Twinning in Poland UK-Polish twinning conference

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Twinning in PolandUK-Polish twinning conference

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

NCP Office in Poland Warsaw 30.10.2010

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Contents

• Role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the National Contact Point for twinning and TAIEX

• Activities of NCP Office aiming at promotion of twinning assistance

What we have done during the last 12 months What we are going to do

• Polish institutions in twinning projects

• Areas of main interest

• Co-operation with Great Britain


NCP Office in Poland

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Part 1

Role of MFA as the National Contact Point for twinning and TAIEX



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About us

PREVIOUSLY (till the 31 December 2009)

Office of the Committee for European Integration

• Administrative Office (approval, monitoring and co-ordination of twinning)

• National Contact Point (NCP) for twinning and TAIEX

NOW (since 1 January 2010)


• National Contact Point (NCP) for twinning and TAIEX



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About us



Brussels;EU Delagations

in IPA/ENPI countries

Polish Embassies in IPA/ENPI countries

Polish Administration

Member States NCPs

NCP in Poland

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What we do

Main tasks of the NCP Office

Coordination and promotion of twinning and TAIEX instruments

• Informing Polish administration on newly circulated twinning fiches and TAIEX events and submission of Polish twinning proposals

• Assisting Polish institutions in the process of preparation of twinning proposals

• Providing training and organising conferences/workshops on twinning and TAIEX issues

• Coming up with practical solutions and guidance (legal, technical) to help Polish institutions interested in becoming donors of twinning assistance



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Part 2

Activities of the NCP Office aiming at

promoting twinning assistance



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What we do

Main assignments of the NCP Office during the last 12 months

• Running training for Polish Ambassadors on twinning and TAIEX

• Running training for students of the National School of Public Administration on twinning issues

• Updating of Twinning Manual for Donors (practical guidance for Polish administration)

• Further developing twinning and TAIEX websites (ongoing) - main instrument of communication between NCP and Polish administration



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What we do

Main tasks for the future

• Organizing recurrent meetings with Polish twinning experts

• Tightening cooperation between Polish embassies and NCP

• Evaluating Polish twinnings



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Part 3

Polish twinning projects



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Polish twinnings



Polish experience in twinning assistance

• 4 own twinning projects+

• 3 consortia - leading partner+

• 18 consortia - junior partner=

• 25 twinning projects implemented or in the process of implementation

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Polish twinnings



Countries where we twin

• Romania 8 (twinnings)• Ukraine 5• Bulgaria 3• Croatia 2• Albania 3• B&H 1• Turkey 1• Jordan 1• Azerbaijan 1

Most frequent Polish twinners• Among ministries - Ministry of Finance• Among central government institutions - Public Procurement Office

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Part 4

Co-operation with Great Britain



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Co-operation with UK



Twinning with Great Britain

Great Britain - one of the most significant donors of twinning assistance for Poland

------------------------11 Polish-UK consortium proposals (1 is waiting for the beneficiary’s decision)

3 UK-Polish projects implemented

• Romania - Building up the institutional capacity of the new Paying Agency for EAGGF-Guarantee measures and FIFG - Poland junior partner

• Romania - Strengthening the capacity of the National Paying Authority to ensure a sound financial management for the Structural funds and Cohesion Funds - Poland leading partner

• Albania - Developing of public internal financial control - Poland junior partner

Looking forward for more!

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Thank you for your attention

Wojciech Gołębiowski

NCP for Poland; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Department of Implementation of Development Programmes; tel: + 48 22 455 3879; e-mail: [email protected]



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Comprehensive Institution Building Programme

(CIB)



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• Part of Eastern Partnership• Financed with ENPI funds• 173 MEUR for 2011-2013• Based on IB pre-accession programmes in new MS



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Aim: support a limited number of institutions responsible for negotiating and implementing AA and DCFTA

> Belarus not covered by the programme



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Basic documents:

Framework Document agreed between Partner Country and the EC > Memorandum of Understanding (end 2010?)

Institution Reform Plans prepared by the Partner Country government in cooperation with the EC and other donors (possibly MS)

Projects financed under ENPI



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1. Objective and purpose2. Key institutions and persons responsible3. Correspondance with bilateral EU – PC agreements, national strategies etc.4. Background information relevant to the reform5. Expected results and activities6. Assumptions7. Budget and tools for implementation:

- Twinning- Supply contract- Service contract

8. Implementation Schedule9. Annexes

- Logframe- Expected results of IRP

+ division of labour between donors



IRP template

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Framework Documents ready and MoU signed > information to MS

Interested MS to contact Head of Delegation in PC > IRP

Forms of involvement: - expert missions and training financed with own funds or

under Taiex- organising secondments to MS institutions with relevant

profile- TWINNING > main tool of CIB implementation



MS involvement

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Ukraine: SPS, public aid, migration

Georgia: • Accountability oriented institutions (Public Defender’s Office, Chamber of Control,

Parliament, Civil Registry Agency)• Institutions involved in the AA negotiation (PM office, OSMEI, MFA)• Trade related institutions (Geostm, competition authority)

Azerbaijan:

• MFA negotiating AA, • Ministry of Economic Development (trade relations), • Ministry of Justice and specialised agencies: State Migration Services, State Border

Service, Ministry of Interior, and Labour Migration Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection,

• Azerbaijani Diplomatic Academy, Civil Service Commission

Moldova• Public administration reform• Rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms• Institutions responsible for DCFTA negotiation and implementation



Areas/Institutions covered by CIB

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Thank you for your attention

Aneta Kędziora

Deputy Director; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Department of Implementation of Development Programmes; tel: + 48 22 455 52 15; e-mail: [email protected]

