1. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 The new neighbourhood dimension 4th call for proposals

2. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 What‘s new? »One single application for ERDF, PHARE, CARDS and Tacis »Joint project selection process »But: still separate contracts, different rules and regulations of the different financing instruments

3. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Changes in the Application Form »Information detailed separately for Non-EU-Member State partners »Extra annexes for Non-EU-Member State partners »Different budget tables for Non-EU- Member State partners »Financial Lead Partner(s) for external funding must be selected for each non-EU country

4. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Responsibilities Lead Partner (Overall LP) –Proper management and implementation –Signs the ERDF Subsidy Contract –Assumes financial and legal responsibility for the ERDF project part –Reports on the overall project Financial Lead Partner for external funding –Signs a Grant Contract with the relevant Contracting Authority –Financial and legal responsibility for the project part in concern

5. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Available funds ERDF– Priority 1

6. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Available funds ERDF Priority 2

7. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Available funds ERDF Priority 3

8. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Available funds ERDF – Priority 4

9. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Available funds PHARE, CARDS and Tacis Funds and countries Already asigned May also be available PHARE for Romania600,000 €- PHARE for Bulgaria1,334,000 €- CARDS for Croatia, Albania, State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1,600,000 €1.250.000 € Tacis CBC for Ukraine Moldova 1,500,000 €3.500.000 €

10. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Project size No fixed limitation to the ERDF budget (between 0.5 and 5.0 M€) –Limitation of the amount still available in the measure / priority –Budget size allowing two or more projects per measure PHARE, CARDS, Tacis –Funding between 45,000 € and 270,000 € per contract (not per partner) –Min. 10% Co-financing

11. INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme 2000 - 2006 Contracting procedure »Partners from EU countries –One single Subsidy Contract »Partners from non-EU countries –Separate Grant Contracts per each country Special cases: State Union of Serbia and Montenegro –Separate Grant Contracts  Montenegro  Kosovo  Other parts of the country Ukraine and Moldova –One common Grant Contracts