1. Regional Development OP in Hungary 2004-2006, 2007-2013 June 2008, Zagrab

2. ROP 2004-2006 Programming – Draft ROP drawn up by the Ministry for Regional Development – Process was coordinated by the NDO through working groups – Process started in 2002 – Based on the National Regional Development Concept – Division between OPs under debate

3. ROP 2004-2006 Lessons – NDP and OPs were seen as technical documents to satisfy EC requirements – Documents drafted by technicians, strategic involvement of politicians were limited – Measures left over from Sectoral OPs ended up in ROP – Lack of sense of ownership in MA

4. 2015. 10. 27. 4 Institutional system 2004-2006 CSF MA Ministry/ OP/MA Ministry/ ROP/MA IB/Priority ROP IB/RDAIB/VATI AAAABBBB Contracting Monitoring Assessment Appraisal

5. ROP 2004-2006 Institutional set-up – Twinning programmes (2000-2004) – Long arguments about wich organisations should have MA responsibilities – Politicians committed to EU funding but not supportive to MA – alien body lacking support from the Ministry – Insufficient specification of IB responsibilites – Governmental resolution – end of 2002

6. ROP 2004-2006 Accreditation in 2003 – Coordinated by the CSF MA – Carried out by the Government Control Office – Questionnaire based on European audit standards – Uniformly applied for MAs and Ibs (to be)

7. Rop 2004-2006 Lessons – Organisations need management not only the programme – Insufficient staff (numbers and experience) at the begging – No organisational development or work plan – Operating Manual prepared for GCO accreditation not for guiding MA staff – IB not services properly

8. ROP 2004-2006 Implementation Application system – Rolling biding system – Suspention in half a year Monitoring system – Size of the task was underestimated Horizontal issues – System to integrate it into the project pipeline

9. ROP 2004-2006 Lessons – MA dependence on Ibs and Beneficiaries means active management of both – Preliminary MC made members to work in partnership and gain ownership of OPRD – Good relations with Commission desk officers helped PMC meetings – Good opportunity to work with stakeholders and Commission

10. ROP 2007-2013 Programming – National Strategic Reference Framework National Development Concept (2020) Parliamentary decision - December 2005 National Regional Development Concept (2020) Parliamentary decision - December 2005

11. ROP 2007-2013 Lessons – Experiences of previous programme built in the current OPs – High public participation involvement – Regional specificities in Action Plans and Call for Applications

12. 2015. 10. 27. 12 Institutional system 2007-2013 NDA Communica- tion Monitoring, evaluation Economic dept. CFCU TA OP MA Ministries TRA OP MA ENV OP MA HRD OPs MA ECOP MA PAOP MA ROP MA IB/E. Dept IB/CFCU ERDF ESF IB 1 IB 2 IB 3 IB 1 IB 4 IB 3 IB 2 1 ROP 6 ROP IB 1/Priority IB 2/Priority

13. ROP 2007-2013 Institutional set-up – Simple, effective, transparent - revised government structure – Merger of the Managing Authorities – standardised regulation and management – Standardised model for the delegation of tasks – One operation-one IB – more transparent isnstitutional system

14. ROP 2007-2013 Lessons – Strong rules created by NDA, applied by all ministries and the regions – Management capacity increased – Role of regional organisations increased Project selection committee on regional level Sub-monitoring committee on regional level