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Title: TAIEX


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TAIEX
Technical Assistance and Information Exchange
Instrument of the European Commission
Institution Building UnitDG Enlargement
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Mission Statement
Supports beneficiary countries in understanding,
transposing, implementing and applying EU
policies, legislation, rules the acquis
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TAIEX a success story
  • Ownership demand driven
  • Gap-filling - Focused on the EU acquis
  • Responsiveness - Short-term and flexible
    instrument
  • Peer-to-peer ?
  • Expertise from EU MS

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Beneficiaries
  • Pre-accession assistance (IPA) Candidate
    countries and Potential Candidates
  • Countries covered by the European Neighbourhood
    and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) and Russia
  • Turkish Cypriot community

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Beneficiary groups
  • Central Governments, Ministries, Government
    bodies, Regulators
  • National Parliaments
  • Judiciary and Law Enforcement Bodies
  • Social Partners and Private Sector Associations

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Areas covered
  • Agriculture and Food Safety
  • Internal Market
  • Environment, Transport and Telecommunications
  • Justice and Home Affairs

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Internal market - 2011
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Justice and Home Affairs - 2011
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Agriculture and Food Safety - 2011
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Environment, Transport and Telecommunications -
2011
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TAIEX events per beneficiary - 2011
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Expertise
  • Mobilised experts are almost exclusively Member
    States public-sector officials
  • Commissions and other EU Institutions officials
    often involved

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Experts mobilised in TAIEX activities
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Participants at TAIEX activities
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TAIEX events since 2007
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Main forms of assistance
  • Seminars/Workshops (single or multi-beneficiary)
  • Expert Missions
  • Study Visits

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Costs covered by TAIEX
  • Workshops
  • Hotel and travel costs for speakers coming from
    the EU Member States
  • Meeting room rental (if in a hotel)
  • Interpretation (including equipment)
  • Catering (lunch, coffee)

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Costs covered by TAIEX
  • Expert Missions
  • Limited to 10 - 15 participants
  • Duration of maximum one week
  • No interpretation in principle
  • TAIEX covers flight costs, hotel and daily
    allowances for EU MS expert
  • Only experts from national administrations of the
    EU MSs

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Costs covered by TAIEX
  • Study Visits
  • Limited to maximum 3 participants
  • Duration of maximum one week
  • Interpretation (only in exceptional cases)
  • TAIEX covers flight costs, hotel and daily
    allowances for participants

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Activation
  • Requests are primarily generated by the
    beneficiary countries
  • Suggestions from Commission services are also
    considered
  • Suggestions from MS cannot usually be taken into
    consideration

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How long does it take?
  • TAIEX can quickly deliver the requested
    assistance
  • From the moment the application is approved, a
    minimum of 6-8 weeks for the dispatching of an
    expert and of about 10 weeks for the organisation
    of a seminar

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How are requests processed?
  • All applications are submitted for opinion to the
    National Contact Points, the EU Delegation and
    the competent Commission services. Applications
    concerning ENPI countries are sent to the
    directorate general development and cooperation
    (devco)
  • The Institution Building Unit of DG Enlargement,
    takes the final decision
  • IMPORTANT Quality of applications (clear,
    complete and pertinent to the EU acquis)

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How to apply?
  • Application forms available via the website
  • http//taiex.ec.europa.eu
  • Letter, fax, e-mail (under the condition that the
    basic information requested in the application
    form is provided) through the National Contact
    Point

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European Commission Directorate General
Enlargement Institution Building Unit TAIEX
Instrument e-mail elarg-taiex_at_ec.europa.eu
Website http//taiex.ec.europa.eu
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