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Cross Border Cooperation under ENPI

State of Play on ENPI Cross Border Cooperation Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Working group I Democracy, Good Governance and Stability Brussels 7-8 October 2010

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What is ENPI Cross Border Cooperation?

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The aim of the ENPI CBC programmes is to support cross border cooperation projects between the Member States and the partner countries along the external borders of the European Union.

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15 ENPI CBC programmes (Strategy Paper)

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Over 1.1 billion € financial allocation for the period 2007 – 2013

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Innovation of ENPI CBC: seven-year programming period, single budget, common legal framework, common implementation rules on both sides of the border (Member State / partner country)

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CBC overall objectives set out in the Strategy Paper • • • •

Promote economic and social development Address common challenges Ensure efficient and secure borders Promote people to people co-operation

⇒ should be addressed in each programme

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Who can participate in CBC?

• Eligible border regions: strictly defined regions placed along land borders and on sea crossings of significant importance (NUTS* III) or around “common sea basins” (NUTS II); • Adjoining regions: regions not directly located on a border that may be included in co-operation.

• *: The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) 01/29/13

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Beneficiaries Governmental bodies  Partner countries, their regions and their institutions  Decentralized bodies in the partner countries Local authorities and administrations Joint bodies of partner countries and the Community Public or semipublic bodies 01/29/13

Non-state actors NGOs Trade associations Women and youth organizations Cross-border associations Cultural, research and scientific organizations Organizations representing economic and social interests

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State of play September 2010 • 2008: Programmes established joint management structures • 2009: Financing Agreements signed for 13 out of 15 programmes • 2009 - first half 2010: First (and second) calls for proposal launched by all programmes • 2010: All programmes fully operational - implementation of projects starts (some programmes)

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Eligible regions for CBC’s land border and sea crossing programmes

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Current CBC Programmes involving Eastern Partnership countries Out of the 13 operational Programmes, 6 involve Eastern Partnership partners countries: - Baltic Sea (Belarus; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Germany, Latvia; Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden) (ENPI funding: 22.6 MEUR) - Black Sea Basin Programme (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) (18.3 MEUR) - Hungary/Slovakia/Romania/Ukraine (68.6 MEUR) - Latvia/Lithuania/Belarus (41.7 MEUR) - Poland/Belarus/Ukraine (186.2 MEUR) -Romania/Ukraine/Republic of Moldova (126.7 MEUR) 01/29/13

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BALTIC SEA - Participating countries: (Belarus; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Germany, Latvia; Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden)

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Managing Authority: Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

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http://www.eu.baltic.net/

- Priorities: 1. Fostering of innovations across the BSR 2. Internal and External Accessibility of the BSR 3. Management of the Baltic Sea as a Common Resource 4. Attractive and Competitive Cities and Regions 01/29/13

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LATVIA/LITHUANIA/BELARUS • Eligible area: Latvia: Latgale Region

Lithuania: Utenos, Vilniaus and Altyaus Apskritis (adjoining regions: Kaunas and Panevezys Counties) Belarus: Hrodna and Vitebsk Oblasts (adjoining regions: Minsk and Mogilev Oblasts, Minsk City)

• Managing Authority: The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, Regional Policy Department http://www.enpi-cbc.eu/

• Priorities:

1. Promoting sustainable economic

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and social development 2. Addressing common challenges (environment, social, educational and health)

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POLAND/BELARUS/ UKRAINE • Eligible area: Poland: Bialostocko-suwalski, Ostrolecko-siedlecki, Bialskopodlaski, Chelmsko-zamojski, Krosnienskoprzemyski (adjoining regions: Lubelski, Rzeszowskotarnobrzeski, Lomzynski) Belarus: Hrodna and Brest oblats, western part of Minsk oblast [Miadel, Vileika, Molodechno, Volozhin, Stolbtsy, Niesvizh and Kletsk districts] (adjoining regions: eastern part of Minsk Oblast, Gomel Oblast) Ukraine: Volynska, Lvivska and Zakarpatska Oblasts Oblasts (adjoining regions: Rivnenska,Ternopilska Oblasts and Ivano-Frankivska Oblasts) • Managing Authority: The Ministry of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland

http://www.pl-by-ua.eu/en •

Priorities: 1. Promoting sustainable economic and social development

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2. Improving the quality of life 3. Networking and people-to-people cooperation

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ROMANIA/ UKRAINE/Republic of MOLDOVA Eligible area:

• Romania: Botosani, Suceava, Iasi, Vaslui, Galati, Tulcea Tulcea

• Ukraine: Chernivetska, Odesska Oblasts • Republic of Moldova: the whole country Managing Authority: The Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism of Romania

www.-ro--ua--md.-net Priorities: 1 Towards a more competitive border economy, 2 Environmental challenges and emergency preparedness 3 People to people co-operation

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BLACK SEA BASIN Eligible area: •

Romania: South East

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Bulgaria: Severoiztochen, Yugoiztochen

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Greece: Kentriki Makedonia, Anatoliki Makedonia Thraki

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Turkey: Istanbul, Tekirdağ, Kocaeli, Zonguldak, Kastamonu, Samsun, Trabzon

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Ukraine: Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Sevastopol, Zaporosh’ye and Donetsk Oblasts, Crimea Republic, Sevastopol

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Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan: the whole country

Managing Authority: The Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism of Romania

http://www.blacksea-cbc.net/

Priorities: 1. Cross border support to partnership for economic development based on combined resources 2. Networking resources and competencies for environmental protection and conservation 3. Cultural and educational initiatives for the establishment of a

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common cultural environment in the basin

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HUNGARY / SLOVAKIA / ROMANIA / UKRAINE Eligible area: • • • •

Hungary: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (adjoining region: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Slovakia: Košický, Prešovský Romania: Maramureş, Satu-Mare (adjoining region: Suceava) Ukraine: Zakarpatska, Ivano–Frankivska, (adjoining region: Chernivetska)

Managing Authority: The National Development Agency in Hungary http://www.huskroua-cbc.net/ Priorities:

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1. Promote economic and social development 2. Enhance environmental quality 3. Increase border efficiency 4. Support people to people cooperation 15

Situation as of 15 September 2010 (calls for proposals)

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The place of NGOs in ENPI CBC NGOs are one of the main targets of the ENPI CBC programmes ⇒ Are eligible (under specific conditions of each calls for proposals) ⇒ can submit proposals in all priorities: economic development, environemental protection, people to people contact ⇒ Are in some cases present as observers in Joint Monitoring Committee meetings of Programmes

For further information e-mail: EuropeAid-cbc@ec.europa.eu website:

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neigh bourhood/regional-cooperation/enpicross-border/index_en.htm

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