EU ENLARGEMENT PROCESS: THE INSTRUMENT for PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE (IPA II) Leonetta Pajer, DG NEAR

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1 EU ENLARGEMENT PROCESS: THE INSTRUMENT for PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE (IPA II) Leonetta Pajer, DG NEAR

2 Outline Enlargement process Current Situation The new Instrument for Pre-Accession:IPA II Financing opportunities

3 The EU Enlargement Process 3 Conditions for Membership 3 Criteria to be fulfilled: political, economic and legislative alignment Fourth criteria for the Western Balkans concerning regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations 35 chapters, reflecting the whole EU Acquis, to be negotiated

4 How does the EU support this process? Instrument for pre- Accession II (IPA II)

5 Who are the EU Enlargement countries? Five candidate countries: Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia Two potential candidate countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo* * This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence

6 Enlargement Strategy fundamentals first Lessons learned from previous enlargement's waves. Five areas: Rule of Law Economic Governance Functioning of institution guaranteeing democracy Fundamental Rights Regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations

7 IPA II Scope of assistance

8 Policy areas POLIC Y AR EA 1 R eforms in preparation for Union membership and related institutionand capacity building POLICY AR EA 2 S ocio-economic and regional development POLIC Y AR EA 3 E mployment, social policies, education, promotion of gender equality, and human resources development IPA II R E G. art. 3 Scope of assistance POLIC Y AR EA 5 R egional and territorial cooperation POLIC Y AR EA 4 Agriculture and rural development

9 Framework of assistance IPA II R E G art. 4 Scope of assistance

10 Financial envelope IPA II (EUR millions) MFF data, Sept Total amount for IPA II IPA (EUR millions) IPA II REG art. 15 Scope of assistance

11 EU Serbia cooperation Accession negotiations and IPA assistance

12 Serbia's EU Accession process Sector approach 2009: Serbia applies for EU Membership 2012: Serbia is granted the candidate status 2013: EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement enters into force 2014: EU negotiation process opens End 2015: First negotiations chapters are opened (Chapters 32 and 35)

13 EU financial assistance to Serbia under IPA II EU financial assistance to Serbia under IPA II Budget : approximately EUR 1.5 billion Strong link with Accession process, fundamentals and Connectivity Continued participation in EU Programmes

14 Primary sectors to be addressed by IPA II (1) Democracy and Rule of Law» Democracy and governance» Rule of Law and fundamental rights High level programming

15 Primary sectors to be addressed by IPA II (2) Competitiveness and growth» Environment and climate action» Transport» Energy» Competitiveness and innovation» Education, employment and social policies» Agriculture and rural development» Regional cooperation and territorial cooperation High level programming

16 Participation in EU Programmes List of programmes Cosme Horizon 2020 Erasmus + Creative Europe EaSI Europe for citizens LIFE Copernicus

17 IPA II Types of financing

18 Overview Grants Procurement (services, supplies, works) Prizes Financial instruments (and external blending facilities) Sector budget support Types of financing Trust funds

19 How to participate Call for proposals and calls for tenders published on Europeaid website Inclusion of partners from the Western Balkans and Turkey in consortia applying to EU Programmes (Horizon 2020, CoSME, etc.)

20 You can find additional information on: DG NEAR: DG DEVCO: DG Regional Policies:

21 Thank you for your attention Leonetta Pajer, Unit D.2 Serbia, DG NEAR