EU financial supports for cross-border co-operations: external borders (3)

1. EU financial supports for cross-border co-operations: external borders (3)

Joint Operational Programmes at the Eastern borders of the
European Union: ENPI/ENI
28 April 2022

2. Neighbourhood Programmes (2004-2006)

Advantages
Objectives
radical step forward in cooperation
promoting sustainable
economic and social
development in the border
areas
based on the Interreg or
Phare CBC framework
(respectively)
joint programmes, joint
management structures
funding allocations from
internal and external
instruments
working together to address
common challenges
(environment, public health,
organised crime)
ensuring efficient and secure
borders
people-to-people type action

3. Neighbourhood Programmes (2004-2006)

Approach
Key elements
Joint Programme (20042006)
includes Interreg or Phare
CBC and CARDS funds
includes involved countries
as equal partners
single call for projects,
single application, single
selection process, joint
projects
formal contracting process
remains separate for
internal and external
elements
prepared in
border areas
local ownership
partnership
wider involvement
strategic approach better planning
multi-annual
more certainty
joint selection
process
genuine crossborder nature and
local decisions

4. ENPI Regulation - Timeline

ENPI
Regulation Timeline
March 2003:
Wider Europe
Communication
• importance of
avoiding new
dividing lines
July 2003: Paving
the Way for a
New
Neighbourhood
Instrument
• a single regulation for
CBC at the external
borders
May 2004: European
Neighbourhood
Policy Strategy
Paper
• ENPI would complement
NOT replace MEDA and
TACIS

5. European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

ENPI South – Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan,
Lebanon, Libya1, Morocco, the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia
ENPI East – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia2
1 Libya has an observer status in the
EuroMediterranean Partnership and is eligible for
funding under the ENPI. Negotiation for an EULibya Framework Agreement got underway in
November 2008.
2 Russia is receiving funding from the
ENPI even
though relations with this neighbour country are
not developed through the ENP, but through a
strategic partnership covering four “common
spaces”.
• supports the European Neighbourhood Policy
• operational since 1 January 2007
• represents the strategic continuity with enlarged objectives
of the former cooperation programmes TACIS and MEDA
Source: http://www.ecday.eu/territorialcooperation/european-neighbourhood-and-partnershipinstrument/

6. ENPI: objectives and priorities

Strategic objectives
ENPI:
objectives and
priorities
supporting democratic
transition and promoting
human rights
assisting transition towards
market economy
promoting sustainable
development and policies of
common interests
(antiterrorism, proliferation
of weapons of mass
destruction, conflict
resolution, the rule of
international law, etc.)
Axes of co-operation
implementation of a
strengthened dialogue on
priority multisector reforms
approximation of legislation
institutional support
objectives of the
UN’s Millennium
Development Goals

7. New elements in comparison with Tacis CBC and MEDA

Cross-border co-operation, under which the ENPI finances joint
programmes, bringing together regions of Member States and
partner countries sharing a common border
New elements
in comparison
with Tacis CBC
and MEDA
A Governance Facility which provides resources to creative
partners which have shown the will to carry forward essential
reforms related to improving good governance
The Twinning instrument, bringing together public sector
expertise from EU Member States and beneficiary countries with
the aim of enhancing co-operative activities
TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange), jointly
managed by EuropeAid and the European Commission’s
Enlargement Directorate-General, aiming to help foster political
and economic cooperation in a number of areas, primarily
regarding the approximation, application and enforcement of EU
legislation

8. ENPI cross-border co-operations

Project definition
ENPI crossborder cooperations
Eligibility:
decentralised institutions and
entities in partner countries
and regions; mixed
organisations; international
and regional organisations;
international financial
institutions; European
institutions and agencies to a
certain extent; nongovernmental actors
joint programmes
bringing together
regions of EU Member
States and partner
countries sharing a
common border
co-financed by the
Euroepan Regional
Development Fund
two types of
programmes
bilateral programmes
covering a common
land border (or short
sea crossing)
2) multilateral
programmes covering
a sea basin
Financial allocations
929 540 million euro is spent
on ENPI CBC projects
ENPI CBC budget
sea basin
programmes
23%
sea crossing
programmes
3%
1)
land border
programmes
74%
land border programmes
sea basin programmes
sea crossing programmes

9. ENPI: financial issues 2007-2013

transport
2007
2008
2009
2010
1798,5
1544
research and innovation
1481,6
environmental sustainability
1638
5% for cross-border
cooperation programmes
information society
1921,7
95% for national and multicountry programmes
1417,6
2007-2013
energy
1379,6
ENPI:
financial issues
Total budget: 11.181 billion euro - Final total EU allocation: 947.2 million euro
Finances actions in various
actions
represents an increase of
32%, in real terms, compared
more equitable development
with the amount available
over the period 2000-2006
regulatory trade and reforms
for the MEDA and TACIS
liberalisation of certain sectors
programmes
justice and home affairs
it can also provide support to
electoral observation and postcrisis missions and to disaster
preparedness
2011
2012
2013

10. ENPI CBC programmes in 2007-2013

Based on data from http://www.enpi-info.eu/maineast.php?id=322&id_type=10

11. ENPI CBC 2007-2013: Total allocation

12. Main fields of cooperation with the Eastern Partners

transport
energy
Main fields of
cooperation
with the
Eastern
Partners
sustainable management of natural resources
border and migration management
fight against transnational organised crime and customs
people to people activities
elimination of landmines, explosive remnants of war, small arms and light
weapons

13. Main fields of cooperation with the Southern Partners

political and security dialogue
• justice
• freedom and security
• migration
• political dialogue
Main fields of
cooperation
with the
Southern
Partners
economic and financial partnership
• economy
• energy
• environment
• information society
• transport
social, cultural and human partnership
• audiovisual and media
• culture
• education and training
• gender issues
• youth
• civil society
• and local authorities

14. ENPI CBC 2007-2013: Sector analysis

ENPI Strategy Paper
key objectives
1.
2.
3.
4.
Promoting sustainable
development in regions on
both sides of common
borders
Working together through
joint actions to address
common challenges
Ensuring efficient and
secure borders through
joint actions
Promoting local crossborder ”people-to-people”
type actions

15. Case Study: HU-SK-RO-UA – Analysis of participation

Number of project partners
(total) per country
Levels of participation
most of the lead applicants
were from EU Member
States (75-85%)
the programmes had a high
success rate: 20%

16. Case Study: HU-SK-RO-UA - Projects per themes and sectors and timeline

Average duration of call for proposals
per programme (in months)
Launch to award: 12 months
Themes of intervention (million euro)
13,2
20,5
10,9
18,5
Security
Award to last contract: 21 months
Environment
Social development
Security
Economic development
Border management
Prevention of and fight against
organised crime
Economic development
Social development
Environment
Children and youth
Civil society development
Governance
Awareness raising,education and capacity
building
IT and connectivity
Disaster and risk management
Education and training
Rural livelihoods and agriculture
Energy efficiency
Employment promotion
Tourism
Nature preservation and promotion
Healthcare
Transport and energy infrastructure
Solid waste management
Social inclusion
Entrepreneurship and SME
development
Water management
Culture exchange
Source: JMA project data, April 2017

17. Case Study HU-SK-RO-UA ENPI CBC 2007-2013: Tourism development projects – Priority 1: Promote economic and social development –

Case Study HU-SK-RO-UA ENPICBC 2007-2013: Tourism development projects – Priority 1: Promote economic and
social development – 1.1 Harmonised development of tourism
Project number
Project name
HUSKROUA/0901/003
“Harmonization of Tourism Development in Rural Areas of the Carpathian Region”
HUSKROUA/0901/026
Carpathian region as an attractive tourist destination
HUSKROUA/0901/048
Cross-border Destination Management in the Transcarpathian – Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Country region
HUSKROUA/0901/057
Košice and Uzhgorod cathedrals, centres of development on the territories of mutual history
HUSKROUA/0901/058
Harmonized development of bilateral, sustainable tourism strategy and joint touristic programs of Zakarpatska and BÜKK-Miskolc
micro-regions with a special focus on preservation of cultural and social heritage and environmental diversity
HUSKROUA/0901/068
Carpathian Tourist Road
HUSKROUA/1001/012
Integrated network of bicycle touring routes along the Ukrainian-Hungarian border
HUSKROUA/1001/013
Carpathian tourism road 2
HUSKROUA/1001/049
“The Places of Rákóczi’s glory” – the Cross-Border Touristic Route
HUSKROUA/1001/073
Carpathian Culinary Heritage Network
HUSKROUA/1001/097
Maramures –Transcarpathia Info Tour
HUSKROUA/1001/116
Čergov-Zakarpatska cross-border cooperation in the field of tourism development
HUSKROUA/1001/118
Snina-Khust - Together Towards the Development of Tourism in the Carpathian Biosphere Area
HUSKROUA/1001/160
Tourist route to the common religious and cultural heritages
HUSKROUA/1101/067
Touristic heritage in Little-Europe
HUSKROUA/1101/105
pl@NETour - Creation of a scientific tourism product and infrastructure for a cross-border scientific tourism network in Maramures
and Transcarpathia regions
HUSKROUA/1101/176
Carpathian heritage railways

18. Case Study HU-SK-RO-UA ENPI CBC 2007-2013: Tourism development projects – Priority 4: Support people to people co-operation –

Case Study HU-SK-RO-UA ENPICBC 2007-2013: Tourism development projects – Priority 4: Support people to people cooperation – 4.2 Small scale „people to people” co-operation
Project number
Project name
HUSKROUA/0901/063 The bell rings for everyone
HUSKROUA/0901/137
Networking 4 cultural heritage preservation
HUSKROUA/1001/027
Social cross-border co-operation
HUSKROUA/1001/035
Artistic Traditions. Pattern for Non Formal Learning in Romania and Ukraine
HUSKROUA/1001/036
The International Festival of Religious Choral Music ”It is You We Praise”
HUSKROUA/1001/189
“The bell rings for everyone”
HUSKROUA/1101/008
Living tradition - a trilateral cross border cooperation to preserve and revive community folklore
HUSKROUA/1101/056
Three in Unity – a project of maintaining ecclesiastic cultural heritage for joint cultural and touristic development (!4.1.
Institutional co-operation)
HUSKROUA/1101/058
The bell rings for everyone 2
HUSKROUA/1101/163
Promotion of folk-arts and handicrafts in Carpathian Euroregion
HUSKROUA/1101/171
Cultural cohesion through promotion of Hungarian folk traditions
HUSKROUA/1101/173
Discover Uzhhorod. The First Step in the Opening of Zakarpattya

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Input
Activities
Outputs
Outcomes
Impact
• Financial
resources: 7.1
million euro
• Construction and
modernisation of
tourist
infrastructure
• Development of
joint strategies
• Creation of crossborder tourism
products and
services
• Improvement of
multilingual
information flow
in tourism
• Creation and
development of
IT based services
• Training in
tourism
• New joint
products or
partnerships in
the area of
tourism
• Enhanced
touristic
attractiveness
of the border
areas
• Promotion of
social and
economic
development
across the
border areas