Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
TWINNING EXPERIENCE IN
MACEDONIA
Orhideja Kaljoshevska. MA
NCP Twinning
“1st Twinning Conference”
6 June, 2012
Budapest, Hungary
CONTENTS
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3.
4.
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
Twinning Coordination System in Macedonia
Twinning Statistics in Macedonia
Twinning experience
TAIEX
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
1. IPA coordination in Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
(2007 – 2013)
NATIONAL IPA COORDINATOR (NIPAC)
Secretariat for European Affairs
Institution
Building
Cross-Border
Co-operation
Ministry of local
self government
Twinning
Regional Development
Operational Programme Environment (Ministry of Env.)
Operational Programme–
Transport (Ministry of
Transportt)
Human Resources
Rural Development
Development
OP – Human
Resources (Min.
laboour)
Rural
Development
(Ministry of
Agriculture)
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1. 1 KEY PLAYERS
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
• National IPA Coordinator (NIPAC)  SEA - National
Contact Point
• Beneficiary administrations (line Ministries in Macedonia)
• Central Finance and Contract Department in Macedonia
• Delegation EU contact point for HQs in Brussels and for
the other DEUs
• MS National Contact Points
• Member State (MS) Project Leader, Resident Twinning
Adviser, STEs and MS administration
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Secretariat for European Affairs
1.2 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NCP IN
MACEDONIA
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Overall coordination
Programming of twinning
Distribution of information to beneficiaries
Preparing beneficiaries for twinning
Assistance with partner selection and evaluation
Monitoring
Assistance with solving problems
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Secretariat for European Affairs
1.3 What is NCP doing?
-Organizing extensive seminars to inform line ministries,
beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries in each year
-Filtering the twinning PF during the programming
-Inform the beneficiaries concerning the selection procedures
-Participate the selection committee meetings and co-chair
-Assist beneficiary institution to fulfill the “selection fact” sheet
in an objective manner and in time
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1.4 RECOMMENDATIONS TOGovernment
OUR BENEFICIARY
of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
INSTITUTIONS?
•
PREPARATORY STAGE
•
What are the deficiencies and needs of the institution?
•
Are we sure that twinning is the best instrument in order to meet
these deficiencies and needs
•
Are the mandatory results clearly and correctly defined?
•
Are the indicators which show the mandatory results are attained
at the end of the project correctly defined (concrete, measurable
etc.)
•
Is the subject of the twinning relevant with the acquis? (Priorities
defined in AP, NPAA, Benchmarks)
•
Does the beneficiary institution has enough administrative and
institutional capacity?
•
Try to identify the risks which may threaten successful
implementation and try to keep under control
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Secretariat for European Affairs
2. Statisticstwinnings
under CARDS
2000
1.500.000
2003
1.000.000
2004
4.600.000
2005
4.550.000
2006
1.550.000
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
Twinning Projects per Sector
(2000-2006)
SECTORS
2000
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total
Economic Development
1
-
1
-
-
2
Public Administration Reform
-
-
-
1
1
2
Civil society and Social Cohesion
-
-
-
-
1
1
Environment (EN)
-
-
-
1
-
1
Jus. and Home Aff. (JH)
-
1
2
2
-
5
Total
1
1
3
4
2
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Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
EU Pre-Accession Financial Assistance
2007 – 2013
2007
2008
2003
2010
2011
2012
2013
TAIB
41,641,613
41,122,001
39,328,499
36,317,068
28,803,410
28,207,479
27,941,228
CBC
4,158,387
4,077,999
4,371,501
5,067,526
5,124,876
5,183,373
5,243,041
RD
7,400,000
12,300,000
20,800,000
29,400,000
39,300,000
42,300,000
51,800,000
HRD
3,200,000
6,000,000
7,100,000
8,400,000
8,800,000
10,380,000
11,200,000
IPARD
2,100,000
6,700,000
10,200,000
12,500,000
16,000,000
19,000,000
21,028,000
TOTAL
58,500,000
70,200,000
81,800,000
91,684,594
98,028,286
105,070,852
117,212,269
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Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
100
85
80
60
40
20
32
12
23
15
4
4
18
6
9
17
9
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Total number of Projects
Total Number of Twinning Contacts in the Projects
Total
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
MS Involvement in TWs
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
5
2
1
1
4
1
1
4
2000
2003
1
1
2
Germany
1
Netherlands
1
Italy
2
2
1
Austria
1
Spain
1
1
France
1
1
Slovakia
1
Hungary
1
Finland
1
1
Slovenia
1
1
Litvania
1
Chez
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Total
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
3. Twinning experience
• Lack of logistical support of beneficiaries,
• Insufficient ownership and political support,
• Extra workload of experts due to other responsibilities at
beneficiary institutions,
• Unsatisfactory ambition for coordination with other
institutions,
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Secretariat for European Affairs
PROBLEMS WE FACE
• Sustainability problem of project teams
•Language problem with MS team
•Technically unsatisfactory STEs
•Strict twinning rules, detailed and long procedures
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WHAT WE LEARNT
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
Choosing the right instrument
Realistic results
Making a good selection
Be careful against consortium
Importance of political support and ownership
Cooperation between institutions in Macedonia
Joint exercise and different from Technical
Assistance
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WHAT WE LEARNT
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
The RTA forms the core of a twinning project:
Daily involvement/expertise
Coordination of all activities
Ensures the smooth project implementation
Ensures continuity of results
RTA faces a complex challenge - professional,
managerial, personal
RTA should not be responsible for logistics and
accounting
Good specialist knowledge of the sector
Good management skills, but not manager only
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WHAT WE LEARNT
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
• Team work culture,
• Beneficiary shall know exactly what they
want,
• Preparing more detailed contracts,
• We learned the procedures,
• Flexibility of twinning rules (language
assistants, seminar venues..)
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Secretariat for European Affairs
What is important is
the added value and multiplier effect created
by the successful implementation of a
twinning project
not the amount of fund provided by twinning!
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
4.TAIEX
• TAIEX instrument in the Republic of Macedonia is considered
as very useful friendly tool.
• In order to increase the number of TAIEX applications,
contact points are nominated in the line ministries and in the
other state institutions.
• The role of these contact points is focused on detailed
informing about the possibilities that this instrument is
offering, as well as about the raising of the level of its use.
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
Total number of applications
296
287
195
122
98
5
2004
22
2005
12
12
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
300
15
0
250
88
88
200
5
45
150
100
11
198
193
52
145
50
9
87
61
22
5
12
12
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
Approved
2008
Not approved
2009
2010
Waiting for response
2011
2012
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
0
3
3
4
83
98
35
62
17
78
68
36
38
5
19
38
8
8
135
188
69
95
25
1
0
0
2004
2005
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
Study visit
Expert mission
Workshop
2010
2011
2012
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
Orhideja Kaljoshevska Ms.C
Head of Department for Coordination of EU funds and other
donor assistance
Secretariat for European Affairs
Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Web-site: http://www.sep.gov.mk/
E-mail: Orhideja.Kaljosevska@sep.gov.mk