EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION OBJECTIVE 3

2007-2013

TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME

MED

MED programme

• Four priority Axes and specific objectives following the priorities of Lisbon and Göteborg

• Transnational partnership projects

• Regular calls for proposals starting from 2008

Programme structures

• Managing Authority: Conseil Régional PACA

• Joint Technical Secretary in Marseille

– Two liaison offices: Valencia (Spain) and Thessaloniki (Greece)

• Certifying Authority: Caisse de dépôts et consignations (CDC)

• Audit Authority: Commission interministérielle des contrôles communautaires (CICC)

• Monitoring Committee and Selection Committee

• National authorities in each of the programme States

General Information

• Total budget of the MED programme: 256M€ (ERDF 193M€)

• Project budgets between 300 000€ and 2M€ of the ERDF (+ national contribution)

• ERDF co-financing rate 75% ; for partners from Malta, Cyprus and Slovenia: 85%

• Separate financial flows for the Croatian and Montenegro partners: from the Instrument of Pre-accession (IPA)

Calls for Proposals

• ‘Classic’ calls for proposals : cover all priority Axes of the operational programme, all eligible structures can apply

• Targeted calls: thematic or restricted

• Strategic projects: separate calls

• For classic calls: a two-step selection procedure with a pre-proposal

Project evaluation and selection ‘Classic’ calls:- Call for pre-proposals: simple application form- Partnership must already exist- Evaluation of pre-proposals by the JTS- Selection Committee chooses the projects to submit a

full candidature- ----------------- Full candidatures precise the details of the project- JTS evaluates full proposals, eventually with external

experts- Selection Committee approves the projects and can

request modifications- ---------------- Project partners sign a Partnership Agreement- Lead Partner signs the Subsidy Contract with the

Managing Authority

Launching timetable

• MED Operational Programme submitted to the EU Commission for final validation 31.10

November - December 2007:• JTS Recruited• Documents of the Application Pack • Programme website online

January – February 2008:• First ‘classic’ call for proposals

Contacts

• Joint technical Secretariat:

STC-Med@Regionpaca.fr

• Managing Authority:

Aug-Med@Regionpaca.fr

• Programme website:

www. programmemed.eu