Structural Funds Management and Implementation Arrangements in Romania

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Structural Funds Management and Implementation
Arrangements in Romania

• Pavlos Kollias
• Senior Expert on Structural Instruments Training

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Management of the National Strategic Reference
Framework 2007-2013

• The European Councils General Regulation
  requires the Member States to set down rules
  governing the management of the Structural
  Instruments.
• The Romanian institutional set up and
  responsibilities were established by the
  Government Decree No. 497/2004 and its subsequent
  amendments.
• The coordination of the NSRF imple-mentation will
  be managed as follows

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Management of the National Strategic Reference
Framework 2007-2013

• Following Romanias accession to the European
  Union, the DG within the Ministry of Public
  Finance which operated during the pre-accession
  period as the Managing Authority for the
  Community Support Framework, is to be renamed to
  National Authority for the Coordination of
  Structural Instruments (ANCIS) and will represent
  Romania as a Member State.

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Management of the National Strategic Reference
Framework 2007-2013

• The National Coordination Committee for
  Structural Instruments, established under GD No.
  1200/2004, will provide strategic guidance and
  decision-making at political level.
• The Management Co-ordination Group will address
  management, administration and horizontal issues
  with relevance to the Operational Programmes.
• Regional Coordination Committees will be
  established in all eight Development Regions to
  assist in the coordination between Operational
  Programmes.

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Management of the National Strategic Reference
Framework 2007-2013

• As regards the financial management and control,
  the National Fund within the Ministry of Public
  Finance has been designated to fulfil the role of
  the Certifying Authority for all Operational
  Programmes.
• A distinct Directorate of the National Fund will
  act as the Competent Body for Payments,
  responsible for receiving all payments from the
  ERDF, the ESF and Cohesion Fund from the EC. The
  Competent Body for Payments will undertake the
  transfer of payments either to the Paying Units
  of each of the Managing Authorities (in case of
  indirect payments), or to the Beneficiaries (in
  the case of direct payments).
• An independent body associated to the Romanian
  Court of Accounts has been designated to operate
  as the Audit Authority.

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Management of the Operational Programmes

• The NSRF is implemented through OPs under each of
  the Convergence and European Territorial
  Cooperation Objectives.
• The management responsibilities of the individual
  Operational Programmes were designated under the
  GD No. 497/2004 and its subsequent amendments.
• The following management and implementation
  arrangements have been defined

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SOP Increase of Economic Competitiveness
2007-2013

• Managing Authority Ministry of Economy and
  Trade, Directorate for Programmes with
  International Organisations (GD No. 497/2004, GD
  No. 738/2004).
• Five Intermediate bodies
• National Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises
  and Cooperatives
• Ministry of Education and Research
• Ministry of Communication and Information
  Technology
• Ministry of Economy and Commerce Energy Policy
  Directorate
• National Authority for Tourism

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SOP Transport 2007-2013

• Managing Authority Ministry of Transport,
  Construction and Tourism, within the General
  Directorate for Foreign Financial Affairs
  (GDFFA).
• Intermediate bodies None

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SOP Environment 2007 - 2013

• Managing Authority Ministry of Environment and
  Water Management (GD No 497/2004, as amended by
  GD No 1179/2004 and GD No 128/2006) Directorate
  General Directorate for the Management of
  Structural Instruments (GD No 308/2005 and GD No
  136/2006).
• Intermediate bodies Eight IBs (REPA IBs), set up
  in each of the regions (according to GD No. 497)
  as independent Directorates within the REPAs,
  coordinated by a Deputy Executive Director and
  reporting directly to the MA of SOP ENV within
  the MEWM
• REPA Bacau for Region 1 North-East
• REPA Galati for Region 2 South-East
• REPA Pitesti for Region 3 South-Muntenia
• REPA Craiova for Region 4 South-West
• REPA Timisoara for Region 5 West
• REPA Cluj-Napoca for Region 6 North-West
• REPA Sibiu for Region 7 Centre
• REPA Bucuresti for Region 8 Bucharest-Ilfov

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Regional Operational Programme 2007 - 2013

• Managing Authority Ministry of European
  Integration (GD No. 497/2004) - Directorate
  General for Regional Development (GD No.
  243/2006, published in OJ No. 194/2006).
• Intermediate bodies Eight Regional ROP IBs,
  established within the 8 RDAs of the respective
  Development Regions
• RDA Region 1 North-East
• RDA Region 2 South-East
• RDA Region 3 South Muntenia
• RDA Region 4 South-West Oltenia
• RDA Region 5 West
• RDA Region 6 North-West
• RDA Region 7 Centre
• RDA Region 8 Bucharest-Ilfov

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SOP Human Resources Development 2007 2013

• The SOP HRD is structured around seven Priority
  Axes
• Education and training in support for growth and
  development of knowledge-based society
• Linking life long learning and labour market
• Increasing adaptability of workers and
  enterprises
• Modernising the Public Employment Service
• Promoting active employment measures
• Promoting social inclusion
• Technical Assistance

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SOP Human Resources Development 2007 2013 (I)

• Managing Authority Ministry of Labour, Social
  Solidarity and Family, through the Directorate
  General MA SOP HRD (GD No. 497/2004).
• Intermediate bodies
• IB National Agency for Employment (NAE - IB SOP
  HRD), organised at a Directorate level,
  responsible for the Priority Axis 4
  Modernisation of Public Employment Services.

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SOP Human Resources Development 2007 2013 (II)

• SOP HRD Intermediate bodies (continued)
• IB Ministry of Education and Research (MER - IB
  for SOP HRD), responsible for the implementation
  of Priority Axes 1 Education and training in
  support of growth and development of the
  knowledge based society (Key Areas of
  Intervention 1 Access to quality education and
  initial VET, 2 Quality in higher education, 3
  Human resources development in education and
  training, 4 Quality in CVT and 5 Doctoral and
  post-doctoral programmes in support of research)
  and Priority Axis 2 Linking life long learning
  and labour market (Key Area of Intervention 2
  Preventing and correcting early school
  leaving).
• Organised as a Directorate, the MER IB SOP
  HRD operates also at the regional level through
  eight Regional Units
• Organism Intermediar Regional MER IB SOP HRD
  Nord-Est
• Organism Intermediar Regional MER IB SOP HRD
  Sud-Est
• Organism Intermediar Regional MER IB SOP HRD Sud
• Organism Intermediar Regional MER IB SOP HRD
  Sud-Vest
• Organism Intermediar Regional MER IB SOP HRD Vest
• Organism Intermediar Regional MER IB SOP HRD
  Nord-Vest
• Organism Intermediar Regional MER IB SOP HRD
  Centru
• Organism Intermediar Regional MER IB SOP HRD
  Buc.-Ilfov

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SOP Human Resources Development 2007 2013
(III)

• SOP HRD Intermediate bodies (continued)
• 8 Regional IBs, subordinated to the MoLSSF, for
  the Priority Axis 3 Increasing adaptability of
  labour force and enterprises (Key Areas of
  Intervention 1 Promoting entrepreneurial
  culture and 2 Training and support for
  enterprises and employees in order to promote
  adaptability) Priority Axis 5 Promoting active
  employment measures, and Priority Axis 6
  Promoting social inclusion (Key Areas of
  Intervention 2 Improving the access and
  participation of vulnerable groups to the labour
  market, 3 Promoting equal opportunities on the
  labour market and 4 Trans-national initiatives
  on inclusive labour market).
• The Regional IBs for SOP HRD correspond
  to the eight Development Regions
• Regional IB SOP HRD 1 North-East
• Regional IB SOP HRD 2 South-East
• Regional IB SOP HRD 3 South
• Regional IB SOP HRD 4 South-West
• Regional IB SOP HRD 5 West
• Regional IB SOP HRD 6 North-West
• Regional IB SOP HRD 7 Centre
• Regional IB SOP HRD 8 Bucharest-Ilfov

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SOP Human Resources Development 2007 2013
(III)

• SOP HRD Intermediate bodies (continued)
• Ministry of Education Research - National
  Centre for TVET Development (CNDIPT), responsible
  for the implementation of Priority Axis 2
  Linking life long learning and labour market
  (key areas of intervention 1 Transition from
  school to active life and 3 Access and
  participation in CVT).
• Romanian Social Development Fund (FRDS),
  responsible for Priority Axis 5 (key area of
  intervention 2 Promoting long term
  sustainability of rural areas in terms of human
  resources development and employment).
• Foundation for Civil Society Development (FDSC),
  responsible for Priority Axis 3 Increasing
  adaptability of workers and enterprises (key
  area of intervention 3 Development of
  partnerships and encouraging initiatives for
  social partners and civil society) and Priority
  Axis 6 Promoting social inclusion (key area of
  intervention 1 Developing Social Economy).

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Operational Programme Administrative Capacity
Development 2007 2013

• Managing Authority The Ministry of
  Administration and Interior General Directorate
  for Administrative Capacity Development (GD No.
  128/2006, amending GD No. 497/2004, and GD No.
  137/2006, amending GD No. 725/2003).
• Intermediate Bodies None

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Operational Programme Technical Assistance 2007
2013

• Managing Authority Ministry of Public Finance -
  Technical Assistance Directorate within the
  Department for the Coordination of Structural
  Instruments Management - DCSIM (GD No. 1179/2004
  supplementing the GD No. 497/2004).
• Intermediate Bodies None

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The Operational Programmes

• European Territorial Cooperation Objective
• OP Cross-border Cooperation (CBC) HURO
• OP CBC RO BG
• OP CBC RO SER
• OP CBC RO UA MD
• OP CBC HU - SK RO UA
• OP CBC Black Sea Basin
• OP Transnational Cooperation South-East European
  Space
• OPs for Interregional Cooperation
• INTERREG IV C
• URBACT II
• ESPON 2013
• INTERRACT II

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OPs under the European Territorial Cooperation
Objective (I)

• OP Cross-border Cooperation (CBC) HURO
• MA National Development Agency (Hungary)
• National Authority in Romania Ministry of
  European Integration
• OP Cross-border Cooperation RO BG
• Managing Authority Ministry of European
  Integration
• OP Cross-border Cooperation RO SER
• Managing Authority Ministry of European
  Integration
• OP Cross-border Cooperation RO UA MD
• Managing Authority Ministry of European
  Integration
• OP Cross-border Cooperation HU - SK RO UA
• MA National Development Agency (Hungary)
• National Authority in Romania Ministry of
  European Integration

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OPs under the European Territorial Cooperation
Objective (II)

• OP CBC Black Sea Basin
• Managing Authority Ministry of European
  Integration
• OP Transnational Cooperation South-East European
  Space
• Managing Authority Ministry of Local Government
  and Spatial Development (Hungary)
• National Authority in Romania Ministry of
  European Integration
• OPs for Interregional Cooperation
• INTERREG IV C Managing Authority France
• URBACT II Managing Authority France
• ESPON 2013 Managing Authority Luxemburg
• INTERRACT II Managing Authority Austria