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- Priority 1
- Priority 2
- Priority 3
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- The grant awarding procedures
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General Information
The European Neighbourhood an Partnership Instrument (ENPI) is the initiative of the European Commission, aiming at developing the cooperation between the European Union and the partner countries by ensuring the integrated and sustainable regional development.
During the New financial perspective Poland will participate and manage two Programmes financed within the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument:
• Poland-Belarus-Ukraine
• Lithuania-Poland-Russia
The legal basis of the abovementioned programme is:
Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (OJ.310 on 9.11.2006).
The implementing rules are described in:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2007 of 9 August 2007 laying down implementing rules for cross-border cooperation programmes financed under ENPI (OJ.210 on 10.08.2007)
Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland - Belarus - Ukraine 2007 2013 was approved by the European Commission on November 6th 2008 - Decision number K(2008)6411.
The core objective of the programme is support for cross-border development processes. The programme objectives will be realised through non-commercial projects implemented within the following priorities and measures:
Priority 1.
Increasing competitiveness of the border area.
Priority 2.
Improving the quality of life
Priority 3.
Networking and people-to-people cooperation.
Total Programme budget: 202,9 million EUR (including 186,2 million EUR of the EU co-financing.)
Programme implementation period: starting from November 6th 2008 (the date of Programme approval by the European Commission) till December 31st 2016.
Contracting period – till December 31st 2013
All activities within Project must be completed till December 31st 2014
All payments, Programme ex-post evaluation and the final report must be completed and submitted to the EC and the final payment from the EC must be done till 31st December 2016.
Basic eligibility criteria:
• the project has to include cross - EU border partnership, i.e. it should be submitted jointly by the beneficiaries of Poland and Belarus or Ukraine
• the project has to be implemented in the programme area and investment activities (infrastructure) may be implemented only in the cooperation areas
• the total value of activities financed in the adjacent cooperation areas may not be higher than 20% of the total programme budget
• the integrated projects will be prioritised and encouraged
• the environmental sustainability (projects with serious negative impact on environment cannot receive funding within the programme and positive environmental impact will be taken into account in the evaluation process).
Financed by the European Union