Budapest Danube Contact Point:
an innovative tool to support the implementation
of Danube Strategy
Peter Kiss-Parciu
Budapest Danube Contact Point
EU Strategy for the Danube Region
5 June, 2013
Challenges in macro-regional project development and
implementation
• Large number of institutions and stakeholders
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acting on the national and international stages
with various different objectives and responsibilities
• Segregated project development
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infrastructure projects harmonized by andministrative agreements
lack of common and coordinated project development
• Delayed project implementation
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insufficient knowledge of the respective national and EU procedures and the acquis
lack of project and concept harmonization in particular in the transnational context
lack of financial engineering and cash flow management
lack of conceptual/strategic thinking in particular on the interdisciplinary side
lack of comprehensive approach including the project and sector setup, the infrastructure, the legal
environment and the operations
 Danube Strategy offers great opportunities for the 2014-2020 programming period;
however, creating macro-regional added value in the form of tangible projects is a great
challenge
The start of the Budapest Danube Contact Point (BDCP)
 Endorsement of the EUSDR by MS – 13 April, 2011
 Memorandum of Understanding signed betwen the Government
of Hungary and the European Investment Bank – 20 June, 2011
 Start of the pilot secondment of the EIB to the BDCP – 12 April,
2012
 Official start of the BDCP – 1 July, 2012
What is the BDCP?
Organization of international experts promoting the
macro-regional approach by supporting large scale
financeable and implementable projects and concepts
in the framework of the EUSDR, primarily in the
energy, environment and transport sectors
Organization
1 Expert
by EIB
3 Experts by HU
2 Experts
by DRS Members
BDCP
Supported by:
EIB (technical, financial)
JASPERS
Office space,
infrastructure: MFA, HU
SERVICING:
NETWORKING:
EUSDR Steering Groups,
National Contact Points, Project Promoters
EC, sectorial experts, ministries, authorities, local
actors, coordinating bodies
Basic principles of the BDCP
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Works in the framework of the EUSDR
Cooperates with Priority Area Coordinators/Steering Groups,
project promoters, other EUSDR stakeholders
Offers a „smart tool” for large scale concepts and projects
Promotes a transnational and integrated approach
to create macro-regional added value
Avoids any additional management or administrative level
Acts as a motivator and facilitator to help the existing
stakeholders
Acts as a financing expert
Services Offered –
I. Steering Groups
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Project identification
Project prioritization and selection
Reality check and needs assessment
Using EIB/JASPERS technical support
Involving stakeholders
Planning the financing of selected actions
Promoting the macro-regional approach
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II. Project promoters
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Financibility and implementability check
Assigning optimal financing structure and
developing roadmap for financing
Using EIB/JASPERS technical expertise
Strategic project monitoring
Stakeholder involvement and coordination
Capitalizing on EUSDR framework!
Temporary experts in the BDCP
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All EUSDR countries are invited to second experts (so far BW and UA)
Office space and infrastructure provided
Travel, accomodation and daily allowance provided for 6-12 week
periods to non-EU experts
ToR for secondment developed in cooperation with the sending
institution
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Facilitate selected projects/concepts
Identify and promote new macro-regional initiatives
Involve stakeholders from the country of origin
Facilitate coordination between country of origin and other EUSDR countries
Facilitate financing in the country of origin
Create macro-regional added value!
Magyar-ukrán közös árvízvédelmi fejlesztési program
(A Magyarország és Ukrajna határvizekkel kapcsolatos vízgazdálkodási kérdésekkel foglalkozó 2012.
júniusi XVII. Határvízi Kormánymeghatalmazotti ülésszakon született határozat figyelembe vételével)
Example of a macro-regional project supported by the BDCP:
The Upper-Tisza flood management programme
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
BUDAPEST DANUBE CONTACT POINT
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
[email protected]