EU CORIN Supporting Crossborder Cooperation BiH CroatiaSerbiaMontenegro Europeaid122730CSERBA ______

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EU CORIN Supporting Cross-border
CooperationBiH Croatia/Serbia/MontenegroEurop
eaid/122730/C/SER/BA________________________
Topical Training for JMC Members Sarajevo, 10
February 2009______________________
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• Steps in the Call for Proposals
• Preparing Call for Proposals
• Approving Call for proposals
• Publishing Call for Proposals
• Info days and clarifications
• Receiving applications
• Evaluation (ex-ante)
• Contracting
• Monitoring evaluation (ex-post)

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The main stakeholders

• Main stakeholders
• Ministries,
• OS,
• HOS,
• JMC,
• NTF,
• ECD,
• DEI.

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Rules in Call for Proposals
Selection and award criteria Relevance
(priorities) Application quality Grant
minimal and maximal amount Budget eligible
costs and sources of co-funding Eligibility
criteria (partners) Duration Confidentiality and
impartiality Information provision (info days and
clarifications) Evaluation and contracting
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JMC role

• As defined by Rules of Procedure, JMC should
• consider and approve the criteria for selecting
  the operations financed by the cross-border
  programme and approve any revision of those
  criteria in accordance with programming needs
• periodically review progress made towards
  achieving the specific targets of the
  cross-border programme on the basis of documents
  submitted by the operating structures of
  participating beneficiary countries
• examine the results of implementation,
  particularly achievement of the targets set for
  each priority axes, the related measures and
  their specific targets

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JMC role

• examine the results of the ex ante, interim and
  ex post evaluations in accordance with Article
  57, (4) and Article 141 of the IPA Implementing
  Regulation
• examine the annual and final reports on
  implementation referred to in Article 144 prior
  to their submission to the Commission and the
  respective national IPA coordinators
• may propose any revision or examination of the
  crossborder programme likely to make possible
  the attainment of the objectives referred to in
  Article 86(2) of the IPA Implementing Regulation
  or to improve its management, including its
  financial management

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JMC role

• consider and approve any proposal to amend the
  content of the cross-border programme
• be responsible for selecting operations, but may
  delegate this function to a steering committee.
  The composition of the steering committee may be
  endorsed, where relevant, by the Commission
• the JMC shall monitor the implementation of the
  proposals, made in accordance with the previous
  paragraph.

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JMC role

• JMC will be supported by JTS (JTS Manual of
  Procedures for JTSs in IPA Component IIb
  Cross-Border Programmes)
• The Chairperson shall be appointed by the
  institution responsible for the Operating
  Structure and will, in principle, be the Head of
  the Operating Structure.
• The Chairperson shall be an appointed member of
  the JMC.

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JMC role in Calls for Proposal

• Approve drafted Calls for Proposals along with
  all related documentation
• Approve proposed the composition of the
  evaluation committee
• Approve drafted conclusions of the evaluation
  committee and the final evaluation report
• JMC will also
• Approve drafted Annual and Final Implementation
  Reports
• Be informed on Evaluation reports
• Instruct JTS to draft programme documentation or
  amendments
• Approve drafted Communication Action Plan
• Approve strategic projects

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Information
www.europa.eu www.europa.ba www.dei.gov.ba