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European Commission
Cooperation and Development
assistance in Moldova
Kaido Sirel
Head of Operations
EU Delegation to Moldova
Summary
• Sources of funding
• Projects/Assistance areas
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Sources
• TACIS
(~15)
• Macro-financial assistance
(90)
• European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
– Bilateral program for Moldova
(225, +273, + EaPIC)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------– Inter-regional programmes
(NIF bilateral - 80, NIF regional)
– Regional program ENPI East
(~100)
– Cross-border cooperation programmes
(44, ~150)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Development Cooperation Instrument - Thematic Budgets
– bilateral,
– regional,
– global
• External programmes from Commission Directorate General’s
• Internal EU programmes opened and to be opened to Moldova.
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ENPI Bilateral National Indicative
Programme 2011-2013
• Priorities for MOLDOVA (273,14 MEUR)
– Good governance, rule of law, fundamental
freedoms
– Social and human development
– Trade and sustainable development
Confidence Building Measures. Regional
Cohesion pilots
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REGIONAL PROGRAMME EAST :
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Democracy, Good Governance and Stability
Economic Development
Climate Change, Energy and Environment
Advancing Integration with the EU and Regional Co-operation
Inter-regional
Priority Area 1: Promoting reform through European
advice and expertise – SIGMA, TAIEX
Priority Area 2: Promoting higher education and
student mobility TEMPUS, Erasmus Mundus
Priority Area 3: Promoting cooperation between
local actors in the EU, and in the partner countries –
CIUDAD
Priority Area 4: Promoting Investment projects via
Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF)
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Cross Border Cooperation
• CBC Moldova – Romania - Ukraine
(2007-2013) 126 million euro
44 million for Large Scale projects decided
• Black Sea Programme 26 million euro
• CBC South East Europe
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CBC Programs for land borders (9) and sea
crossings (3)
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CBC Sea Basin Programs (3)
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5 Global Thematic Programmes
• ”Investing in people” Human and social development
• Protection of the environment and sustainable
planning/cultivation of natural resources, energy
• Non-state actors and local authorities in the process of
development
• Food security
• Migration and asylum policies
Projects selected via Call For Proposals
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Bilateral Thematic calls
• European Instrument for Democracy and
Human Rights
• Non State Actors and Local Actors in
Governance and Civil Society Facility
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Other external programmes from
European Commission
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Instrument for Nuclear cooperation (DEVCO)
•
Humanitarian aid (DG ECHO)
•
Instrument for Stability (EEAS)
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Cohesion Pilots (DG REGIO)
•
SME programme (DG ENTR)
•
7th Framework Programme for Research (DG RTD)
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New EU Internal Programmes to be opened to MD
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ENPARD – Neighbourhood Agriculture and Rural
Development (DG AGRI)
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EU Internal programmes which can
be opened to Moldova
• Customs 2013
• Competiveness and Innovation Framework
Program (CIP)
• Intelligent Energy Europe
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation;
• ICT Policy Support
• Consumer Policy
• SESAR (Air Traffic)
• Public Health
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Additional Strategies/Initiatives
• Eastern Partnership
– Comprehensive Institution Building
– EaPIC - Integration and Cooperation Programme
– Regional Development Pilots (PRDP)
– Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD)
• Black Sea Synergy (ENPI East + Russia + Turkey)
• Danube Strategy
• Mobility Partnership - Moldova as pilot case
• European Endownment for Democracy – Support for Civil Society
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Projects state of Affairs 2012
 Around 150 programmes and projects ongoing or in preparation
in Moldova
 Phasing out of TACIS and TACIS Cross Border Coopertion
 6 Budget Support programmes ongoing or in preparation
 Technical Assistance (social, health, economy, mobility
partnership, water, justice, public administration, etc)
 Twinnings and Comprehensive Institution Building
 Thematic Budget lines projects (media, anti-torture, legal
protection, elections, migration, energy, environment, etc)
 Cross Border Cooperation projects (water, infrastructures,
tourism, historic towns, etc)
 Macro-Financial Assistance
 Neighbourhood Investment Facility – Roads, Water, Health,
Air Logistics, Airport, Trolleybuses, - in pipeline wine sector,
roads,
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Budget Support
• ENPI 2007 Social sector
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€ 21 million
• ENPI 2008 Health sector € 46 million
• ENPI 2009 Water and sanitation sector € 50 million
• ENPI 2010 Economic Stimulation in Rural Areas € 45 million
• ENPI 2011 Energy € 42 million
• ENPI 2012 Justice reform € 52 million
• ENPI 2013 Vocational Education and Training
Macro-Financial Assistance
2007-2008: 45 M EUR grant, paid in 3 tranches
2010 – 2012: 90 M EUR grant, paid in 3 tranches – support provided as
response to financial crisis.
Conditions:
• Public expenditure management and fiscal reform: implementation
of Treasury Systems, customs & taxation reforms, public
procurement
• Enterprise restructuring and business environment: privatisation of
state-owned firms, bankruptcy legislation, competition legislation,
SME development
• Financial sector reform: privatisation of banks, supervision
regulation, insurance legislation
• Specific sectoral issues: public utilities, statistics, export promotion.
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Neighbourhood Investment Facility
• Providing blending grants for the loans
• 11 projects blending in the loans of around 700 m eur with
87,96 m eur grants in Moldova
– Modernisation of the Republican Clinical Hospital
– Airport Modernisation Project
– Road Rehabilitation project
– Feasibility Study for the Improvement of Water and
Sanitation System in Chisinau
– Water Utilities development programme
– Chisinau Transport project
– Vine sector upgrading
– Roads rehabilitation project
– 2 Energy efficiency projects
– Moldelectrica
Regional NIF grants
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Twinnings
• Annual envelope of 5-7 MEUR (~3 new Twinnings per year)
• Requests from state institutions can cover all aspects of EU
approximation process where there is EU acquis.
Concluded Twinnings:
- Parliament (FR, HU)
- Penitentiary system (D, NL)
Ongoing Twinnings
- Procurement (RO)
- Intellectual Property Rights (DK, RO),
- Competition and State Aid (LV, A, RO)
- Regional development (F)
- Public internal financial control (S, NL)
- Accreditation of product conformity assessment (S, NL)
- Market surveillance (UK, LT)
Several more Twinnings in preparation
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Comprehensive Institution Building
EaP framework jointly developed and
implemented with the partner country to
ensure effective institution building of a
limited number of core institutions which
are central to the preparation and
implementation of future Association
Agreement and DCFTA.
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CIB- Indicative list of Beneficiary Institutions
Public Administration Reform:
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State Chancellery
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Public Procurement Agency
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Ministry of Finance
Ensuring rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms
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General Prosecutor's Office
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Ministry of Internal Affairs
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Centre for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption
Preparing Moldova in view of future DCFTA
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Ministry of Economy
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Ministry of Agriculture
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Ministry of Health (Public Health Service)
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Inspectorate for Phyto-Sanitary Surveillance and Seed Control
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Sanitary-Veterinary and Animal origin Food Safety Agency
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Agency for Protection of Competition
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Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova
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Conclusions
• Assistance increased around 10 fold
• Moldova is often pilot and praised as most advanced
reformer in the EU Neighbourhood
• Lots of new cooperation programmes opened and more
in view from the European Institutions
• New logic of assistance – move from committed
development assistance grants to co-funded
competition/cooperations grants and loans.
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Additional info
http://www.delmda.ec.europa.eu
http://eeas.europa.eu/moldova/index_en.htm
Funding:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm