SESSION 1
EU Enlargement
IPA II, a new
instrument for more
targeted and
efficient preaccession assistance
SESSION 1
EUBetter
Enlargement
aligning
pre-accession assistance to
the policy agenda –
objectives of the high
level strategic
planning documents
SESSION 1
EU Enlargement
Joost Korte
Deputy Director-General
DG Enlargement
European Commission
Guiding principles for IPA II
• Builds on IPA I
• Reinforced link between financial assistance and
policy agenda
• Stronger ownership by the beneficiaries
• Core themes remain good governance and capacity
building
• Contribution to the objectives of EU 2020 Agenda /
SEE 2020 Strategy
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Common Strategic Framework (CSF)
• What is the CSF?
– Top level strategic planning doc. for IPA II
• What is it targeting?
– All countries + all policy areas
• Purpose of the CSF:
– To foster a better alignment of financial
assistance on enlargement policy
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Common Strategic Framework (CSF)
• The CSF includes:
 Political priorities
 Common needs assessment from beneficiaries
 Long term strategic planning of the assistance,
based on the guiding principles
 List of types of actions and of financial
assistance
 Criteria for budget allocation among countries
 Indicators for progress monitoring
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Common Strategic Framework (CSF)
Q4
2012
Q1
2013
Draft
Version
Final
Version
Q2
2013
Q3
2013
Entry
into
force
Q4
2013
Q1
2014
tentative timeline
IPA Conference
Brussels, 25 January 2013
Q2
2014
Q3
2014
Q4
2011
2014
Country Strategy Papers (CSPs)
• What are CSPs?
–
Second level strategic planning doc. for IPA II
(also: Multi-Country Strategy Paper)
• What are they targeting?
–
Priorities / reform efforts for the entire 7-year
period (with mid-term review)
• Prepared under DG ELARG lead, in consultation with
other IPA DGs and in partnership with beneficiaries
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Country Strategy Papers (CSPs)
• The CSPs include:
 Country specific priorities, needs and
capacities to commit for reform
 Specification on sectors by policy areas
 Volume of the assistance and types of actions
 Clear targets and indicators to measure their
achievement
IPA Conference
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Country Strategy Papers (CSPs)
First
Draft
Q4
2012
Q1
2013
Q2
2013
Q3
2013
Q4
2013
Final
Draft
Adoption
Q1
2014
Q2
2014
tentative timeline
IPA Committee
(first round of Strategy Papers)
IPA Conference
Brussels, 25 January 2013
Q3
2014
Q4
2011
2014
SESSION 1
Better aligning
pre-accession assistance to
the policy agenda –
objectives of the high
level strategic
planning documents
IPA Conference
Brussels, 25 January 2013