1.
ESF ASSISTANCE TO LITHUANIA’S OBJECTIVE 1 AND EQUAL PROGRAMS

2. OBJECTIVE 1 SPD PRIORITIES: FINANCIAL WEIGHTS
ERDF
DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL & ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
38.45 %
DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTIVE SECTOR
24.9 %
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
1.6 %
ESF
DEVELOPMEN T OF HUMAN RESOURCES
18.3 %
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
1.4 %
EAGGF
RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FISHERIES
15.35 %
FIFG

3. SPD MEASURES, FINANCED BY ESF
MEUR %
PRIORITY II :
DEVELOPMEN T OF HUMAN RESOURCES
100,0
TOTAL
26.210
16,0
Improvement of Human Resources Quality in Scientific Research and Innovations
45.868
28,0
Development of Conditions for Lifelong Learning
16.381
10,0
Prevention of Social Exclusion and Social Integration
29.847
18,0
Development of Labour Force Competence and Ability to Adapt to Changes
45,868
Development of Employability

4. FINANCIAL WEIGHTS OF SPD MEASURES

5. ESF OBJECTIVE 1 ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM Project selection committee
Konsultantas
ESF OBJECTIVE 1 ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM
Monitoring Committee
Managing Authority Paying Authority
Ministry of Finance
Intermediate Bodies
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Ministry of Education and Science
Project selection committee
Implementing Body
Human Resources Development Programs Support Foundation
Consultants
Regional Labour Exchange Offices
Consultants
Regional Labour Exchange Offices
Applicants

6. EQUAL ADMINISTRATION IN LITHUANIA
Managing Authority
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Paying Authority
Ministry of Finance
Monitoring Committee
Selection Committee
National Support Structure
Human Resources Development Programmes Foundation
Audit and Control
MoSSL Internal Audit Service
Regional Advisers
Development Partnerships

7. Total budget of 15,819 MEUR (75 ESF / 25 national co-funding)
EQUAL FUNDING
Total budget of 15,819 MEUR (75 ESF / 25 national co-funding)
EQUAL THEMES
THEME A 69 %
THEME G 20 %
THEME I 3 %
TA 8 %

8. FINANCIAL FLOWS MANAGING AUTHORITY Ensures that all the payments are
EU COMMISSION
PAYING AUTHORITY
Checks and certifies the declarations of
expenditure submitted by intermediate bodies
and submits them to the EU Commission.
Opens four separate Treasury accounts for each
structural fund.
MANAGING AUTHORITY
Ensures that all the payments are
made according to
regulation No 1260/1999.
TREASURY
Pays to the projects from
PA accounts
IB accounts
INTERMIDIATE BODY
Checks and confirms the payment requests for Treasury
received from the implementing body and
sends them to the Treasury for reimbursement.
Prepares declarations of expenditure and sends
them to the Paying Authority
IMPLEMENTING BODY
Checks payment claims,
prepares payment requests for Treasury and sends them to the
intermediate body.
PROJECT
Submits payment claims and necessary documentation

9. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL
Managing Authority (MA)
Controls on the basis of descriptions
of management and control systems
visits the institutions and projects
to verify the functioning of the
systems according to the principles
of sound financial management
Paying Authority (PA)
Certification of the declaration of expenditure
comparison of payment information from
different sources (e.g. accounting systems,
monitoring system)
On the spot verifications in intermediate
and implementing bodies
Intermediate Body (IB)
- Control of management and control systems of the IA
Verification of the payment information from IA to be collected
and send to the Treasury to pay for projects and PA for the declaration of expenditure
- Control of irregularities and corrections
Implementing Agency (IA)
- Control of application process, - Control of payment claims (eligibility checks),
- On the spot checks, - membership in the steering groups of the projects
Projects
- Control of invoices and bookkeeping

10. AUDITING Commission Managing Authority State Control Paying Authority
Winding-up Body
Paying Authority
Intermediate Body
Intenal audit unit
Executing 5% checks
Systems audit
Coordinating Body
Implementing Agency
Final Recipient

11. MONITORING COMMITTEE Functions:
- Periodically evaluates the implementation of the SPD goals on the basis of monitoring
indicators defined in the SPD and Program Complement;
- Considers the adjustments of the SPD prepared by other institutions and proposes them
to the Managing Authority;
- Confirms the Program Complement and its adjustments (including monitoring indicators
and project selection criteria);
- Discusses and approves the proposals of the Republic of Lithuania to change the EU
Commission decision by which the SPD was approved;
- Considers and approves annual and winding-up reports of the SPD implementation
before sending them to the EU Commission.
30 MEMBERS, 10 OF THEM – SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PARTNERS