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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
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
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
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
How it works?
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
Institutional
building
Cross
Border
cooperation
Comp III
Comp IV
Comp V
Regional
development
Human
Resources
development
Rural
Development
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.
Basic principles
Ownership
Coherence and concentration of assistance
Sectoral approach
Coordination, complementarity, synergy
Absorption capacity, maturity of projects
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 Countries
Coordination, Division of labour, pool of donor resources
Projects financed in SERBIA
Under Components I and II
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
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
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
What is the Western Balkan Investment
Framework?
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
Support to infrastructure
Support to investments (private sectors, energy efficiency…)
Promote general socio-economic development of the WBIF
Funds – donor community – combined with loans from IFIs
2 main objectives:
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.
Thank you for
your attention!