1. Simona POHLOVA, DG REGIO
IPA CBC programmes with Member States Visibility and effectiveness European Parliament hearing, 11 July 2018, Brussels
Simona POHLOVA, DG REGIO

2. 2. IPA Cross-border Cooperation (CBC) between Member States and IPA (Beneficiary) countries : Objectives
Legal basis: Article 2(2)(e)of IPA Regulation 231/2014
General objective
To support IPA countries in adopting reforms and apply EU values, rules and standards with the view to EU membership
Specific objective for Territorial Cooperation
To support efforts of IPA countries to advance regional, macro-regional and cross-border cooperation as well as territorial development, including through implementation of Union macro-regional strategies.
Provisions similar as for CBC between the Member States: IPA countries on (nearly) equal footing with them

4. IPA CBC PROGRAMMES WITH MSs
FUNDS (IPA + ERDF)
Hungary-Serbia
65,124,000
Romania-Serbia
74,906,248
Croatia-Serbia
34,293,188
Croatia-Bosnia&Herzegovina-Montenegro
57,155,316
Bulgaria-Turkey
25,196,460
Bulgaria-former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
16,542,434
Bulgaria-Serbia
28,986,914
Italy-Albania-Montenegro
78,801,422
Greece-Fyrom
38,649,552
Greece-Albania
35,965,222
TOTAL FUNDING
455,620,756

5. Cooperation criteria (Art.39-40 of Regulation No 447/2014):
IPA CBC Programmes : Is the cooperation with neighbouring EU Member States effective? - I
Cooperation criteria (Art of Regulation No 447/2014):
Each joint operation to involve beneficiaries from at least two countries participating in a programme, at least one of which is from the Member State.
Joint development and joint implementation of operations
and either joint staffing or joint financing
Lead beneficiary responsible for the implementation of the operation as a whole

6. IPA CBC Programmes 2014-2020: Is the cooperation with neighbouring EU Member States effective? - II
Performance framework (Art of ESIF Common Provisions Regulation No 1303/2013):
Financial and physical output and result indicators established per programme and priority, with baseline and targets
Performance checked in 2019 (based on milestones achieved) and in 2023
Possible sanctions: suspension of payments, financial corrections

7. IPA CBC Programmes 2014-2020: Is the cooperation with neighbouring EU Member States effective? - III
"It is also unique to the EU to actively promote territorial cooperation such as through IPA regional and cross-border programmes. The added value is obvious: Reconciliation and confidence building in the Western Balkans, overcoming of geographical and mental barriers and developing of good neighbourly relations – all these remain key aspects in the process of EU enlargement, addressed solely by EU programmes and not by international or bilateral donors."
Mid-term evaluation report of IPA II

8. IPA CBC Programmes 2014-2020: Visibility – what Member States do
Programmes under shared management: communication in the hands of the Member States (managing authorities) and the Commission
Articles of ESIF Common Provisions Regulation – obligations for the Member States:
Communication strategies and plans per programme
Website with information on EU funded programmes
List of supported operations

10. European Cooperation Day: 21 September
1 minute video on You Tube

11. IPA CBC Programmes 2014-2020: Visibility II – what the Commission does

12. IPA CBC Programmes 2014-2020: Visibility and performance – what the Commission does
List of programmes with contacts:

13. IPA CBC Programmes 2014-2020: Cross-border Cooperation with Turkey

14. IPA CBC Programmes: Examples of projects
Innovation and rehabilitation of water supply systems municipalities Dimovo and Majdanpek (Bulgaria-Serbia)
 Lead partner: Municipality of Dimovo, Bulgaria
 Project partner 2: Municipality of Majdanpek, Serbia
Budget: Euro
Project duration: 12 months

15. 2. IPA CBC Programmes: Examples of projects
Establishment of Hungarian-Serbian fluvial border crossing stations at the river Tisa(Hungary-Serbia)
 Lead partner: Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa Euroregional Development Agency
 Project partner 2:
Provincial Secretariat for
Interregional Cooperation and Local Self- Government, Novi Sad, Serbia
 Project partner 3:
Lower Tisza District Water Directorate
Budget: ,00 Euro
Project duration: 26 months

16. Legal basis: Article 2(2)of ETC Regulation 1299/2013 General objective
3. Transnational cooperation programmes – Interreg B: Objectives
Legal basis: Article 2(2)of ETC Regulation 1299/2013
General objective
To support transnational cooperation over larger transnational territories, involving national, regional and local partners and also covering maritime cross-border cooperation in cases not covered by cross-border cooperation, with a view to achieving a higher degree of territorial integration of those territories

17. 3. TN programmes with IPA countries participation
Danube Transnational Programme (263 million euro)
More information:
Adriatic-Ionian Transnational Programme (118 million euro)
More information:
Balkan-Meditteranean Programme (40 million euro)
More information:
Meditteranean Programme (276 million euro)
More information:

18. Thank you for your attention!
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