Title: European Commission Cooperation and Development assistance in Moldova
1European Commission Cooperation and Development
assistance in Moldova
- Kaido Sirel
- Head of Operations
- EU Delegation to Moldova
2Summary
- Sources of funding
- Projects/Assistance areas
3Sources
- TACIS (15)
- Macro-financial assistance
(90) - European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
- Bilateral program for Moldova (225,
273, EaPIC) - --------------------------------------------------
----------------------------- - Inter-regional programmes
(NIF bilateral - 80, NIF regional) - Regional program ENPI East
(100) - Cross-border cooperation programmes
(44, 150) - -------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------- - Development Cooperation Instrument - Thematic
Budgets - bilateral,
- regional,
- global
- External programmes from Commission Directorate
Generals - Internal EU programmes opened and to be opened to
Moldova.
4ENPI Bilateral National Indicative Programme
2011-2013
- Priorities for MOLDOVA (273,14 MEUR)
- Good governance, rule of law, fundamental
freedoms - Social and human development
- Trade and sustainable development
- Confidence Building Measures. Regional Cohesion
pilots
5REGIONAL PROGRAMME EAST
- Democracy, Good Governance and Stability
-
- Economic Development
-
- Climate Change, Energy and Environment
-
- Advancing Integration with the EU and Regional
Co-operation -
6Inter-regional
Priority Area 1 Promoting reform through
European advice and expertise SIGMA, TAIEX
Priority Area 2 Promoting higher education and
student mobility TEMPUS, Erasmus Mundus Priority
Area 3 Promoting cooperation between local
actors in the EU, and in the partner countries
CIUDAD Priority Area 4 Promoting Investment
projects via Neighbourhood Investment Facility
(NIF)
7Cross Border Cooperation
- CBC Moldova Romania - Ukraine
- (2007-2013) 126 million euro
- 44 million for Large Scale projects decided
- Black Sea Programme 26 million euro
- CBC South East Europe
8CBC Programs for land borders (9) and sea
crossings (3)
9CBC Sea Basin Programs (3)
105 Global Thematic Programmes
- Investing in people Human and social
development - Protection of the environment and sustainable
planning/cultivation of natural resources, energy -
- Non-state actors and local authorities in the
process of development - Food security
- Migration and asylum policies
- Projects selected via Call For Proposals
11Bilateral Thematic calls
- European Instrument for Democracy and Human
Rights - Non State Actors and Local Actors in Governance
and Civil Society Facility
12Other external programmes from European Commission
- Instrument for Nuclear cooperation (DEVCO)
- Humanitarian aid (DG ECHO)
- Instrument for Stability (EEAS)
- Cohesion Pilots (DG REGIO)
- SME programme (DG ENTR)
- 7th Framework Programme for Research (DG RTD)
- New EU Internal Programmes to be opened to MD
- ENPARD Neighbourhood Agriculture and Rural
Development (DG AGRI)
13EU Internal programmes which can be opened to
Moldova
- Customs 2013
- Competiveness and Innovation Framework Program
(CIP) - Intelligent Energy Europe
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- ICT Policy Support
- Consumer Policy
- SESAR (Air Traffic)
- Public Health
14Additional Strategies/Initiatives
- Eastern Partnership
- Comprehensive Institution Building
- EaPIC - Integration and Cooperation Programme
- Regional Development Pilots (PRDP)
- Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD)
- Black Sea Synergy (ENPI East Russia Turkey)
- Danube Strategy
-
- Mobility Partnership - Moldova as pilot case
- European Endownment for Democracy Support for
Civil Society
15Projects state of Affairs 2012
- Around 150 programmes and projects ongoing or in
preparation in Moldova - Phasing out of TACIS and TACIS Cross Border
Coopertion - 6 Budget Support programmes ongoing or in
preparation - Technical Assistance (social, health, economy,
mobility partnership, water, justice, public
administration, etc) - Twinnings and Comprehensive Institution Building
- Thematic Budget lines projects (media,
anti-torture, legal protection, elections,
migration, energy, environment, etc) - Cross Border Cooperation projects (water,
infrastructures, tourism, historic towns, etc) - Macro-Financial Assistance
- Neighbourhood Investment Facility Roads, Water,
Health, Air Logistics, Airport, Trolleybuses, -
in pipeline wine sector, roads,
16Budget Support
- ENPI 2007 Social sector 21 million
- ENPI 2008 Health sector 46 million
- ENPI 2009 Water and sanitation sector 50
million - ENPI 2010 Economic Stimulation in Rural Areas
45 million - ENPI 2011 Energy 42 million
- ENPI 2012 Justice reform 52 million
- ENPI 2013 Vocational Education and Training
17Macro-Financial Assistance
- 2007-2008 45 M EUR grant, paid in 3 tranches
- 2010 2012 90 M EUR grant, paid in 3 tranches
support provided as response to financial crisis. - Conditions
- Public expenditure management and fiscal reform
implementation of Treasury Systems, customs
taxation reforms, public procurement - Enterprise restructuring and business
environment privatisation of state-owned firms,
bankruptcy legislation, competition legislation,
SME development - Financial sector reform privatisation of banks,
supervision regulation, insurance legislation - Specific sectoral issues public utilities,
statistics, export promotion.
18Neighbourhood Investment Facility
- Providing blending grants for the loans
- 11 projects blending in the loans of around 700 m
eur with 87,96 m eur grants in Moldova - Modernisation of the Republican Clinical Hospital
- Airport Modernisation Project
- Road Rehabilitation project
- Feasibility Study for the Improvement of Water
and Sanitation System in Chisinau - Water Utilities development programme
- Chisinau Transport project
- Vine sector upgrading
- Roads rehabilitation project
- 2 Energy efficiency projects
- Moldelectrica
- Regional NIF grants
19Twinnings
- Annual envelope of 5-7 MEUR (3 new Twinnings per
year) - Requests from state institutions can cover all
aspects of EU approximation process where there
is EU acquis. - Concluded Twinnings
- Parliament (FR, HU)
- Penitentiary system (D, NL)
- Ongoing Twinnings
- Procurement (RO)
- Intellectual Property Rights (DK, RO),
- Competition and State Aid (LV, A, RO)
- Regional development (F)
- Public internal financial control (S, NL)
- Accreditation of product conformity assessment
(S, NL) - Market surveillance (UK, LT)
- Several more Twinnings in preparation
20Comprehensive Institution Building
- EaP framework jointly developed and implemented
with the partner country to ensure effective
institution building of a limited number of core
institutions which are central to the preparation
and implementation of future Association
Agreement and DCFTA.
21CIB- Indicative list of Beneficiary Institutions
- Public Administration Reform
- State Chancellery
- Public Procurement Agency
- Ministry of Finance
- Ensuring rule of law, human rights and
fundamental freedoms - General Prosecutor's Office
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Centre for Combating Economic Crimes and
Corruption - Preparing Moldova in view of future DCFTA
- Ministry of Economy
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Health (Public Health Service)
- Inspectorate for Phyto-Sanitary Surveillance and
Seed Control - Sanitary-Veterinary and Animal origin Food
Safety Agency - Agency for Protection of Competition
- Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic
of Moldova
22Conclusions
- Assistance increased around 10 fold
- Moldova is often pilot and praised as most
advanced reformer in the EU Neighbourhood - Lots of new cooperation programmes opened and
more in view from the European Institutions - New logic of assistance move from committed
development assistance grants to co-funded
competition/cooperations grants and loans.
23Additional info
http//www.delmda.ec.europa.eu http//eeas.europa.
eu/moldova/index_en.htm Funding
http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_e
n.htm