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26 GTZ also supports regional development measures in these EU neighbor countries. Activities encompass the national policy level as well as regional and local administrative institutions, private firms and work with non-governmental organizations as target groups and as intermediaries. At the center of all these activities is the capacity development of administrative institutions to enable them to formulate and implement regional policy and design concrete concepts to support decentralized and sustainable economic development. Transnational co-operation as a link between the regions of old EU members, new EU countries and EU neighbors With the development of regional structural policy instruments, promotion of greater interaction between subnational units was encouraged. Transnational and interregional co-operation facilitates integration between new and old EU members. Starting in 2007 the European Association for Cross-border Co-operation will strengthen such processes within the EU, and will replace the EU’s relatively small INTERREG Program. Cross-border cooperation is also relevant for the countries that will not become EU members. Particularly in South-Eastern Europe close integration between members and non-members of the EU is essential for long-term economic development. In addition to purely national and regional measures in South-Eastern Europe, the EU Neighborhood instrument will offer greater opportunities to participate in transnational co-operation, and thereby promote long-term integration at both economic and social levels. Germany, as the most important economic partner of the SEE countries, is also genuinely interested in further expanding transnational co-operation with partners in this region. Thus GTZ supports co-operation between administrative institutions, through cross-border partnerships, in a wide range of sectors. GTZ initiated INTERREG projects to assist with regional economic integration in the areas of energy markets and the modernization of trans-European railway connections. In the area of administrative structure, GTZ is involved in cross-border co-operation to improve networking between regional planning and regional economic development, and is involved in the development of joint concepts for tourism in all countries through which the River Danube flows. Recommended reading CEMAT www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Environment/CEMAT European Neighborhood Policy http://europa.eu.int/comm/world/enp/overview_en.htm Proposed regulations for the ENPI http://europa.eu.int/comm/world/enp/pdf/getdoc_en.pdf Contacts Philipp Casula, GTZ OE 3124 philipp.casula@gtz.de David Oberhuber, GTZ OE 3124 david.oberhuber@gtz.de
2. Twinning – Advisory Services to Governments and Administrations as an Active Contribution to Regional Policy Philipp Casula, Bernd Schmidt Efficient administration and transparent structures are an essential basis for economic and social progress as well as regional growth and cohesion. Administrative partnership, or Twinning, has evolved as an important method of administering EU funds made available through various regional policy instruments, such as the work to promote regional economic development through economic integration of regions within the EU and with their neighbors, funded by Structural and Cohesion Funds. The EU accession and association process of the South- Eastern European countries requires the creation of coherent institutional structures to administer these funds. This process of institution building is supported by the European Commission in its work to develop administrative partnerships, and is based on the principle that if similar administrative institutions are paired the twinning partners in old EU member states can assist to adjust the institutional landscape of new EU member states, and association and accession countries, to the requirements of the European Union. The creation of an effective, transparent, and responsible Structural Fund administration is of the utmost importance, which ultimately guarantees that funds from the Commission are not withheld due to misallocated spending. Only in this way can sustainable cohesion effects be ensured. On behalf of the German Government and the European Commission GTZ has, in recent years, been intensively involved in the preparation and implementation of partnerships between German and Central and Eastern European administrations. The objectives of GTZ activities have been to competently prepare the projects of the various administrations to conform to EU requirements, and to manage their implementation. With respect to regional policy issues, GTZ is supporting the successful realization of partnerships between government institutions. In Germany, at Federal level, the Federal Ministries of Economics and Labour (BMWA) and of Finance (BMF) are primarily responsible for twinning. Under contract to them, GTZ supports these ministries in their regional policy administration partnerships. In addition East German state authorities, with their experience in managing transition, have been particularly active with GTZ, in these partnerships. Project preparation A key factor in the success of these EU funded projects is comprehensive preparation. Thus, for example, GTZ helped the BMWA to build up partnerships with two regional development agencies, initiated by the Commissions in Bucharest and in Alba Iulia. The project contract stipulated that the German support must provide the Romanian partner with a complete overview of the promotion instruments of EU regional policy, and that concrete projects and programs be prepared in line with EU criteria. In addition to the identification of two long-term advisors from Brandenburg and Saxony, as well as short-term experts from the federal ministries and state administrations, GTZ helped the German and Romanian partners to define achievable objectives. Intended by-products of the partnership were a balance between the interests of the national and regional administrations in the allocation of funds, strengthened decentralized structures and non-governmental organizations and positive impacts on democratization. Project implementation During the process of partnership implementation GTZ supports and advises all administrative institutions involved in the projects, both in Germany and in the partner countries. The focus of GTZ’s activities is in assisting the regional policy partnerships with organizational details, so they can concentrate on substantive co-operation. Furthermore GTZ provides assistance in the spheres of advisory services and training the institutions in the partner country. Several examples are mentioned below. Programming funds for sustainable development projects: GTZ advisors are helping the programs to set priorities for the allocation of their funds. In Bulgaria, the Ministry of Economy is being advised by experts on how to develop concrete and targeted measures and activities, in their operational programs, in order to improve the competitiveness of the Bulgarian economy within an expanded EU. By contrast, in Slovenia the work concentrated on the development of uniform program planning documents with the prime objective of separating institutional responsibilities for the funds, in order to create clear and functional areas of responsibility within Slovenia, that relate to the relevant EU institutions. Implementation structures at program and project levels: In Poland, a long-term GTZ expert worked alongside the Polish Ministry of Economy, the central administrative authority for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), providing advisory services and training in the voivodships, or regional administrations. These are the bodies primarily responsible for both project planning and implementation, under the ERDF. In several South-East- 27
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