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Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Modernisation of Municipal

Services

Sector Fund Manager: Kerstin Mackensen

NALAS General Assembly10 - 1 2009, Istanbul

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Overview

Open Regional Funds (ORF)

ORF Modernising Municipal Services

Regional Project – ID NALAS

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ORF´s: Background

All countries of South East Europe aim to access the EU

South East European countries are facing similar challenges in terms of need for reforms

Dynamics of these reform processes call for flexible instruments

Regional integration of Western Balkan countries is a requirement articulated by EU

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ORF Strategy: GTZ goes regional

Bilateral Technical Cooperation will end in all countries in the future (e.g. depending on EU accession process) German Technical Cooperation in South East Europe goes regional

German bilateral Technical Cooperation through GTZ is dealing with similar topics in all countries and has experiences of approx. 20 years

GTZ holds contacts in all countries in similar sectors and can therefore ideally facilitate regional networking

Open Regional Funds supplement and (in some countries) will be replacing German bilateral cooperation

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The four ORF sectors

Legal Reform

Foreign Trade Promotion

Modernisation of Municipal Services

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies

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Open Regional Funds in South East EuropeRegional Management Structure

Sarajevo e. d. Belgrad

Podgorica a.

Tirana c.

b. Skopje

Zagreb

Pristina Sofia

Bukarest

GTZ offices in SEE

b.ORF

MunicipalServices

d.ORF

Legal Reform

c.ORF

Foreign TradePromotion

e.ORF

Energy

a. Fondsmanagement

EU

Open Regional Funds

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Overview

Open Regional Funds (ORF)

ORF Modernisation Municipal Services

Regional Project – ID NALAS

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ORF - Modernisation of Municipal Services

Main Target:

Improvement of political and institutional frame conditions for Municipal Services in South East Europe

Main Partner:

NALAS

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Main Partner: NALAS

Cooperation with GTZ since beginning of 2007

Support to NALAS task forces and projects

ORF-MSORF-MS

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Institutional development of NALAS

NALAS Knowledge Centre

Urban integration of informal settlements,

2 Pilot projects in development of urban planning process:

Albania: Sukth and BiH: Prijedor

ORF-MSORF-MS

Sub-Projects in ORF Municipal Services –implemented with & through NALAS

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Cost estimation on municipal services

Comparative analysis and pilot research on kindergartens,

schools and building permits

Improvement of local property tax administration

Comparative analysis

Local governmental borrowing

Integrated information system on solid waste

Further projects will be developed and implemented

ORF-MSORF-MS

Sub-Projects in ORF Municipal Services –implemented with & through NALAS

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Overview

Open Regional Funds (ORF)

ORF Modernisation Municipal Services

Regional Project – ID NALAS

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Support to the institutional development of NALAS

Duration:

First phase 2010 – 2012, second phase 2013 – 2015

ORF-MSORF-MS

Regional Project – ID NALAS

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Thank you very much for your attention!