South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme

Transnational Cooperation in the Republic of Moldova

SEE Programme Area

EU Member States: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania

Non-EU-member States: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, (Croatia), former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine

(Italy and Ukraine do not participate with their whole territory)

Priority Axes

• Priority Axis 1 - Facilitation of innovation and entrepreneurship

• Priority Axis 2 - Protection and improvement of the environment

• Priority Axis 3 - Improvement of the accessibility

• Priority Axis 4 - Development of transnational synergies for sustainable growth areas

• Priority axis 5 - Technical assistance to support implementation and capacity building

SEE Programme specifics

1) Unique combination of countries involved / unique partnerships

a) EU Member States

b) Pre-accession countries

c) European Neighborhood countries

SEE Programme specifics

2) Different funding instruments:

a) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

b) Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)

c) European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)

3) Ever increasing level of integration (ERDF, IPA and ENPI)

The achievements of SEE projects

Stakeholders of the different countries have higher awareness on each other’s standards, procedures, requirements…

Sound partnerships and networks improved the planning capacity for a lot of regional / local public administrations

Studies have been carried out, data have been collected, agreements have been signed: these are all PUBLIC and AVAILABLE

Neighbouring approaches have been learned, to strengthen visibility and position where decisions are taken

Financial data

ERDF contribution : 207,475,645.00 EUR

IPA contribution : 26,936,461.00 EUR

ENPI contribution: 2,000,000.00 EUR

Partners from theRepublic of Moldova

Initial involvement through budget of ERDF partners / participation as non-financing partners –no own budget

Involvement in 3rd and 4th call projects - enabled participation as financing partners through ENPI funds

Partners from theRepublic of Moldova

Facts and figures:

9 non – financing partners + 3 observers

7 financing partners from Republic of Moldova

Total ENPI contribution awarded:

640,231.72 EUR

Total budget of the ENPI project partners:

711,368.58 EUR (+200,000.00 EUR TA)

Participation in all the priority axes

Partners from theRepublic of Moldova

Method of involvement of financing partners:

4th call

Additional call for partners from Republic of Moldova

Technical Assistance project

Lessons for beyond

SEE Programme participation - SUCCESS story!

Further increase in the level of participation

Further integration of the partners from the Republic of Moldova

Beyond –Danube Programme

Thank you !

Niko Finka, Financial Manager

finka@southeast-europe.net