Participation of ENP Partners in EU
Agencies and Programmes
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and Programmes
Objective of the ENP to enable partners to take
part in various forms in EU agencies and
programmes, in order to support reforms and
approximation to EU norms and standards.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Context (I)
• Objectives:
– Support ENP partners’ economic and social transition.
– Encourage and support regulatory and administrative
reforms and institution building.
– Contribute to the reform and modernisation process.
– Promote convergence towards EU norms and standards,
exchange of best practices, know-how and networking.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Context (II)
• Gradual approach: identification of the Agencies and
Programmes on a case-by-case basis.
• Cost-benefit analysis of participation.
• Start with a limited number of Agencies and
Programmes in the short and medium term.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Context (III)
Participation as an end goal in a long-term
process with intermediary steps (training
seminars,
informal
exchange
and
cooperation).
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Context (IV)
• General methodology: Commission Communication to
enable ENP partner countries to participate in Community
agencies and Community programmes’ (December 2006).
• EU Council endorsed the Communication (March 2007):
‘Support for the general and gradual approach outlined in the
Communication to enable ENP partners to participate in
Community agencies and Community programmes on their
merits and where the legal bases so allow’.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Context (V)
•
ENP Joint Communication
Neighbourhood’ (May 2011):
‘A
New
Response
to
a
Changing
– ‘Facilitate partner countries’ participation in the work of selected EU
Agencies and Programmes’.
– ‘Support partner countries in fulfilling the legislative pre-requisites
for participating in EU agencies’.
– ‘Provide support for covering some of the associated costs of
participation’.
•
ENP Council Conclusions (June 2011): ‘The EU will facilitate partner
countries’ participation in EU programmes and agencies’.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and Programmes
Context (VI)
• The Joint Communication ‘Delivering on a new
European Neighbourhood Policy’ (May 2012) has
underlined the importance of strengthening the EU
support to the participation of partner countries:
– New protocols enabling the participation in EU
programmes will be negotiated.
– A project supporting EU agencies to facilitate the
participation of partners in their work is being elaborated.
– Partners can have access to EU funds to co-finance their
participation in EU programmes.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Agencies (I)
Agency: « Independent legal entity created by the EU legislator to help regulate
a particular sector at EU level and/or help implement a particular EU policy »
Types of agencies:
-Regulatory: assist the Commission in shaping new rules and monitoring the implementation of existing ones:
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
-Operational: coordination of EU Member State joint operations: FRONTEX
-Informational: assist Member States in analysis, assessment and provision of scientific information and data:
European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Agencies (II)
Modalities and
participation
procedure
of
cooperation
/
• Conditions for participation laid down in the Agency’s
founding Regulation.
• Negotiation of concrete arrangements for participation of
individual ENP partners.
• Decision of Management Board of the Agency on future
cooperation – Independent decision-making capacity of each
Agency.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Agencies (III)
Modalities and procedures for cooperation / participation
(continued)
• Drawing-up a bilateral agreement on a case-by-case basis for
each Agency.
• Council approval required before signature of each bilateral
agreement and Parliament assent.
• Right of the ENP partner to become observer of the Agency:
no voting rights on Management Board of the Agency .
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Agencies (IV)
Level of possible participation varies between the agencies:
– Cooperation: some Agencies allow for de jure ‘cooperation’ with the
competent authorities in third countries
• Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA): control and inspection
cooperation in the framework of agreements concluded.
– Participation: de facto gradual building-up from technical cooperation to full
participation.
• European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA): from Working Arrangement to
full participation for countries adopting Chicago Convention and EU
aviation safety rules.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Agencies (V)
Examples of cooperation:
– Participation as an observer, upon signature of bilateral agreement:
• European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
– Other cooperation forms: Working Arrangement can be approved
signed by the Agency’s Management Board and the corresponding
body from the ENP partners, if the Agency’s legal basis allows .
• FRONTEX Working Arrangement with Border Guard Service of an
ENP partner.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Agencies (VI)
Examples of cooperation (continued)
– Ad hoc participation, expert committees, seminars:
• Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO): Invitation of observers from third countries
to its meetings.
– Participation in information activities and national information networks:
• European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA): Technical
contacts with ENP partners.
– Informal collaboration on specific issues:
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Assistance to Ukraine
after outbreak of avian influenza in 2009.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Agencies (VII)
Conditions for participation vary:
– Need to adopt EU relevant acquis:
• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): EU
food legislation.
and / or
– Financial contribution.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Agencies (VIII)
•
Arrangements signed between ENP partners and EU Agencies:
– European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA): technical cooperation arrangements
with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Moldova, Morocco and Ukraine.
– FRONTEX: Working Arrangements on operational cooperation concluded with
border guard services of Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
– European Centre for Monitoring on Drugs and Drug Addiction (ECMDDA):
MoU signed with Ukraine.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Table of Agencies open for participation (I)
Agency
CEPOL (European Police Training College)
EFCA (European Fisheries Control Agency)
Seat
Bramshill (UK)
Vigo (ES)
CPVO (Community Plant Variety Office)
Angers (FR)
EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency)
Cologne (DE)
ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)
Stockholm (SE)
ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)
EEA (European Environment Agency)
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Helsinki (FI)
Copenhagen (DK)
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Programmes
Table of Agencies open for participation (II)
Agency
Seat
EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
Parma (IT)
EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and
Drug Addiction)
Lisbon (PT)
EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency)
Lisbon (PT)
ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency)
EU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at
Work)
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Bilbao (ES)
Lille – Valenciennes
(FR)
ERA (European Railway Agency)
EUROFOUND
(European
Foundation
for
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions)
Heraklion (EL)
the
Dublin (IE)
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Table of Agencies open for participation (III)
Agency
EUROJUST
European Institute for Gender Equality
EUROPOL
FRONTEX (European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at
the External Borders of the Member States of the EU)
GSA – European GNSS Supervisory Authority
EDA – European Defence Agency
EU ISS – European Union Institute for Security Studies
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Seat
The Hague (NL)
Vilnius (LT)
The Hague (NL)
Warsaw (PL)
Prague (CZ)
Brussels (BE)
Paris (FR)
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Table of Agencies not open for participation (I)
Agency
Seat
CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of
Vocational Training)
Thessalonica (EL)
ETF (European Training Foundation )
Turin (IT)
EMEA (European Medicines Agency)
London (UK)
OHIM (Office for Harmonisation of the Internal Market)
Alicante (ES)
CDT (Translation Centre for the Bodies of the EU)
FRA (Fundamental Rights Agency )
European Agency for the operational management of
large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security
and justice
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Luxembourg (LU)
Vienna (AT)
Tallin (EE)
Operational as of
December 2012
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Programmes (I)
Programme: “Integrated set of action adopted by the EU to promote
cooperation between Member States in different specific fields, over
several years, to achieve the goals of the EU”.
– Originally conceived for the benefit of EU Member States – not to be
confused with external assistance programmes, aimed specifically to support
third countries (ENPI ).
– In addition to state actors, EU Programmes in various sectors benefit nonstate actors (individuals, enterprises, research institutes): Erasmus Mundus,
Tempus, Seventh Framework Programme.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Programmes (II)
•
Most of the existing EU programmes expire in 2013 (at the same time of the EU
financial perspectives):
– Examples:
• Hercule II (financial control)
• Public Health Programme (2008-2013)
•
Follow-up EU programmes currently being negotiated under the new financial
perspective (2014-2020):
– Examples:
• Hercule III (financial control)
• Health for Growth (2014-2020)
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Programmes (III)
•
Categories of EU Programmes:
– Open for full participation:
•
•
–
–
SESAR Programme and Joint Undertaking
Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)
Open for participation in certain activities:
•
Fundamental rights and Justice general Programme
•
Interoperability Solutions for Public Administration (ISA)
Not open for participation to ENP partners:
•
LIFE+ (environment) but Proposal for the new financial
perspective foresees the opening of the Programme for ENP
partners’ participation.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Programmes (IV)
•
Modalities and procedures for participation:
– Conditions for participation laid down in the legislative basis
establishing the Programme.
– Protocols enabling participation are attached to the legally-binding
agreements between the EU and ENP partners.
• Southern Mediterranean countries: Association Agreements
• Eastern Partnership countries: Partnership and Cooperation
Agreements and subsequent Association Agreements.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and Programmes
Programmes (V)
– Memorandum of understanding (MoU) laying
down the detailed terms and conditions for the
participation in a specific programme, to be
negotiated with the relevant Commission DG.
– Right of ENP partner to participate as an
observer
in
Programme
management
committees.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Programmes (V)
• A form of participation in programmes may
be possible without a protocol to the bilateral
agreement or MoU:
Example: 7th Framework Programme of Research
and Technological Development:
– Research institutions can apply for funding as
partners with other institutions from EU Member
States.
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Example of ENP partners participation in EU Programmes
Seventh Framework Programme (Southern
Mediterranean countries)
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Example of ENP partners participation in EU Programmes
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Conditions for participation in EU Programmes (I)
• In some cases, adoption of relevant EU acquis or international norms:
– Media 2007 Programme: EU Directive of Audiovisual Services
– Culture 2007 Programme: Ratification of UNESCO Convention on
the protection and promotion of cultural expression.
• Financial contribution for participation varies depending on the
Programme.
• EU ready to cofinance the costs of participation (ENPI or ENI in the
future) on a limited in time and decreasing basis.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Conditions for participation in EU Programmes (II)
•
No fixed formula: based on criteria such as:
– GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the EU and the ENP partner
– Population
– Specific criteria: GIEC (Gross Inland Energy Consumption): used in the
CIP - Intelligent Energy Europe Programme.
•
Calculated on the basis of the latest statistical data for the year from
EUROSTAT.
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Programmes: protocols and MoU (I)
•
Protocols and MoUs signed between ENP partners and the EU:
– Protocols signed with Armenia, Israel, Jordan, Moldova, Morocco and
Ukraine.
– Protocols under negotiation with Algeria, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
– Memoranda of Understanding concluded:
• CIP – Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (EU-Israel,
2007).
• 7th Framework Programme for Innovation and Research (EUIsrael, 2007; EU-Moldova, 2012).
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Table of Programmes open for participation (I)
Programme
Customs 2013 Programme
CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme) -Intelligent Energy Europe
Programme
CIP - Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme
CIP - Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Policy Support Programme
Consumer Programme
Culture 2007 Programme
SESAR Programme and Joint Undetaking (air traffic management system)
Public Health Programme (2008-2013)
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Table of Programmes partially open for participation (II)
Programme
Pericles Programme (financial control)
Hercule II (financial control)
General Framework Programme Fundamental Rights and Justice (civil justice, criminal justice,
fundamental rights and citizenship, fight against violence – Daphne III, drug prevention and
information)
CIPS - Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence of Terrorism and other Security-related risks
ISEC - Prevention of and fight against Crime ()
Marco Polo (transport)
ISA – Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administration (e-Government services)
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Table of Programmes partially open for participation (III)
Programme
Civil Protection Financial Instrument
Civil Protection Mechanism
Lifelong Learning Programme (education and training)
MEDIA 2007 - European Audiovisual Sector
Youth in Action
7th Framework Programme for Innovation and Research
Statistical Programme (2008-2012)
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Table of Programmes not open for participation (I)
Programme
Fiscalis 2013
EU Solidarity Fund
Trans-European Networks Financing (energy)
Trans-European Networks Financing (transport)
Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows (European Refugee Fund, External Borders
Fund, European Return Fund, European Fund for the Integration)
Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS
Promotion of active European citizenship / Europe for citizens
LIFE+ - Financial Instrument for the environment
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Examples of proposed new programmes for 2014-2020 (I)
Examples of new Programmes (Commission Proposals – not yet adopted)
Health and Consumers
-Health for Growth
-Consumer Programme
Customs Union and Taxation
FISCUS programme
Justice and Home Affairs
- Justice programme
- Rights and Citizenship Programme
- Asylum and Migration Fund
- Internal Security Fund
Education and Culture
- Erasmus for All Programme
- Creative Europe Programme
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Examples of proposed new programmes for 2014-2020 (II)
Examples of new Programmes (Commission Proposals – not yet adopted)
Anti-fraud
-Hercule III
-Pericles 2020
Research, Innovation and Competitiveness
-Horizon 2020 – Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
-Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME)
-Life Programme (Environment and climate change)
-The European Earth monitoring programme (GMES)
-Galileo and EGNOS
Civil Protection
- Union Civil Protection Mechanism
Statistical Programme
European statistical programme
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Past, current and next steps (I)
• EU-Armenia bilateral meeting in Brussels (February 2012)
• Information seminar with EU agencies (November 2012)
• Signature of Framework Protocol for participation in EU programmes (December 2012)
• Information session in Yerevan (today)
• Cost/benefit judgement by Armenia in order to determine key interests
• Start with a limited number of priorities
• Determine key priorities with regard to EU agencies (to feed into ENPI-financed ENP-wide
project to facilitate cooperation)
• Explore possibilities of ENPI co-funding of costs associated with participation
• Exploratory talks with Commission DGs
• Information meeting on 2014-2020 EU programmes (2nd half of 2013)
• Negotiations of Memoranda of Understanding
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Participation of ENP Partners in EU Agencies and
Programmes
Past, current and next steps (II)
• EU financial assistance project (EUR 3.7 million)
with a view to support preparatory measures of
EU agencies to facilitate the participation of ENP
partners in their work (automn 2012).
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Thank you for your attention
Ms. Jenny Mård
European External Action Service
ENP Coordination Division
jenny.mard@eeas.europa.eu
Tel: +32 (0)2 584 72 80