Analytical examination of
the acquis
CHAPTER 22 - REGIONAL POLICY AND COORDINATION OF
STRUCTURAL INSTRUMENTS
Turkey
Country session
Draft Agenda
09-10.10.2006
Monday 9 October 2006
– Legal and institutional framework,
administrative capacity and programming |
Time |
Subject |
Areas of
presentation and discussions
Acquis
references* |
Experts
from Turkey and EC |
9.00 – 12.30 |
|
Legal and institutional framework |
|
9.00 – 9.15 |
Welcome and
introductory remarks
|
Chairman: C.
Danielsson (DG ELARG)
A. Bougas (DG REGIO) |
|
9.15 – 9.30 |
Introduction by Turkish Delegation |
General introduction
to chapter preparations |
|
9.30 – 10.15 |
Legal
framework |
Budget planning and
implementation mechanisms at national and local level
Co-financing
mechanisms at national and local level
Specific financial
control legal provisions
Compliance with
Community policies
Territorial
organisation |
TR:
EC: A. Bougas, B.
Nadler, DG REGIO B2
P. Corti, A. Marquez
Camacho, DG EMPL C3 |
10.15 – 10.45 |
Time for questions |
|
10.45 – 11.00 |
Coffee break |
|
11.00 – 11.45 |
Institutional
framework |
Designation of
bodies / authorities responsible for the preparation and
implementation of Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund
Setting up of the
implementation system, definition of tasks and responsibilities
of the bodies or authorities involved in the preparation and
implementation of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund
Inter-ministerial
co-ordination, Partnership |
TR:
EC: A. Bougas, B.
Nadler, R. Lopez Sanchez, DG REGIO B2
P. Corti, A. Marquez
Camacho, DG EMPL C3 |
11.45 – 12.30 |
Time for questions |
|
12.30 – 14.00 |
Lunch Break |
|
14.00 – 17.00 |
|
Administrative capacity and programming |
|
14.00 – 14.45 |
Administrative
capacity |
Establishing and
implementing organisational development strategies, recruitment
and training plans
Recruiting and
retaining high quality staff |
TR:
EC: A. Bougas, B.
Nadler, DG REGIO B2
P. Corti, A. Marquez
Camacho, DG EMPL C3 |
14.45 – 15.15 |
Time for questions |
|
15.15 – 15.30 |
Coffee break |
|
15.30 – 16.15 |
Programming |
Preparation of
programming documents: NSRF, Operational Programmes
Effective
partnership
Project Pipeline |
TR:
EC: A. Bougas, J.
Torrebadella and B. Nadler, DG REGIO B2
P. Corti, A. Marquez
Camacho, DG EMPL C3 |
16.15 – 17.00 |
Time for questions |
|
17.00 |
Closure Day 1 |
|
|
Tuesday 10 October 2006
– Monitoring and Evaluation,
Financial Management and Control |
Time |
Subject |
Areas of
presentation and discussions
Acquis
references* |
Experts/speakers from Turkey and EC |
9.15 – 10.00 |
Monitoring and Evaluation |
Establishing
evaluation capacity and process
Set up and
implementation of a Management Information System (MIS) |
TR:
EC: C. Le Foll, DG
REGIO B3
A. Mairate, DG REGIO
C2
P. Corti, A. Marquez
Camacho, DG EMPL C3 |
10.00 – 10.45 |
Time for questions |
|
10.45 – 11.00 |
Coffee break |
|
11.00 – 11.45 |
Financial
Management and Control |
Designation of the bodies or authorities responsible for the
implementation of the specific financial management, control
and audit provisions
Setting up of
the implementation system, definition of tasks and
responsibilities |
TR:
EC: C. de Lassus,
DG REGIO A
A. Wicha, DG REGIO I
2
P. Corti, A. Marquez
Camacho, DG EMPL C3 |
11.45 – 12.30 |
Time for questions |
|
12.30 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
|
14.00 – 15.30 |
|
Further
discussions and a.o.b. |
|
15.30 – 15.45 |
Closuring remarks and closure of Day 2 |
Chairman: D. Daly
(DG ELARG)
A. Bougas (DG REGIO) |
|
RELEVANT ACQUIS:
* Main Structural
Funds/Cohesion Fund Regulations
·
1080/2006 - Regulation of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund
·
1084/2006 - Council regulation
establishing a Cohesion Fund
·
1081/2006 - Regulation of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund
·
1082/2006 - Regulation of the European
Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of
cross-border co-operation (EGCC)
EUR-Lex nomenclature covered by Chapter 22
14.
Regional policy and coordination of structural instruments
Useful information
A
wealth of useful resources can be found on the web pages of DG REGIO and
DG EMPL as follows:
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