EU
European Commission
Cooperation and Development
assistance in Moldova
Kaido Sirel
Head of Operations
EU Delegation to Moldova
EU Summary
• Sources
• Priorities
• Projects
• Comprehensive Institution Building
EU Sources• TACIS
• European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
– Bilateral programmes
– Regional programmes (ENPI East)
– Inter-regional programmes
– Cross-border cooperation programmes
• Macro-financial assistance
• Development Cooperation Instrument - Thematic Budgets – bilateral, regional, global
• External programmes from Relex family and Commission internal Directorate General’s
• Internal EU programmes opened and to be opened to Moldova.
EU ENPI Bilateral National Indicative
Programme 2007-2013• 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
EU
Democracy, Good Governance and StabilityHuman Rights (CoE Facility)IBMEUBAMResponse to the Natural and man made disasters
Economic DevelopmentSME Development (SME Facility, EBRD TAM-BAS extension)Territorial Cooperation – CBC between ENPI East countries, Cohesion Transport - TRACECA
Climate Change, Energy and EnvironmentClimate changeEnergy (INOGATE)Environmental GovernanceEnvironmental Protection and Natural Resources (Bucharest Convention)
Advancing Integration with the EU and Regional Co-operationEastern Partnership meetings and pilot projectsBlack Sea Synergy, Northern DimensionYouth and Culture
Regional allocations for Info Communication and Project Cycle Management
REGIONAL PROGRAMME EAST :
EU 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)
EU Cross Border Cooperation
• CBC Moldova – Romania - Ukraine
(2007-2013) 126 million euro
• Black Sea Programme 26 million euro
• CBC South East Europe
EU
CBC Programs for land borders (9) and sea
crossings (3)
EU
CBC Sea Basin Programs (3)
EU
• ”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
5 Global Thematic Programmes
EU Bilateral Thematic calls
• European Instrument for Democracy and
Human Rights
• Non State Actors and Local Actors in
Governance
EU
• 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 – Neigbourhood Agriculture and Rural
Development (DG AGRI)
Other external programmes from
European Commission
EU EU Internal programmes which can
be opened to Moldova
• Customs 2013
• Competiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)
• Intelligent Energy Europe
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation;
• ICT Policy Support
• Consumer Policy
• SESAR (Air Traffic)
• Public Health
EU 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)
– Energy
– Transport
– Environment
Existing funding will be used for the implementation of the Strategy objectives.
• Danube Strategy
– connecting the Danube Region - transport, energy, culture, tourism;
– protecting the environment;
– building prosperity - research, education and information technologies, competitiveness
– strengthening the Danube Region - the institutional capacity and cooperation, to tackle security and organized crime.
Existing funding will be used for the implementation of the Strategy objectives.
• Mobility Partnership - Moldova as pilot case
• European Endownment for Democracy – Support for Civil Society
EU State of Affairs 2012 Around 150 programmes and projects ongoing or in preparation in
Moldova
Phasing out of TACIS and TACIS CBC, Lower Danube Programmes
6 Budget Support programmes (Health, Water, Rural development, Energy, Justice, Vocational Education)
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,
EU Budget Support• ENPI 2007 SBS Social sector – 21 M EUR, including 1 M EUR TA
component
• ENPI 2008 SBS Health sector - 46,6 M EUR, including 4,6 M EUR TA component
• ENPI 2009 SBS Water and sanitation sector – 50 M EUR, including 8 M EUR TA component and delegated cooperation (ADA)
• ENPI 2010 SBS Economic Stimulation in Rural Areas – 45 M EUR, including 3 M EUR TA component
• ENPI 2011 SBS Energy 40 MEUR Budget Support, 2,6 M EUR Technical Assistance
• ENPI 2012 SBS – Justice reform, 52 M EUR
• ENPI 2013 Vocational Education and Training
EU Macro-Financial Assistance
2007- 2008: MEUR 45 grant, paid in 3 tranches
2010 – 2012: MEUR 90 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.
EU Neighbourhood Investment Facility
• Providing blending grants for the loans
• 11 projects blending in the loans of around MEUR 700 with MEUR 87.96 grants
– 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
EU Twinnings
• Annual envelope of 5-7 MEUR (5 new Twinnings per year)
• Requests from state institutions can cover all aspects of EU approximation process where there is EU acquis (preferable the areas negotiated in the AA and DCFTA)
State of affairs:
2 finished Twinnings - Parliament (FR, HU) Penitentiary system (D, NL)
7 Twinnings on-going or starting
- Procurement (RO), and
- Intellectual Property Rights (DK, RO),
- Competition and State Aid (LV, A, RO)
- Regional development (F),
- Public internal financial control,
- Accreditation of product conformity assessment and
- Market surveillance.
5 more Twinning fiches in preparation, 5 more Twinnings in short term pipeline
EU Comprehensive Institution Building
EaP framework jointly developed and implementedwith the partner country to ensure effective institutionbuilding of a limited number of core institutions whichare central to the preparation and implementation offuture AAs and DCFTAs.
Key principles
– ‘Agreement driven’
– Focus on a limited number of ‘core’ institutions
– Comprehensive
– Based on a clear commitment of partner countries
– Open to other donors’ support (funding & technical expertise)
EU CIBIndicative 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
Center for Combatting Economic Crimes and Corruption
Preparing Moldova in view of future DCFTA
Ministry of Economy
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Health (Public Health Service in charge of non-animal food products)
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
EU
http://www.delmda.ec.europa.eu
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid
Funding: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm
Thank you