TAIEX

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TAIEX
Technical Assistance and Information Exchange
Instrument of the European Commission
Institution Building UnitDG Enlargement
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Mission Statement
Supports beneficiary countries in understanding,
transposing, implementing and applying EU
policies, legislation, rules the acquis
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TAIEX a success story

• Ownership demand driven
• Gap-filling - Focused on the EU acquis
• Responsiveness - Short-term and flexible
  instrument
• Peer-to-peer ?
• Expertise from EU MS

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Beneficiaries

• Pre-accession assistance (IPA) Candidate
  countries and Potential Candidates
• Countries covered by the European Neighbourhood
  and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) and Russia
• Turkish Cypriot community

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Beneficiary groups

• Central Governments, Ministries, Government
  bodies, Regulators
• National Parliaments
• Judiciary and Law Enforcement Bodies
• Social Partners and Private Sector Associations

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Areas covered

• Agriculture and Food Safety
• Internal Market
• Environment, Transport and Telecommunications
• Justice and Home Affairs

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Internal market - 2011
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Justice and Home Affairs - 2011
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Agriculture and Food Safety - 2011
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Environment, Transport and Telecommunications -
2011
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TAIEX events per beneficiary - 2011
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Expertise

• Mobilised experts are almost exclusively Member
  States public-sector officials
• Commissions and other EU Institutions officials
  often involved

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Experts mobilised in TAIEX activities
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Participants at TAIEX activities
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TAIEX events since 2007
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Main forms of assistance

• Seminars/Workshops (single or multi-beneficiary)
• Expert Missions
• Study Visits

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Costs covered by TAIEX

• Workshops
• Hotel and travel costs for speakers coming from
  the EU Member States
• Meeting room rental (if in a hotel)
• Interpretation (including equipment)
• Catering (lunch, coffee)

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Costs covered by TAIEX

• Expert Missions
• Limited to 10 - 15 participants
• Duration of maximum one week
• No interpretation in principle
• TAIEX covers flight costs, hotel and daily
  allowances for EU MS expert
• Only experts from national administrations of the
  EU MSs

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Costs covered by TAIEX

• Study Visits
• Limited to maximum 3 participants
• Duration of maximum one week
• Interpretation (only in exceptional cases)
• TAIEX covers flight costs, hotel and daily
  allowances for participants

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Activation

• Requests are primarily generated by the
  beneficiary countries
• Suggestions from Commission services are also
  considered
• Suggestions from MS cannot usually be taken into
  consideration

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How long does it take?

• TAIEX can quickly deliver the requested
  assistance
• From the moment the application is approved, a
  minimum of 6-8 weeks for the dispatching of an
  expert and of about 10 weeks for the organisation
  of a seminar

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How are requests processed?

• All applications are submitted for opinion to the
  National Contact Points, the EU Delegation and
  the competent Commission services. Applications
  concerning ENPI countries are sent to the
  directorate general development and cooperation
  (devco)
• The Institution Building Unit of DG Enlargement,
  takes the final decision
• IMPORTANT Quality of applications (clear,
  complete and pertinent to the EU acquis)

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How to apply?

• Application forms available via the website
• http//taiex.ec.europa.eu
• Letter, fax, e-mail (under the condition that the
  basic information requested in the application
  form is provided) through the National Contact
  Point

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European Commission Directorate General
Enlargement Institution Building Unit TAIEX
Instrument e-mail elarg-taiex_at_ec.europa.eu
Website http//taiex.ec.europa.eu