1. V4 + CROATIA & SLOVENIA EXPERT LEVEL CONFERENCE THE CLOSING EVENT OF THE HUNGARIAN V4 PRESIDENCY

2. STATE OF PLAY OF PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION 2007-13 PICHLER, Balázs MONITORING AND EVALUATION DIVISION PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

3. NUMBER OF PROGRAMMES

4. ALLOCATION

5. VALUE OF CONTRACTS SIGNED I. TOTAL

6. VALUE OF CONTRACTS SIGNED II. ERDF

7. VALUE OF CONTRACTS SIGNED III. ESF

8. VALUE OF CONTRACTS SIGNED IV. CF

9. STATE OF PLAY I.

10. STATE OF PLAY II.

11. STATE OF PLAY III.

12. STATE OF PLAY IV.

13. STATE OF PLAY V.

14. 2014 N+2 TARGETS I. MS Risk of automatic decommitment in 2014 Number of OP Possible volume (M EUR) PLno-- CZyes6800 HUyes 3 (EEOP, SIOP, SoROP ) ? SKyes 2 (Informatisation of Society, OP Education) 52 SIno*-- *In March 2014 European Commission has adopted a decision on the suspension of payment claims for 2 Operational Programmes in Slovenia: for ERDF founds and Cohesion founds. Suspension of payment claims causes problems in State Budget. If the Problem will not be solved quickly, this will cause risk also for automatic decommitment.

15. 2014 N+2 TARGETS II. MSMeasures PL Certain steps have been taken to minimize the risk of loss of funds, such as annual spending plan. The plan is developed since 2009 by Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (MID) with the participation of the institutions involved in the implementation of operational programs and adopted by the Council of Ministers. This document specifies the target levels of certification in particular operational programmes for the following year. CZ At the beginning of 2014 the Plan of utilization of NSRF was created, financial milestones, cross-sectional and key risks are monitored and evaluated on a regular basis to minimize the automatic decommitment in 2014. HU A payment plan was adopted by the Hungarian Government for all OP-s and the fulfillment of the plan is monitored by the Government each month. The financial plan of major projects submitted in 2013 contributes also to the achievement of the targets. Action plan was elaborated and presented to the Commission, bimonthly monitoring report on the Action Plan is sent to the Commission. SK Action Plan (AP) for both OPs are developed by relevant Managing Authorities (MAs), fulfilment of APs is supervised by the Central Coordinating Authority. Relevant MAs declare fulfilment their commitment in 2014, according to the expenditures forecast sent to the Ministry of Finance of the SR. Within the OP Informatisation of Society, the regular meetings of the MA with the EC are held (every 2 month). SI Slovenian Government already in 2012 accepted a decision to go with so called “Overcommitment”. This is a tool that gives additional National founds for approval of a new projects that were ready to go. This overcommitment is now used us a reserve if there are any corrections or if any of the project will not be successfully implemented.

16. CURRENT STATE OF PLAY OF MAJOR PROJECTS I.

17. CURRENT STATE OF PLAY OF MAJOR PROJECTS II.

18. CURRENT STATE OF PLAY OF MAJOR PROJECTS III.

19. CURRENT STATE OF PLAY OF PHASED MAJOR PROJECTS

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