2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı

Training and technical assistance to strengthen central institutions involved in IPA
implementation has continued and the setting-up of management and control systems has
further advanced. Concerns remain about the capacity of the institutions to effectively and
efficiently manage IPA funds. Use of funds is marked by delays in contracting and there is a
serious risk that not all funds allocated can be absorbed and that the impact and results are less
than anticipated. High staff turnover in the DIS institutions, lack of coordination among
institutions and delays in the preparations of the operating structures in line ministries to take
over duties of contracting and payments from the central finance and contracts unit (CFCU)
have aggravated these concerns. The capacity of the CFCU needs to be urgently adjusted to
the new timetable to ensure the full and sound use of EU funds allocated. To address these
risks, supervision by the NAO needs to be strengthened, urgent measures have to be taken and
capacity needs to be brought rapidly into line with the amount of funds under implementation.
Administrative capacity at regional level remains weak. The regional development committee
(RDC), which aims to coordinate regional development policies among central institutions
and between the local level and the centre is envisaged as a main element of Turkey’s new
regional policy and is scheduled to be established in 2010, but no concrete developments can
be reported yet.
Some progress was made with regard to programming and programme implementation.
Improvements have been made in building up project pipelines for IPA, particularly in the
environment, regional competitiveness and employment operational programmes. This should
improve absorption of funds in the medium term. In some minor revisions of the OPs
budgetary and timing aspects as well as geographical targeting were fine-tuned. As
implementation is at an early stage more comprehensive conclusions on the impact and results
can only be drawn later on.
In the area of monitoring and evaluation, some progress was made. Working groups
between the IPA operating structures and the state planning organisation have been active,
and progress was made in setting up the integrated management information system (MIS).
Sectoral monitoring committees for all IPA components continued to meet on schedule.
In the area of financial management and control, some progress was made. However,
capacity building and preparations for conferral of management within the operating
structures are lagging behind and the timetable for enabling these structures to take over
financial management and control responsibilities from the CFCU could not be adhered to, so
that the takeover had to be postponed until 2011 in the case of Transport and Human
Resources Development and until 2012 in the case of Regional Competitiveness. As a result,
the co-operation agreements with the CFCU need to be extended beyond the current deadline
of 31 December 2010.
Conclusion
Progress, albeit uneven, was made in this area. In particular, the legislative and institutional
framework for implementation of IPA components III and IV has been finalised, involvement
of local and regional stakeholders in preparing the project pipeline has been improved and the
DAs are well on the way to becoming fully operational. In order to prepare effectively for the
use of structural instruments (Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund) upon accession,
administrative capacity of central, regional and local institutions should be reinforced.
Moreover, pre-accession funds have to be used more effectively and the absorption capacity
of key institutions, namely the CFCU and Operating Structures in line Ministries needs to
increase in order to demonstrate readiness to absorb larger amounts of EU funds.
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