mobilisation of resources to implement the danube strategy ruse/giurgiu, 10 - 11 may 2010
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MOBILISATION OF RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE DANUBE STRATEGY Ruse/Giurgiu, 10 - 11 May 2010 T. Sobieski European Commission-Head of Unit C2, DG ELARG. The Danube Strategy. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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MOBILISATION OF RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE DANUBE STRATEGY
Ruse/Giurgiu, 10 - 11 May 2010
T. Sobieski European Commission-Head of Unit C2, DG ELARG
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The Danube Strategy
First macro regional strategy with integrated European transnational approach aimed to facilitate the prosperity of the Danube Region and address its cross-border challenges.
Joint effort of all states in the Danube River Basin in defining the specific characteristics of this European macro-region and the common needs of the Danube area.
Potential and Candidate Countries (MNE, BiH, RS and HR) partners in the development of the Strategy
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How do we help "enlargement" countries on their way to accession?
Main Goals:
Enlargement policy/SAP Process:– to help the potential and candidate countries become MS.– harmonisation of legislation with the acquis and European
standards, contractual relations and financial support
Financial instruments: – help the candidate countries make the necessary changes in order to be well prepared to join the Union
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IPA – the Instrument of Pre-accession Assistance
What is IPA?• Single general framework for financial support tailored for candidate and potential candidate countries.
• Translates political priorities into financial figures to assist beneficiaries to implement the necessary reforms and to fulfil EU requirements.
• Strong focus on the adoption and implementation of the EU acquis; support to IB and administrative capacities
• Preparing beneficiaries to manage structural funds from day of accession • Financial envelope of 11.5 billion € for the period 2007-2013
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Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework (MIFF)by country and by component
Multi-annual Indicative Planning Document (MIPD)by country for all relevant components
Annual programmes
Comp I Comp II Comp III Comp IV Comp V
Institutionalbuilding
CrossBorder
cooperationRegional
development
Human Resources
development
RuralDevelopment
How it works?
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Priorities
Progress report, European-Accession partnership, SAA, NPI
Component 1 IB: Political criteria, economic criteria, obligations of membership
Component 2 CBC: cooperation with neighbouring border areas and build local and regional capacities
Component 3/4 Regional development and HR development: preparation to ERDF, Cohesion Funds and European Social Funds; regional competitiveness, transport, environment, HR
Component 5: Rural development, preparation to Agriculture and Rural dev.policy.
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Basic principles
Ownership Coherence and concentration of assistanceSectoral approachCoordination, complementarity, synergyAbsorption capacity, maturity of projects
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The Danube Strategy
Danube Strategy- fresh impetus
Partner Country: to identify its accession priorities; difficult choices -competing priorities on the way to accession. National proposals for actions in the Danube region: opportunity for increased synergy
EU response: strategic focused support, limited financial envelope
Our financial assistance: IPA 1 and 2 may finance inter alia Danube Strategy projects for Potential candidate Countries, and IPA 3 , 4 for Candidate CountriesCoordination, Division of labour, pool of donor resources
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Projects financed in SERBIA
Danube River Information System (RIS)
Sewerage & Wastewater Strategic Master Plan for the West Morava River Basin (€3M)
Žeželj Bridge – Rebuilding Serbian infrastructure (€30 M)
Removal of unexploded ordinances (UXO) from the Danube river (€3.8M)
Preparation of the necessary documentation for river training and dredging works on selected locations along the Danube River (€2M)Crossborder projects with Member States, and with the WB region
Under Components I and II
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Projects financed in CROATIA
Under Components II, III Rehabilitation and improvement of Sava River waterway (€2,5M)
Reconstruction of the Port of Vukovar - New port East (€2,5M)
Reconstruction of the South Quay in the Port of Osijek (€1,5M)
Reconstruction of Slavonski Brod Dangerous Goods Terminal (€1,75M)
Preparation of the master plan for Sisak New Port (€1,4M) Crossborder projects with Member States and with the WB region
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CORE Network – Building bridges with neighbouring states
CORE network within the European Union:
Centre of integrated network
Enables optimised use of different transport modes and the logistics system
Economic viability and environment impact
Precursor of the TENs in the WB region
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What is the Western Balkan Investment Framework?
2 main objectives:
Support to infrastructureSupport to investments (private sectors, energy efficiency…)Promote general socio-economic development of the WBIFFunds – donor community – combined with loans from IFIs
Pool grants, loans and expertise together to prepare financing for a common pipeline of priority investment projects;
Strengthen coherence and synergies in donors’ support to improve the positive impact and visibility of these priority investments in the beneficiary countries of the region.
The WIBF- instrument of EC, EIB, EBRD and EU Member States to coordinate different sources of finance and leverage loans with grants for priority projects in the countries of the Western Balkans
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