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Forum for Sustainable Mobilityand Metropolitan Development
Oradea, 13-14 November 2013
JASPERSTeo Falato, Transport Sector Specialist
Contents
• JASPERS overview
• Involvement of JASPERS in Urban Transport
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JASPERS overview
Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions
•Joint technical assistance facility (European Commission, EIB, EBRD, KfW)
•Beneficiary countries:
– Twelve which joined EU in 2004 and 2007 (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia)
– Croatia, FYROM, Montenegro and Serbia– In 2013 assistance extended to Greece 3
Evolution of JASPERS
Project Preparation Support is the focusProject Preparation Support is the focus4
JASPERS rationale
• Stable long-term structure
• IFIs’ in-house technical capacity and experience
• Based in and managed by EIB but separate from EIB lending operations
• Close to beneficiaries: 70% of staff in regional offices
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JASPERS objectives
• Improving the quality of major projects to be submitted for grant financing
• Accelerate the absorption of the available funds
• Building capacity within national administrations:
learning-by-doing/replicating successful methods training seminars (e.g. cost-benefit analysis) horizontal studies: background advice (e.g. state aid),
spreading best practice
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JASPERS Structure
• Focus on Sectors
• Staffing: 89 staff as of 25 June 2013, including 14 support staff
• Experts: engineers, economists and EIA specialists
• 70% of experts in regional offices
• Additional consultancy (JASPERS TA framework contracts)
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JASPERS Sectors Roads Road infrastructure
ITS Road safety
Air - Maritime -
Public Transport
Ports Airports Rail Urban Transport
Water & Waste Water supply Flood management Waste water treatment Waste management
Knowledge Economy,
Energy
R&D ICT Energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy
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JASPERS offices
LUXEMBURG provides overall
coordination and JASPERS services to Cyprus,
Malta, Greece, FYROM, Montenegro and Serbia
WARSAW office since November 2006: provides
JASPERS services to Poland and the
Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania
VIENNA office since March 2007:
provides JASPERS services to Croatia,
Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia,
Slovenia
BUCHAREST office since April 2007:
provides JASPERS services to Bulgaria
and RomaniaSofia facility opened
in March 2009
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JASPERS Action Plan
• Assistance is provided on the basis of annual Action Plans agreed between JASPERS and each beneficiary country
• Action Plans are discussed/decided in co-operation between
- the beneficiary country (Ministry of EU funds and Managing Authorities)
- JASPERS
- EC DG REGIO country desks
• 2007-2010 JASPERS Action Plans covered many projects but only under SOPs, ROP not included
• 2011 – first Action Plan including ROP – Urban Transport10
Action Plan Cycle
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JASPERS assistance- Mainly project preparation
– Assistance from early stages of project through to the decision to grant assistance e.g.
− Advice on conceptual development and project structuring
− Advice on project preparation e.g. feasibility study, options analysis, cost-benefit analysis, financial analysis, environmental issues, procurement planning.
− Advice on compliance with EU law (environmental, competition and others) and conformity with EU policies.
- Implementation support and capacity development− PMUs− Procurement Plans, Tender Documents
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JASPERS Action Plan 2013
Urban Transport
•Guidelines report on urban transport infrastructures
•Preparation of Urban Mobility Plans for the 7 growth poles & Bucharest/Ilfov
•Preparation of a pipeline of “no regret” public transport projects (e.g. rolling stock) for the next financing period
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JASPERS Web Site
www.jaspers-europa-info.org
Contact details
JASPERSBucharest OfficeStrada Vasile Lascar 31020492 Bucharest, Sector 2Romania