On the side of the European Union Programmes and the relevant DG's it is essential to provide the necessary technical descriptions of the actions and the annual costs in time and assign adequate resources to the management/monitoring of the contracts. RELEVANCE IPA II STRATEGY PAPER WITH THE AND OTHER KEY REFERENCES The Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2014-2020 identifies the need to provide assistance for entry -tickets to the relevant Union Programmes. This action document will focus on those UP's identified as priorities by the Government and are in line with the CSP respective sectors, i.e. the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights, Democracy and Governance, Competitiveness, Environment, Transport, Education, Agriculture, etc, covering a wide spectrum of areas. LESSONS LEARNED AND LINK TO PREVIOUS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE As mentioned in the context analysis, the beneficiary has participated in various Union Programmes. Assistance was provided through the CARDS instrument and IPA I. The number of beneficiaries has increased over the years. The absorption rate of some contracts under IPA indicates that the with the beneficiaries can be strengthened. This was also the result of changing political priorities and insufficient national resources to ensure the required ownership of the process. The experience so far has also pinpointed the need for coupling the general information, with targeted attention for enhancing the knowledge related to the particular calls, financial and legal issues, project preparation and management and, very important, further enhancement of the participation of small and medium size enterprises. IPA II assistance needs to be targeted to the political objectives. These objectives are identified in the Country Strategy Paper. This entails a degree of selection according to the national priorities.
On the side of the European Union Programmes and the relevant DG's it is essential to provide the necessary technical descriptions of the actions and the annual costs in time and assign adequate resources to the management/monitoring of the contracts. RELEVANCE WITH THE IPA II STRATEGY PAPER AND OTHER KEY REFERENCES The Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2014-2020 identifies the need to provide assistance for entry -tickets to the relevant Union Programmes. This action document will focus on those UP's identified as priorities by the Government and are in line with the CSP respective sectors, i.e. the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights, Democracy and Governance, Competitiveness, Environment, Transport, Education, Agriculture, etc, covering a wide spectrum of areas. LESSONS LEARNED AND LINK TO PREVIOUS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE As mentioned in the context analysis, the beneficiary has participated in various Union Programmes. Assistance was provided through the CARDS instrument and IPA I. The number of beneficiaries has increased over the years. The absorption rate of some contracts under IPA indicates that the with the beneficiaries can be strengthened. This was also the result of changing political priorities and insufficient national resources to ensure the required ownership of the process. The experience so far has also pinpointed the need for coupling the general information, with targeted attention for enhancing the knowledge related to the particular calls, financial and legal issues, project preparation and management and, very important, further enhancement of the participation of small and medium size enterprises. IPA II assistance needs to be targeted to the political objectives. These objectives are identified in the Country Strategy Paper. This entails a degree of selection according to the national priorities.
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