1. Annual meeting of Ispa partners 2003
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Annual meeting of Ispa partners 2003
10 April 2003
rd Session Reinforcement of Institutional Capacity
Coffee Break
th Session Co-financing of Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund
Closing Remarks
Buffet
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2. From Ispa to Cohesion and Structural Funds
A seminar to inform the Candidate Countries about the transition
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3. From Ispa to Cohesion and Structural Funds
What is ISPA???
The Instrument for
Structural Policy for
Pre-Accession
co-finances projects
that help the CEECs to
meet EU standards
in the fields of
environment
and transport
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4. ISPA, a “Cohesion Fund” for Central and Eastern Europe
ISPA projects help to
reduce the disparities
between the CEECs and
current EU countries
The ISPA projects
facilitate preparation for accession (acquis communautaire)
improve health and safety standards, sustainable development and sustainable mobility
contribute to social and economical development
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5. ISPA, a learning possibility for Central and Eastern Europe
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6. while already improving the environment and transport sector
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7. Some results - environment
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8. Some results - transport
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9. From Ispa to Cohesion and Structural Funds
Overview of Ispa in
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10. From Ispa to Cohesion and Structural Funds
Overview of Ispa in
€5.6 billion in ISPA grant decided of which €3.2 billion committed
249 projects approved
151 in environment (% of committed 49,07%)
87 in transport (49,97%)
1 flood relief ( 0,53%)
10 decentralisation assistance (EDIS) ( 0,14%)
Average EU contribution rate: 64,5%
March 2003: 11,6% of decided amount paid
which represents 20,3% of commitments
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Overview of Ispa in
The finish line is near,
but there is still much to do !!!
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12. The remaining accession timeline
- Ispa continues as before
- appraisal of programming documents
16 April 2003
- no Ispa decisions for acceding countries
- finalising of CF and SF project preparation
1 January 2004
- Existing Ispa projects become CF projects
1 May 2004
- start of CF and SF implementation (?)
Ispa
Structural Funds - Cohesion Fund
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13. Ispa versus Cohesion Fund
Three important differences to Ispa
- An economic convergence programme needs to be established and implemented
- Minimum project size increased to € 10 million
- Full implementation responsibility with the Member State, but with deepened ex-post control
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14. Ispa versus Structural Funds
Four important differences to Ispa
- Principle of partnership between local, regional, national and community actors throughout the entire process
- Multi-annual programming instead of individual projects
- Far wider range of possible interventions, in particular in Objective 1 regions
- Full implementation responsibility with the Member States, but deepened ex-post control
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15. From Ispa to Cohesion and Structural Funds
Use of Ispa and Cohesion Fund for commitments and payments of projects started under Ispa
Commitments
 Payments
1st advancepayment
2nd advance payment
1st interim payment
Ispa budget
Cohesion Fund budget
Resumé: on accession existing Ispa projects become Cohesion Fund projects, but payments are first done from the already committed Ispa budget
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16. From Ispa to Cohesion and Structural Funds
Directorate F of DG Regio wishes you a safe last stage towards accession
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17. From Ispa to Cohesion and Structural Funds
Information
For more detailed information on regional policy, including Ispa
regional_policy
Our future together – extending peace, stability and prosperity across Europe
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