Sustainable Economic Development of the Sudurnes region, Iceland

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA):

JOSE MATEOS MORENO

Ásbrú, 25 November 2011

A little explanation of IPA’s scope

Accession Countries: Institutional Building (IB) and preparation for EU fund management

– Component I: Institutional Building and TA

– Component II: Cross-border cooperation

– Component III, IV and V: fund-oriented

– III: Regional development (ERDF and CF)

– IV: Human resource development (ESF)

– V: Rural Development (EAFRD)

• Mini-Structural Funds

• Programmed multi-annually

IPA General implementation framework

I. Political and Financial Framework : Multi- annual Indicative Financial Framework (MIFF), including all countries and per component, until 2013, included in enlargement package.

II. Strategic planning: Multi-annual (For Iceland 2011-3) Indicative Planning Documents (MIPD), per country and for all components, following the logic of the MIFF.

III. Specific programming by country and by component

General implementation framework: flowchart

CandidatesA.

B.

C.

ENLARGEMENT PACKAGE, including

Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework MIFFby country and by component

Multi-annual Indicative Planning Documentby country for all relevant components

Comp I Comp II Comp III Comp IV Comp V

Nationalor

HorizontalProgramme

JointProgramme

Operational Programme/Large project

Operationalprogramme

RuralDevelopmentprogramme

General implementation framework: flowchart Candidates

Programming level

• MIPD supplemented by detailed annual or multi-annual programmes (Operational Programmes), depending on the component

• Operational Programmes established per component, by the beneficiary country and submitted to the Commission

Management

• Operations to be implemented through centralised management, decentralised management, joint management or shared management

• Fully decentralised management, i.e. decentralised management with only ex-post rather than ex-ante control = the objective.

• Access to components III, IV and V, open only if decentralisation in place

Sustainable Economic Development of the Sudurnes region, Iceland

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Implementation of IPA

Conditionality for projects, as regards compliance with:

procurement rules (PRAG RULES)

priorities set out in the related OP

principles deriving from relevant directives at project level

Co-financing rates : maximum 85% of eligible costs

Large projects (> 10 M€) submitted to the Commission (Brussels) for ex ante approval.