Forum for Sustainable Mobilityand Metropolitan Development

Oradea, 13-14 November 2013

JASPERSTeo Falato, Transport Sector Specialist

Contents

• JASPERS overview

• Involvement of JASPERS in Urban Transport

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JASPERS overview

Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions

•Joint technical assistance facility (European Commission, EIB, EBRD, KfW)

•Beneficiary countries:

– Twelve which joined EU in 2004 and 2007 (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia)

– Croatia, FYROM, Montenegro and Serbia– In 2013 assistance extended to Greece 3

Evolution of JASPERS

Project Preparation Support is the focusProject Preparation Support is the focus4

JASPERS rationale

• Stable long-term structure

• IFIs’ in-house technical capacity and experience

• Based in and managed by EIB but separate from EIB lending operations

• Close to beneficiaries: 70% of staff in regional offices

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JASPERS objectives

• Improving the quality of major projects to be submitted for grant financing

• Accelerate the absorption of the available funds

• Building capacity within national administrations:

learning-by-doing/replicating successful methods training seminars (e.g. cost-benefit analysis) horizontal studies: background advice (e.g. state aid),

spreading best practice

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JASPERS Structure

• Focus on Sectors

• Staffing: 89 staff as of 25 June 2013, including 14 support staff

• Experts: engineers, economists and EIA specialists

• 70% of experts in regional offices

• Additional consultancy (JASPERS TA framework contracts)

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JASPERS Sectors Roads Road infrastructure

ITS Road safety

Air - Maritime -

Public Transport

Ports Airports Rail Urban Transport

Water & Waste Water supply Flood management Waste water treatment Waste management

Knowledge Economy,

Energy

R&D ICT Energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy

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JASPERS offices

LUXEMBURG provides overall

coordination and JASPERS services to Cyprus,

Malta, Greece, FYROM, Montenegro and Serbia

WARSAW office since November 2006: provides

JASPERS services to Poland and the

Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and

Lithuania

VIENNA office since March 2007:

provides JASPERS services to Croatia,

Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia,

Slovenia

BUCHAREST office since April 2007:

provides JASPERS services to Bulgaria

and RomaniaSofia facility opened

in March 2009

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JASPERS Action Plan

• Assistance is provided on the basis of annual Action Plans agreed between JASPERS and each beneficiary country

• Action Plans are discussed/decided in co-operation between

- the beneficiary country (Ministry of EU funds and Managing Authorities)

- JASPERS

- EC DG REGIO country desks

• 2007-2010 JASPERS Action Plans covered many projects but only under SOPs, ROP not included

• 2011 – first Action Plan including ROP – Urban Transport10

Action Plan Cycle

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JASPERS assistance- Mainly project preparation

– Assistance from early stages of project through to the decision to grant assistance e.g.

− Advice on conceptual development and project structuring

− Advice on project preparation e.g. feasibility study, options analysis, cost-benefit analysis, financial analysis, environmental issues, procurement planning.

− Advice on compliance with EU law (environmental, competition and others) and conformity with EU policies.

- Implementation support and capacity development− PMUs− Procurement Plans, Tender Documents

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JASPERS Action Plan 2013

Urban Transport

•Guidelines report on urban transport infrastructures

•Preparation of Urban Mobility Plans for the 7 growth poles & Bucharest/Ilfov

•Preparation of a pipeline of “no regret” public transport projects (e.g. rolling stock) for the next financing period

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JASPERS Web Site

www.jaspers-europa-info.org

Contact details

JASPERSBucharest OfficeStrada Vasile Lascar 31020492 Bucharest, Sector 2Romania