Government of the Republic of Macedonia Secretariat for European Affairs TWINNING EXPERIENCE IN...

Government of the Republic of MacedoniaSecretariat for European Affairs

TWINNING EXPERIENCE IN MACEDONIA

Orhideja Kaljoshevska. MAOrhideja Kaljoshevska. MANCP TwinningNCP Twinning

“1st Twinning Conference”6 June, 2012 6 June, 2012

Budapest, HungaryBudapest, Hungary


CONTENTS

1. Twinning Coordination System in Macedonia 2. Twinning Statistics in Macedonia3. Twinning experience 4. TAIEX


Regional DevelopmentInstitution Building

Cross-Border Co-operation

Human ResourcesDevelopment

Rural Development

Operational Programme -Environment (Ministry of Env.)

Operational Programme– Transport (Ministry of Transportt)

OP – Human Resources (Min.

laboour)

Rural Development (Ministry of Agriculture)

NATIONAL IPA COORDINATOR (NIPAC)Secretariat for European Affairs

1. IPA coordination in Macedonia(2007 – 2013)

Twinning

5

Ministry of local self government


• National IPA Coordinator (NIPAC) SEA - National Contact Point

• Beneficiary administrations (line Ministries in Macedonia)

• Central Finance and Contract Department in Macedonia

• Delegation EU contact point for HQs in Brussels and for the other DEUs

• MS National Contact Points

• Member State (MS) Project Leader, Resident Twinning Adviser, STEs and MS administration

6

1. 1 KEY PLAYERS


1.2 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NCP IN MACEDONIA

• Overall coordination• Programming of twinning• Distribution of information to beneficiaries• Preparing beneficiaries for twinning• Assistance with partner selection and evaluation• Monitoring• Assistance with solving problems

7


1.3 What is NCP doing? -Organizing extensive seminars to inform line ministries, beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries in each year

-Filtering the twinning PF during the programming

-Inform the beneficiaries concerning the selection procedures

-Participate the selection committee meetings and co-chair

-Assist beneficiary institution to fulfill the “selection fact” sheet in an objective manner and in time

8


1.4 RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR BENEFICIARY INSTITUTIONS?

• PREPARATORY STAGE

• What are the deficiencies and needs of the institution?

• Are we sure that twinning is the best instrument in order to meet these deficiencies and needs

• Are the mandatory results clearly and correctly defined?

• Are the indicators which show the mandatory results are attained at the end of the project correctly defined (concrete, measurable etc.)

• Is the subject of the twinning relevant with the acquis? (Priorities defined in AP, NPAA, Benchmarks)

• Does the beneficiary institution has enough administrative and institutional capacity?

• Try to identify the risks which may threaten successful implementation and try to keep under control

11


2. Statistics-

twinnings

under CARDS

2000 1.500.000

2003 1.000.000

2004 4.600.000

2005 4.550.000

2006 1.550.000


Twinning Projects Twinning Projects per Sectorper Sector (2000-2006) (2000-2006)

SECTORS 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total

Economic Development 1 - 1 - - 2

Public Administration Reform - - - 1 1 2Civil society and Social Cohesion - - - - 1 1Environment (EN) - - - 1 - 1

Jus. and Home Aff. (JH) - 1 2 2 - 5Total 1 1 3 4 2 11

21


18

EU Pre-Accession Financial Assistance 2007 – 2013

2007 2008 2003 2010 2011 2012 2013

TAIB41,641,61

3 41,122,00

1 39,328,49

9 36,317,06

8 28,803,41

0 28,207,47

9 27,941,22

8

CBC 4,158,387 4,077,999 4,371,501 5,067,526 5,124,876 5,183,373 5,243,041

RD 7,400,000 12,300,00

0 20,800,00

0 29,400,00

0 39,300,00

0 42,300,00

0 51,800,00

0

HRD 3,200,000 6,000,000 7,100,000 8,400,000 8,800,000 10,380,00

0 11,200,00

0

IPARD 2,100,000 6,700,000 10,200,00

0 12,500,00

0 16,000,00

0 19,000,00

0 21,028,00

0

TOTAL 58,500,000 70,200,000 81,800,000 91,684,594 98,028,286 105,070,852 117,212,269


124

154

23

618

917

9

85

32

0

20

40

60

80

100

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total

Total number of Projects

Total Number of Twinning Contacts in the Projects


MS Involvement in TWs

11

1

2

1

1

11

11

1

1

1

3

1

1

11

11

1

1

11

1

4

4

2

5

2

2

1

1

3

2

1

1

Germany

Netherlands

Italy

Austria

Spain

France

Slovakia

Hungary

Finland

Slovenia

Litvania

Chez

2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total


3. Twinning experience

• Lack of logistical support of beneficiaries,• Insufficient ownership and political support,• Extra workload of experts due to other responsibilities at

beneficiary institutions,• Unsatisfactory ambition for coordination with other

institutions,

26


PROBLEMS WE FACE

• Sustainability problem of project teams•Language problem with MS team•Technically unsatisfactory STEs•Strict twinning rules, detailed and long procedures

27


• Choosing the right instrument• Realistic results• Making a good selection• Be careful against consortium• Importance of political support and ownership• Cooperation between institutions in Macedonia• Joint exercise and different from Technical

Assistance

WHAT WE LEARNT

28


The RTA forms the core of a twinning project:Daily involvement/expertiseCoordination of all activitiesEnsures the smooth project implementation Ensures continuity of results

RTA faces a complex challenge - professional, managerial, personal

RTA should not be responsible for logistics and accountingGood specialist knowledge of the sector

Good management skills, but not manager only 29

WHAT WE LEARNT


• Team work culture,

• Beneficiary shall know exactly what they want,

• Preparing more detailed contracts,

• We learned the procedures,

• Flexibility of twinning rules (language assistants, seminar venues..)

WHAT WE LEARNT

30


What is important is

the added value and multiplier effect created by the successful implementation of a

twinning project

not the amount of fund provided by twinning!


4.TAIEX

• TAIEX instrument in the Republic of Macedonia is considered as very useful friendly tool.

• In order to increase the number of TAIEX applications, contact points are nominated in the line ministries and in the other state institutions.

• The role of these contact points is focused on detailed informing about the possibilities that this instrument is offering, as well as about the raising of the level of its use.


Orhideja Kaljoshevska Ms.COrhideja Kaljoshevska Ms.C

Head of Department for Coordination of EU funds and other Head of Department for Coordination of EU funds and other donor assistancedonor assistance

Secretariat for European AffairsSecretariat for European AffairsGovernment of the Republic of MacedoniaGovernment of the Republic of Macedonia

Web-site: Web-site: http://www.sep.gov.mk/

E-mail: E-mail: [email protected]

Government of the Republic of Macedonia Secretariat for European Affairs TWINNING EXPERIENCE IN...

Documents

Transcript of Government of the Republic of Macedonia Secretariat for European Affairs TWINNING EXPERIENCE IN...