News archive - The Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance: Regional policy in the (potential) candidate countries
A workshop on "the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance: Regional policy in the (potential) candidate countries" took place on October 9, 2008 within the frame of the European Week of Cities and Regions. The results have now been published and are available for download.
The Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) was briefly presented with a special focus on components III (regional development, targeting investment in the transport sector, the environment and economic development) and IV (human resources, targeting operations to strengthen human capital and the fight against exclusion) being accessible only for the countries having candidate status.
It was underlined that the Commission’s experience with Candidate Countries shows so far that IPA, being in many aspects very close to the Structural Funds, requires careful planning and preparation that takes at least one and a half year for operating structures to be ready to start the implementation. The approach is one of ‘learning by doing’ aims at helping Candidate Countries to acquaint themselves as best as possible with community funding.
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Full Proceedings (pdf, 15.88Mb)
Entry created by Katarina Rohsmann on February 12, 2009
Modified on February 12, 2009
