twinning institution building programme

1TWINNING COORDINATION TEAM

EUROPEANEUROPEAN UNIONUNION

Twinning Institution Twinning Institution

Building ProgrammeBuilding Programme

2EU COMMISSION TWINNING COORDINATION TEAM

Twinning Training Seminars in New Member StatesTwinning Training Seminars in New Member States- 2005 -- 2005 -

Overview of the Programme


Overall N° of projects

Through Steering

Committee

Endorsed- Started

Completed Final report approved

1998 103 103 103 103

1999 122 122 122 120

2000 146 146 146 144

2001 133 130 129 114

2002 195 189 176 58

2003 154 136 115 -

2004 177 - - - -

Total 1.030 826 791 539

Number of Twinning Projects 1998–2004Number of Twinning Projects 1998–2004


Contracted Amount

(M€)

Number of projects

Average per project (M€)

1998 76,8 103 0,75

1999 118,4 122 0,97

2000 146,4 146 1,00

2001 133,7 133 1,01

2002* 170,7 195 0,88

2003* 130,6 154 0,85

2004* 169,1 177 0,96

Total 945,8 1.030 0,92* Subject to update

Overall Contracted Amount for Twinning Projects Overall Contracted Amount for Twinning Projects 1998-20041998-2004


Twinning Information Meetings in New Member StatesTwinning Information Meetings in New Member States- Spring / Summer 2005 -- Spring / Summer 2005 -

The beneficiary countries

and sectors of twinning


Twinning Projects in New Member States/Candidate Countries 1998-2004Twinning Projects in New Member States/Candidate Countries 1998-2004

122

98

6169

58

76

18

171179

74

51

2

51

BG CY CZ EE HU LV LT MT PL RO SK SI TK


Twinning Projects in New Member States/Candidate Countries 2004Twinning Projects in New Member States/Candidate Countries 2004

37

69

46

12

6

19

45

5

22

6



Twinning Projects in New Member States/Candidate CountriesTwinning Projects in New Member States/Candidate Countries

Estimation of Projects in 2005 Estimation of Projects in 2005


3535

101010101212

22

5544

2244 33 44

1313


Twinning Projects per sector in the NMS/CCs 1998-2004Twinning Projects per sector in the NMS/CCs 1998-2004

Sector BG CZ CY EE HU LV LT MT PL RO SK SI TR Total

1. Agriculture & Fisheries 17 7 0 10 14 5 17 7 35 26 10 10 5 1632. Environment 18 12 0 7 11 5 2 3 17 16 12 2 6 1113. Structural Funds 6 6 0 3 4 3 3 1 19 24 4 7 1 814. Consensus & Social Policy

7 20 0 10 9 5 7 1 15 15 9 3 0 101

5. Public Finance & Internal Market

30 18 1 12 13 17 20 1 42 38 13 12 9 226

6. Justice & Home Affairs 31 24 1 16 13 15 16 1 23 42 18 11 16 2277. Transport, Energy & Telecom

9 5 0 2 4 1 8 1 6 7 4 3 5 55

8. Standardisation 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 159. Others 3 6 0 1 1 3 3 3 13 11 4 1 2 51Total 122 98 2 61 69 58 76 18 171 179 74 51 51 1030



Member States’ interest

in twinning projects


34

123

9

14

21

81

51

10

21

26

6

21

57

21

50

21

25

10

54

20

27

28

43

35

18

63

22

76

14

58

25

29

22

32

46

22

5

70

34

55

14

42

21

9

26

41

29

47

32

95

33

66

20

66

51

39

50

25

67

26

2

77

19

45

9

50

25

7

42

58

18

58

A

B

D

DK

E

Fin

F

GR

Irl

I

NL

P

S

UK

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003*Number of Twinning Proposals by Member State 1998-2003Number of Twinning Proposals by Member State 1998-2003

153

18

138

281

88

193

38

184

225

18

168

478478

351351

310310


Percentage of Twinning Proposals by Member State 1998-2003

B1%

E11%

Fin3%

F13%

UK12%

A6%

D18%

P1%

S 6%

GR7%

DK5%

NL 9%

Irl1%

I 7%



Member State partners

in twinning projects


Member States involved in Twinning Projects 1998 - 2003 as PROJECT LEADERS / PARTNERS

(total = 1297)

37

2

204

43

95

34

126

49

74

47

109

42

4

74

25

28

17

54

25

16

23

45

3

37

60

7

17

A

B

D

DK

E

FIN

F

GR

IRL

I

NL

P

S

UKLeader Partner

79

6

68

123

51

23

72

119

84

42

3

278278

180180

169169


Member States involved in Twinning Projects 2004 as PROJECT LEADERS / PARTNERS (based on partner selection for 106 out of 177 projects)

9

223

95

94

108

124

1

1

4

32

23

11

2

32

3

1

1

ABD

DKE

FINF

GRIRL

INL

PS

UKCYCZEEHULVLTMTPLSI

SK

Leader

Partner

1313

2525

55

99

77

1212

44

11

1111

1010

44

2626

33

11

11

11

11


56%

46%

100%

64%

67%

49%

14%

50%

29%

42%

43%

40%

67%

50%

76%

57%

60%

70%

59%

45%

75%

48%

68%

67%

63%

77%

44%

33%

65%

36%

45%

64%

57%

12%

100%

41%

59%

50%

65%

50%

20%

49%

44%

31%

57%

57%

29%

67%

38%

46%

55%

53%

59%

39%

44%

45%

45%

31%

75%

38%

52%

50%

24%

51%

31%

50%

58%

42%

33%

42%

4%

29%

38%

53%

0%

56%

52%

62%

50%

64%

Austria

Belgium

Germany

Denmark

Spain

Finland

France

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Portugal

Sweden

United Kingdom

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003*

Success by Member State (projects selected / proposals) Success by Member State (projects selected / proposals) 1998-20031998-2003

51 %

34%

56%

60%

48%

22%

52%

56 %

66%

39%

53 %

19%

48%

56 %


Number of Member States involved in Twinning projects per Number of Member States involved in Twinning projects per New Member State/Candidate Country 1998-2003 New Member State/Candidate Country 1998-2003

A B D DK E FIN F GR IRL I NL P S UK

BG 10 - 34 3 13 - 14 8 4 4 10 - 4 16CY - - - 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - -CZ 7 - 37 5 10 2 16 3 5 6 17 1 3 29EE - - 20 3 1 17 7 2 4 1 9 - 8 8HU 11 1 24 8 11 5 16 3 1 4 12 - 8 13LV 1 1 12 9 4 6 3 1 - 1 8 - 12 12LT 3 3 20 13 5 10 7 1 - 3 3 - 18 10MT 1 - - - 2 - 1 - 2 4 1 - - 7PL 8 - 47 15 24 7 46 2 3 12 22 1 11 36RO 7 1 29 5 30 - 45 11 - 22 18 - 5 18SK 15 - 23 2 8 4 16 7 2 7 9 - 7 8SI 14 - 19 - 12 - 6 1 2 3 6 1 7 7TR 2 - 14 2 3 - 3 2 - 4 4 - 1 4

Total 79 6 279 66 124 51 180 42 23 71 119 3 84 168



Twinning Projects under

the CARDS Programme


Twinning Projects in Western Balkan CountriesTwinning Projects in Western Balkan Countries(CARDS Programme) 2001-2005(CARDS Programme) 2001-2005

0

5

10

15

20

25

AL BA HR MK SR

Twinning

Twinning-Light

44 44

88

2323

33

1313


CARDS Twinning Projects per sector/country 2001-2004CARDS Twinning Projects per sector/country 2001-2004

Sector AL BA BA-TWL HR MK SR Total

1. Agriculture & Fisheries 0 0 0 4 0 6 10

2. Environment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3. Structural Funds 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

4. Social Policy 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

5. Public Finance & Internal Market 2 1 3 6 2 2 16

6. Justice & Home Affairs 2 3 3 11 1 1 21

7. Transport, Energy & Telecom 0 0 1 0 0 3 4

8. Others 0 0 1 0 0 2 3

Total 4 4 8 23 3 14 48+8


Member States involved in CARDS Twinning Projects 2001-2004

3

111

2222

32

4

1

1

1

16

1

ABD

DKE

FINF

GRIRL

INL

PS

UKCYCZEEHULVLTMTPLSI

SK



The Future of Twinning and You


The Future of Twinning / 1The Future of Twinning / 1

Exchange of experience and best practice between public administrations included in the draft EU Constitutional Treaty (Article III-285)

Twinning projects under the Transition Facility for 10 new Member States to terminate in 2006

Projects in Bulgaria and Romania to continue at least until 2008 (Phare & Transition Facility)


The Future of Twinning / 2The Future of Twinning / 2

Croatia and Turkey are becoming important beneficiary countries as their accession negotiations with the EU begin

Projects in the Western Balkan region will increase in line with stabilisation and co-operation process and prospect for EU membership

Increasing number of projects under the European Neighbourhood Policy (MEDA, TACIS)


Why participate in twinning projects?Why participate in twinning projects?

Establish networks with practitioners in other EU Member States and beyond

Exchange best practices and experiences in your field of expertise and learn from each other

Globalisation of public administration

International representation of your country in the context of the European Union


When and How to Make ProposalsWhen and How to Make Proposals

Circulation of all project fiches to National Contact Point for Twinning in all Member States (with deadline)

Base your proposal on project fiche and the results and activities which it requests (but do not simply copy the project fiche)

Present a strategy and outline how you would work with the beneficiary country to reach the expected results

Present the team which you propose for the project: project leader, RTA and key experts

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