Funding opportunities in the European Neighbourhood region

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1 Funding opportunities in the European Neighbourhood region Director Dr. Marcus CORNARO European Commission Europe, Southern Mediterranean, Middle East and Neighbourhood Policy Prague, 25th November

2 Introduction European Neighbourhood region 2

3 Introduction European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Main objectives: Create common space of stability, security and prosperity Avoid new dividing lines in Europe Increase efficiency of external assistance Greater coherence through unified instruments New political initiatives for ENP region: Eastern Partnership (EaP) in the East and Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in the South 3

4 European Neighbourhood region Overview financial instruments 1. European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) - key instrument 2. Instrument for Development Co-operation (DCI) 3.European Instrument for Democracy & Human Rights (EIDHR) 4. Instrument for Stability (IfS) 5.Nuclear Safety Co-operation Instrument (NSCI) 4

5 ENPI Overview Neighbouring countries covered under ENPI: East (7 countries): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia South (10 countries): Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia Total ENPI budget: 12 billion for the period (ca. 32% above TACIS and MEDA average) 5

6 ENPI Areas of cooperation Dialogue and Reform Legislative approximation Institution building Objectives: Equitable social and economic development Protection of human rights and freedoms Rule of law and good governance Contribution to MDG Sectors: energy; telecommunications; transport; Justice, Freedom, Security environment; higher education 6

7 ENPI- Funding opportunities Overview of programmes Bilateral assistance Channelled through Annual Action Programmes (AAPs) Largest part of ENPI funds Regional Programmes East and South Initiatives demanding regional approach Interregional Instruments Cross Border Co-operation Neighbourhood Investment Facility Twinning, TAIEX and Sigma 7

8 ENPI- Funding opportunities Regional East Programme Projects with a regional dimension Main focus areas: o Transport o Energy/ Environment/Climate change o Culture/Information/Communication o Integrated border management o Support for SME development Main vehicle for supporting the multilateral dimension of the Eastern Partnership Black Sea Synergy partly financed under Regional Programme 8

9 ENPI - Interregional instruments (I) Cross Border Cooperation (CBC) Programmes and funding: Over 1.1 billion to finance CBC 2007 to ongoing programmes Objectives: Promote economic and social development Address common challenges Ensure efficient and secure borders Foster people to people co-operation Principles: Equal participation in programming and decision making structures MS/PC One set of rules applied on both sides of the borders 9

10 ENPI - Interregional instruments (II) Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF) EC contribution : 700 M Objectives: Mobilise additional funding; grant resources of EC and MS to be used to leverage loan financing Finance larger infrastructure operations and bring greater visibility for the European dimension of external cooperation Sectors: transport, energy, water & sanitation, social sectors, support to private sector Capitalise on European Public Financial Institutions 10

11 ENPI - Interregional instruments (III) Twinning, TAIEX and SIGMA Twinning: 13 countries 110M contracted & committed Total pipeline of 233 projects: 52 concluded, 36 ongoing, 32 negotiation contract/cfp open, 110 under preparation TAIEX: 17 countries 5 M per year ( ), 7 M per year ( ) requests & participants SIGMA: 10 countries 5.9 M ( ), 9 M ( ) 60 missions 11

12 Additional funding opportunities European Instrument for Democracy & Human Rights (EIDHR) Aim: Supporting liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law Budget: M for periode Main beneficeries: groups or individuals struggeling for democracy and freedom within civil society Worldwide scope, but nevertheless contains also country specific envelopes Operates mainly through calls for proposals 12

13 Additional funding opportunities Development Co-operation Instrument (DCI) Aim: helping to eradicate poverty 5 thematic instruments for Neighbourhood region: Protection of the environment and sustainable planning Investing in people Non-state actors and local authorities Food security Migration and asylum policies 13

14 Additional funding opportunities Instrument for Stability (IfS) Launched in 2007 Main objectives: (1) Response to crisis or natural disasters (short term-component) (2) Longer-term actions to counter global and trans-regional threats (trafficking, proliferation CBRN agents, threats to public health, etc) (3) Longer-term pre- and post-crisis capacity building measures (strengthening international organizations in crisis prevention) 14

15 Additional funding opportunities Nuclear Safety Co-operation Instrument (NSCI) Overview: Promotion of a nuclear safety culture and safety management through cooperation From CIS (excluding Russia) to worldwide implementation (South-East Asia, North Africa, Latin America) INSC committed since 2007: 199 M of which 72.6 M in

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