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Title: European Commission Cooperation and Development assistance in Moldova


1
European Commission Cooperation and Development
assistance in Moldova
  • Kaido Sirel
  • Head of Operations
  • EU Delegation to Moldova

2
Summary
  • Sources of funding
  • Projects/Assistance areas

3
Sources
  • 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.

4
ENPI 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

5
REGIONAL PROGRAMME EAST
  • Democracy, Good Governance and Stability
  • Economic Development
  • Climate Change, Energy and Environment
  • Advancing Integration with the EU and Regional
    Co-operation

6
Inter-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)
7
Cross 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

8
CBC Programs for land borders (9) and sea
crossings (3)
9
CBC Sea Basin Programs (3)
10
5 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

11
Bilateral Thematic calls
  • European Instrument for Democracy and Human
    Rights
  • Non State Actors and Local Actors in Governance
    and Civil Society Facility

12
Other 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)

13
EU 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

14
Additional 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

15
Projects 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,

16
Budget 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

17
Macro-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.

18
Neighbourhood 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

19
Twinnings
  • 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

20
Comprehensive 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.

21
CIB- 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

22
Conclusions
  • 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.

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Additional 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
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