Partners for Investment Promotion
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Transcript of Partners for Investment Promotion
ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Partners for Investment Partners for Investment
PromotionPromotion
Partnership SchemePartnership Scheme
Kick-off meetingKick-off meeting
Belgrade, 4-5 December Belgrade, 4-5 December 20082008
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The background - FDI in the Western Balkans
A growing market of over 150 mln consumers; close to EU, low labour costs, competent workforce…
but…The gap btw potential &
actual FDI goes as high as 82% in BA (2003 IMF study)
FDI net inflows (EUR mln)Source: OECD
2002 2003 2004 2005
AL 151 158 269 209
BA 282 338 489 240
HR 1195 1788 989 1328
MK 83 84 126 80
ME 76 44 53 384
RS 504 1204 777 1196
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Introduction
• EUROCHAMBRES Organisation & Objectives Focus on Enlargement
• CASE• EU-Turkey Chambers Forum• Partners for Investment Promotion
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Partners for IP - Overview
Project launched: May 2008 Beneficiary countries: Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, fYRoM, Montenegro, Serbia
Total budget: ca € 1 180 000 (CARDS 2005 Regional)
Duration: 18 months Organisation: ECH (Leader) + 6 partners + EU
& W.B. Chambers involved in the partnership scheme
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The precedent: PARTNERS (2004-2005)
• Duration: 2 years• Budget: EUR 2.15 Mio• Results:
1. 700 Chamber staff trained 2. 2 studies on the state of regional
competitiveness (2,000+ companies each year)
3. 15 Partnerships EU-W. Balkan Chambers4. 25 scholarships for Eurochambres’
Academies5. Excellent visibility!
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I. EU-Western Balkan Chamber partnerships (clusters)
II. Survey on FDI obstacles
III. EUROCHAMBRES Academies Participation
Partners for IP - Components
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I. Chamber partnerships
• 8 clusters of EU and Western Balkan Chambers
• Focusing on FDI-promotion areas (tourism, food & beverages, renewable energies…)
• Duration: 10 months• Average budget: € 90 000• Participation of relevant public
authorities / local actors
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Partnerships - interest
• 28 WB CCIs interested in participating
• 36 EU CCIs interested in participating
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Partnerships - OverviewSerbian Chamber of Commerce Economic Chamber of (fYR of) Macedonia Chamber of Economy of Montenegro
PROMOS Milan CCI Czech Chamber of Commerce
Kikinda regional CCI Unsko-Sanski Canton Chamber
PROMOFIRENZE Florence CCI Trencin CCI
CCE - Karlovac Rijeka Split County Chambers
Bilbao CCI Liverpool CCI
Zagreb Chamber Sarajevo Canton Chamber
Udine Chamber of Commerce VOKA CCI West Flanders
CCI Republika Srpska Chamber of Economy Vojvodina
Gipuzkoa CCI Mälardalen & East Sweden Chambers of Commerce
Economic Chamber of (fYR of) Macedonia UCCIAL
Special Agency Aries Trieste CCI Union of Hellenic Chambers
Kragujevac CCI Tirana CCI Leipzig CCI
Economic Chamber of Zenica Doboj Canton CCE - Sisak County Chamber Niš Regional Economy Chamber
Sheffield CCI Oviedo CCI
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Partnerships – Timeline• Beg. Nov. 08 ► confirmation & guidelines• Mid-end Nov. 08 ► inception visits &
action plans• 4-5 Dec. 08 ► kick-off meeting• Dec. 08 ► partnership agreements (ECH
+ 1 EU CCI/partnership)• Dec. 08 – mid-Sep. 09 ► implementation
of AP activities• Oct 09 ► final reports (tech. + fin’l)• Nov. 09 ► final event / presentation of
results
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Partnerships – Eligible costs
1. Fees Real salary costs Co-financing
2. DSA Forfeit base
3. Travel Not local travel Economy flight tickets
4. Office costs/consumables Monthly contribution
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Partnerships – Financial rules (I)
• EC financial rules apply• 1 EU CCI in charge of collecting &
verifying all doc.s/invoices• Advance payment (ECH to 1 EU
CCI) = 50% of requested grant• Balance settlement after EC final
payment
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Partnerships – Financial rules (II)
Requests for payment (1 EU CCI only):
• Use rfp template prepared by ECH• Print it on the letterhead of your
Chamber• CCI full bank account details
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Partnerships – Financial rules (III)
Supporting doc.s:Contract + annual salary sheet + other
remuneration-related benefits + excel table to calculate daily salary costs
Hotel invoiceTravel agent invoice + boarding passes
+ ticket / mileage calculationsAdministrative costs proof by
accounting /office management dept.s
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Partnerships – Responsibility (I)
• ECH: overall coordination, guidelines & templates, monitoring, liaison with the EC, …
• National CCIs (LOs): country-specific coordination, collection & aggregation of FDI survey results
• EU CCIs: 1 for budget & admin. management; all for best practice share
• WB CCIs: activity implementation, event organization, liaison with local actors
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Partnerships – Responsibility (II)
• ALL:
1. Respect the deadlines
2. Promote widely*
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* NOTA BENE on visibility
Any notice/publication must specify that:
1. Partners for IP is a EUROCHAMBRES’ project
2. The project has received EU funding
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Reporting requirements
• Interim report (techn. + fin’l) – Apr 09
• Final report – Oct 09
1 EU CCI to ECH
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II. Survey on FDI obstacles
• Consultation of 1,000 companies in the beneficiary countries + 1,000 companies in the EU 250/partnership, ca. 60/Chamber
• Publication of a comprehensive report (how to improve the investment climate in the Western Balkans)
• Provision of private sector input for OECD’s “Investment Reform Index” 2009
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Any doubts?
Don’t be afraid to ask!
EUROCHAMBRES TeamDirk Vantyghem (Project Director) Micol Martinelli (Project Manager)Marie Lèbre (Project Assistant)