Ref. Ares(2012)657696 - 04/06/2012 EUROPEAN UNION European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 Joint Operational Programme Adopted on 23 September 2008 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ....................................................................................................................................3 1. Description, Objectives and Priorities......................................................................................3 1.1. Summary of the programme ..............................................................................................3 1.1.1. The process of programming..........................................................................................3 1.1.2. Summary of the programme’s content...........................................................................3 1.2. Description and analysis of the geographical areas concerned by the programme ......3 1.2.1. General information .......................................................................................................3 1.2.2. Population.......................................................................................................................3 1.2.3. Environment and nature .................................................................................................3 1.2.4. Economic structure.........................................................................................................3 1.2.5. Infrastructure ..................................................................................................................3 1.2.6. Education and R&D ......................................................................................................3 1.3. Coherence with other programmes and existing strategies ............................................3 1.3.1. Coherence with EU policies and programmes ...............................................................3 1.3.2. Experience of previous programmes..............................................................................3 1.3.3. Conclusions of the coherence analysis for the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine JOP strategy and implementation.............................................................................................3 1.3.4. Cross-Cutting Themes of the Programme......................................................................3 1.3.5. Measuring the performance of the programme ..............................................................3 1.4. Objectives, priorities and measures of the programme...................................................3 1.4.1. Overall objective ............................................................................................................3 1.4.2. Identification of aims for priorities ................................................................................3 1.4.3. Identification of relevant ENPI Objectives.....................................................................3 1.4.4. Priorities of the programme............................................................................................3 1.4.5. Indicative allocation of funds.........................................................................................3 1.5. Environmental Assessment.................................................................................................3 1.6. Indicative financing plan ....................................................................................................3 2. Programme management structure..........................................................................................3 2.1. Participating Countries.......................................................................................................3 2.2. Reference to the previous programmes.............................................................................3 2.2.1. Phare CBC programmes.................................................................................................3 2.2.2. Neighbourhood Programmes 2004-2006 .......................................................................3 2.2.3. Differences and continuity .............................................................................................3 2.3. Management and Implementation Structures..................................................................3 2.3.1. Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC)...............................................................................3 2.3.2. Joint Managing Authority (JMA)...................................................................................3 2.3.3. Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) ...................................................................................3 2.3.4. National Authorities .......................................................................................................3 2.3.5. Management capacity.....................................................................................................3 3. Project development and selection............................................................................................3 3.1. Project development............................................................................................................3 3.2. Project selection...................................................................................................................3 3.3. Eligible applicants ...............................................................................................................3 4. Information and publicity .........................................................................................................3 4.1. Objectives.............................................................................................................................3 2 4.2. Target groups.......................................................................................................................3 4.3. Information and publicity measures, channels and tools ................................................3 4.4. Responsibilities ....................................................................................................................3 4.5. Implementing bodies...........................................................................................................3 4.6. Indicative Budget.................................................................................................................3 4.7. Monitoring and evaluation of the Communication Plan .................................................3 5. Project level implementation and programme level financial management ........................3 5.1. Project level implementation..............................................................................................3 5.1.1. The Beneficiary..............................................................................................................3 5.1.2. Contractual procedures...................................................................................................3 5.1.4. Project reporting.............................................................................................................3 5.1.5. Project level financial management and control ............................................................3 5.2. National co-financing ..........................................................................................................3 5.3. Programme level financial management (ENPI)..............................................................3 6. Monitoring and Evaluation .......................................................................................................3 6.1. Monitoring ...........................................................................................................................3 6.1.1. Programme level monitoring..........................................................................................3 6.1.2. Monitoring the impact on environment..........................................................................3 6.1.3. Programme Monitoring and Information System ..........................................................3 6.2. Evaluation ............................................................................................................................3 7. Specific implementation rules of the programme TA budget................................................3 8. Use of languages .........................................................................................................................3 Annexes ...........................................................................................................................................3 Annex 1. – Basic characteristics ..............................................................................................3 Annex 2. – Natural population fluctuation and distribution of inhabitants by age (2005) ......3 Annex 3. – Settlement structure by population size (2005) .....................................................3 Annex 4. – Statistics on Economy (2004)................................................................................3 Annex 5. – Employment (2005)...............................................................................................3 Annex 6. – SMEs (2005)..........................................................................................................3 Annex 7. – Tourism (2005)......................................................................................................3