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EU

European Commission

Cooperation and Development

assistance in Moldova

Kaido Sirel

Head of Operations

EU Delegation to Moldova

EU Summary

• Sources

• Priorities

• Projects

• Comprehensive Institution Building

EU Sources• TACIS

• European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

– Bilateral programmes

– Regional programmes (ENPI East)

– Inter-regional programmes

– Cross-border cooperation programmes

• Macro-financial assistance

• Development Cooperation Instrument - Thematic Budgets – bilateral, regional, global

• External programmes from Relex family and Commission internal Directorate General’s

• Internal EU programmes opened and to be opened to Moldova.

EU ENPI Bilateral National Indicative

Programme 2007-2013• Priorities for MOLDOVA (273,14 MEUR)

– Good governance, rule of law, fundamental freedoms

– Social and human development

– Trade and sustainable development

Confidence Building Measures. Regional Cohesion pilots

EU

Democracy, Good Governance and StabilityHuman Rights (CoE Facility)IBMEUBAMResponse to the Natural and man made disasters

Economic DevelopmentSME Development (SME Facility, EBRD TAM-BAS extension)Territorial Cooperation – CBC between ENPI East countries, Cohesion Transport - TRACECA

Climate Change, Energy and EnvironmentClimate changeEnergy (INOGATE)Environmental GovernanceEnvironmental Protection and Natural Resources (Bucharest Convention)

Advancing Integration with the EU and Regional Co-operationEastern Partnership meetings and pilot projectsBlack Sea Synergy, Northern DimensionYouth and Culture

Regional allocations for Info Communication and Project Cycle Management

REGIONAL PROGRAMME EAST :

EU Inter-regional

Priority Area 1: Promoting reform through European

advice and expertise – SIGMA, TAIEX

Priority Area 2: Promoting higher education and

student mobility TEMPUS, Erasmus Mundus

Priority Area 3: Promoting cooperation between

local actors in the EU, and in the partner countries –

CIUDAD

Priority Area 4: Promoting Investment projects via

Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF)

EU Cross Border Cooperation

• CBC Moldova – Romania - Ukraine

(2007-2013) 126 million euro

• Black Sea Programme 26 million euro

• CBC South East Europe

EU

CBC Programs for land borders (9) and sea

crossings (3)

EU

CBC Sea Basin Programs (3)

EU

• ”Investing in people” Human and social development

• Protection of the environment and sustainable

planning/cultivation of natural resources, energy

• Non-state actors and local authorities in the process of

development

• Food security

• Migration and asylum policies

Projects selected via Call For Proposals

5 Global Thematic Programmes

EU Bilateral Thematic calls

• European Instrument for Democracy and

Human Rights

• Non State Actors and Local Actors in

Governance

EU

• Instrument for Nuclear cooperation (DEVCO)

• Humanitarian aid (DG ECHO)

• Instrument for Stability (EEAS)

• Cohesion Pilots (DG REGIO)

• SME programme (DG ENTR)

• 7th Framework Programme for Research (DG RTD)

• New EU Internal Programmes to be opened to MD

• ENPARD – Neigbourhood Agriculture and Rural

Development (DG AGRI)

Other external programmes from

European Commission

EU EU Internal programmes which can

be opened to Moldova

• Customs 2013

• Competiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)

• Intelligent Energy Europe

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation;

• ICT Policy Support

• Consumer Policy

• SESAR (Air Traffic)

• Public Health

EU Additional Strategies/Initiatives• Eastern Partnership

– Comprehensive Institution Building

– EaPIC - Integration and Cooperation Programme

– Regional Development Pilots (PRDP)

– Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD)

• Black Sea Synergy (ENPI East + Russia + Turkey)

– Energy

– Transport

– Environment

Existing funding will be used for the implementation of the Strategy objectives.

• Danube Strategy

– connecting the Danube Region - transport, energy, culture, tourism;

– protecting the environment;

– building prosperity - research, education and information technologies, competitiveness

– strengthening the Danube Region - the institutional capacity and cooperation, to tackle security and organized crime.

Existing funding will be used for the implementation of the Strategy objectives.

• Mobility Partnership - Moldova as pilot case

• European Endownment for Democracy – Support for Civil Society

EU State of Affairs 2012 Around 150 programmes and projects ongoing or in preparation in

Moldova

Phasing out of TACIS and TACIS CBC, Lower Danube Programmes

6 Budget Support programmes (Health, Water, Rural development, Energy, Justice, Vocational Education)

Technical Assistance (social, health, economy, mobility partnership, water, justice, public administration, etc)

Twinnings and Comprehensive Institution Building

Thematic Budget lines projects (media, anti-torture, legal protection, elections, migration, energy, environment, etc)

Cross Border Cooperation projects (water, infrastructures, tourism, historic towns, etc)

Macro-Financial Assistance

Neighbourhood Investment Facility – Roads, Water, Health, Air Logistics, Airport, Trolleybuses, - in pipeline wine sector, roads,

EU Budget Support• ENPI 2007 SBS Social sector – 21 M EUR, including 1 M EUR TA

component

• ENPI 2008 SBS Health sector - 46,6 M EUR, including 4,6 M EUR TA component

• ENPI 2009 SBS Water and sanitation sector – 50 M EUR, including 8 M EUR TA component and delegated cooperation (ADA)

• ENPI 2010 SBS Economic Stimulation in Rural Areas – 45 M EUR, including 3 M EUR TA component

• ENPI 2011 SBS Energy 40 MEUR Budget Support, 2,6 M EUR Technical Assistance

• ENPI 2012 SBS – Justice reform, 52 M EUR

• ENPI 2013 Vocational Education and Training

EU Macro-Financial Assistance

2007- 2008: MEUR 45 grant, paid in 3 tranches

2010 – 2012: MEUR 90 grant, paid in 3 tranches – support provided as response to financial crisis.

Conditions:

• Public expenditure management and fiscal reform: implementation of Treasury Systems, customs & taxation reforms, public procurement

• Enterprise restructuring and business environment: privatisation of state-owned firms, bankruptcy legislation, competition legislation, SME development

• Financial sector reform: privatisation of banks, supervision regulation, insurance legislation

• Specific sectoral issues: public utilities, statistics, export promotion.

EU Neighbourhood Investment Facility

• Providing blending grants for the loans

• 11 projects blending in the loans of around MEUR 700 with MEUR 87.96 grants

– Modernisation of the Republican Clinical Hospital

– Airport Modernisation Project

– Road Rehabilitation project

– Feasibility Study for the Improvement of Water and Sanitation System in Chisinau

– Water Utilities development programme

– Chisinau Transport project

– Vine sector upgrading

– Roads rehabilitation project

– 2 Energy efficiency projects

– Moldelectrica

EU Twinnings

• Annual envelope of 5-7 MEUR (5 new Twinnings per year)

• Requests from state institutions can cover all aspects of EU approximation process where there is EU acquis (preferable the areas negotiated in the AA and DCFTA)

State of affairs:

2 finished Twinnings - Parliament (FR, HU) Penitentiary system (D, NL)

7 Twinnings on-going or starting

- Procurement (RO), and

- Intellectual Property Rights (DK, RO),

- Competition and State Aid (LV, A, RO)

- Regional development (F),

- Public internal financial control,

- Accreditation of product conformity assessment and

- Market surveillance.

5 more Twinning fiches in preparation, 5 more Twinnings in short term pipeline

EU Comprehensive Institution Building

EaP framework jointly developed and implementedwith the partner country to ensure effective institutionbuilding of a limited number of core institutions whichare central to the preparation and implementation offuture AAs and DCFTAs.

Key principles

– ‘Agreement driven’

– Focus on a limited number of ‘core’ institutions

– Comprehensive

– Based on a clear commitment of partner countries

– Open to other donors’ support (funding & technical expertise)

EU CIBIndicative list of Beneficiary Institutions

Public Administration Reform:

State Chancellery

Public Procurement Agency

Ministry of Finance

Ensuring rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms

General Prosecutor's Office

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Center for Combatting Economic Crimes and Corruption

Preparing Moldova in view of future DCFTA

Ministry of Economy

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Health (Public Health Service in charge of non-animal food products)

Inspectorate for Phyto-Sanitary Surveillance and Seed Control

Sanitary-Veterinary and Animal origin Food Safety Agency

Agency for Protection of Competition

Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova

EU

http://www.delmda.ec.europa.eu

http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid

Funding: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm

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