2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı

Training and technical assistance to strengthen central institutions involved in IPAimplementation has continued and the setting-up of management and control systems hasfurther advanced. Concerns remain about the capacity of the institutions to effectively andefficiently manage IPA funds. Use of funds is marked by delays in contracting and there is aserious risk that not all funds allocated can be absorbed and that the impact and results are lessthan anticipated. High staff turnover in the DIS institutions, lack of coordination amonginstitutions and delays in the preparations of the operating structures in line ministries to takeover 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 tothe new timetable to ensure the full and sound use of EU funds allocated. To address theserisks, supervision by the NAO needs to be strengthened, urgent measures have to be taken andcapacity 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 institutionsand between the local level and the centre is envisaged as a main element of Turkey’s newregional policy and is scheduled to be established in 2010, but no concrete developments canbe 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 theenvironment, regional competitiveness and employment operational programmes. This shouldimprove absorption of funds in the medium term. In some minor revisions of the OPsbudgetary and timing aspects as well as geographical targeting were fine-tuned. Asimplementation is at an early stage more comprehensive conclusions on the impact and resultscan only be drawn later on.In the area of monitoring and evaluation, some progress was made. Working groupsbetween 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 operatingstructures are lagging behind and the timetable for enabling these structures to take overfinancial management and control responsibilities from the CFCU could not be adhered to, sothat the takeover had to be postponed until 2011 in the case of Transport and HumanResources 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 deadlineof 31 December 2010.ConclusionProgress, albeit uneven, was made in this area. In particular, the legislative and institutionalframework for implementation of IPA components III and IV has been finalised, involvementof local and regional stakeholders in preparing the project pipeline has been improved and theDAs are well on the way to becoming fully operational. In order to prepare effectively for theuse 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 capacityof key institutions, namely the CFCU and Operating Structures in line Ministries needs toincrease in order to demonstrate readiness to absorb larger amounts of EU funds.EN 74 EN