IPA Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance fileCARDS, ISPA, Sapard and Turkey pre-accession...
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IPA Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance
New generation pre-accession instrument – simplified: replaces 5 former pre-accession instruments – flexible: tailor made assistance for progressive alignment
with standards and policies of the EU
Legal Basis� IPA Council Regulation (No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006)
established IPA� IPA Commission Implementing Regulation (No 718/2007
of 12 June 2007) spells in detail the implementation process
Scope of IPAWestern Balkans and Turkey
– in other words
Potential candidates: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSCR1244/99
Candidates: Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Lifetime: 2007 – 2013
Budget: 11.5 billion euro
5 Components that replace 5 Instruments: Phare, CARDS, ISPA, Sapard and Turkey pre-accession assistance
IPA – 5 components
For Candidates and Potential candidates:
Component I - Transition Assistance and Institution Building
Component II - Cross-Border Co-operation
For Candidate countries only:
Component III - Regional Development (DG Regio)
Component IV - Human Resources Development (DG Empl)
Component V - Rural Development (DG Agri)
IPA – How does it work?
MIFF: Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework- Political and Financial Framework - per country and per component - 3–year rolling forward
MIPD: Multi-annual Indicative Planning Documents- Tailor made for each country- Cover all components - 3–year rolling forward
Annual/multi-annual programming documents
3–level implementation framework:flowchart Candidates
ENLARGEMENT PACKAGE, including
Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework (MIFF)by country and by component
Multi-annual Indicative Planning Documentby country for all relevant components
Comp. I Comp. II Comp. III Comp. IV Comp. V
Nationaland
HorizontalProgrammes
Cross–borderProgrammes
Operational Programmes/Large project
OperationalProgramme
RuralDevelopmentProgramme
MIFF
728.2160.8157.7160.0140.7109.0Multi-beneficiary
1707.8
68.7
202.7
34.7
108.1
95.0
781.9
98.7
157.2
2011
7296.51557.11423.91389.31218.4Total
395.167.366.1124.768.3Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244)
976.8198.7194.8190.9189.7Serbia
166.034.033.332.631.4Montenegro
440.1106.089.174.862.1Bosnia & Herzegovina
401.193.281.270.761.0Albania
3037.9653.7566.4538.7497.2Turkey
401.592.381.870.258.5Former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia
749.8154.2151.2146.0141.2Croatia
Total2010200920082007Country
In € million, current prices
Multi-annual Indicative Planning Document - MIPD
� Country–based
� Covers all components
� Prepared by the Commission, in close consultation with the beneficiary country and the relevant stakeholders
� Reflects Regular Reports, negotiations and Accession/European Partnership
� Priorities to be coherent with national territorial/sectoral strategies
There is also a Multi-beneficiary MIPD
IPA Programmes
� 3rd level of the IPA implementation � Detailed annual or multi-annual programming
documents, depending on the component� Programmes established per component by the
beneficiary country and submitted to the Commission
� Multi-Beneficiary Programme for all IPA beneficiariesbut only under component I and established in co-operation with the beneficiaries via in particular theRegional Co-operation Council (RCC)
IPA - 4 management types
� Decentralised Management: tendering and contracting -the beneficiary country
� Centralised Management: tendering and contracting -the Commission/EC Delegation
� Shared Management: only for Component II, CBC programmes between beneficiary countries and their MS neighbours
� Joint Management: c ertain implementing tasks are delegated to International Organisations
Programming Component I
� National & Multi-beneficiary annual programme� Prepared by national authorities (Multi-beneficiary by
EC i.c. with Regional Co-operation Council – RCC)� Approved by the Commission� Implementation (tendering and contracting):
– National Programmes:• National authorities (DIS: Turkey and Croatia)• EC Delegation
– Multi-beneficiary Programmes• European Commission HQ
Programming Component II
�Multi–annual Joint cross–border programmes
�Jointly prepared by national authorities
�Approved by the Commission
�Implementation (tendering and contracting):– Member States (shared management) for CBC at EU
external borders– National authorities (Decentralised management) and
EC Delegation (Centralised management)
Programming Component III, IV, V(candidate countries)
� Multi–annual operational programmes
� Prepared by national authorities
� Approved by the Commission
� Implementation (tendering and contracting):– National authorities (Decentralised management
required – Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey)
IPA – web links
DG Enlargement, financial assistance:
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/how-does-it-work/financial-assistance/index_en.htm
EC Delegations in Candidate/potential Candidates:
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/press_corner/links_en.htm
Tenders and Call for Proposals
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?ADSSChck=1224846858672&do=publi.welcome&userlanguage=en