Informal Meeting

with representatives of educational institutions

19th of October 2010, Constanta

 Romania-Bulgaria Cross-Border Cooperation
Programme 2007-2013
STRATEGIC GOAL

To bring together the people, communities and economies of the

border area to participate in the joint development of a
cooperative area, using its human, natural and environmental
resources and advantages
 Romania-Bulgaria Cross-Border Cooperation
Programme 2007-2013
1. Accessibility
Improved mobility and access to transport,

4. Technical assistance
information and communication infrastructure

2. Environment
Prudent exploitation and protection of the intrinsic
quality and value of the area’s outstanding natural resources

3. Economic & Social Development

Economic and Social Development by joint identification
and enhancement of the area’s comparative advantages
 Total budget of the RO-BG Programme
(without Priority Axis 4 –Technical Assistance)

Priority axis Community Funding National Public National private Total value
(ERDF) funding funding

(a) (b) (c) (a)+(b)+(c)

Priority Axis 1 -
80,594,790 13,795,932 1,036,219 95,426,941
Accessibility

Priority Axis 2 -
76,238,315 13,319,282 326,736 89,884,333
Environment

Priority Axis 3 -
Economic and 47,921,227 8,372,120 205,377 56,498,724
social development

Total 204,754,332 35,487,334 1,568,332 241,809,998

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 First call for proposals

Launched: 8th July 2008 Deadline: 30th September 2008

 52 projects submitted

 21 projects proposed to be financed (by the assesement working group)

 18 projects selected for a total amount of ~ 8 mil. Euro; 2 projects

with partners from educational field

 15 subsidy contracts signed by MA and partners

 1 subsidy contracts signed only by MA

 2 Lead Partners decided not to sign the contract due to current economic
situation
 Second call for proposals (1)
Launched: 30th September 2008 Deadline: 30th April 2010

Intermediary deadline 31st of January:

 28 submitted projects
 19 projects selected, 1 project with partners from educational
field
- 10 projects – BG LPs with a total value 5,198,534 euro
- 9 projects – RO LPs with a total value 5,020,750 euro
 13 subsidy contracts signed by MA and partners
 3 subsidy contracts signed only by MA
 1 Lead Partner decided not to sign the contract
 2 projects with problems
 Second call for proposals (2)

Launched: 30th September 2008 Deadline: 30th April 2010

Intermediary deadline 31st of March:

 11 submitted projects
 6 projects selected:
- 4 projects – RO LPs with a total value 8,712,372 euro
- 2 projects – BG LPs with a total value 466,225 euro
 5 subsidy contracts signed by MA and partners
 1 project sent to MA
 Second call for proposals (3)

Launched: 30th September 2008 Deadline: 30th April 2010

Intermediary deadline 31st of April:

 74 submitted projects
 44 projects selected, 6 projects with partners from educational
field
 21 signed projects,
9 projects sent to AM,
2 projects under the MA’s internal approval process
12 in pre-contracting phase following:
1 Lead Partner resigned from the project due to internal reasons,
2 projects with problems
 Second call for proposals (4)

Launched: 30th September 2008 Deadline: 30th April 2010

Intermediary deadline 31st of July:

 67 submitted projects – in evaluation

Intermediary deadline 30th of October:

 154 submitted projects – in evaluation
 First Call for strategic projects

Launched: 15th December 2008 Deadline: 15th January 2009

 2 projects submitted - 11,905,860 euro

 1 project selected - 5,979,460 euro

 Subsidy contract signed by MA and partner – 5,071,777 euro

 Cofinancing contracts - 777,329 euro

 Second Call for strategic projects

Launched: 25th March 2010 Deadline: 14th May 2010

 4 strategic projects submitted under the Second Call for Strategic

Project:
- 1 strategic project submitted within the Priority Axis 1
Accessibility, Key area of intervention 2;
- 2 strategic projects submitted within the Priority Axis 2
Environment , Key area of intervention 1 and Key area of
intervention 2;
- 1 strategic project submitted within the Priority Axis 3
-Economic and Social Development, Key area of intervention 1.
 Contracting Stage

 9 projects with partners from the educational field have been

selected for funding, with a total value – 5.144.627,01
- 4 projects – RO LPs with a total value 2.484.946,86 euro
- 5 projects – BG LPs with a total value 2.659.680,15 euro

 3 contracts concluded between MA and the Lead Partners

 Signed contract
Project title: Caravan of the Health and Education
Lead Partner: Ovidius University Constanta
General Objective: Improving the quality of life for rural
population;
The improvement of the cross border cooperation in the field of Oro
dental health and reducing disparities between rural and urban in
Romania and Bulgaria in cross-border area; Transfer of know-how
and best practices in training of doctors in border area;
The Development of common structures of cooperation Romanian
Bulgarian in the field of health and education.
Implementation period: 06.10.2010 - 07.10.2011
Total value of the subsidy contract: 210.482,53 euro
Number of partners: 4 partners (Municipality of General
Toshevo,Tervel Municipality,Topalu Local Council,Gradistea Local
Council)
 Signed contract
Project title: Common strategy to prevent the Danube’s pollution
technological risks with oil and oil products
Lead Partner: National Research & Development Institute For Gas
Turbines COMOTI Bucharest, Romania
General Objective: Approaching the scientific communities, of people
from cross-border region of Romania – Bulgaria aiming to solve a common
environmental problem, like the one of Danube water pollution with oil
products.
Romanian - Bulgarian activities harmonization by creating a common
structure for crisis situation management.
Common strategy to prevent technological Danube pollution with oil
products based on a new solution by one step centrifugal processing and
separation in ecological products.
Implementation period: 06.09.2010 – 05.03.2012
Total value of the subsidy contract: 477.198,33 Euro
Number of partners: 1 partner - University of RUSE “ANGEL KANCHEV”
 Signed contract
Project title: TRANS-TOUR-NET- Creation and Marketing of Pilot Cross
Border Tourist Products in Dobrudzha
Lead Partner: HIGHER SCHOOL”INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE”, Dobrich,
Bulgaria
General Objective: To develop 5 integrated pilot tourist products
(tourist routes) based on Dobrudzha’s 50 most attractive objects
To increase the capacity of the administration of the identified 50
tourist objects and the related businesses to offer better services and
advertise their products
To raise the awareness of local population and the potential tourists of
the tourism advantages of Dobrudzha region
Implementation period: 03.09.2010 – 03.03.2012
Total value of the subsidy contract: 389.332,72 Euro
Number of partners: 4 partners - Ovidius High School Constanta,
Constanta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Shipping and Agriculture,
Ovidius University Constanta, Regional Museum of History – Dobrich.
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 Information and promotion (1)
In 2010, the JTS organized until now 6 information and promotion events in the
framework of the Programme, as follows:
 1 Event related to May 9th, 2010 – Europe`s Day, Calarasi;
 1 Workshop with the Lead Partners/Partners, 11 th of May 2010, Ruse;
1 Formal Meeting with the theme “Expertise transfer from Phare
to the Structural Funds for the programming period 2007 -2013”, 2nd of June 2010,
Calarasi;
 1 “Project Cafe” Meeting regarding the Public Procurement, 21 st of July 2010,
Craiova;
 1 Informing session regarding the equal opportunities within Romania-Bulgaria Cross
Border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013, 28 th of July 2010, Craiova;
 1 Conference with the european multipliers of information, Calarasi September 21 st,
2010.
 Information and promotion (2)
Future events

Workshops Project Cafe Technical Informal Annual Conference with

meetings meetings Conference the european
• Community Funding (ERDF) multipliers of
• National Public funding information
10/22/2010 10/20/2010 11/01/2010 10/29/2010 11/18/2010 11/01/2010
Constanta Svishtov Vratza Ruse Ruse Dobrich
11/15/2010 10/21/2010 11/02/2010
Craiova Veliko Tarnovo Pleven

11/30/2010 11/22/2010 11/03/2010

Silistra Constanta Razgrad

12/07/2010
Drobeta
Turnu-Severin
12/08/2010
Slatina

12/09/2010
Alexandria
 Other activities developed by the JTS
within the Programme

 To ensure the secretariat support for the Joint Management

Structures of the Programme;
 To elaborate the documents necessary for the implementation
and management of the Programme;
 To organize the evaluation and selection of the applications
submitted within the Programme;
 To prepare the financing contracts to be concluded between the
beneficiaries and the Managing Authority;
 Monitoring visits to determine the projects implementation
status.
Thank you for your attention !

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