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1.1.2 EU funds for non-EU member states
The EU funds that provide financing for projects in non-EU countries are:
• The pre-accession funds
The EU funds that finance projects in pre-accession countries have changed over time:
o In the period 2000–2006 (2008), the following EU funds helped non-EU countries, which
had been given pre-accession country status, to acquire the Acquis Communautaire:
- PHARE, which seeks to reinforce the management capacity of the country and
promote regional and social development, the industrial restructuring, and the
development of SMEs: €10.92 billion;
- SAPARD, which seeks to modernize agriculture and develop rural areas: €3.64
billion;
- ISPA, which seeks to develop transport infrastructures and protect the environment:
€7.28 billion.
The allocation of these funds per eligible country is presented in Annex 2.
The total amount of EU funds available for all these countries from all three funds in this
period (2000–2006) was €21.84 billion. Considering that the ceiling contribution for
these funds was 75% (in certain cases up to 85%) of the projects’ total cost (public
expenditure), it is obvious that the total available funds for this period exceeded €30
billion.
It is worth noting that in the middle of the period, all these pre-accession countries joined
the EU. Nevertheless, in the same period, a number of other countries acquired this
status, namely Croatia, FYROM, and Turkey.
- In addition to the above-mentioned ISPA, SAPARD, and PHARE funds, significant
amounts were allocated to a new financial instrument called CARDS (Community
Assistance for Reconstruction Development and Stabilisation) in the same period
(2000–2006).
Under CARDS, more than €5 billion were allocated to the Western Balkans region
(including: Croatia, FYROM, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Bosnia &
Herzegovina) in the period 2000–2006, with assistance focusing on reconstruction and
infrastructure, promotion of democracy, economic and social development, and regional
cooperation.
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Potential candidate countries
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PHARE SAPARD ISPA CARDS
Fig. 2: EU funds for EU candidate countries (2000–2006)
EU funds for roads