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EU-Funding in New Member States pre-accession-instruments (Phare/Ispa/Sapard) were replaced by EU-Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund Volume: 2004-2006: 22 Billion Euro (7,3 Bill. p.a. vs. 0,5 Bill. previously)

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EU-Funding in New Member States

• pre-accession-instruments (Phare/Ispa/Sapard) were replaced by EU-Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund

• Volume: 2004-2006: 22 Billion Euro (7,3 Bill. p.a. vs. 0,5 Bill. previously)

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EU-Funds in New MS: Priorities

• Transport Infrastructure

• Energy supply

• Environmental investments (infrastructure, enterprises)

• Enterprises, Innovation

• Starting-up and development of enterprises

• Tourism

• Culture and Social Economy

• Modernization of telecom networks

• Qualification of employees and entrepreneurs

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EU-Funding: Environmental Investments

Water supply

Waste water treatment

Waste management

Implementation of IPPC-Directive

reducing pollution in power stations

improvement in energy efficiency

Renewable energy

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Application for funding

Authorities or Agencies in Member States

individual application or Calls for proposals Info: http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/index_de.htm http://wko.at/awo (Fachreport „Fördermöglichkeiten“) http://wko.at/eu

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EU-Funding/Enviroment: South-Eastern-Europe

• Romania and Bulgaria: Phare/ISPA/Sapard

Increase of financial assistance since 2004

Western Balkans: Countries: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegowina

Albania, Mazedonia

EU-Programme CARDS

Croatia will benefit from pre-accession instruments from 2005

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Pre-accession-instruments

• Phare: „Institution and Capacity Building“ Preparation of Public Administration for EU-entry

• Ispa: Large enviromental projects Transport Infrastructure

• Sapard: Modernization of Agricultural sector

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Pre-accession-instruments: Project examples

• Phare: Technical assistance for ministries (policy making) installation of air-quality measuring system supply of laboratory equipment

• Ispa: Waste water treatment Landfills

• Sapard: water and waste management, environmentally-friendly production

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CARDS

• Political Objective:

Stabilization of Balkan regions

Association to EU

• Financial means:

2000-2006: ca. 5 Billion Euro

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Priority sectors

• Justice and home affairs: reform of the judiciary and police, migration and asylum, integrated border management, the fight against organised crime

• Administrative capacity building: public administration reform, taxation and customs

• Economic and social development: economic reform, social cohesion, local infrastructure development, education

• Democratic stabilisation: civil society development, refugee return, media reform

• Environment and natural resources: institution strengthening, monitoring and planning

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Cards: Project

examples/Environment Supply of measuring and calibration equipment

Supply of testing equipment for sanitary border controls

Technical Assistance: Environmental legislation, Spatial planning,

Environmental Action plans, Environmental Information Systems

Environmental Managementplan for river basin

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Information on Calls for Tenders

• Phare/ISPA/CARDS: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl

• Sapard: Sapard Agencies in recipient countries:http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/external/enlarge/countries/index_de.htm

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LIFE Environment

no R&D funding

no investment programme for existing technology

bridging the gap between development and application (Demonstration projects)

EU-Call for proposals

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European R&D programmes

• Eureka:

• innovative product/process/service with high market potential

• at least 2 European partners involved

• Non-EU-countries eligible (e.g. Russia, Balkans, Israel)

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European R&D programmes

6th FTD Framework Programme

- Industrial Technologies/New procedures

- Environmental Technology

- CRAFT (min. 3 SME commission min. 2 Research Institutes, min. 3 countries)

- Collective Research (Associations of enterprises from min. 2 countries commission min. 2 Institutes

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