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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

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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

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