European Commission Cooperation and Development assistance in Moldova

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European Commission Cooperation and Development
assistance in Moldova

• Kaido Sirel
• Head of Operations
• EU Delegation to Moldova

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Summary

• Sources of funding
• Projects/Assistance areas

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Sources

• TACIS (15)
• Macro-financial assistance
  (90)
• European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
• Bilateral program for Moldova (225,
  273, EaPIC)
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• Inter-regional programmes
  (NIF bilateral - 80, NIF regional)
• Regional program ENPI East
  (100)
• Cross-border cooperation programmes
  (44, 150)
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• Development Cooperation Instrument - Thematic
  Budgets
• bilateral,
• regional,
• global
• External programmes from Commission Directorate
  Generals
• Internal EU programmes opened and to be opened to
  Moldova.

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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

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REGIONAL PROGRAMME EAST

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

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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)
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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

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

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Bilateral Thematic calls

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

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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)

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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