The TAIEX Instrument and EC agencies Partners in accession Paolo M. Gozzi, Institution Building Unit (IBU), Directorate

1. The TAIEX Instrumentand EC agenciesPartners in accession Paolo M. Gozzi, Institution Building Unit (IBU), Directorate-General Enlargement

2. Mission Statement support beneficiary countries in understanding, transposing, implementing and applying EU policies, legislation, rules –the acquis communautaire European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

3. Partner Countries • Post-accession assistance: Bulgaria and Romania (phasing-out) • Pre-accession assistance: Candidate countries; Western Balkans; Iceland (coming) • Turkish Cypriot community • Countries covered by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument(ENPI) including Russia European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

4. Beneficiary groups • Central Governments, Ministries, Government bodies, Regulators • National Parliaments • Judiciary • Social Partners and Private Sector Associations European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

5. Main forms of assistance • Seminars/Workshops • Expert Missions • Study Visits European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

6. Expertise • Mobilised experts are almost exclusively Member States’ public-sector officials • Commission’s and other EU Institutions’ officials often involved European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

7. Activation • Requests are primarily generated by the beneficiary countries (demand-driven) • Suggestions from Commission services are also considered European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

8. How to apply • Application forms available via the web-site http://taiex.ec.europa.eu • Letter, fax, e-mail (under the condition that the basic information requested in the application form is provided) European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

9. Internal Market Team • Free movement of goods, persons, services and capitals • Company law • Competition • Customs and Taxation • Monetary Policy • Social policy • Industry and SMEs • Education and training; Culture and audiovisual • Consumers and health safety • Financial control • Regional policy European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

10. Justice and Home Affairs Team • Asylum and Migration • Visa, External borders, Schengen • Judicial cooperation in civil matters • Judicial cooperation in criminal matters • Fight against organised crime and terrorism • Police cooperation • Fightagainsttrafficking in humanbeings, drugs and money laundering European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

11. Infrastructure Team • Environment • Transport • Energy European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

12. Agriculture team • Agriculture and rural development • Food safety • Veterinary and phytosanitary • Fisheries European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

13. Some Figures • 2,000 applications • 1,600 events organised in over 50 countries • 40,000 participants • 4,000 experts • 60 staff + externalcotractor • 25 M €/year European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

14. TAIEX cooperation with EC Agencies (since 2005) • 39 TAIEX actions with the participation of EC agencies • 42 experts from 15 EC agencies contributed to TAIEX events • 30 seminars, 6 experts missions, 3 study visits Sectors involved: • 18 events in INT MARKT • 7 events in INFRA • 7 events in JLS • 3 events in P2P • 2 events in ATCC • 2 events in RTP European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

15. Examples of events in cooperation with EC agencies: • Seminar on Vessel Traffic Monitoring Info System in the Mediterranean, 21-22 November 2005, Brussels – with European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) • Seminar on Financial Crime, 25-29 June 2007, Sofia – with EUROPOL • Seminar on European Community SME Policy, 27-28 February 2008, Belgrade – with European Training Foundation (ETF) • Workshop on Structural Subsystems constituting the Trans-European Conventional Rail System, 25-26 June 2009, Bucharest – with European Railway Agency (ERA) European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

16. TAIEX Cooperation with EC Agencies – state of play • Cooperation still episodic, conditioned by experts availability • TAIEX case-handlers consult competent Agency on the content of action to avoid overlapping and verify interest to be involved European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

17. TAIEX Cooperation with EC Agencies –Possible developments • Joint conferences can be co-organised • Agencies can inform TAIEX about their priorities, work-plans, topics/countries or regions of interest • Experts are welcome to attend TAIEX eventsTAIEX events are working meetings, no high level gatherings • EC agencies staff is encouraged to register in the TAIEX Expert Database: http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/ExpertDatabase/ European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

18. Thank you. For further information please visit our web-site at http://taiex.ec.europa.eu or write to elarg-taiex@ec.europa.eu European Commission DG Enlargement Institution Building Unit

19. European CommissionDirectorate General EnlargementInstitution Building Unit TAIEX Instrument e-mail: elarg-taiex@ec.europa.eu http://taiex.ec.europa.eu