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Interim Report, No 3, 19 September 2011 – 18 March 2012 stable Partner countries have insufficient interest and lack institutional capacity to provide (proper) data or delegate qualified staff to the network activities Partner countries have insufficient capacity to make use of the project results Lack of will of sectors in the public administrations to cooperate with their colleagues in other sectors, like environment Different levels or speeds of involved countries in their approximation to the environmental acquis Low Medium Medium Medium High High Medium Medium developments. To mitigate the effects of instability the Consultant has developed pro-active (such as helpdesk, personal approach, providing documentation and explanation, web reference, etc.), bringing newly involved stakeholders to the right level of understanding and involvement. In many cases of instability it should be possible in a rather early stage to sense upcoming changes. This will enable us to anticipate by (gradually) shifting our efforts towards the new situation. Major or overnight changes with an impact on project implementation may call for consultations with the Contracting Authority to conclude on the steps to take. The RENA website and helpdesk have been established. From the very start of the project cooperation between the Secretariat and our experts and the RENA focal points in the beneficiary countries has been established on a very high level. It is difficult to mitigate this risk, as the current situation is the case in many countries, including EU Member States. Through proper involvement of local staff during the project (with making efforts to have to right people attend the activities), and through the issuance of reports, manuals, electronic information tools, we are succeeding to reach the relevant audience for each of the project elements, to sustain the project results (perhaps to be used at a later date) and build on personal contacts between peers across the region and across different networks. Will to cooperate is often influenced by fear for the unknown, the uncertainty whether it will harm people’s current status, benefits and powers. The Consultant is practicing an open approach involving key stakeholders first. So far no obvious non-cooperation or obstruction occurred. If occurred our working group managers will take the lead in mitigating the situation looking for solutions. In case of sustained non-cooperation or obstruction that hinders project quality we will seek for a solution or conclusion in close consultation with the Contracting Authority. The speed in approximation to the EU acquis differs per beneficiary country. RENA is taking into account the different speeds in designing the project activities and when drafting documents. Ad hoc country specific assistance from the side of the project is provided where possible in order to contribute to mitigating the different speeds. The contracting party is kept up-to-date of countries’ progress and may at its discretion decide to discuss specific elements in a political context. External country specific assessments and specific country assistance is for example taken up in the work Human Dynamics Consortium 71
Interim Report, No 3, 19 September 2011 – 18 March 2012 Language barriers Low High plans of WG 1 and 4. English language skills among stakeholders in the beneficiary countries has not created significant barriers in the project implementation. As agreed with the Commission, in general no documents are translated in the local language, except for particular issues. In the national trainings however, a budget for translation/interpretation has been taken up, when and if needed. 4.3 Problems encountered Specific issue currently under discussion is participation of ECENA members in IMPEL. Currently only candidate countries for EU accession are eligible for IMPEL membership and only some of the beneficiary countrues are eligible to receive the financing for participation in IMPEL activities directly by IMPEL. Within the RENA beneficiary countries only Republic of Croatia, fYR of Macedonia and Turkey are IMPEL members. IMPEL membership of Montenegro as a candidate country is presently being discussed. The Commission has taken steps to assist other beneficiary countries of RENA to obtain the membership status in IMPEL and hence the possibility for greater participation in IMPEL activities by sending a letter to the IMPEL board. This letter stated that the Commission would like to suggest IMPEL considers the application of Potential Candidate countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo under UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Albania, Serbia) to IMPEL. This would however require a change in the IMPEL statute and rules. No decision has been taken yet and follow-up activities have been taken. A final approval by IMPEL is expected in their upcoming meeting in June 2012. Human Dynamics Consortium 72
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