Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and Programmes Yerevan, 14 March 2013.

Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and Programmes

Yerevan, 14 March 2013

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Objective of the ENP to enable partners to take part in various forms in EU agencies and programmes, in order to support reforms and approximation to EU norms and standards.

PARTICIPATION IN EU PROGRAMMES AND AGENCIES 1

• Objectives:– Support ENP partners’ economic and social transition.

– Encourage and support regulatory and administrative reforms and institution building.

– Contribute to the reform and modernisation process.

– Promote convergence towards EU norms and standards, exchange of best practices, know-how and networking.



Context (I)

• Gradual approach: identification of the Agencies and Programmes on a case-by-case basis.

• Cost-benefit analysis of participation.

• Start with a limited number of Agencies and Programmes in the short and medium term.



Context (II)

Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and ProgrammesContext (III)

Participation as an end goal in a long-term process with intermediary steps (training seminars, informal exchange and cooperation).


• General methodology: Commission Communication to enable ENP partner countries to participate in Community agencies and Community programmes’ (December 2006).

• EU Council endorsed the Communication (March 2007):

‘Support for the general and gradual approach outlined in the Communication to enable ENP partners to participate in Community agencies and Community programmes on their merits and where the legal bases so allow’.


Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and ProgrammesContext (IV)

• ENP Joint Communication ‘A New Response to a Changing Neighbourhood’ (May 2011):

– ‘Facilitate partner countries’ participation in the work of selected EU Agencies and Programmes’.

– ‘Support partner countries in fulfilling the legislative pre-requisites for participating in EU agencies’.

– ‘Provide support for covering some of the associated costs of participation’.

• ENP Council Conclusions (June 2011): ‘The EU will facilitate partner countries’ participation in EU programmes and agencies’.



Context (V)

Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and ProgrammesContext (VI)

• The Joint Communication ‘Delivering on a new European Neighbourhood Policy’ (May 2012) has underlined the importance of strengthening the EU support to the participation of partner countries:– New protocols enabling the participation in EU

programmes will be negotiated.– A project supporting EU agencies to facilitate the

participation of partners in their work is being elaborated.– Partners can have access to EU funds to co-finance their

participation in EU programmes.


Agency: « Independent legal entity created by the EU legislator to help regulate a particular sector at EU level and/or help implement a particular EU policy »

Types of agencies:

-Regulatory: assist the Commission in shaping new rules and monitoring the implementation of existing ones: European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

-Operational: coordination of EU Member State joint operations: FRONTEX

-Informational: assist Member States in analysis, assessment and provision of scientific information and data: European Environment Agency (EEA)


Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and ProgrammesAgencies (I)

Modalities and procedure of cooperation / participation

• Conditions for participation laid down in the Agency’s founding Regulation.

• Negotiation of concrete arrangements for participation of individual ENP partners.

• Decision of Management Board of the Agency on future cooperation – Independent decision-making capacity of each Agency.


Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and ProgrammesAgencies (II)

Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and ProgrammesAgencies (III)

Modalities and procedures for cooperation / participation (continued)

• Drawing-up a bilateral agreement on a case-by-case basis for each Agency.

• Council approval required before signature of each bilateral agreement and Parliament assent.

• Right of the ENP partner to become observer of the Agency: no voting rights on Management Board of the Agency .


Level of possible participation varies between the agencies:

– Cooperation: some Agencies allow for de jure ‘cooperation’ with the competent authorities in third countries

• Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA): control and inspection cooperation in the framework of agreements concluded.

– Participation: de facto gradual building-up from technical cooperation to full participation.

• European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA): from Working Arrangement to full participation for countries adopting Chicago Convention and EU aviation safety rules.



Agencies (IV)

Examples of cooperation:

– Participation as an observer, upon signature of bilateral agreement:

• European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

– Other cooperation forms: Working Arrangement can be approved signed by the Agency’s Management Board and the corresponding body from the ENP partners, if the Agency’s legal basis allows .

• FRONTEX Working Arrangement with Border Guard Service of an ENP partner.


Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and ProgrammesAgencies (V)

Examples of cooperation (continued)

– Ad hoc participation, expert committees, seminars:• Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO): Invitation of observers from third countries

to its meetings.

– Participation in information activities and national information networks: • European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA): Technical

contacts with ENP partners.

– Informal collaboration on specific issues:• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Assistance to Ukraine

after outbreak of avian influenza in 2009.



Agencies (VI)

Conditions for participation vary:

– Need to adopt EU relevant acquis: • European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): EU

food legislation.

and / or

– Financial contribution.



Agencies (VII)

• Arrangements signed between ENP partners and EU Agencies:

– European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA): technical cooperation arrangements with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Moldova, Morocco and Ukraine.

– FRONTEX: Working Arrangements on operational cooperation concluded with border guard services of Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

– European Centre for Monitoring on Drugs and Drug Addiction (ECMDDA): MoU signed with Ukraine.



Agencies (VIII)


Table of Agencies open for participation (I)

Agency Seat

CEPOL (European Police Training College) Bramshill (UK)

EFCA (European Fisheries Control Agency) Vigo (ES)

CPVO (Community Plant Variety Office) Angers (FR)

EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) Cologne (DE)

ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) Stockholm (SE)

ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) Helsinki (FI)

EEA (European Environment Agency) Copenhagen (DK)



Table of Agencies open for participation (II)

Agency Seat

EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) Parma (IT)

EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) Lisbon (PT)

EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency) Lisbon (PT)

ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) Heraklion (EL)

EU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work) Bilbao (ES)

ERA (European Railway Agency)Lille – Valenciennes

(FR)

EUROFOUND (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions) Dublin (IE)



Table of Agencies open for participation (III)

Agency Seat

EUROJUST The Hague (NL)

European Institute for Gender Equality Vilnius (LT)

EUROPOL The Hague (NL)

FRONTEX (European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the EU) Warsaw (PL)

GSA – European GNSS Supervisory Authority Prague (CZ)

EDA – European Defence Agency Brussels (BE)

EU ISS – European Union Institute for Security Studies Paris (FR)



Table of Agencies not open for participation (I)

Agency Seat

CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) Thessalonica (EL)

ETF (European Training Foundation ) Turin (IT)

EMEA (European Medicines Agency) London (UK)

OHIM (Office for Harmonisation of the Internal Market) Alicante (ES)

CDT (Translation Centre for the Bodies of the EU) Luxembourg (LU)

FRA (Fundamental Rights Agency ) Vienna (AT)

European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice

Tallin (EE)Operational as of December 2012


Programme: “Integrated set of action adopted by the EU to promote cooperation between Member States in different specific fields, over several years, to achieve the goals of the EU”.

– Originally conceived for the benefit of EU Member States – not to be confused with external assistance programmes, aimed specifically to support third countries (ENPI ).

– In addition to state actors, EU Programmes in various sectors benefit non-state actors (individuals, enterprises, research institutes): Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Seventh Framework Programme.



Programmes (I)

• Most of the existing EU programmes expire in 2013 (at the same time of the EU financial perspectives):– Examples:

• Hercule II (financial control)

• Public Health Programme (2008-2013)

• Follow-up EU programmes currently being negotiated under the new financial perspective (2014-2020):– Examples:

• Hercule III (financial control)

• Health for Growth (2014-2020)



Programmes (II)

• Categories of EU Programmes:– Open for full participation:

• SESAR Programme and Joint Undertaking• Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)

– Open for participation in certain activities:• Fundamental rights and Justice general Programme

• Interoperability Solutions for Public Administration (ISA) – Not open for participation to ENP partners:

• LIFE+ (environment) but Proposal for the new financial perspective foresees the opening of the Programme for ENP partners’ participation.



Programmes (III)

• Modalities and procedures for participation:

– Conditions for participation laid down in the legislative basis establishing the Programme.

– Protocols enabling participation are attached to the legally-binding agreements between the EU and ENP partners.

• Southern Mediterranean countries: Association Agreements

• Eastern Partnership countries: Partnership and Cooperation Agreements and subsequent Association Agreements.



Programmes (IV)

Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and ProgrammesProgrammes (V)

– Memorandum of understanding (MoU) laying down the detailed terms and conditions for the participation in a specific programme, to be negotiated with the relevant Commission DG.

– Right of ENP partner to participate as an observer in Programme management committees.


• A form of participation in programmes may be possible without a protocol to the bilateral agreement or MoU:

Example: 7th Framework Programme of Research and Technological Development:

– Research institutions can apply for funding as partners with other institutions from EU Member States.



Programmes (V)

Example of ENP partners participation in EU Programmes Seventh Framework Programme (Southern

Mediterranean countries)


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Number of participants

Participant EC contribution(M euros)

Example of ENP partners participation in EU Programmes Seventh Framework Programme (Eastern

Partnership countries)


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EU contribution (M €)

• In some cases, adoption of relevant EU acquis or international norms:

– Media 2007 Programme: EU Directive of Audiovisual Services

– Culture 2007 Programme: Ratification of UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of cultural expression.

• Financial contribution for participation varies depending on the Programme.

• EU ready to cofinance the costs of participation (ENPI or ENI in the future) on a limited in time and decreasing basis.



Conditions for participation in EU Programmes (I)

• No fixed formula: based on criteria such as:

– GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the EU and the ENP partner

– Population

– Specific criteria: GIEC (Gross Inland Energy Consumption): used in the CIP - Intelligent Energy Europe Programme.

• Calculated on the basis of the latest statistical data for the year from EUROSTAT.



Conditions for participation in EU Programmes (II)

• Protocols and MoUs signed between ENP partners and the EU:

– Protocols signed with Armenia, Israel, Jordan, Moldova, Morocco and Ukraine.

– Protocols under negotiation with Algeria, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

– Memoranda of Understanding concluded:

• CIP – Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (EU-Israel, 2007).

• 7th Framework Programme for Innovation and Research (EU-Israel, 2007; EU-Moldova, 2012).



Programmes: protocols and MoU (I)


Table of Programmes open for participation (I)

Programme

Customs 2013 Programme

CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme) -Intelligent Energy Europe Programme

CIP - Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme

CIP - Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Policy Support Programme

Consumer Programme

Culture 2007 Programme

SESAR Programme and Joint Undetaking (air traffic management system)

Public Health Programme (2008-2013)



Table of Programmes partially open for participation (II)

ProgrammePericles Programme (financial control)

Hercule II (financial control)

General Framework Programme Fundamental Rights and Justice (civil justice, criminal justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, fight against violence – Daphne III, drug prevention and information)

CIPS - Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence of Terrorism and other Security-related risks

ISEC - Prevention of and fight against Crime ()

Marco Polo (transport)

ISA – Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administration (e-Government services)



Table of Programmes partially open for participation (III)

Programme

Civil Protection Financial Instrument

Civil Protection Mechanism

Lifelong Learning Programme (education and training)

MEDIA 2007 - European Audiovisual Sector

Youth in Action

7th Framework Programme for Innovation and Research

Statistical Programme (2008-2012)



Table of Programmes not open for participation (I)

Programme

Fiscalis 2013

EU Solidarity Fund

Trans-European Networks Financing (energy)

Trans-European Networks Financing (transport)

Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows (European Refugee Fund, External Borders Fund, European Return Fund, European Fund for the Integration)

Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS

Promotion of active European citizenship / Europe for citizens

LIFE+ - Financial Instrument for the environment



Examples of proposed new programmes for 2014-2020 (I)

Examples of new Programmes (Commission Proposals – not yet adopted)

Health and Consumers -Health for Growth-Consumer Programme Customs Union and Taxation - FISCUS programme

Justice and Home Affairs - Justice programme- Rights and Citizenship Programme- Asylum and Migration Fund- Internal Security Fund

Education and Culture - Erasmus for All Programme- Creative Europe Programme



Examples of proposed new programmes for 2014-2020 (II)

Examples of new Programmes (Commission Proposals – not yet adopted)

Anti-fraud -Hercule III-Pericles 2020

Research, Innovation and Competitiveness -Horizon 2020 – Framework Programme for Research and Innovation-Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME)-Life Programme (Environment and climate change)-The European Earth monitoring programme (GMES)-Galileo and EGNOS

Civil Protection - Union Civil Protection Mechanism

Statistical Programme - European statistical programme


• EU-Armenia bilateral meeting in Brussels (February 2012)

• Information seminar with EU agencies (November 2012)

• Signature of Framework Protocol for participation in EU programmes (December 2012)

• Information session in Yerevan (today)

• Cost/benefit judgement by Armenia in order to determine key interests

• Start with a limited number of priorities

• Determine key priorities with regard to EU agencies (to feed into ENPI-financed ENP-wide project to facilitate cooperation)

• Explore possibilities of ENPI co-funding of costs associated with participation

• Exploratory talks with Commission DGs

• Information meeting on 2014-2020 EU programmes (2nd half of 2013)

• Negotiations of Memoranda of Understanding



Past, current and next steps (I)

• EU financial assistance project (EUR 3.7 million) with a view to support preparatory measures of EU agencies to facilitate the participation of ENP partners in their work (automn 2012).



Past, current and next steps (II)

Thank you for your attention

Ms. Jenny MårdEuropean External Action Service

ENP Coordination [email protected]

Tel: +32 (0)2 584 72 80

mailto:[email protected]

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