Eastern Partnership
Territorial Cooperation
Programmes
Presentation by EaPTC team
June 2013
Issues to be discussed
• Thematic and geographic coverage of the territorial
cooperation programmes
• Role and composition of the joint decision making
committees (JDMC)
• Establishment of the management mechanism,
possible financial framework and timeline
• The planned information and capacity building
events in the eligible regions
• Cooperation with EaPTC team
EaP Territorial Cooperation Programmes
• EaP TC programme Armenia – Georgia
– Armenia: Shirak, Lori and Tavush regions (marzes)
– Georgia: Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli regions
• EaP TC programme Azerbaijan – Georgia
– Azerbaijan: Ganja-Gazakh and Sheki-Zaqatala regions
– Georgia: Kvemo Kartli and Kakheti regions
• EaP TC programme Belarus – Ukraine
– Belarus: Brest and Gomel oblasts
– Ukraine: Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Chernigiv oblast
• EaP TC programme Moldova – Ukraine
– Moldova: the whole country’s territory
– Ukraine: Chernivtsi, Vinnytsya and Odesa oblasts
Thematic coverage: issues pertaining
to local / regional development
• Improving the living conditions of local
communities through joint projects supporting
economic and social development;
• Addressing common challenges in fields such
as environment, employment, public health or
any other field of common interest;
• Culture, education and sports
Financial framework
• Total programme budget (for four borders)
– Euro 12,5 million (only EU contribution)
• 10% co-financing by grant beneficiaries
(tbd)
• Project size: still to be defined; example
Serbia – BiH:
Min – 20 000 EUR
Max – 250 000 EUR
Projects that may be supported
• Must have obvious cross border impact on both sides of
the border
• Must come from at least two partners from both
countries
• Should comply with these cooperation criteria:
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joint project development
joint implementation
joint project staff
joint financing
Types of beneficiaries
• State actors: local and regional authorities,
public service providers (hospitals,
educational, research and cultural institutions,
communal service providers, associations);
• Non-state actors: CSO in all their diversity
(independent policy / research foundations,
citizens’ initiatives and unions, youth
organisations, SME associations)
EaPTC management:
institutional framework
• Joint Decision Making Committee (JDMC)
• Territorial Cooperation Programme Managing
Authority (MA)
• Subject to the final configuration of the programme
management mechanism, MA decides on Technical
Secretariat with offices in participating countries as the
need may be
JDMC role, mode of operation and functions
• JDMC is a body where consultations between the
participating countries take place and decisions
concerning the programme taken. It will ensure
ownership of the programme by the participating
countries.
• JDMC brings together representatives of central
government, local authorities and civil society
organisations from each participating country
• JDMC may be established in the framework of bilateral
inter-governmental commissions on economic
cooperation, or in any other form deemed appropriate
by the participating countries
JDMC main functions
• Define and approve the main priorities and measures of each
programme;
• Decide on the optimal allocation of the programme´s resources to
priorities;
• Advise on the selection criteria for projects including guidelines
for applicants;
• Decide on the selection of the projects;
• Monitor progress towards the objectives of the programme by
reviewing the reports submitted by the managing authority
and/or other national/regional authorities;
 Receive information on any issues related to TC programme
implementation
Managing Authority
To be selected and entrusted by the EC
Options:
• Indirect centralised management – by a
consortium of Member States’ agencies;
• Joint management with an international
organization
Legal documents and decisions to
be
taken
• Commission decision on the budget of EUR 12.5 million, including
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Action Fiche
Eastern Partnership Territorial Cooperation Strategy – prepared
by the European Commission in consultation with the partner
countries; among other things, setting out individual fund allocation to
each of the four TC programmes
Joint Operational Programmes – prepared by the partner countries,
adopted by JDMCs and agreed with EC for each TC programme
separately; setting out specific TC programme priorities and
implementation modalities
Delegation Agreement between EC and selected organisation on the
functions of Managing Authority
Operational documents: Guidelines for applicants, Programme
manuals, etc.
Forward action: Jun-Sep 2013
EaPTC Action fiche drafted
Consultations on JDMC establishment carried out
Training modules to beneficiaries started
Launching informational events held
Web-portal made operational
Decisions on the establishment of JDMC prepared or taken
Depending on management mechanism, support to
establishment of Technical Secretariats carried out
• Capacity building modules for managing bodies started
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Forward action – three years’ milestones
 2013:
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Decision on Programme Management Authority taken
Action fiche approved by ENPI Committee
EU Commission decision to start EaP TC programmes taken
Sep‘13
Oct’13
Nov’13
2014
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Call for Proposals announced
Proposals submitted
Projects selected
Contracts signed
Jan ‘14
May ‘14
Oct ‘14
Dec ’14
 2015 and beyond:
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First programme results assessed
Support on ENI-funded TC designed & rendered
EaP TC projects implemented until
Jan ‘15
Feb ‘15 onwards
Dec ’16
Capacity building for stakeholders
 Main topics relevant to all three TC programmes:
 TC opportunities and specific information about requirements
 Development of projects and preparation of project proposals
 Identifying cross-border partners
 Following the application procedures
 Modules:
 B1: Opportunities within territorial cooperation programmes;
 B2: Project idea generation;
 B3: Initial partner identification;
 B4: Project preparation (General);
 B5: General Info Day/Question & Answer Sessions;
 B6: Partner Search Forum (Related to CfP);
 B7: Project preparation workshop (Related to CfP);
 B8: Individual support / advice in project preparation;
 B9: General training for successful applicants;
 B10: Procurement and financial training
EaPTC Support Programme
Overall objective: To promote sustainable cross-border
cooperation between border regions of the Eastern Partnership
partner countries, so as to allow for the development of joint
solutions to common challenges in their border areas.
Purposes
1. To create a conducive environment for cross-border cooperation
programmes along the borders of Ukraine-Belarus; GeorgiaArmenia and Georgia-Azerbaijan, while taking into account
specificities of each border area,
2. To strengthen the capacity of local and regional state and nonstate actors along the borders Ukraine-Belarus; Georgia-Armenia;
and Georgia-Azerbaijan to develop and implement cross-border
projects.
Timeframe:
December 2012 – December 2015
EaPTC team
•Alexei Sekarev
•Lyubov Palyvoda
•Erikas Jankauskas
•Lorenzo Nava
•Tatiana Derevyankina
•Tamuna Baindurashvili
Team Leader
Advocacy Expert
Capacity Building Expert
Capacity Building Expert
Communication Expert
Office Manager
19 D.Gamrekeli st. Business Center «Palati», Room 411
Tbilisi 0160 Georgia Tel. (+995 32) 2 36 90 74
www.eaptc.eu (in preparation); [email protected]