Final meeting of the Joint Working Group for preparation of Bulgaria-the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia IPA Cross-border Programme 2014-2020 will take place on the 21th of August 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The main topic on the agenda will be the Presentation and approval of the final draft of the IPA CBC Programme 2014 – 2020 and Presentation of the Ex-ante and SEA findings and conclusions on IPA CBC Programme 2014 – 2020.
Second draft of IPA Cross-border Programme 2014 – 2020 is now published
In order to be ensured transparency and consistency of the programming process, the first draft of the programme was available for public consultations on the programme web-site and Ministry of Regional Development (Bulgaria) in the period 20-30 June 2014. Contributions from all organisations and citizens interested in the future programme were more than welcome.
Report and presentation from Second round of the Regional Consultative Forum for preparation of the IPA cross-border programme 2014-2020 in Strumica prepared by the Consultant.
The first draft of the IPA Cross-border Programme 2014 – 2020 is available for public consultations. Contributions from all organisations and citizens interested in the future programme are expected.
The Managing Authority of the programme - Ministry of Regional Development of the Republic of Bulgaria, Directorate General Programming of Regional Development in partnership with the National Authority - Ministry of Local Self Government of the Republic of Macedonia has started the process of preparing Programme document for cross-border cooperation for the period 2014 - 2020 in the middle of 2013.
The Project Planning and Management Consortium with the support of the Managing Authority, National Authority and the Joint Technical Secretariat, is organizing regional consultations with stakeholders from the eligible programme area in Strumica on 4 June 2014.
On April 23, 2014 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia held its second meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) for preparation of cross border cooperation programme between Bulgaria and Macedonia 2014-2020.
The main topic on the agenda was the presentation of the program strategy and review and approval of the thematic priorities.
As a result of discussions were conducted chose the following three priorities:
- TP 2 Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management
Report and presentation from the 5 Regional Consultative Forums
In the context of programming the IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 between Bulgaria and Macedonia a series of public consultations with relevant stakeholders have been held in the programme region in February and March 2014.
The aim of these consultations was:
- to inform regional stakeholders in all 5 program districts (NUTS III Regions) about the ongoing programming process for the IPA II cross-border Programme and the expert findings on regional analysis and identified needs
Results from the on-line survey concerning the new programing period 2014-2020
The on-line survey (questionnaire) about the specific demands, intentions and expectations of the potential target groups towards the new cross border programme Bulgaria - Macedonia 2014-2020 was carried out between 3rd and 14th of February 2014.
Thank you for your participation and for the achievement of the good responses rates!