Promotion of Community

initiatives and territorial pacts

in Czech Republic - Real Partnership in Operational Programmes ?

2012, EP, Brussels

Partnership in Czech Republic

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Period 2004 – 2006

Czech National development plan

•5 Operational Programmes (JROP, OP Industry and Enterprise, OP Infrastructure, OP Human resources development, OP

Rural development and multifunctional agriculture)

- for 7 Cohesion Regions- JROP (Joint Regional Operational Programme):

•JROP, 3.3 – Increasing the Absorbtion Capacity in the regions

- strategy for each region have been prepared together with the partners from the region – involve them to the preparation AND implementation phase – finaced 75% by the ESF

Partnership in Czech Republic

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Procedure, JROP 3.3

• MoRD established selection criterias for the regional budget per project (apx. 1 – 3.000.000 EUR/region)

• All regions (13) participated

• In all regions partnerships were created - regional authorities, local municipalities, SMEs, NGOs, universities, ….

• In all regions partnerships actively worked on the topic – strategy for better absorbtion, implementing, monitoring, evaluating…

…but

• when the Operational Programme/ JROP was finished (2007) – and 3.3 too

- these partnerships finished, too… …why ? No motivation for the

strongest partner and applicant (public administration) to continue…

…so,what to do ?Partnership in Czech Republic

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Strengthening partnership principle

• mapping of participation methods used in the EU environment

• presenting examples of good practices• exchange of experience among public officials• enlightenment and education of officials and

politicians• increasing of motivation of local governments

to involve citizens and social-economy partners in municipal and regional development

NGOs participation in Czech Republic

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…and:

• Campaigning of best practices from EU

• Methodology• Trainings for all actors• Condition in (some part) of public

budget (like JROP 3.3, EQUAL, LEADER…)

Participation in Czech Republic

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NGOs participation in Czech Republic

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Cooperation between NGOs and Regions in

Czech Republic - Initiator• Government Council for NGOs (GCNGOs) - Advisory Body to the Government of the Czech Republic

- Committee for the Regions and Partnership (CfRP) CfRP members – 14 x 2 – each region 1 from the Regional Authority,

1 from the CSOs… …+ membership of the other socio-economy national partners

platforms – enterpreuners, farmers, LAG network, municipalities, associations, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Regional Development

NGOs participation in Czech Republic

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Cooperation between NGOs and Regions in Czech

Republic• Territorial pacts – written documents• Contact persons in the RA – departments, …• Annual conferences (evaluation of the cooperation)• Information and Services Centers• Web of Regional Authorities, Catalogues• Participation in the advisories bodies of RA• Consulting the Regional Grant Scheme for CSOs• Services for free (meeting rooms, offices, …)• …AO®B

Center for Community Center for Community Organizing Central Moravia, Organizing Central Moravia,

Czech Republic/Czech Republic/European Economic and Social European Economic and Social

Committee, BrusselsCommittee, Brussels

Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!

Roman HakenRoman Hakenroman.haken@cpkp.cz

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