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IPA CBC
INTERACT aids the cooperation of IPA stakeholders in transnational, cross-border and horizontal programmes, as well as facilitating communication and cooperation with Commission delegations and other institutions. Here you can find the latest news, details of events, downloads, information on regulations and Commission guidance relevant to IPA Cross-border Cooperation Component.
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) is a unified European Union’s financial instrument that brings all pre-accession support into one single funding instrument aimed at aiding the Pre-Accession process for Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries in preparing for their accession to the EU. The support is allocated through five components:
1. Transition Assistance and Institution Building
2. Cross-Border Cooperation
3. Regional Development
4. Human Resources Development
5. Rural Development
While other components are providing support inside of beneficiary countries, Component 2 (hereinafter ‘IPA CBC’) has a broader character. Support is provided through cross-border initiatives designed to deliver focused support to cross-border cooperation between EU Member States and Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries as well as between IPA beneficiary countries themselves, and may also fund participation of beneficiary countries in ERDF transnational cooperation programmes.
IPA CBC programmes with Member States can be implemented in two modes: shared management and transitional approach. In shared management, implementation tasks are delegated to a single Managing Authority, located in one of the participating EU Member States, using single set of rules across the entire eligible territory. Transitional approach is possible when conditions for shared management are not yet met. In that case, on the side of the Member State, the programme is implemented in shared management, while on the side of the IPA beneficiary country, the programme is implemented in centralised or decentralised management.
This section is dedicated only to IPA CBC programmes between EU Member States and Candidate/Potential Candidate Countries.
This section covers only topics and themes which are specific for implementation of IPA CBC programmes (eg. Public Procurement in shared management). For general programme implementation topics common for all cross-border cooperation programmes, please visit relevant links:
- Programme Management
- Project Management
- Financial Management
- Evaluation
- Knowledge Management and Capitalisation
For more information on IPA CBC please contact INTERACT Point Vienna, Ivana Lazic (firstname.surname@interact-eu.net), +43 14000 27 082
