Transcript 18 април 1951

ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ABSORPTION
OF THE EU FUNDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF
BULGARIA IN 2010
MONIKA PANAYOTOVA, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE
COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS AND OVERSIGHT
OF THE EUROPEAN FUNDS
CONTENT
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Financial implementation of the
Operational programs - Leaders
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Progress achieved / delay observed
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Recommendations and vision
regarding the oversight of the EU
funds
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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OPT – Operational program “Transport”
OPE – Operational program “Environment”
OPRD – Operational program “Regional development”
OPHRD – Operational program “Human Resources
Development”
OPC – Operational program “Competitiveness”
OPAC – Operational program “Administrative
Capacity”
OPTA – Operational program “Technical Assistance”
UMIS – Unified Management Information System
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SCOPE OF THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2010
21 EU-funded Programs, incl.:
 7 Operational Programs under the Objective 1
”Convergence”
 5 Cross-Border Cooperation Operational Programs
under the Objective 3 “European Territorial
Cooperation”
 2 Programs under the European Agricultural Fund for
Rural Development and the European Fisheries Fund
 The Schengen Facility, the Financial Mechanism of the
European Economic Area, the Norwegian Cooperation
Program and the Transition Facility
 3 Pre-accession Programs (Phare, ISPA and SAPARD)
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE CONTRACTING UNDER THE
SCHENGEN FACILITY
INDICATOR
SHARE
CUMULATIVE
SHARE
VALUE
CUMULATIVE
VALUE
2007
2008
I-VIII 2009
IX-XII 2009
2010
0%
1,43 %
26 %
35,57 %
37 %
0%
1,43 %
27,43 %
63 %
100 %
0€
1,84 M €
31 M €
48 M €
48,8 M €
0€
1,84 M €
32,84 M €
80,48 M €
129,64 M €
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FINANCIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL
PROGRAMS UNDER THE OBJECTIVE 1 “CONVERGENCE”
IN 2010
OP
Payments
Growth in
2010
(times)
Paid at 31.12.2009г.
(EURO)
OPT
2,66
42 311 788
(2,11%) 112 503 609 (5,62%)
ОPE
2,54
49 428 496
(2,74%) 125 357 474 (6,96%)
ОPRD
5,96
31 087 583
(1,94%) 185 430 539 (11,58%)
ОPHRD
2,71
39 831 993
(3,28%)
ОPC
48,54
4 655 169
(0,40%) 225 968 378 (19,44%)
ОPAC
1,20
37 865 892 (20,94%) 45 433 077 (25,13%)
ОPTA
2,27
2 750 495
TOTAL
3,89
207 931 416 (2,59%) 809 064 722 (10,01%)
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(4,84%)
Paid at 31.12.2010г.
(EURO)
108 121 506 (8,91%)
6 250 139
(11%)
LEADING OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES IN TERMS OF
CONTRACTING AND PAYMENT AT 31 DECEMBER 2010
Period
Leaders in contracting
Leaders in payment
OPAC
OPAC
At
OPC
31 December
2009
OPRD
At
30 June 2010
OPTA
OPHRD
OPHRD
OPAC
OPRD
OPC
OPAC
OPHRD
OPRD
(1,8 times growth in 2010)
OPAC
(1,2 times growth in 2010)
At
31 December OPHRD
2010
(2,2 times growth in 2010)
OPAC
(1,2 times growth in 2010)
OPC
(49 times growth in 2010)
OPRD
(6 times growth in 2010)
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COMPARING OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES ON THE EXTENT
OF LOTHAR 2010 FORECASTS IMPLEMENTATION
Operational Programme
Performance in 2010
OPRD
Excellent achievement of the objectives
related to contracting and payment in 2010
Probably remaining leaders again in 2011
OPAC
Good performance in 2010 in contracting, but OPHRD
not so good in payment in comparison to the
leaders
Low contracting rate, but good financial
management of already contracted projects
OPT
OPTA
Weakest performance in 2010
Accumulated delay, but measures for
compensating in 2011 undertaken
OPC (not taking into account
JEREMIE progress)
OPE
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STATUS OF THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES UNDER THE
OBJECTIVE 1 “CONVERGENCE” - AT 31 DECEMBER 2010
Bln. €
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7
6
Total Budget
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4
Contracted
3
Paid
2
1
0
TOTAL
OPRD
OPT
OPHRD
OPE
OPC
OPAC
OPTA
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PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN THE EU FUNDS MANAGEMENT IN
2010
 Positive Compliance Assessment of the management and control systems by
the European Commission and the opportunity for making interim payments
related to it;
 In 2010 a significant growth has been achieved in the payments under the
Operational Programs ( 289,1% in the period 31.12.2009г. - 31.12.2010г. or new
601,1 MEUR have reached the Bulgarian beneficiaries) and in the contracting
(over 55% or more than 1 Billion Euro) compared to 2009;
 Building a stable system for good coordination and control in the EU funds
management via institutional, legislative and administrative measures;
 Improved communication and cooperation with our partners in Brussels and
the International Financial Institutions and creation of opportunities for
access to expertise in specific sectors;
 Increasing transparency in the process of the EU funds management and a
better dialogue between the state administration and the groups of
beneficiaries in the country – monthly meetings with the National
Association of the Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria;
 Improvement of the legislation, related to the Public Procurement and less
administrative burden - changes in the Public Procurement Law in 2010.
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RECCOMENDATIONS AND VISION (1)
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Unification of the project application and reporting
documents
Less administrative burden in project reporting. Introduction
of on-line project application and progress reporting
More focus on the implementation of the project activities,
rather than on the forms for project reporting
Synchronization of the financial information, generated by
different sources (UMIS, Certifying Authority, OP
Management Authority)
Further enhancement of the administrative capacity and
limiting qualified staff turn-over within the OP Managing
Authorities and Intermediate Bodies on central and local level
Overcoming the delay in the OP implementation, generated by
the requirements of the Public Procurement Law – measures
undertaken
Further improvement of the regulatory framework for the EU
Funds management – opportunities for unification
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RECCOMENDATIONS AND VISION (2)
Why do we need a Law on the EU Funds management?
 Need for sustainable regulation of this specific area and greater
legal stability for both – administration and beneficiaries
 A new institutional framework could be better introduced only
with a single legal act
 Clear national vision for the EU Funds management in the next
programming period in line with the new trends in the planning
of the future Cohesion Policy, as well as in the context of the
Europe 2020 Strategy
 Maximum unification and simplification of the current
procedures (incl. introduction of template documents)
 More effective inter-relation with other laws, such as - the Public
Procurement Law, the Law on investments, the Administrative
Procedural Code
 Such practice exists in some of the other EU Member-States
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RECCOMENDATIONS AND VISION (3)
Law on the EU Funds management – experience in the EU
Member-States
Member-States with a Law on the EU Funds management Greece, Denmark, some of the new Member-States – Estonia,
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Latvia, Slovakia
Scope of the Law:
 Overall institutional framework for management,
monitoring and control of the EU Funds (Estonia, Latvia,
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Slovakia)
Along with the funds available under the Structural
instruments of the EU, the law regulates also the financial
allocations from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural
Development and the European Fisheries Fund (Greece,
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Slovakia)
Project selection procedures
 Appeal Procedures
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RECCOMENDATIONS AND VISION (4)
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Need for additionality in the
implementation of the Operational
Programs and synergy effect generation
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Debate on the new Cohesion Policy –
challenges of the country
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RECCOMENDATIONS AND VISION (5)
Challenges of the country in the light of the
Future Cohesion Policy after 2013
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Concentration of the European and national resources on
few key priorities which correspond to the specific needs of
the country and are in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy,
thus achieving a stronger impact
For each chosen key priority the country should set clear
and measureable targets and indicators in the beginning of
the programming period which will enable the evaluation
of the progress achieved
Guaranteeing a stable macroeconomic environment and
strong institutional framework, which are an essential
prerequisite for receiving EU Structural Funds support
Targeting the Structural Funds assistance at achieving
visible results changing citizens’ life
Active participation in the debates concerning the
introduction of conditionalities in allocation of the
Structural Funds assistance
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
MONIKA PANAYOTOVA,
CHAIRWOMAN
COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS AND
OVERSIGHT OF THE EUROPEAN FUNDS
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel.: (+359 2) 987 38 88
Fax: (+359 2) 987 55 03
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