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