Technical Assistance Financing Decision 2011 COCOF meeting 20th October 2010

Background Legal basis of the TA financing decision: Article 45 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1260/1999. Maximum amount for TA for DG REGIO is 0.25% of the annual allocation of the ERDF and the CF. New, simple and streamlined Annexes are attached to the 2011 TA Financing Decision in accordance with the Commission Communication on "Streamlining financial rules and accelerating budget implementation to help economic Recovery"

Introduction of the 2011 Technical Assistance Financing Decision The Draft decision contains 80 TA actions to be implemented in 2011 for a total amount of EUR 83.64 million. Types of actions envisaged: Grants: EUR 40.09 million (47.93%) 6 agreements with EIB, EIF, national audit authority joint management: EUR 1.1 million (1.31%) 3 contribution agreements with OECD Procurement: EUR 30.85 million (37%) More than 150 contracts (direct contracts, specific contracts / order forms under framework contracts) should be signed. Other type of procedures: EUR 11.6 million (13.87%) This amount will be used for signing administrative agreements with JRC, sub-delegation, reimbursement of expenses of national experts and of staff (mission costs) as well as salary for external staff.

Budget allocation by procedures

Requested budget compared to the resources available

Budget allocation

Requested budget by measures Requested budget in 2010 (million EUR) Requested budget in 2011 (million EUR) Difference (million EUR) Audit 1,14 1,30 0,16 Communication and publication 8,28 6,87 -1,41 Evaluation 6,08 3,30 -2,78 IT 10,46 11,09 0,63 Meetings and conferences 3,28 3,67 0,39 Missions 0,60 0,00 Staff expenditure 4,40 Study 4,30 4,60 0,30 Sub-delegation 0,92 0,81 -0,11 Technical and other administrative assistance 40,90 46,37 5,47 Trainings 0,08 Translation 0,65 0,55 -0,10 Grand Total 81,09 83,64 2,55

Implementation of the 2009 Technical Assistance Financing Decision 114 planned actions in the Financing Decision More than 120 contracts 5 grant agreements 78% of the budget is committed 72.4 % of the committed amount has already been paid ERDF Committed amount: EUR 44.8 million Paid amount: EUR 32.5 million CF: Committed amount: EUR 16.1million Paid amount: EUR 11.6 million

Implementation of the 2010 Technical Assistance Financing Decision 97 planned actions in the Financing Decision More than 110 contracts have already been signed 5 grant agreements 72.8 % of the budget is committed 15.6 % of the committed amount has already been paid ERDF Committed amount: EUR 43.1 million Paid amount: EUR 7.8 million CF: Committed amount: EUR 20 million Paid amount: EUR 1.5 million

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