Implementation ProgressProgramme BG 14 Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014

Cooperation Committee, Sofia, June 2015

Implementation of Programme Agreement BG14

PO envisage to initiate changes to Annex I:

-programme indicators;

- budget reallocations between Outcomes in order to respond to the predefined budgets and their indicators

Financial implementation

• Payments to the PPs till now : 2 279 616 Euro (incl. Advance payments)

• Total Programme Budget: 3 091 000 Euro

Audits under Programme BG14

• In the reported period:

- Report of Audit Authority (Directorate “Audit of the EU Funds) received and comments of PO submitted

- Audit by OFM on MCS conducted – audit report for preliminary opinion provided on 11 th June 2015, comments on findings submitted on 18th June 2015

Funds for bilateral relations at programme level PO conducted selection procedure on 4 initiatives in the framework of the open calls

under BG14 started, according to the Rules and for the administration of a Fund for bilateral relations for both Programmes, approved by the Financial Mechanism Office.

4 Agreements for implementation has been signed with the Project Promoters;

- BF initiative 1: “Supporting the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding vulnerable groups”, Bulgarian Government Agent and CoE –Partner;

- BF initiative 2: “Enhancing the Effectiveness of the University Education on the ECHR” , Bulgarian Government Agent; The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and Council of Europe –Partners ;

- BF initiative 3: “Piloting HELP distance learning course on Anti-discrimination” National Institute of Justice and CoE as Partner- BF initiative 4: Capacity Building of Project Promoters and Donor Project Partners to Support the Continued Implementation and the Planning of Future Norway Grants Projects, NIJ, SJC and Government Agent, The Norwegian Courts Administration-Partner

BF-Financial implementation

BF initiatives Partner/s Budget (Euro)

BF initiative 1: “Supporting the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding vulnerable groups”, Bulgarian Government Agent

CoE 10 949

BF initiative 2: “Enhancing the Effectiveness of the University Education on the ECHR”, Bulgarian Government Agent

Norwegian Centre for Human Rights ,CoE

10 999

BF initiative 3: “Piloting HELP distance learning course on Anti-discrimination”, National Institute of Justice

CoE 10 510

BF initiative 4: Capacity Building of Project Promoters and Donor Project Partners to Support the Continued Implementation and the Planning of Future Norway Grants Projects, NIJ, SJC and Government Agent, -Partner

The Norwegian Courts Administration

4 755

Total: 37 213

Bilateral fund (total) 56 471 - 37213 = 19 258

Status of the pre-defined projects

- PdP 1, 2 and 3 under implementation

- PdP 4 in final stage of implementation – extension until 31 July 2015; extension of the project with additional funds by savings of the Programmes forthcoming

Thank you for your attention!