1. The TAIEX Instrument and EC agencies Partners in accession Paolo M
The TAIEX Instrument and EC agencies Partners in accession Paolo M. Gozzi, Institution Building Unit (IBU), Directorate-General Enlargement

2. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Mission Statement
support beneficiary countries in understanding, transposing, implementing and applying EU policies, legislation, rules – the acquis communautaire
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3. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Partner Countries
Post-accession assistance: Bulgaria and Romania (phasing-out)
Pre-accession assistance: Candidate countries; Western Balkans; Iceland (coming)
Turkish Cypriot community
Countries covered by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) including Russia
But first – who do we assist and under which budget lines?
New Ms – Transition facility
Accession States – Pre-Accession
Candidate Countries – Pre-Accession
Western Balkans – CARDS
Turkish Cypriot community – special package
ENP countries are: Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestinian Authority and Israel
Russia outside ENP but in TAIEX assistance plan.
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4. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Beneficiary groups
Central Governments, Ministries, Government bodies, Regulators
National Parliaments
Judiciary
Social Partners and Private Sector Associations
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5. Main forms of assistance
Seminars/Workshops
Expert Missions
Study Visits
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6. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Expertise
Mobilised experts are almost exclusively Member States’ public-sector officials
Commission’s and other EU Institutions’ officials often involved
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7. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Activation
Requests are primarily generated by the beneficiary countries (demand-driven)
Suggestions from Commission services are also considered
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8. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
How to apply
Application forms available via the web-site
Letter, fax, (under the condition that the basic information requested in the application form is provided)
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9. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Internal Market Team
Free movement of goods, persons, services and capitals
Company law
Competition
Customs and Taxation
Monetary Policy
Social policy
Industry and SMEs
Education and training; Culture and audiovisual
Consumers and health safety
Financial control
Regional policy
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10. Justice and Home Affairs Team
Asylum and Migration
Visa, External borders, Schengen
Judicial cooperation in civil matters
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Fight against organised crime and terrorism
Police cooperation
Fight against trafficking in human beings, drugs and money laundering
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11. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Infrastructure Team
Environment
Transport
Energy
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12. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Agriculture team
Agriculture and rural development
Food safety
Veterinary and phytosanitary
Fisheries
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13. European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit
Some Figures
2,000 applications
1,600 events organised in over 50 countries
40,000 participants
4,000 experts
60 staff + external cotractor
25 M €/year
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14. TAIEX cooperation with EC Agencies (since 2005)
39 TAIEX actions with the participation of EC agencies
42 experts from 15 EC agencies contributed to TAIEX events
30 seminars, 6 experts missions, 3 study visits
Sectors involved:
18 events in INT MARKT
7 events in INFRA
7 events in JLS
3 events in P2P
2 events in ATCC
2 events in RTP
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15. Examples of events in cooperation with EC agencies:
Seminar on Vessel Traffic Monitoring Info System in the Mediterranean, November 2005, Brussels – with European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
Seminar on Financial Crime, June 2007, Sofia – with EUROPOL
Seminar on European Community SME Policy, February 2008, Belgrade – with European Training Foundation (ETF)
Workshop on Structural Subsystems constituting the Trans-European Conventional Rail System, June 2009, Bucharest – with European Railway Agency (ERA)
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16. TAIEX Cooperation with EC Agencies – state of play
Cooperation still episodic, conditioned by experts availability
TAIEX case-handlers consult competent Agency on the content of action to avoid overlapping and verify interest to be involved
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17. TAIEX Cooperation with EC Agencies – Possible developments
Joint conferences can be co-organised
Agencies can inform TAIEX about their priorities, work-plans, topics/countries or regions of interest
Experts are welcome to attend TAIEX events TAIEX events are working meetings, no high level gatherings
EC agencies staff is encouraged to register in the TAIEX Expert Database:
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18. Thank you. For further information please visit our web-site at or
write to
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19. e-mail: elarg-taiex@ec.europa.eu
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