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Twinning Information DayTallinn 22.5.2012
Best practises and lessons learned from the Finnish perspective
History and Key Figures
Finland has actively participated in the Twinning since its start in 1998.
Since 2004 also active in the Neighborhood countries.This year will, hopefully, bring already the 150th Twinning
project for Finland (97 as a leading partner, 52 as a junior partner)
To mark the jubilee year Finnish NCP has started an extensive evaluation of the past projects.
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Most Important Twinning Cooperation Countries for Finland
• 5th Enlargement: Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia
• Current Enlargement: Croatia, Turkey
• Eastern Neighbourhood countries: Armenia
• Southern Neighbourhood Countries: Egypt, Tunisia
• In the Future Finland hopes to increase Twinning cooperation especially in Iceland, Macedonia, Kosovo, Georgia and Northern Africa
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Projects in IPA and ENPI countries
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Proposal Success Rates
• Total success rate 57,5 % (149/259), more than every second of the Finnish consortium proposals win
• Western Balkans and Turkey success rate 47 % (30/64)
• Success rate in ENPI reagion almost 70% ?
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Countries where Finland has not been succesful despite the efforts
• Ukraine: only one minor role in one Twinning project. Five proposals submitted.
• Serbia: three proposals, no victories
• Azerbaijan. three proposals, no victories
• Montenegro: five proposals, no victories
• How to overcome obstacles in these countries?– Stronger political support– More quality into proposals and selection meetings– Stronger agenda– Creating linkages and networks into these countries by using TAIEX
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Finnish Twinning projects in a Consortium with Estonia
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Name and code of the Project
Budget € Duration
Leading MS Junior MS Schedule
Improved education in the Public Safety and security sectors KS 09 IB JH 01
1 500 000 30 kk
Finland, SM, Ministry of the Interior PL Antti Häikiö/SM RTA Risto Honkonen/ The National Police College of Finland
Estonia (Hans Liivak), Estonian Academy of Security Sciences
Selected 22.4.11 Notification 12.3.2012
Proposals submitted in a Consortium with Estonia
• 2012 AZERBAIJAN: 1 proposal / not selected (Sweden)– Support to the State Committee for Land and Cartography of the Republic ofAzerbaijan in the field of
establishment of the modern registration system of the state land cadastre information through improvement of rules of land evaluation and economic assessment of land in accordance to the EU evaluation standards
– AZ11/ENP-PCA/JH19 18/21 months / 900 000 dl. 13.2.2012– Estonia e-Governance Academy, Estonian Land Board– Junior Partner National Land Survey of Finland
• 2011 KOSOVO: 1 proposal / selected– Improved education in the Public Safety and Security
– KS 09 IB JH 01, 30 months / 1 500 000 eur, dl 9.3.2011– Ministry of the Interior– Junior Parner Estonian Academy of Security Sciences
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MFA – three regional
departments and
Embassies
EU / HQ +
DELEG.
The Ministries
and Administrati
ons of Finland
Ongoing projects (14
at the moment)
Beneficiary Countries and their
Embassies in Finland
Twinning and TAIEX team
The Coordination Network of the Finnish NCP
Best practices of Finland • Same rules for players in the field: National Recommendation for
applying the Twinning Manual with regard to Project management and implementation (Menettelytapaohje).
• Do it together - strategic partner might be a decisive reason for to be chosen.
• Praise your expertise and be creative!
• Training as usual - Train your proposal writers and train your presenters before they leave for Twinning Selection Meeting.
• In a Consortium - Demand Junior Partner Agreement at an early stage.
• Twinning contract – be careful what you promise and commit to execute
• Not evertyhing goes as planned – be prepared for and try to estimate possible challenges and risks beforehand as well as delays in the workplan.
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Best practices of Finland (NCP)
• Early warning – follow the pipeline and the National Programmes and Action Plans of the beneficiaries.
• Channel information effectively and raise awareness of Twinning and TAIEX at the national level.
• Feedback – is needed to develop the activities. Feedback discussions are held after every Twinning project Finland has implemented.
• Participate in the kick-off and final seminars – the project life opens more in the concrete.
• The network is wide and advice is always available – especially the Twinning team in the Commission! Plus embassies, EC Delegations, CFCD and PAO and other NCPs.
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National Recommendation
• The latest version published in 2006 in cooperation with the Budget Department and Tax Department of the Ministry of Finance, Tax Administration, Office for the Government as Employer, Department of Justice and Department of Europe of the MFA
• Includes background information: the Framework Agreement; explains the Twinning principles and offers good reasons for the institutions to participate in Twinning
• The recommendation is based on the Twinning manual
• Six main guidelines for participation
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Main guidelines for participation• Twinning Manual and Twinning Contract are the guidelines for the
management and implementation of the projects– Public bodies must apply their own national regulations
• Commitment to the Twinning projects should be included in the action plans of the institutions
• Task as an expert in a project should not affect the terms and conditions of the employment– An expert should also have an order for an official journey in order to have a valid
accident insurance during the mission
• Reasonable compensation is paid both to the Institution as well as to the expert
• Taxation – Income Tax Act, Article 76 § paragraph 4 states that taxable income is not reimbursement paid by the European Commission for expert duties performed regarding EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood policy activities related to insitutional development
• A consortium of member states – an intra-consortium agreement is recommended
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TAIEX
• An excellent tool to start cooperation and to build networks
• Should be used more to identify Twinning projects
• Has been increasing yearly - at least study visits to Finland
• Medium-term Taiex has not been succesful in Finland – reimbursement is too low
• Raising awareness is needed
• Sometimes the assingments are delivered with too short notice and sometimes it takes too long time for the institustions to respond and react
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2014 Development Cooperation Instrument
• Central Asian countries available for Twinning from 2014
• Five countries: Turkmenistan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
• Finland has already good relations to Kazakstan– Embassy in Astana since 2009– The most important Trade Partner in CA– Also the Trade Promotion organisation Finpro is in Almaty– Embassy of Kazakstan also accredited to Kyrgystan
• Other Countries represented by Roving Ambassador from Helsinki
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Twinning NCP Finland
Counsellor, National Twinning Coordinator Eija-Leena Linkola
Mobile 040 734 6927Twinning Expert and TAIEX coordinator Heidi Lempinen
Mobile 040 350 9492
Project Adviser Matti Tervo
Mobile 040 132 1308
Information Services Tuula Piirainen
Mobile 040 158 5484
Formin.finland.fi/EU/Twinning
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Twinning Evaluation
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To measure the effectivity and effectiveness of Twinning in Finnish admistrations:
• Networking possibilities and commercial opportunities• Productivity and increasing know-how• Visibility of Experts internationally• Human Resources Management• Creating ”products” for export and rationalising own
activities inside the administration
Most Active Ministries and Administrations
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Success rate in 2004-2012 in enlargement countries
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