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TheCross-borderCooperationProgrammePoland–Belarus–Ukrainehasstartedanewimplementationstage.OnNovember23rd,2010,theJointMonitoringCommitteeapprovedthelistofprojects,whichmayreceivefinancingunderthefirstCallforProposals.Implementationoftheprojectswillstartsoonandsothelocalbordercommunitieswillenrichthemselveswithnewcontacts,withadditionalopportunitiesforeconomicdevelopmentandwithnewsocio-culturalvalues.Itisthereforeourprioritytohavethegrantcontractssignedandtotransferthefundstothebeneficiariesasquicklyaspossible.

It’sbeenayearsincethefirstCall forProposalswasannounced.Wedevotedthistimeto build effective cooperation among the states which are functioning in different legaland administrative systems. Due to the fact that the Programme implementation ruleswerecompletelynew,theallocationforthefirstCallofProposals(setat16.1mlnEUR)representedasmallpartofthetotalbudget.Now,withthepreciousexperience,weintend

toeasetheprocessofapplicationforthenextcallsforproposals.ThereforealltheorganisationsthatfailedtoobtainfinancingunderthefirstCallaremorethanwelcometoapplyinthenextcallsforproposalsplannedforthefirsthalf-yearof2011.

Astheresultofourjointwork,57organisationshavebecomethebeneficiariesoftheProgramme.BesidesprojectsselectedforfinancingunderthefirstCall,wewillalsofinancestrategicinvestmentsinthebordercrossingpoints,i.e.thefirstso-called“largescaleprojects’acceptedbytheEuropeanCommission.Thesearetwosymmetricprojects,related to the development of the border crossing Polowce-Peschatka on the Polish-Belarusian border. Otherstrategicprojects,amongwhichtherearePolish-Ukrainianinitiatives,arebeingdeveloped.Allthestrategicprojectsareofthegreatestimportanceasthelowcapacityofthebordercrossingpointsisoneofthemainbarriersblockingdevelopmentoftheborderregions.

In2010theBranchOfficeoftheJointTechnicalSecretariatinLvivwasalsocreated.ThisisoneofthefirstinstitutionsofthiskindamongallENPIcross-bordercooperationprogrammes.ThisinstitutionwillensurebettersupportforbothapplicantsandbeneficiariesoftheProgramme.ThesimilarBranchOfficeoftheJTSsoonwillbeopenedinBrestinBelarus.

LookingbackandcomparingthecurrentProgrammewithitspredecessor-NeighbourhoodProgramme,IwouldliketounderlinethatthecurrentsolutionsforapplicationprocedureshaveenabledaconsiderableincreaseinparticipationoftheBelarusianandUkrainianpartners.Thisisthekeychangeeveryoneexpectedandwhichbringsjoytoallofus.BelarusianandUkrainianpartnershavetheopportunitytoimplementtheinfrastructuralprojects,thereisasignificantincreaseintheamountofthefinancialmeansavailableforthem.WhileanalyzingtheresultsofthefirstCall, it isimportanttonoticethatoutofthe57institutionsinvolved,30areBelarusianorUkrainianpartners,someactingastheLeadPartnerintheproject.

IwishtoallthebeneficiariesoftheProgrammethatallactivitiesrealisedthroughthecross-bordercooperationstayinyourmemoryasthepositiveexperienceandresultinnewsuccessfulcooperationprojectswiththeneighbours.

ElżbietaBieńkowskaMinisterofRegionalDevelopmentoftheRepublicofPoland

JointManagingAuthority Cross-borderCooperationProgramme

Poland-Belarus-Ukraine2007-2013

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JMCmeeting23.11.2010

sUMMarY oF tHe First Call For ProPosals

AfteranumberofNGOs,governmentalbodiesandpublicentitiesfromPoland,BelarusandUkraineansweredtotheCallforProposalsbysubmitting307applications,ithasbeentheresponsibilityoftheJointTechnicalSecretariatto register,check,correctandsend letters toapplicants regarding theadministrativeandeligibilityverificationofthereceivedprojects.TherequirementsforadministrativeandeligibilitycheckarebasedontheprovisionsoftheGuidelinesforApplicants,approvedbytheJointMonitoringCommitteeaswellasthePracticalGuidetoContractProceduresforEUexternalactions.

During its first meeting the Evaluation Committee (EVC) approved the report from the opening session andadministrativeandeligibilitycheck.ThelistofprojectsrecommendedforfurtherevaluationopenedthewaytostarttheStep2–qualityevaluation,whichwascarriedout by EVC with the suport of the internal andexternal assessors. The Evaluation Committeeapproved a ranking and reserve list. Projectsrecommendedforsupportarethosethatfollowingthe quality evaluation received the minimumscoring envisaged for the whole project as wellas for therequiredsections.Noprojectproposalfailingtopassthequalityassessmentthresholdsmaybeapprovedforfinancing.

The Joint Monitoring Committee during its thirdmeeting (which took place on 23-24 November2010)decided toapprove the listof21projects,which shall be funded within the 1st Call forProposals. The maximum total value of theselectedprojectsexceedsthebudgetallocatedforthe1stCall.

Table1Theorderofevents

02 november 2009 announcement of the call for proposals

01 March 2010 deadline for submission of applications

15 - 17 March 2010 opening session

March – april 2010 administrative / eligibility check in Jts

May - June 2010 sending letters

July 2010 Verification of answers

august - october 2010 Quality evaluation

23 - 24 november 2010 approval of projects during JMC meeting

Table2.Numberofapplicationsaccordingtomeasures

total number of applications received: 307

Measure 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.1 3.2 Notclassified

Numberofapplications 39 74 38 59 90 3 4(ThefirstcallwasnotopenedforMeasures2.2and3.2)

Table3.NumberofapplicationssubmittedbyLeadPartnerfromPOLAND

Voivodeship number of appl. eU co-financing requested

Lubelskie 88 55.935.144,54€

Małopolskie 2 1.833.944,35€

Mazowieckie 15 10.532.027,56€

Podkarpackie 49 27.281.536,30€

Podlaskie 38 28.192.972,02€

total 192 123.775.624,80 €

Table4.NumberofapplicationssubmittedbyLeadPartnerfromBELARUS

region number of appl. eU co-financing requested

BrestRegion 8 3.947.055,23€

HomieĺRegion 3 945.355,00€

HrodnaRegion 5 4.330.807,44€

Minskregion 6 4.304.048,00€

total 22 13.527.255,67 €

Table5.NumberofapplicationssubmittedbyLeadPartnerfromUKRAINE

region number of appl. eU co-financing requested

Ivano-FrankivskRegion 7 2.259.257,30€

KyivRegion 2 660.900,00€

LvivRegion 36 16.565.093,42€

RivneRegion 5 1.344.031,00€

VolynRegion 32 20.896.553,82€

ZakarpattyaRegion 11 4.287.052,78€

total 93 46.012.888,32 €

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introduction

Cross-borderCooperationProgrammePoland-Belarus-Ukraine2007-2013providesthatinmeasure2.2co-financingofthestrategicprojectsconcerningthenewbordercrossingsandmodernizationoftheexistingbordercrossingsisplanned.Accordingtoarticle4oftheENPIImplementingRuleslargescalecross-borderinvestmentprojectsarenotselectedthroughtheopencallsforproposals,butareidentifiedjointlybyparticipatingcountries,inagreementwiththeEuropeanCommission.

Basic information about lsP in PBU

Asarule,themaximumimplementationperiodoflargescaleprojects(LSP)is36months.AnLSPmustbefinaliseduntil31December2014.Recommendedminimumgrantvalueis2000000EURandtherecommendedmaximumgrantvalueamountsto10000000EUR.EUco-financingpercentage:maximum90%ofeligiblecosts.LSPsshallbedirectly related to theProgramme, itsprioritiesandmeasures,crucial for thedevelopmentof theProgrammearea,haveaclearcross-bordereffect,haveaninvestment(infrastructure)character,havesupportfromthenational/regionallevelauthoritiesinaformofawrittenstatements,becoherentwithnational/regionaldevelopmentstrategicdocuments,thebeneficiarymustbeclearlyidentifiedastheonlyonebeingabletoimplementit.

TwoJointTaskForcemeetingswerealreadyheldandfiveinformationsessionswithLSPpartnerswereorganized.Asaresult9largescaleprojectswereidentifiedwithtotalbudgetof55,8millionEUR.

Current situation

With great pleasure we would like to informthat the Cross-border Cooperation ProgrammePoland-Belarus-Ukraine 2007-2013 is the firstProgramme among all other ENPI ProgrammeswhichhasmanagedtosuccessfullyselectthefirstLSPs! The European Commission approved thefullapplicationformsoftwoLSPswhichsoonwillsigncontractswith theJointManagingAuthority.Atthesametime,untilnowsixfurtherLSPProjectSummarieswerealreadyapprovedbytheECandthe full application forms are under preparation.ThelastProjectSummaryisunderpreparation.

Modernandefficientbordercrossingsarecrucialforcross-bordercooperation

FaCes oF tHe Cross-Border CooPeration InterviewwithMrs.EwaStachowiczfromthePodlaskieVoivodeshipGovernor’sOffice,whoiscurrentlyundertakingaprojecton“MakinginfrastructureofRoadbordercrossingpointPolowce-Peschatka-StageIII(Polish-Belarusianborder)-HajnowskiDistrictPL-BrzeskiDistrictBA”.

Could you please describe the idea behind the project and who will benefit from its implementation?The intentionsof theproject fitexactly in theMeasure2.2:efficientandsecureborders.Theaimof thisprojectis to increase theeffectivenessof infrastructureandborderproceduresaswellas to increase thesafetyon thePolish-Belarusianborder,whichisanexternalborderoftheEU.Ahighercapacityoftheborderanditssafetyaretheconditions for theachievementofotherobjectivesof thewholeProgramme.Adirectgroupofentities,whichwillbenefit fromthis investmentwill include: theBorderGuard, theCustomsService, theManagementofBorderCrossingsofPodlaskieVoivodeship,residentsofHajnówkaDistrictandBrestOblastandallthepersonstravellingthroughEurope.

if we look ahead, in what way, do you think, the project results will contribute to the development the Podlaskie region? What will be the cross-border impact?The participation of Belarus in the EU programmes and in the Eastern Partnership initiative will be conduciveto stimulation of economic, infrastructural and touristic co-operation between regions fromPoland and Belarus.Completionoftheprojectwillallow,interalia,thedevelopmentandmodernizationofinfrastructure,byjointactionsoftheauthoritiesofPodlaskieVoivodeshipandBrestOblast.Completionoftheprojectwillcontributetointensificationofthecross-bordercooperation.TheextensionofPolowce-Peschatkabordercrossingwillenableinternationalmotorpassengerandfreight(upto7.5tons)traffic.

the state Customs Committee of Belarus is involved as a partner in your project, how would you characterise its performance in this project in terms of the contribution it makes?Theprojectissymmetrical.Eachpartywillcarryoutmostofactionsonitssideoftheborder.TheBelarusianpartwillparticipateinthisprojectinthescopecompletedonthePolishside,includingworkingmeetingsregardingtheco-operation.Duringthemeetingsthepartieswillexchangeexperiencesanddiscussthemattersresultingfromthecontactpointontheroadbordercrossings.

Could you name the reasons to apply for an lsP grant?Firstofallthegrantcanacceleratethecompletionoftheproject.Italsostrengthensthecross-bordercooperation,introducessimilarstandardofinfrastructureandthroughputcapacity onboth sidesof theborder,what allows fasterandsafercrossingoftheborder.Thegrantcanfacilitatedevelopment of partner relations and exchange ofexperiencesinthescopeofefficientborderclearance.AsthelastpointIwouldmentionpromotionanddevelopmentofthewholeregion.

Ms.EwaStachowicz(intheforeground)talkingaboutplannedinvestmentinthePolowce-Peschatkabordercrossingbetween

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2nd Partner search Forum

14 December 2010 – over 270 representatives from the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Polish organisations andinstitutionsmetinLvivtoexchangeideasonprojectsfortheforthcomingcallsforproposalsplannedforthefirsthalfof2011.PotentialpartnersalsohadachancetomeettheProjectManagersfromtheJointTechnicalSecretariatandexperts from theRegionalCapacityBuilding Initiative.ThePartnerSearchForumwasorganizedwellahead theannouncementsofthecallsinordertogiveapplicantsmoretimetoworkonthepartnership.

Cross-border Forum of Journalists

On15December2010,therepresentativesoflocalandregionalmediafromtheProgrammeterritorymetinLvivtodiscussneedsoftheborderland.Morethan30journalistsparticipatedinthisevent.TheForumwasanopportunitytoexchangeopinions regarding thepossibilitiesofborderareasdevelopment, todeterminedesireddirectionsofdevelopmentofthecross-bordercooperationandtoestablishthenewformsofcooperationbetweenthejournalistsfrom neighbouring regions. Journalists expressed their readiness to further support the information plan of theProgrammeandassistinpromotingthebestpracticesfortheprojectimplementation.

isn’t it interestinG? Thereare8UNESCOWorldHeritageSitesontheProgrammeterritoryincluding3transboundarysites.Wehavethepleasuretopresentthese“giftsfromthePasttotheFuture”(source:whc.unesco.org):

1.Architectural,ResidentialandCulturalComplexoftheRadziwillFamilyinNiasviž(Belarus) 5.OldCityofZamość(Poland)

2.VirginforestsofBielaviežskajaPušča/PuszczaBiałowieska(Belarus/Poland) 6.PrimevalBeechForestsoftheCarpathians(Ukraine/Slovakia)

3.Lviv-theEnsembleoftheHistoricCentre(Ukraine) 7.StruveGeodeticArc(Belarus,Ukraine,RepublicofMoldova,Norway,Sweden,Finland,RussianFederation,Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania)

4.MirCastleComplex(Belarus) 8.WoodenChurchesofSouthernLittlePoland(Poland)

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01 Nowy Rok (PL), Новый год (BY), Новий Рік (UA) - New Year’s Day

03 Non - working day (UA)

06 Święto Trzech Króli (PL) - Epiphany

07 Рождество Христово (православное Рождество) (BY), Різдво Христове (UA) - Christmas (according to the Julian calendar)

III 08 День женщин (BY), Міжнародний жіночий день (UA) - Women’s Day

IV24 Wielkanoc (PL) , Светлое Христово Воскресенье (Православная Пасха),

Пасха (Католическая) (BY), Пасха (Великдень) (UA) - Easter Sunday25 Poniedziałek Wielkanocny (PL) - Easter Monday, Non - working day (UA)

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01 Święto Pracy (PL), Праздник труда (BY), День міжнародної солідарності трудящих (UA) - Labour Day

02 День міжнародної солідарності трудящих (UA) - Labour Day

03 Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja (PL) - 3rd May Constitution Day, Радyница (BY) - Radonitsa

09 День Победы (BY), День Перемоги (UA) - Victory Day

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12 Zesłanie Ducha Świętego – Zielone Świątki (PL) - Pentecost , Трійця (UA) - Trinity

13 Non - working day (Ukraine)

23 Boże Ciało (PL) - Corpus Christi

28 День конституції України (UA) - Constitution Day of Ukraine

VII 03 День Независимости Республики Беларусь (День Республики) (BY) - Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus

VIII15 Wniebowzięcie NMP (PL) - The Assumption

24 День незалежності України (UA) - Independence Day of Ukraine

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01 Wszystkich Świętych (PL) - All Saints’ Day

07 День Октябрьской революции (BY) - Anniversary of the October Revolution

11 Narodowe Święto Niepodległości (PL) - Independence Day of Poland

XII25 Boże Narodzenie (PL), Рождество Христово (католическое Рождество) (BY) -

Christmas26 Boże Narodzenie (PL) - Christmas

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International boundary

Borders of voivodeships (PL), voblasts (BY) and regions (UA)

Borders of powiats (PL), rajons (BY) and rayons (UA)

Cooperation areas

Adjacent cooperation areas

Financed by the European Union

The programme area (data 2005):

· Inhabited by 20 900 000 people (PL: 5 100 000; BY: 7 300 000; UA: 8 500 000)

· Amounts to 316 300 km² (PL: 75 300 km²; BY: 138 500 km²; UA: 102 500 km²)

· The length of the borders: - between PL and BY: 418 km - between PL and UA: 535 km - between BY and UA (the part in the programme area): 205 km

BELARUS POLAND UKRAINE

Eligible area of the Cross-border Cooperat ion Programme Poland - Belarus - Ukraine 2007-2013

*Publicholidaysandothernon-workingdays.InUkrainewhenapublicholidayfallsonadayoff(e.g.Sunday),thefollowingworkingdaybecomesadayoff.

JointTechnicalSecretariatCross-borderCooperationProgrammePoland-Belarus-Ukraine2007-2013

CenterofEuropeanProjects39a,DomaniewskaSt.

02-672Warsawtel:+48223783100e-mail:pbu@cpe.gov.pl

www.pl-by-ua.eu

“TheCrossborderer”isthemagazineoftheCross-borderCooperationProgrammePoland-Belarus-Ukraine2007-2013.