Key Moments and Forthcoming Activities in 2009 NSRF MONITORING COMMITTEE THIRD MEETING 28 NOVEMBER 2008 Key Moments and Forthcoming Activities in 2009 Lyubomir Datzov Deputy Minister of Finance Operational Programme “Technical Assistance” European Regional Development Fund

CONTENTS Key moments Calls for proposals planned for 2009 Financial prognosis – 2009 Unified Management Information System – planned activities Strengthening the administrative capacity

KEY MOMENTS Report on the compliance of the monitoring and control systems to be approved by the EC The first interim payments to be made Mid-term evaluation of the Operational Programmes By the end of 2009 – Strategic report on the contribution of the programmes, co-financed by the Funds towards implementing the objectives of Cohesion policy, the priorities of the Community Strategic Guidelines and of the Integrated guidelines for Growth and Jobs

CALLS FOR PROPOSALS PLANNED FOR 2009 (as of 26.11.2008) OP “Regional Development” – 14 calls planned at a total amount of 459.5 mln. euro OP “Competitiveness” – 9 calls planned at a total amount of 385.9 mln. euro OP “Environment” – 10 calls planned at a total amount of 574.1mln. euro

FINANCIAL FORECASTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES – 2009 (mln. euro) Commitments Contracting Payments Certified OPT 531.8 813.8 82.1 57.6 OPRD 441.2 455.7 204.8 80.7 OPC 320.2 480.1 167.6 96.6 OPHRD 334.5 264.3 149.0 132.2 OPAC 49.8 107.9 83.5 67.8 OPE 478.8 887.6 184.6 43.7 OPTA 15.6 22.7 12.6 7.9

FINANCIAL FORECASTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES – 2009 (mln. euro) OPT OPRD OPC OPHRD OPAC OPE OPTA

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM –PLANNED ACTIVITIES By the end of 2008: Launch of the Financial module and the module “On-the-spot checks and irregularity management” Activities planned for 2009: Development and launch of: “Monitoring” module Interface with the SAP accounting system Electronic services for the beneficiaries Public information module Interfaces for connection with external information systems Module for management of CBC OPs

STRENGTHENING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY Trainings, organized by the Public Finance School: For employees of the MAs, IBs and the internal audit units: Legislative and institutional framework for management of the SCF; Financial management and control in the public sector; Financial management and control of EU funds; Audit of the EU funds; State aid regulations – applicability to the SCF For the final beneficiaries, including the municipalities. Horizontal trainings for the regional and local authorities under the CCU’s project “Strengthening the capacity of the regional and local authorities for absorption of the SCF of the EU”.

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