1. EU-Funding in New Member States
pre-accession-instruments (Phare/Ispa/Sapard) were replaced by EU- Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund
Volume: : 22 Billion Euro (7,3 Bill. p.a. vs. 0,5 Bill. previously)

2. EU-Funds in New MS: Priorities
Transport Infrastructure
Energy supply
Environmental investments (infrastructure, enterprises)
Enterprises, Innovation
Starting-up and development of enterprises
Tourism
Culture and Social Economy
Modernization of telecom networks
Qualification of employees and entrepreneurs

3. EU-Funding: Environmental Investments
 Water supply  Waste water treatment  Waste management  Implementation of IPPC-Directive  reducing pollution in power stations  improvement in energy efficiency  Renewable energy

4. Application for funding
 Authorities or Agencies in Member States  individual application or  Calls for proposals  Info: (Fachreport „Fördermöglichkeiten“)

5. EU-Funding/Enviroment: South-Eastern-Europe
Romania and Bulgaria:  Phare/ISPA/Sapard  Increase of financial assistance since Western Balkans:  Countries: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegowina Albania, Mazedonia EU-Programme CARDS Croatia will benefit from pre-accession instruments from 2005

6. Pre-accession-instruments
Phare:  „Institution and Capacity Building“  Preparation of Public Administration for EU-entry
Ispa:  Large enviromental projects  Transport Infrastructure
Sapard:  Modernization of Agricultural sector

7. Pre-accession-instruments: Project examples
Phare:  Technical assistance for ministries (policy making)  installation of air-quality measuring system  supply of laboratory equipment
Ispa:  Waste water treatment  Landfills
Sapard:  water and waste management, environmentally-friendly production

8. Financial means:  2000-2006: ca. 5 Billion Euro
CARDS
Political Objective:  Stabilization of Balkan regions  Association to EU
Financial means:  : ca. 5 Billion Euro

9. Priority sectors
Justice and home affairs:  reform of the judiciary and police, migration and asylum, integrated border management, the fight against organised crime
Administrative capacity building:  public administration reform, taxation and customs
Economic and social development:  economic reform, social cohesion, local infrastructure development, education
Democratic stabilisation:  civil society development, refugee return, media reform
Environment and natural resources:  institution strengthening, monitoring and planning

10. Cards: Project examples/Environment
 Supply of measuring and calibration equipment
 Supply of testing equipment for sanitary border controls
 Technical Assistance: Environmental legislation, Spatial planning, Environmental Action plans, Environmental Information Systems
 Environmental Managementplan for river basin

11. Information on Calls for Tenders
Phare/ISPA/CARDS: 
Sapard:  Sapard Agencies in recipient countries:

12. LIFE Environment EU-Call for proposals  no R&D funding
 no investment programme for existing technology
 bridging the gap between development and application (Demonstration projects)
EU-Call for proposals

13. European R&D programmes
Eureka:
innovative product/process/service with high market potential
at least 2 European partners involved
Non-EU-countries eligible (e.g. Russia, Balkans, Israel)

14. European R&D programmes
6th FTD Framework Programme
- Industrial Technologies/New procedures
- Environmental Technology
- CRAFT (min. 3 SME commission min. 2 Research Institutes, min. 3 countries)
- Collective Research (Associations of enterprises from min. 2 countries commission min. 2 Institutes
Info and assistance: