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EuropeAid Co-operation Office
Brussels
TACIS CBC SPFTACIS CBC SPFTACIS Cross-Border Co-operation Small Project Facility
The Tacis ProgrammeThe Tacis Programme Links the EU to 13 partner States in
Eastern Europe and Central Asia Actual redeployment of financial resources
in favour of the Western CIS countries, at the new external borders of enlarged EU
The total budget of the Tacis programme for the period 2000-2006 is € 3.138 billion
Tacis comprises both national and multi-country programmes
Cross-border co-operation is one of the multi-country programmes
Tacis CBC SPF has a budget of 8,4 m€ in 2000-2001
The Tacis CBC SPF Team in BrusselsThe Tacis CBC SPF Team in Brussels
Stefanos GOUVRASProgramme Manager Catherine BODSONProgramme Co-ordinator, Project Manager,
Kaliningrad and SW Russia Mia-Fatima DUBOIS-BOUSSAIDProject Manager, NW Russia - Leningrad Oblast Martin EISENBEISProject manager, Belarus and Moldova Stéphane DJERDETProject Manager, Ukraine
Impact on living standards in the border regions of Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
Cross-border impact: to foster co-operation between regions and local authorities in the NIS, EU and CEC
To support projects addressing a common CBC problem or developing the partners competencies
The Tacis CBC Small Project FacilityThe Tacis CBC Small Project Facility
Overall Objectives
Focuses on:Focuses on:
The cross-border dimension of projects
The sustainability of co-operation
The co-ordination with other funding sources
Budget and durationBudget and duration 2000-2001 budget: 8,4 M €
SPF projects: min. 100.000 €
max. 200.000 €
MPF (Micro Project Facility):
min. 10.000 €
max. 50.000 €
Partners’ co-financing: min 20%
Max. duration: 18 months SPF
6 months MPF
The other Small ProgrammesThe other Small Programmes
Institution Building Partnership Programme (IBPP)
City Twinning
Civil Society
Lien
Key Institutions
Spheres of Co-operationSpheres of Co-operation
Local Economic development
Environment and Energy Efficiency
Administrative Reforms
Social Affairs
Spheres of co-operationSpheres of co-operation
Administrative
Reforms
Management of local and regional self-
government
Local & regionaldemocracy
Finance and budgeting
Decision-making procedures in local
and regional authorities
Relations with the public (e.g.
information provision)
Local Economic
Development
SME support and development
Economic planning and industrial
conversion Economic
development with sectoral focus
Development and tourism strategies
Strategies for tackling
unemployment
Rural diversification
Social Affairs
Urban and social health policy
Integration of national minorities
Youth policy
Education
Environment & Energy Efficiency
Environmental protection and
improvement
Waste treatment strategies
Transport and traffic management
Efficient energy supply and monitoring of
energy use
Use of alternative sources of energy
Who can participate ? (1)Who can participate ? (1)
Core partners
Local or Regional Authorities Association of Local and Regional
Authorities Entity closely linked to the local or
regional authority (Regional Development Agency) and mainly owned by the authority
Min 2 core partners NIS/EU or NIS/Phare
Who can participate ? (2)Who can participate ? (2)
Additional partners
Local or Regional Authorities NGOs Public Utilities Locally or Regionally based education
centres Subcontractors for a limited and specific
part of the project (may even be commercial enterprises)
Examples of Eligible ActivitiesExamples of Eligible Activities
Training of personnel Study visits Establishment of best practice and
procedures System analysis and transfer of
knowledge Establishment of advisory and
development functions Sectoral and regional studies Environmental management Human and institutional capacity
building measures
Types of non-eligible projectsTypes of non-eligible projects
Individual sponsorships Individual scholarships One-off conferences Projects exceeding 18 months Projects submitted by other than
local/regional authorities or associations of local/regional authorities
Singular cultural events
Project Selection CycleProject Selection Cycle
Statistics 2002
144 SPF proposals received 58 Eligible proposals 55 Missing Documents 31 Ineligible proposals
12 MPF 5 Eligible 5 Missing documents 2 Ineligible
1. Registration
22 March
Project Selection CycleProject Selection Cycle
2. Opening Session
9 April
3. Check administrative compliance and eligibility
10 April- 24 April
4. Evaluation Committee I
Decisions on administrative compliance and eligibility
29 April
Copies sent to Delegations
5. Letters to ineligible applicants:Request for missing documents: (deadline : 7 June) up to 10 May
Start preparation of Fact Sheets
6. Evaluation by experts (Panel)
13-19 May
Deadline for Comments of Delegation : 7 June
7. Fact Sheet Completion
with Comments of Delegation
and Experts Evaluation
10-24 June
8. Evaluation Committee II
- Final decision on administrative compliance and eligibility
- Selection of projects
26 June
9. Approval of recommendations of the Evaluation Committee
12 July
10. Preparation of contracts
12-26 July
11. Contracts
signed
By 30 September
Evaluation and Selection Evaluation and Selection CriteriaCriteria
Administrative Compliance
Eligibility of applicants, partners and project
Evaluation of the quality of the proposal
Financial Evaluation of project
Evaluation grid
Grounds for rejection Grounds for rejection of a proposalof a proposal
Application received after the closing date
Application is incomplete The applicant or partners are ineligible The project is ineligible The project is not relevant The relevance and quality of the
proposal is lower than that of the selected proposals
Financial quality is insufficient After consultation with other services,
project is rejected (overlap, bad experience, etc)
Other Sources of FundingOther Sources of Funding
INTERREG: Finnish / Russian border
Phare CBC on CEEC / NIS borders
Co-ordination with the Co-ordination with the other sources of fundingother sources of funding
Exchange of information with Delegation, INTERREG Secretariats and other services of the Commission
Developing common procedures with INTERREG and Phare in view of the future guidelines
Priority to support projects with a clear link to an INTERREG or a Phare project
Before designing a Before designing a project proposalproject proposal Identify the needs/problems of the
beneficiary country Identify if these needs/problems
are met by potential partners in the border regions
Identify the solutions adopted by other countries / border regions / partners
Identify possible partnership with border regions and eventual EU countries
When designing a When designing a project proposalproject proposal
Be clear ! Be consistent Transparency with the project
partners Communication with the partners Budget / Expenses
• Staff• Equipment• Travel expenses and per diems
Sustainability of the project
How can we help ?How can we help ?
Information dissemination Regular updates of the Tacis CBC SPF
website Partner search is put on the web Contacts with the Delegations, Liaison
Offices, NCU ’s, Tacis Branch Offices, other DGs
Assistance to ApplicantsAssistance to Applicants Russia
Kaliningrad and Southwestern Russia: Catherine BODSON (EU Commission)
Leningrad Oblast and Northwestern Russia: Mia-Fatima DUBOIS-BOUSSAID (EU Commission)
St Petersburg Liaison Office
Belarus Martin EISENBEIS (EU Commission) National Co-ordinating Unit (NCU) EC Delegation in Minsk (Tacis
Branch Office)
Assistance to ApplicantsAssistance to Applicants
Moldova Martin Eisenbeis (EU Commission) NCU EC Delegation in Chisinau (Tacis
Branch Office)
Ukraine Stéphane DJERDET (EU
Commission) NCU Delegation of the EU in Minsk
And now ?And now ?
Final Conference of the Tacis CBC SPF March 2000 Submission Round in Brest (Belarus): 27-28/06/2002
Completion of current project selection cycle by end July 2002:
+/- 40 projects should be awarded Revision of the Tacis CBC SPF
guidelines in September 2002 Information Campaigns in all Tacis
CBC regions and the border countries as from last quarter 2002
Launching Days for the awarded projects end 2002 in Odessa (Ukraine)
BelarusBelarus
Tacis Branch Office National Co-ordinating Unit (working
in close co-operation with TBO):
- Provides information about the Calls for Proposals to regional executive committees
- Organises consultations with the applicants and gives advice on the project ideas
- Clarifies some unclear points of guidlines
Contact detailsContact details
Tacis CBC SPF Website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/tacis_cbc_spf/
The European Commission
1049 Brussels - Belgium
Tel: 00 32 2
Fax: 00 32 2
e-mail: [email protected]
RussiaRussia
St Petersburg Liaison Office
Malaya Konyushennaya str., 1/3A, office B13a
191186 St-Petersburg, Russia
Tel: ( 7 812) 103 54 60
Fax: (7 812) 103 54 64
e-mail: [email protected]
BelarusBelarusNational Co-ordinating Unit - Belarus
for the European Union's TACIS Programme
Leonid Orlov
Room 513, top floor
10, Kollectornaya St.
220004 Minsk, Belarus
Tel: +375 17 - 220 67 48 / 220 87 56
220 64 65 / 227 32 39
Fax: +375 17 - 227 26 15
E-mail: [email protected]
BelarusBelarus
Tacis Branch Office
21 Internatsionalnaya St.
2nd Floor
220030 Minsk - Belarus
Tel: +375 17-229 26 13
Fax: +375 17-289 12 81
e-mail: [email protected]
MoldovaMoldova
NCU
Technical Assistance Division
Foreign Economic Relations Department
Ministry of Economy
Mr. Veaceslav Scobioala
Piata Marii Aduranii, of.216
Nationale 1, MD-2033 Chisinau
Tel: +373 2 23 83 40
e-mail: [email protected]
MoldovaMoldova
Tacis Branch Office
Corobceanu Street, 22
2004 Chisinau
Tel: +373-2-24 77 90
Fax: +373-2-24 91 13
e-mail: [email protected]
UkraineUkraine
NCU
3rd floor, r. 302, 303, 324
28, Druzhby Narodiv Blvd
01103 Kiev - Ukraine
Tel: +380 44 296 97 89
Tel/Fax: +380 44 294 43 25
Ms Natalia V.Ryabtseva
Tel: + 380 44 261 13 50
Mobile: +380 50 310 59 93
e-mail: [email protected]
UkraineUkraine
EC Delegation
vul. Kruglouniversitetska 10
252024 Kiev - Ukraine
Tel: +380-44-462 00 10
Fax: +380-44-230 23 90
e-mail: [email protected]
Thank you for your attention!