STEPS FOR FUNDING ELI-NP
March 11st 2011
Dan Cutoiu
INTRODUCTION
• For the period 2007-2013, € 308.41 billions are allocated to
the 27 EU member states
• General aim: to strengthen economic and social cohesion in
order to promote the harmonious, balanced and sustainable
development of the EU regions
• Specific aim for the least-developed Member States (which
join EU in 2004 and 2007) and regions : catch up more quickly
with the EU average by improving conditions for growth and
employment; € 251.163 billion are allocated
• EU funds:
structural (regional development and social): regions with
≤ 75% average EU GDP
cohesion: member states with ≤ 90% average EU GDP
INTRODUCTION
• Rule: Assistance from the Funds is transparent
• Rule: After assistance approval, Member State
decide how the funds are used → there is no
restriction concerning the country to whom
belongs the winners of the tenders
• Rule: Member States receive max 4% GDP →
Romania gets € 19.668 billion
• Member States adopt a national strategic
reference framework
National Strategic Reference
Framework
• Identify overlap of national priorities with EU priorities
• Output: strategic objectives
• Each strategic objective generates a Sector Operational
Program (Romania: 9 SOP)
• Authority for the Coordination of Structural Instruments
(under Ministry of Finance coordination): coordinates and
monitor the management of EU funds
• Authority for Certifying and Payment (department in the
Ministry of Finance): for reimbursement
• Authority for Audit (department in the Romanian Court of
Auditors): for payments control
(Romania made first payments and after that, based on
invoices, is reimbursed by ECC)
Sector Operational Program for Increasing
the Economic Competitiveness
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Management Authority: Ministry for Economy, Trade and Business
Environment
European fund: European Fund for Regional Development (structural funds)
Priority axes:
1. ……..
2. Competitiveness through research and development
3. ………
4. ………
5. ……….
ELI-NP
Total funds for the 5 axes for the period Jan 1st 2007 – Dec 31, 2013 according
to ECC decision 3472/12.07.2007: € 3,011,102,426 (84.82% ECC, 15.18% Ro)
(fixed amount – cannot be modified; the same for payments/year)
Priority Ax 2: Competitiveness through
research and development
• Intermediate body: Research Authority
• Points:
2.1 ……
ELI-NP
2.2 Investments for research, development and innovation
infrastructure
2.3 ……
• Total Funds for the 3 points for the period Jan 1st 2007 – Dec 31, 2013
according to ECC decision 3472/12.07.2007:
€ 646,259,176 (83% ECC, 17% Ro)
(fixed amount – cannot be modified; the same for payments/year)
Contracted till now: about € 400 million
closing contracts: December 31, 2013; closing payments: December 31, 2015
2.2 Investments for Research,Development
and Innovation Infrastructure
• 2.2.1 Development of existing infrastructure and creation of
new infrastructure
this is the place for ELI-NP
2.2.2 …..
2.2.3 …..
• No call for 2011 (budget spent: former calls in 2007 and 2009)
• ELI-NP project has not yet applied for funds
• BUT:
at Dec 31, 2010 Romania absorbed only € 1.9 billion
(10%) through 5000 signed projects; total value of applied
projects: € 40 billion
• Absorption rate for other countries: between 20 - 30%
Status of ELI-NP project
• December 8, 2010: the Romanian Government approved a
note:
- ELI-NP priority project
- Research Authority has to submit the project to JASPER
for evaluation of conformity and evaluation of the amount of
requested money
(Joint AsSistance for Preparing Projects in European Regions)
JASPERS is a partnership between the Commission (DG Regional Policy), the European
Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and
the Reconstruction Credit Institute (KfW) which became operational in 2006. JASPERS offers
technical assistance to the twelve Member States that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 to
prepare major projects for EU support. JASPERS can provide free of charge comprehensive
assistance for all stages of the project cycle. JASPERS focuses its action on large projects
supported by the EU funds (costing more than € 50 million) .
- Ministries should find solution to finance the project
(relocation of funds between programs and axes)
Status of ELI-NP project
• January 2011: Research Authority has submitted the project
to JASPER (JASPER receives projects only at the beginning of
the year).
- JASPER review the project and discuses it with DG
REGIO and the Romanian Management Authority (and
the Intermediate Body and the Beneficiary)
Evaluation time: min 3 month (April 2011)
max 6 month (July 2011)
- JASPER assistance finalized by report (April 2011)
• The Monitoring Committee of the Management Authority will
introduce the project in the Action Plan (May 2011)
• Romanian Government will confirm funding ELI-NP project in
the amount established by JASPER through relocation
between programs and axes (May - June 2011)
Status of ELI-NP project
Status of ELI-NP project
• Project sent to European Commission (DG Regional Policy) for
relocation approval
• Evaluation time: 3 month (September 2011)
• Project sent to European Commission (DG REGIO) for project
approval
• Evaluation time: 3 month (December 2011)
Average elapsed days between grant application and approval:
232 with JASPER assistance
• Signing the contract between IFIN-HH and the Romanian
Research Authority
• Estimated date: end of 2011: now IFIN-HH will start the
auction procedure
Status of ELI-NP project
• According to art.122 b and d from bill 34/2006 IFINHH could negotiate with the producer of the
equipment without public announcement
• ECC wants international open public auction.
Necessary steps:
- elaboration of specification for gamma source
- publication of the announcement
- receiving offers
- analyzing bids and announcing the winner
- solving appeals
- signing the contract with the winner
Status of ELI-NP project
• Estimated date for signing the contract
between IFIN-HH and the auction winner:
earliest February 2012
• Rule: Romania will be reimbursed only for
expenditure made AFTER signing the
commercial contract
• Research Authority should ask DG REGIO to
approve for reimbursement some expenditure
(tender, design etc) before ELI-NP project
approval
Status of ELI-NP project
If we get this approval:
1. Optimistic date for signing the contract
between IFIN-HH and the auction winner:
November 2011
2. Optimistic date to start financing: December
2011