EUROPEAN MOVEMENT IN SERBIA
Projects

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Activities

  • 30.11.2007.
    "IPA Conference", Belgrade
    • program >>
    • conference conclusions >
    • participants' presentations:
      • Pre-accession assistance, lessons learned, Slovenia 1992-2004, Ms. Andreja Jerina, Supreme State Auditor, Slovenia >>
      • Croatian Experience with Management of EU Funds , Ms. Nataša Mikuš, Deputy State Secretary, Central Office for Development Strategy and Coordination of EU Funds, Croatia >>
      • Opšte o finansijskim instrumentima KARDS i IPA...deo, Gordana Lazarević, Pomoćnik ministra za ekonomske odnose sa instranstvom >>
      • Project implementation under DIS, Mr. Gabor Ronaszeki, Director of Central Finance and Contracting Unit, Hungarian State Treasury >>
      • Making A Difference with Future EU Funding European Agency for Reconstruction November 2006, Mr. Bernard O'Sullivan, Head of Programming and Quality Assurance, European Agency for Reconstruction >>
      • IPA, parlament i građani, Gordana Čomić, poslanica u NSRS, Odbor za EU integracije, Narodna Skupština Republike Srbije >>
      • Projektni centar Ministartsva finanisja, iskustva PC u upravljanju projektima, Rajko Jovanović, direktor projektnog centra, Ministarstvo finansija Republike Srbije >>
      • Baltic experience in transition, Latvia's case study, Mr. Armands Eberhards, Director of Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Ministry of Finance of Latvia, (dodatak) >>
      • Nacionalni investicioni plan, proces upravljanja i kontrole realizacije projekata >>

Instrument of Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)

Duration October 2006 - July 2007
Organizations responsible for implementation: European Movement in Serbia and Fund for an Open Society
Location: on national level - Belgrade, and on regional and municipal level - Novi Sad, Nis, Kragujevac, Subotica, Zajecar, Novi Pazar, Vranje, Valjevo, Zrenjanin, Majdanpek

The Main Goals

The main goals of the project activities are:

  1. Raising awareness about the new EU financial instrument for pre accession assistance among the relevant actors (state, non-state, municipal) and acquiring the best practices in using EU funds
  2. Presentation and exchange of regional experiences: candidate countries - Croatia and Macedonia as well as Slovenian experience of  the use of EU funds
  3. Raising the general knowledge about IPA and the best ways to use the available components
  4. Provision of the Manual aimed at the effective articulation of needs and creation of project proposals eligible for funding through IPA funds
  5. Enhancing the role of the civil society in monitoring the use of IPA funds 

Activities

Component 1:
 Presentation of IPA - national level

The presentation of IPA at the national level will be organized in Belgrade, with the participation of all relevant state and non-state actors. The main event of the presentation will be a conference (round table), in Sava Center accompanied by a media campaign. The European Movement in Serbia and the Fund for an Open Society will coordinate activities related to the organization of the conference with the Serbian Government's European Integration Office, in line with the Memorandum on Cooperation signed between the Office and the non-governmental organizations.

Component 2:
 IPA Manual

Parallel to the first component and after initial event, a manual for IPA would be produced, which would encompass the presentation of IPA (components and basic rules), as well as the methodology and necessary administrative structures of its utilization (DIS, programming, selection and implementation). The manual would contain best practices as well as recommendations for concrete project proposals and a guide to project applications.

Component 3:
Presentation of IPA - municipal level

A series of events would be organized in municipalities in Serbia, with the primary goal to educate and train local actors about IPA and the possibilities to apply for assistance with concrete projects. Local events would be trainings which would especially target issues such as cross-border cooperation and regional cooperation. They would be aimed at building awareness about the eligibility to apply for IPA, as well as creating projects which both serve the community and the purpose and maximum utility of the Instrument.