The European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

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The European Neighbourhood and Partnership
Instrument

• DG RELEX UNIT ER-D-1
• European Neighbourhood Policy Coordination
  General Coordination

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1. Origins of the ENPI Regulation
1.1. EC External assistance Responding to the
call for simplification
From 2007
Policy driven instruments ? Instrument for
Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) ? European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
? Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) ?
Economic Cooperation Instrument (ECI) ?
Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation ? Human
Rights Instrument Crisis response instruments ?
Humanitarian Aid Instrument ? Macro-financial
Assistance ? Instrument for Stability
Before 2007
More than 30 instruments for delivering external
relations assistance
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4. EC financial support
4.1. European Community funding global amount
Current funding (2000-2006)
Future funding (2007-2013)
? Commission proposal nearly 15bn
?End result nearly 12 bn, 45 increase
in nominal terms and 32 in real terms ?
11.18 M ENPI and 0.8 Thematic programmes and
HR instrument
EC budget ?Total 8.3b
?MEDA 5.2bn ?TACIS 3.1bn
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4. EU financial Support
4.2. The European Investment Bank A new mandate
for the ENP and for Russia
Current EIB lending (20002006) ? 6.5 bn
Mediterranean, 0.6 bn Eastern Europe Future
EIB lending (2007-2013) ? EIB external mandate
currently under discussion. Will be approved
before the end of 2006. ? Commission proposal
for the new mandate would include very
substantial increase for 2007-2013. Ceiling for
external lending mandate would increase for ENPI
to 12.4 bn. (Mediterranean 8.7 bn / East
3.7 bn) ? Closer cooperation with EBRD and other
International Financial Institutions (such as the
World Bank) is foreseen.
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2. The ENPI regulation Main features
2.3. Types of programmes
Country and multi-country programmes Minimum
95.0 (over 10.6 bn)
Cross-border cooperation programmes Up to
5.0 (almost 550 million)

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2. The ENPI regulation Main features
2.4. The programming process
?annual ? describe projects
identified for financing ?
define the budget per project
?lead to EC decision
commitments of funds
? Analysis of the situation ? Response
strategy ?Priority sectors ? 7 years ? revised at
mid-term
?normally attached to Strategy Papers
? set global and per priority allocations ?
cover 3 4 years
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2. Country and Multi-Country Programmes
? 17 ENP Countries ? 15 Country Programmes (all
except Lybia and Palestine) ? 3 Multi- Country
Programmes Regional east, Regional South and
Inter-regional ? Environement Multi-Country
Programmes (East Forestry and South) Country
Programmes (e.g. UA, Jordan, Egypt)
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2. Country and Multi-Country Programmes
? 17 ENP Countries ? 15 Country Programmes (all
except Lybia and Palestine) ? 3 Multi- Country
Programmes Regional east, Regional South and
Inter-regional ? Environement Multi-Country
Programmes (East Forestry and South) Country
Programmes (e.g. UA, Jordan, Egypt)
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Cross-Border Cooperation The history

• Difficult implementation of CBC on external
  borders
• Need for improved co-ordination pointed out by
  Court of Auditors in 2000
• Requests by Member States to revamp the system
• Neighbourhood programmes first step
• Communications in 2003 and ENP strategy in 2004

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ENPI CBC a new concept

• Territorial co-operation in a foreign policy
  context
• Legal provisions in the ENPI regulation
• Principles
• Common benefit to all participants
• Partnerships and joint management
• Complementarity to other initiatives
• Co-financing from partners
• Programme financing from ERDF and External
  Relations budget

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Programme definition and financing

• Eligible border regions along the EUs external
  land borders, short sea crossings and sea basins
  on NUTS II or III level
• Starting point Neighbourhood Programmes,
  additional simplifications
• Adjoining regions may be included when duly
  motivated
• Financial allocations agreed in Council group for
  Structural Funds
• Overall matching ERDF and External relations
• Basis in population

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Development of the CBC programmes

• Local partners set priorities based on needs
  analysis in the geographical area
• Focus on the four key objectives
• Promote economic and social development
• Address common challenges
• Ensure efficient and secure borders
• People to people co-operation
• Programme adopted by Commission Decision
• Financing agreements with partner country(ies)
  and the Joint Managing Authority

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2. The ENPI Regulation Main features
2.8. Focus on innovation CBCs 9 land border and
3 sea crossing programmes
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2. The ENPI Regulation Main features
2.9. Focus on innovation CBCs 3 sea basin
programmes
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3. Thematic Programmes
? Established under the Development Co-operation
Instrument ? Covering also ENPI Countries ? 5
Programmes Environment, Migration and Asylum,
Investing in People, Food Security, Local Actors
in Development
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3. Thematic Programme for Environment and
Sustainable management of Natural Resources
including Energy
?6 Priroties MDG, Implementation of EU
Initiative, Improving expertise for integration
and coherence, Stregthening environmental
Governance and EU leadership, Support for
Sustainable energy options in partner countries
and regions, Global Energy Efficency Fund ?In
ENP Countries focus on implementation of
international commitments and Energy
Efficency/Renewable. ? Total Budget 2007-10
404.9 M of which 29 for ENP Countries