1. „Conception Carpathian Horizon 2014 – the way to the
Carpathian Space Programme ”
Eupen 24 June 2010
Dawid Lasek
Association Carpathian Euroregion Poland

2. Association Carpathian Euroregion Poland
Who we are?
Association Carpathian Euroregion Poland
Association Carpathian Euroregion Slovakia Nord
Rzeszow Regional Developement Agency (Poland)
Svidnik Regional Developement Agency (Slovakia)
Humenne Regional Developement Agency (Slovakia)

3. And from where?

4. Aims of the presentation;
First: “To present current state of the cross-border co-operation and regional
development cooperation in Carpathian Euroregion included description
of the legal statuses of each national part”
Second: “To indicate problem areas of the development of the Carpathian Euroregion
and shows the ways to solve it”
Third :“To present conception Carpathian Horizon 2014”
Fourth: “The road map – what you can do for Carpathian Horizion?”

5. Part 1
Current state of the Carpathian Euroregion

6. Current state of the CE Beginning 14 of February 1993 – Debrecen,
as a political initiative supported by Ministries of International Affairs
of the Republic of Poland, Hungary and Ukraine.
Territory
The Carpathian Euroregion comprises
19 administrative units of five countries from
Central and East Europe, which are Poland, Slovakia,
Hungary, Romania and Ukraine.
Its total area is about  km2
and it is inhabited by approximately 16 million people.
Mission
The Carpathian Euroregion wasdesigned to bring
together the people who inhabit the region
of the Carpathian Mountains and to facilitate
their cooperation in the fields of
science, culture, education, trade, tourism
and economy.

7. Structures of co-operation
Legal Status of the national parts of CE
Polish National Part – Association Carpathian Euroregion Poland
Slovak National Part – Association Carpathian Euroregion Slovakia
Ukrainian National Part – Association Carpathian Euroregion Ukraine
Hungary – lack of the legal subjectivity
Romania – lack of the legal subjectivity
ACEP
2001
ACEU
2007
Structures of co-operation
ACESN
2009 ? ?

8. Legal Status of the national parts of CE – Poland’s case
Decentraliziation’s mode
Basic attributes of the Association model:
legal subjectivity
working structure composed on member self- governments
working system of the coordination of the activities of the members
common planning, programming and realization of the projects
good method of the representation of the local and regional interests
National Part of the CE can be strong partner in the regional development
and territorial cooperation processes
Identification of the local communities with idea of the Euroregion
legal possibilities of the application for EU sources for organization

9. Legal Status of the national parts of CE – Poland’s case
Association’s Carpatian Euroregion Poland atributes
62 members: local self-governments including Sub Carpathian Voivodship
Status as a implementing authority and management institution
for Phare CBC and INTERREG IIIA and European Territorial Cooperation programs
Implementation by Association more than 250 CBC projects with total budget the
5 000 000 EUR
Status as a implementing institution within
Polish – Slovak European Teritorial Cooperation Program 2007 – 2013
Status as operator of the “umbrella projects”
within European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument
Poland – Belarus – Ukraine 2007 – 2013

10. Legal Status of the national parts of CE – Poland’s case
Association’s Carpatian Euroregion Poland as a implementing authority
promotion of the programs
publishing of the call for proposals
collecting application form and registration of the projects
formal and technical assessment
signing the contracts with beneficiaries
monitoring and controlling of the projects
calculate and finalizing the projects
reporting to the National Managing Institution
(Ministry for Regional Development) and
to the European Commission (DG Regio)
formal and technical assessment
Association Carpathian Euroregion Poland
Contarctations
Call for proposals
Monitoring
Benefiiciaries
Aplicants
Realization
Projects
Project ideas
Partner
Aplicants
Partner

11. Program budget: 178 000 000 EUR (ERDF)
European Teritorial Co-operation
Polish – Slovak Crossborder Program 2007 – 2013
Program area: 5 NUT’s
Program budget: EUR (ERDF)
Small Project dudget: EUR (ERDF)
Pririties:
Developement of the crossborder infrastructure
Socio – economical development
Microprojects

12. 1 Level – membership in our structures
Strong partnership – the condition for succes
1 Level – membership in our structures
2 Level – partnership within Carpathian Consortium
3 Level – partnership with EU partners
4 Level – project teams and the Euroregional System of Co-operation

13. 62 selfgovernements as a supporting members:
Membership…
62 selfgovernements as a supporting members:
Region – Subcarpathian Province (Poland)
Counties – 14 units (Poland)
Communes – 47 units: Cities, Towns and rural comunes (Poland)

14. Part 2
Problem areas of the development of the Carpathian Euroregion

15. Structural, legal and organizational barriers of the development of the CE
Lack of legal subjectivity on international level
Lack of the working structure on interregional level (statutes of the national parts)
Lack of the potentiality of the coordination of the cross border cooperation
(low level of the interregional co-operation)
Lack of the common development strategy
Lack of the own sources for development of the Carpathian Euroregion
Lack of the system of the dissemination of information

16. Model of transition proposed and realizing by ACEP
Legalization
of the national parts
Federation
of the associations
European Grouping
of the teritorial co-operation

17. Part 3
Conception Carpathian Horizon 2013

18. Analysis of the EU support for Carpathians to the year 2013
UE programs during perspectives 2007 – 2013:
PL-UA-BY
ENPI
PL-SK
HU-SK-RO-UA
ENPI
HU-SK
RO-UA-MD
ENPI
HU-RO

19. 2014 – 2020 2007 – 2013 Aim of the Conception Carpathian Horizon 2013
Carpathian Space Programe
2014 – 2020
2007 – 2013

20. 2014 – 2020 2007 – 2013 Aim of the Conception Carpathian Horizon 2013
Carpathian Space Programe
Structures
Strategy
Procedures
Political support
2014 – 2020
2007 – 2013

21. Programming structures of the conception
Advisory Committee
consultations
Support to the process
Steering Committee
reporting
decisions
Co-ordination Team
Co-ordination
Project Team 1
Project Team 2
Project Team n

22. Implementation System of the CSP – 2012 (proposal)
Joint Monitoring Committee
Joint Managing Authority
International level
Joint Technical Secretariat
Branch Office 1
Branch Office 1
Branch Office 1
Branch Office 1
Project 1
Project 1
Project 1
Project 1
Project 2
Project 2
Project 2
Project 2
Project 3
Project 3
Project 3
Project 3
Country level
Country level
Country level
Country level

23. Lessons learnt from Europe – Alpine Space Programme
Alpine Space Programe
Carpathian Space Programe

24. Links to the future Carpathian Horizon Eastern Partnership
Carpathian Convention
Danube Co-operation Area

25. “The road map – what we can do for Carpathian Horizion?”
Part 4
“The road map – what we can do for Carpathian Horizion?”

26. An action plan For euroregional structures
To build efficient working structures of the cooperation
To create mechanisms of the coordination of the interregional partnership
To prepare common, proffesional strategy using EU sources (CE)
To promote idea of the conception (Carpathian Forum – next year)
For national authortities
To allow the conception to thier positions concerning next financial perspective
For EU’s partners
To support all activities on the european and political level
To identify strategic partners (persons or institutions) on the european level
To joint iniciative’s structure
To promote idea

27. A time table

28. Thanks for your atention!
Dawid Lasek