1. Experience of Czech NGOs with Structural Funds Partnership and Public Participation Petra Francová NROS Czech Republic Open Days – the Partnership Forum

2. NROS 01 NROS founded in 1993 as a re-granting foundation for Phare funds beneficiaries are NGOs in 12 years of Phare supported 2 200 projects for 25 million EUR NROS administers: Transition Facility programmes Block Grant for NGOs - EEA funds two ESF Global grants

3. Global Grants GG Objective: Support capacity building of NGOs who provide socially services to socially excluded or to those at risk of social exclusion GG allocations: –4,22 mil EUR in HRD OP –1,17 mil EUR in SPD 3 3 levels of partnership in GG as a best practice example –In programming –In administration –In individual projects 02

4. Nominating of NGO representatives to Monitoring Committees as a best practice example: –NGOS nominated candidates fulfilling the agreed ctiteria –NGO Government Council made a choice –each MA addressed officially by the Council with a nominee´s CV –Nominees appointed by ministers NGO Government Council 03

5. NGO experience with Structural Funds Mostly ESF Advance payments No co-financing Excessive administration 04

6. Partnership in Structural Funds Not legally defined in the Czech Republic Financial partnership may be avoiding of public procurement Big delay in payments to beneficiaries A bad pracitice example 05

7. NGO mediator chosen for administration of public participation process Process is financed from the Community Support Framework Technical Assistance One NGO representative in the government programming steering committee and in each sector working group Achievement – social economy in three programmes New programming period 06

8. Futute prospects of NGO and public authorities participation Public participation methodology developed by NGOs Government working group established Gradual progress 07

9. Thank you for your attention. Petra.francova@nros.cz 08