Department of International Territorial Cooperation
Let’s work together for Us and Europe!
Romania’s participation within the
European Territorial Cooperation programmes 2007 - 2013
A. Cross-border cooperation
B. Trans-national cooperation
C. Interregional cooperation
The specific character of the European Territorial Cooperation
programmes 2007 – 2013 implies the cooperation of Romanian regions with:
A. regions from neighbouring countries (cross-border
cooperation)
B. regions from a certain geographic area (trans-national
cooperation)
C. regions from any EU Member State (Inter-regional
cooperation)
Through programmes jointly managed and administered by the
participant states
The territorial cooperation at European level promotes the
harmonious and balanced development all over European Union
territory through:

cross-border cooperation – finances accessibility, environmental and
hazard prevention projects, economic and social development and people to
people actions at the EU internal and external borders;

trans-national cooperation - mainly aiming at financing actions and
developing networks to lead to an integrated territorial development in areas
such as: innovation, environment, accessibility and urban development;

inter-regional development – represents the cooperation among public
authorities on problems of common interest, through transfer of experience
and good practices among the European Union regions, by constituting
networks among the EU cities, as well as EU researchers.
The MDPWH manages all the 11 territorial cooperation programmes in
which Romania participates in the period 2007-2013
For each territorial cooperation programme there is a sole budget.
All the programmes (with the exception of INTERACT II) have an
economic-social development axis/area, which also includes
urbandevelopment
Co-financing rate:
-
for the programmes financed under the ERDF and
the IPA:
 85% from Community funds
 15% from national funds
- For the programmes financed under the ENPI:
 90% from Community funds
 10% from national funds.
This may vary from a programme to another and from a priority
axis to another.
Operational Programme
Eligible area
Budget
Romania – Bulgaria
Border area
262 MEUR
Ungaria - Romania
Border area
275 MEUR
Romania-Serbia
Border area
22 MEUR (for the period
2007-2009)
Romania-MoldovaUkraine
Border area
136 MEUR
Hungary-SlovakiaRomania-Ukraine
Border area
74,81 MEUR
Black Sea Basin
Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Turkey,
Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia,
Azerbaijan
17 MEUR (ENPI) +10%
national co-financing
South East Europe
Austria, Greece and Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary,
România, Slovenia, Slovakia; Croatia, Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania,
Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia; Moldova,
Ukraine
245.11 M EUR
INTERREG IV C
27 Member States, Switzerland, Norway
405.09 M EUR
URBACT II
27 Member States, Switzerland, Norway
67.82 M EUR
INTERACT II
27 Member States, Switzerland, Norway
40.03 M EUR
ESPON 2013
27 Member States, Switzerland, Norway
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES
Joint Monitoring Committee
Joint Selection Committee *
(Joint)
Managing Authority
Certifying
Authority*
First Level
controllers
Evaluation work
group/
Evaluation
committee
Audit
Authority
For ENPI OP
Joint Technical
Secretariat
For inter-regional and transnational cooperation OP
Auditors’ Group*
For cross-border
cooperation OP
Info Point/National Contact
Point/JTS Antenna
National
Authority
Key
Non-subordination relation
Subordination relation
*
For the programmes financed under the ENPI, these structures shall not be
established. The role of Certifying Authority – in the ENPI OP case –
belongs to the Joint Managing Authority.
For the ENPI and the IPA programmes, the role of Joint Selection
Committee is played by the Joint Monitoring Committee
PROJECT LEADER PARTNER
PRINCIPLE (PL)
Cooperation and partnership
Cooperation criteria (obligation: at least 2/4):
•Joint project elaboration;
•Joint personnel;
•Joint financing;
•Joint implementation.
Active participation of all the partners from the project idea generation
phase
 ( Joint designation of the PL=> PL become coordinators)
Avoidance to superpose functions
(1 project manager for each partner; only one project management
team)
A sole budget
(all partners must have a balanced financial contribution)
All partners must contribute to meeting the project objectives
Definition
The project leader partner (PL) is chosen by and from among the
project partners, to ensure the interface with the programme.
PL is the project manager;
PL is the contact person for monitoring, report and other general
character information;
The conclusions on the project, the strategy modifications and other
important decisions must be jointly taken.
What does the “project leader partner” principle imply?
•Joint project management;
•Simplification of the communication modalities: PL is the interface
with the Managing Authority
Note: All partners have responsibilities during the project
implementation
Partener 1
Partener 2
Partener n
Leader Partner
MA
Management
Programme
Legal responsibilities of the project leader partner
•PL submits the financing application from the established partnership;
•PL and the Managing Authority sign the financing contract;
•PL elaborates the Partnership Agreement to be signed by partners;
=> each partner has own duties and
!
responsibilities
=> balanced financial contribution.
The Financing contract between the MA and PL includes:
- rights: receipt of non-reimbursable funds;
- duties: report, meet the imposed deadlines, meet the moneyspending objectives, archive, inform, meet the procedures to
recover incorrectly spent sums.
The Partnership Agreement among partners includes:
- rights and duties of each partner;
- procedures to recover incorrectly spent sums;
- activities of information and publicity;
- measures regarding project modification.
Financial responsibilities according to the “project leader”
concept
•All partners (PL included):
-! are responsible for their own expenses and activities, including
reimbursement in case of irregularities;
-! must ensure the control of their own expenses – ensured by the
appointed controller.
•The leader partner:
-reports to the JTS and administers activities;
-receives the ERDF funds under the programme and transfers the part
related to each partner;
-in case of irregularities: reimburses the sum representing
irregularities to the Certifying Authority then asks the money from the
partner that caused the irregularities.
Recovery of incorrectly made expenses
Certifying Authority
initiates recovery
Project Leader Partner
reimburses sums
Project Partner
returns sums to the Partner Leader
according to the provisions of the
Partnership Agreement
Partner member State
Pays sums to the Partner Leader
in case the partner
does not return the sums to the PL
and
Turns against its own partner
to recover the sums
Partner search
www.mdlpl.ro
www.infocooperare.ro
www.fonduri-structurale.ro
Websites of the ETC programmes: www.urbact.eu,
www.interreg4c.net (functional)
Thank you !
Maria Magdalena Racovita Jalova Voinea
Head of Department
Phone: 0372 111 326
Fax: 0372 111 456
Email: [email protected]