- 0,950 bln.
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Map of the Territorial Cooperation Programmes in Romania
ERDF
ERDF
ENPI
ENPI
ENPI
IPA
+19 mil
+15 mil
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+19 mil
+15 mil
Lower Danube Euroregion (RO/MD/UA)Upper Prut Euroregion (RO/MD/UA)Siret-Prut-Nistru Euroregion (RO/MD)
Euroregion Black Sea(AM/AZ/BG/GE/GR/MD/RO
/RU/TR/UA)
Euroregions as eligible partners in CBC projects
Euroregion Danube - South (BG/RO)/Euroregion Rousse-
Giurgiu(BG/RO)/Euroregion Danubius(BG/RO)/Inferior DanubeEuroregion(BG/RO)
ArbeitsgemeinschaftDonaulnder(AT/BG/DE/HR/HU/MD/RO/SK/SRB/UA)Carpathian Euroregion(HU/PL/RO/SK/UA)
Euroregion DKMT(HU/RO/SRB)Euroregion MiddleDanube - Iron Gates +Euroregion Danube 21
(BG/RO/SRB)
Hajd-Bihar -Bihor Euroregion(HU/RO)
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European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation - EGTC
Now
9 EGTCs having Romania as a partner or with their seat in Romania, in variousstages as to the approval process;
3 EGTCs have already received the approval for their operation;
2014-2020
Romania supports the following approach:involvement of the third countries into the establishment of an EGTC (asimplified legal procedure);
establishment of an EGTC between an EU Member State and a non EU
country;a clearer procedure regarding staff recruitment within EGTC;
the existence of coherent EC financial initiatives aimed at capacity building in
the field of EGTC, both for the establishment and for the proper operation.
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Challenges in the implementation of CBC programmesat the internal borders of the EU
HU-RO Programme
Hungarian state border law forbids any intervention
closer than 1 meter away from the state border, unless
an international agreement is signed in this respect
Lack of harmonization between the national sectoral policies inplace in the different states that are partners in a CBC programme:
E.g.:
RO-BG ProgrammeUnder Bulgarian legislation, road rehabilitation implies the
rehabilitation of all infrastructure present under the road.
Romanian legislation does not include such provisions.
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Even more complex issues to tackle in the CBCprogrammes at the external borders of the EU
Sometimes complicated
and unclear rules in the
implementation of IPA/ENPI
CBC programmes
Complex EU/partner statesinternational relations
+
selection of projects
use of PRAG rules
rule of origin and nationality
e.g.
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Planning / Programming problems
The programming of the existing programmes
was made without any strategic guidance from EC
The objectives of existing programmes are not sufficiently
substantiated by the needs assessment performed, e.g. becauseof the lack of similar statistical data on all sides of the borders
The indicators set in existing programmes are inconsistent and not
targeted on impact assessment
Need for more guidance, better needs assessment
and greater focus in the future
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What we expect from the future
How will TC programmes be integrated in the
Partnership agreements (PA)?RO: PA should cover all support from the CSF funds in the Member
State concerned [Art.13.3 (Common Provisions Regulation)]. Since
ETC programmes are an important part of the CSF funds,
representing one of the two goals of the Cohesion Policy, they should
be listed in the PA.
Will IPA/ENPI CBC programmes be correlated
with the provisions included in the Partnership
agreements (PA)?RO: The provisions referring to the European Union strategy for
smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to other European
policies, from the PAs, should be included in the Financing
Agreements signed by the partner countries and by the Managing
Authority. CSF funds are: ERDF, ESF, CF, EAFRD, EMFF
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Required presets for the next programming period
increased responsibility and involvement of NAs;
maintaining the n+3 rule for the entire future programming
period; alternative: introducing the n+4 rule;
stronger involvement of the EC;
derogation for ETC programmes asregards the state aid rules;
common set of eligible expenditures;
e-cohesion until 31 December 2016;
increasing the tolerable rate of error from 2% to 5%;
specific set of indicators for ETC programmes;
a co-financing rate of 85% for ETC programmes.
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Steering Committee equivalent in project
selection system;
similar first level control system as in MSs set in
partner states; first level controllers covered fromTA budget;
COCOF (Committee of the Coordination of the
Funds) system.
eligibility of expenditures before the contract is signed;
preparatory expenses eligible;
clear responsibilities set for NA; Memorandum of Understanding between
partner states;
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Strong points of ERDF that can be harmonized into ENPI rules
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Strong points of ENPI that can be integrated into ERDF rules
unitary procedures to be applied
at programme level; e.g. - common
procurement rules, but adapted to
ERDF specificities.
n+3 rule applied at the time of requesting funds from EC, a
deadline being set at programme level for implementing activities;
pre-payments granted to beneficiaries out of the external funding
(requiring a clear procedure setting NA responsibilities and howunduly paid funds can be repaid);
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Thank you for your attention!
Iuliu Bara, General Director
E-mail: [email protected]
General DirectorateGeneral Directorate
forfor
European TerritorialEuropean Territorial CooperationCooperation