Dobry den

Matthieu ChalumeauSeminar management on EU projects

Bratislava Faculty of Social and Economics Sciences

November 29 2007

EU Twinning project

1. What is a TW project ?

2. Concrete exemple of a TW project

Twinning mission

For the new MS, the accession countries, the candidates and the potential candidate countries:

• To provide institution building support (EU acquis)

• To organize targeted medium term administrative co-operation

• To meet defined Eu policy objectives

For whom ?

From May 1998 to the year 2006: the 10 new member states

The two new MS (01/01/2007 Romania and Bulgaria)Candidates and potential candidates

countries: Croatia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina

Montenegro , Serbia and Kosovo issues

From 1998 to 2006 more than 1100 TW projects benefited over 25 countries, underpinned by over 1 billion euros of EU investment.

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Key features of twinning

• Projects are built around jointly agreed EU policy

• Beneficiary country retains ownership of project

• Project yield concrete operational results linked to Eu acquis adoption

• Projects involve a peer-to-peer of hands-on public sector expertise and experience

A concrete twinning project exemple…

SK/06/IB/SO/02

Improving and broadening the care for the re-socialization and

rehabilitation of persons addicted to psychoactive substances

Identification of Project

Launch of Proposals

Submission of Proposals

Selection of Proposal

Preparation & Finalisation of Work Plan

Review of Contract with EC input

Project Implementation

Monitoring & Reporting

Evaluation

9 months

18 months

variable

18 months (July 07-January 09)

Countries involved : Slovakia, France and Finland, plus additional other EU experts

Project Implementation

Project ImplementationPartners

European Commission

France and Finland2 Projects leaders

RTAExperts

Slovakia1 Project leader

GSD, MLSAF…, prof.Experts

ContractWorking plan

Budget

FULL TIME

18 MONTHS

Project ImplementationActivities

ASSESSEMENTSK SITUATION

- Report sk- Report EU

SEMINAR

- Outputs of theseminar

ELABORATION OF NATIONALSTANDARDS

-Report onStandards

-Study visits

ELABORATIONOF TRAINING

MODULES

- Training manual

IMPLEMENTATIONOF TRAINING

-150 h – 20 pers.- Eval. trainings

Ms Jana Novotova

RTA assitant

Her car

- To strengthen one specific national topic

- To reach particular EU aquis

- To reinforce national cooperation

- To promote EU exchanges and cooperation

- Starting point for future bi-laterals projects

- Great and unique human experience !!!!

Conclusions – TW strong points

For additional information: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/

http://www.infodrogy.sk/index.cfm

matthieu.chalumeau@government.gov.sk jana.novotova@government.gov.sk