The document discusses the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), an EU program that provides funding and technical assistance to accession countries. It has 5 components that focus on institutional building, cross-border cooperation, regional development, human resources, and rural development. IPA implementation involves a multi-annual financial framework, indicative planning documents by country and component, and specific programming at the country and component levels. Management can be centralized, decentralized, joint, or shared. The goal is fully decentralized management with only ex-post Commission control. Access to regional, human resource, and rural development funds requires decentralized management be in place. Projects must comply with procurement rules, operational program priorities, relevant EU directives, and co

1. Sustainable Economic Development of the Sudurnes
region, Iceland
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA):
JOSE MATEOS MORENO
Ásbrú, 25 November 2011

2. A little explanation of IPA’s scope
Accession Countries: Institutional Building (IB) and
preparation for EU fund management
Component I: Institutional Building and TA
Component II: Cross-border cooperation
Component III, IV and V: fund-oriented
III: Regional development (ERDF and CF)
IV: Human resource development (ESF)
V: Rural Development (EAFRD)
• Mini-Structural Funds
• Programmed multi-annually

3. IPA General implementation
framework
I. Political and Financial Framework : Multi-
annual Indicative Financial Framework
(MIFF), including all countries and per
component, until 2013, included in
enlargement package.
II. Strategic planning: Multi-annual (For Iceland
2011-3) Indicative Planning Documents
(MIPD), per country and for all components,
following the logic of the MIFF.
III. Specific programming by country and by
component

4. General implementation framework:
General implementation
flowchart Candidates
framework: flowchart
Candidates
ENLARGEMENT PACKAGE, including
Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework MIFF
A. by country and by component
B. Multi-annual Indicative Planning Document
by country for all relevant components
Comp I Comp II Comp III Comp IV Comp V
C.
National Operational Rural
or Joint Operational
Horizontal Programme/ Development
Programme programme
Programme Large project programme

5. Programming level
• MIPD supplemented by detailed annual or
multi-annual programmes (Operational
Programmes), depending on the component
• Operational Programmes established per
component, by the beneficiary country and
submitted to the Commission

6. Management
• Operations to be implemented through centralised
management, decentralised management, joint
management or shared management
• Fully decentralised management, i.e. decentralised
management with only ex-post rather than ex-ante
control = the objective.
• Access to components III, IV and V, open only if
decentralisation in place

7. Implementation of IPA
 Conditionality for projects, as regards compliance with:
 procurement rules (PRAG RULES)
 priorities set out in the related OP
 principles deriving from relevant directives at
project level
 Co-financing rates : maximum 85% of eligible
costs
 Large projects (> 10 M€) submitted to the
Commission (Brussels) for ex ante approval.
Sustainable Economic 7
Development of the Sudurnes
region, Iceland