EU Funds2014 – 2020

Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014 - 2020

PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2007-2013

• NSRF• IPA/STRUCTUAL OP ENVIRONMENT

• For allocation 1.7.-31.12. 2013. –Structural funds –new organization:

− Law on Establishment of Institutional Framework for Utilization of EU Structural Instruments in the Republic of Croatia – 21. July 2012

− Regulation on the Authorities within Management and Control System of EU Structural Instruments in the Republic of Croatia - 23. August 2012

− Guidelines + Rules on eligibility of expenditure

Coordinating Body – MRDEUF Managing Authority – MENPAuditing Authority – ARPA Intermediate Body level 1 - MPCertifying Authority – MF Intermediate Body level 2 - HV

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME 2007-2013

Priority axis Fund EU fundingNational funding

Total

1. WASTEIPA 42 384 906 7 479 693 49 864 599

CF 31 560 000 5 569 412 37 129 412

2. WATERIPA 86 844 853 15 325 568 102 170 421

CF 112 250 000 19 808 824 132 058 824

3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

IPA 2 069 252 366 165 2 434 417

CF 5 990 000 1 057 059 8 059 252

TOTAL IPA + CF

281 099 011 49 605 708 330 704 719

TOTAL IPA 131 299 011 23 170 426 154 469 437TOTAL CF 149 800 000 26 435 294 176 235 294

TransitionIPA 2007-2013

STRUCTURAL FUNDS

2007 2013 2016

20162013

n+3

n+3

n+3

2020 2023

2007-2013

2014-2020

2014

Projects are submitted to one or other of the financial perspective.In principle there is no switching from one to another perspective .

PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2014-2020

- PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT – 30. October 2014- OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME COMPETITIVENESS AND COHESION - Adopted in December 2014 – funds are available!!

• Institutional Framework- The law on the establishment of an institutional framework for the implementation of

European structural funds and investment funds in Croatia during the financial period 2014 - 2020 (NN 92/2014)

- Regulation of the bodies in the management and control of the use of the European Social Fund, European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund, in connection with the goal of "investing for growth and jobs" (NN 107/2014)

- Guidelines + Rules on eligibility of expenditure

• Coordinating Body – MRDEUF Managing Authority – MRDEUF• Auditing Authority – ARPA Intermediate Body level 1 - MP• Certifying Authority – MF Intermediate Body level 2 - HV

NEW ACCREDITATION

PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2014-2020

- Focus on the objectives and priorities of the strategy Europe 2020

- Support for integrated planning

- Focusing on the result - control of progress towards agreed objectives

- Mandatory output indicators and indicators of results

- Previous rules ( ex-ante conditions )

- The framework for assessment for achievement – Performance framework

FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS

For Priority axis 5b a total of 215.000.000 EUR has been allocated (indicative: DUZS 30.000.000 EUR + HV 185.000.000 EUR)

For Priority axis IP 6ii the allocation is 1.049.340.216 EUR

NAME OF THE PROGRAMME FUND TOTAL (EUR)

OP COMPETITIVENESS AND COHESION

ERDF 4.321.499.588

CF 2.559.545.971

OP EFFICIENT HUMAN RESOURCES ESF 1.516.033.073

YEI 66.177.144

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EAFRD 2.026.222.500

OP MARITIME AFFAIRS AND FISHERIES

EMFF 252.643.138

TOTAL 10.742.121.414

11 thematic objectives of strategy „EUROPE 2020”

1. Strengthening research, technological development and innovation

2. Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies

3. Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, the agricultural sector (for the EAFRD) and the fisheries and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF)

4. Supporting the shift towards a low- carbon economy in all sectors

5. Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management

6. Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency

7. Promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures

8. Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility

9. Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination

10. Investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning

11. Enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration

Allocations are awarded at the level of investment priorities in order to more efficiently (without modification of the OP) carry out the re-allocation of resources with specific goals that have poor to those specific targets with greater absorption

FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS

INDICATIVE ALLOCATIONS GROUPED BY THEMATIC OBJECTIVES AND EU FUNDSERDF ESF CF EAFRD EMFF TOTAL

1. Strengthening research, technological development and innovation

664.792.165 16.050.000 680.842.165

2. Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies

307.952.676 307.952.676

3. Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, the agricultural sector (for the EAFRD) and the fisheries and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF)

970.000.000 819.486.573 143.654.447

1.933.141.020

4. Supporting the shift towards a low- carbon economy in all sectors

531.810.805 200.633.770 8.654.126 741.098.701

5. Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management

245.396.147 255.215.471 500.611.618

6. Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency

338.020.392 1.649.340.216 255.215.471 66.221.932 2.308.798.011

7. Promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures

400.000.000 910.205.755 1.310.205.755

FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS

ERDF ESF CF EAFRD EMFF TOTAL

8. Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility

486.116.129 128.800.000 18.954.045 633.870.174

9. Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination

376.500.000 328.000.000. 286.786.653 991.286.653

10. Investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning

270.914.791 450.000.000 9.000.000 729.914.791

11. Enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration

191.276.944 191.276.944

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

216.112.612 60.640.000 55.034.562 15.158.588 346.945.762

TOTAL 4.321.499.588 1.516.033.073 2.559.545.971 2.026.222.500 252.643.138 10.675.944.270

INDICATIVE ALLOCATIONS GROUPED BY THEMATIC OBJECTIVES AND EU FUNDS

EU REGULATIONSRegulations-1303/2013 – Common Provisions Regulation (CPR)-1300/2013 – Cohesion Fund Regulation-1301/2013 – ERDF Regulation-1305/2013 – EAFRD Regulation

Implementing acts (eg . forms, financial instruments, aspects of management and control)

-215/2014 – support to objectives of climate change and performance framework

-821/2014 – informing and communication, system of documenting

-1011/2014 – delivery and exchange of information between the EC and the bodies in the system

Delegated acts

480/2014 – supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament

Guides , Guidelines

Eg. programming , ex-ante conditions, Performance Framework, CBA, …

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/information/legislation/index_en.cfm- Comprehensive list is located within Rules no. 06 (CNR)

PROGRAM COMPLEMENT

• Contains detailed information on the structure and main activities of the OP: establishes the implementing details on each specific objective and each indicative established scheme/project

• Program Complement is prepared by IB1

• Adopted by the Working Group of the Croatian Government appointed for EU Funds

• Adopted PC is published on the website of ESI funds

• The purpose of PC is to:

- Facilitates IB’s in planning and implementation

- Offers potential users an overview of the planned calls preferably for the entire period of the OP, and at least for the first three years

The selection and implementation of projects co-financed by EU funds

STRUCTURE OF BODIES IN THE SYSTEM

Certifying Authority

Coordinating Body

Intermediate Body level 1

Intermediate Body level 2

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Environmental

Protection

Ministry of Regional Development and EU

Funds

Ministry of Agriculture

Hrvatske vode

European Union

Utility CompanyInvestor

Contractor

End User

Grant contract

2014.-2020.

2007.-2013.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF MA (IB1) AND HV (IB2)2 PRIORITY AXES: •PA 5: Climate change and risk management•PA 6: Environmental protection and sustainability of resources

2 THEMATIC OBJECTIVES: •05 – Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management •06 – Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency

2 INVESTMENT PRIORITIES UNDER THE THEMATIC OBJECTIVES•5b – Promoting investment to address specific risks, ensuring disaster resilience and developing disaster management systems•6ii – Investing in the water sector to meet the requirements of the Union's environmental acquis and to address needs, identified by the Member States, for investment that goes beyond those requirements

3 SPECIFIC GOALS UNDER THE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES•5b1 - Increasing capacities and equipping for risk management on the national and regional level•6ii1 – Improvement of the public water supply system with the purpose of assuring quality and safety of water supply for drinking water•6ii2 – Development of sewerage system and collection of waste water treatment with the aim to contribute to improvement of water status

• Intermediate Body level 2 @ participates in the preparation of tender documentation and selection of projects, concludes a grant contract with the user (and IB1), daily interacts with the user and advises him, checks the execution of the contractual obligations of users and monitors the progress of the project, investigates suspected irregularities, decide on the eligibility of expenditure during implementation and initiates financial corrections

RESPONSIBILITIES OF MA (IB1) I HV (IB2)

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OP

Criteria for Grants

• Selection criteria (SC) : applied for assessing the quality of all project proposals within the OP, and together with the corresponding methodology must pass the approval of the Monitoring Committee before the start of each of the award procedures for the scheme / project (indicative determined in Program Complement)

• Eligibility criteria (EC) : resulting from the application of national and EU regulations

TYPES OF PROCEDURES FOR THE AWARD OF GRANTS

• EU FUNDS CAN BE AWARDED ONLY ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS !!

• 1. Open procedure (temporary and permanent),

• 2. Restricted procedure (temporary and permanent),

• 3. Indicative award,

• 4. Direct award,

• 5. Award for public-private partnerships,

• 6. Selection of major projects.

End of the selection process

GRANT CONTRACT

Project preparation

• Projects must comply with EU regulations, national laws, strategies and programs

• Projects are prepared in a complex environment• Projects must analyze the full space and provide integral

solutions• Projects must be organizationally, technically, financially and

environmentally sustainable• Each project demands a thorough preparation

Identification - Harmonization

PROJECTstrategies

programs

legislation

spatial plans organization of implementation

EU Regulations

EU Directives

EU Guides

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Elements of project preparation

DRAFTING OF FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DESIGN DOCUMENTATION• Option analysis for the entire system (conceptual design); • Investigation works; • Feasibility study; • Cost Benefit Analysis; • Environmental impact assessment ; • Design documentation up to Preliminary design for WWTP;• Design documentation (Preliminary and Main design) for all other planned objects;• Tender documentation;• Project implementation plan; • Issuing of Location permit for WWTP / Building permits for all other planned objects;• Drafting of Application form for EU funds with all necessary documentation and annexes –

Regulation 1303/2013 from 17. December 2013;

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Feasibility study • Engineering context• Financial context• Socio – economical context• Ecological context• Risk context

Technical feasibility

Financial analysis

Economic analysis

Sensitivity analysis

Risk analysis

Application of a projects for EU fundsMulti-phase process:1. Administrative check of project applications (assessment of

technical conditions for the application)

2. Checking compliance of project applications with the approved selection criteria

(assessment of compliance with the strategies and programs)

3. Eligibility check of project applications(assessment of compliance with the requirements for projects)

4. Eligibility check by European Commission (>50mil€)5. Financing Decision and Contract

Project implementation - Contracting

• Tender procedures for works, services, and equipment - Public Procurement Act fully harmonized (EU funds);

• The contract documentation for works - FIDIC (Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs - Conseils) Construction contracts (EU funds);

• Tender documentation for services and equipment - Public Procurement Act fully harmonized (EU funds) .

Tender documentation should be finished/near finished at the time of approval of the project in order to ensure the timely implementation of project activities .

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End of project (Contract)

• After implementation of the project, assessment of the performance of the project is carried out, that is, the justification of financing of the project by the state:– Achieving the anticipated results of the project (built ...)– Achievement of project indicators (achieving the purpose/goal)– The contribution of the project to OP indicator (contribution

purposes)– The contribution of the project to OP objectives (contribution to

a cause)• Infrastructure projects are also reviewed for durability of ownership

and use of infrastructure.• In case of project failure, there is a return of investment to the state

and its conversion into another project in order to achieve the higher goal.

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Dynamics of contracting

OP - PA2: ALLOCATIONS AND NEEDS

• Approved projects - Slavonski Brod, Knin, Drniš, Sisak, Preparation of project documentation, Osijek, Poreč, Čakovec, Vukovar i Županja, Pipeline 2

• In the process of approval - Nova Gradiška, RVS Osijek, Virovitica, Vodice

OP ENVIRONMENT 2007-2013 – PA 2 EU PART TOTAL

ALLOCATION CF - PA2 € 199.094.853

APPROVED € 262,853,367 € 363.850.405

IN PROCESS OF APPROVAL € 36.572.721 € 52.246.743

TOTAL APPROVAL € 299,426,088 € 416.097.148

DIFFERENCE -€ 61.145.954,65

PROJECT PREPARATION

• HRVATSKE VODE have initiated preparation of a number of projects in 2010• 260 mil. Kn (35 mil Euro) has been allocated for the preparation of projects• At the start of 2014 additional 337.5 mil. kn (45 mil Euro) was approved through CF 2007-13 allocation

• Total estimated value of projects prepared is 2.6 billion Euros• A larger number of projects in a high degree of maturity• As part of preparations so far:

―2300 km of main designs of water supply and waste water network―20 preliminary designs of WWTPs―537 location permits issued―338 main project certifications / building permits issued

CfP EN.2.1.11. – co-financing of the study and project documentation by the EU

Phase in the process of allocation of funds Number of applications

Total value of applications (HRK)

Opening of the Calls, receipt of all project proposals 80 630.339.573

Financing decision 58 316.095.107Contracts signed by HV (38 signed + 15 in-house procedure) 53 304.138.696

Contracts signed by Applicants 16 102.597.170Tendering documentation received (ex-ante) 38 246.736.799

Recommendations for tendering documentation sent to applicants 27 161.425.554

Public procurement published 16 111.081.643

Project OsijekTotal investment: 72.508.560 € Period of implementation: 2013 - 2018

Project activitiesConstruction / reconstruction of three main water supply lines in the length of 16 kmConstruction / reconstruction of the sewerage system in the length of 62.1 km with 15 pumping stationsConstruction of 4.4 km and reconstruction of 0.17 km collectorsConstruction of a WWTP with the capacity of 170.000 PE with third degree of purificationUpgrade of Drinking Water Treatment Plant for arsenic removalDelivery of equipment for maintenance and inspection of the system

Status: The project has been approved as a Major project, in the implementation phase .

Project Čakovec

Total investment: 46.172.004 €Period of implementation: 2014 - 2018

Project activitiesExpansion of the existing sewerage network (around 73.5 km of new pipelines with 32 pumping stations)Reconstruction (around 14.7 km of sewerage network, two overflows with accompanying retention basins with a total volume of 1860 m3, five pumping stations)Construction of a WWTP with third degree treatment and a capacity of 75.000 PERestoration of a part of existing mixed discharge system (5 km of pipelines)

Status: The project is nationally approved in the implementation phase.

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