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Joint Assistance to Support Projects In European Regions (JASPERS) Axel Hörhager

Joint Assistance to Support Projects In European Regions (JASPERS) Axel Hörhager Head of Vienna Regional Office. Ministry for Regional Development Czech Republic JASPERS Seminar Prague, 28 November 2007. Summary. The Challenge – Support for Major Projects

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Joint Assistance to Support Projects In European Regions (JASPERS) Axel Hörhager

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  1. Joint Assistance to Support Projects In European Regions (JASPERS) Axel Hörhager Head of Vienna Regional Office Ministry for Regional Development Czech Republic JASPERS Seminar Prague, 28 November 2007

  2. Summary • The Challenge – Support for Major Projects • JASPERS - what it is and how it works • JASPERS forms of intervention • JASPERS project examples

  3. The Challenge • Defining and planning major infrastructure projects • Managing a massive investment programme • Implementing all of this in the period 2007-2013 • Allocating 68 billion EUR for this in 4 countries • (Czeck Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia), • of which 28 billion in CZ alone !

  4. What is JASPERS • A Partnership betweenDG REGIO,EIBandEBRD • Technical Assistance for the preparation of major projects • Objective: help the beneficiary countries to make the • best use of EU funding • Benefit of past experience and expertise of EIB and EBRD

  5. JASPERS Priorities • Focus on priority countries: the 12 new Member States • Concentrate on major projects : • Transport and other sectors €50 M > capital cost • Environment €25 M > capital cost • JASPERS priorities are : • large projects eligible for Cohesion Fund and ERDF; • other Cohesion Fund and ERDF projects • Horizontal Issues covering more than one country/sector

  6. What JASPERS can offer • Assistance in project development from early stages of • project, e.g. scoping, conceptual analysis, study of • alternatives, feasibility studies through to project • implementation e.g. procurement planning • Assistance in preparing EU grant project application • meeting the required standard, e.g. in areas such as • cost benefit analysis, environmental issues/EU legislation • eligible cost definition, risk analysis

  7. How JASPERS works • Direct contacts with project promoters, regular • meetings and feed-back on recommended courses • of action • Review of documentation, mission summaries and • notes made available case-by-case • EU is informed of JASPERS involvement and • recommendations on an eventual project application

  8. JASPERS free and voluntary • JASPERS assistance provided free of charge • No obligation on the Member States to use JASPERS • No obligation on a Member State which benefits from • JASPERS to borrow from EIB or EBRD • Member States continue to own the project, standard • applications are submitted under their responsibility • JASPERS involvement does not guarantee grant • approval by the European Commission

  9. JASPERS structure 32 advisors + 10 support 16 advisors 5-8 advisors JASPERS 56 professional STAFF LUXEMBOURG WARSAW VIENNA BUCHAREST

  10. Action Plans • Priorities of JASPERS set out each year in « Action Plan » • agreed between JASPERS and Czech Republic • Horizontal issues also included in the Action Plan • Managing Authority (MRD) is the central co-ordinator • for JASPERS in the Czech Republic • Requests for assistance for projects sent to MRD with • support of line Ministry, MRD forwards to JASPERS • Coordination of JASPERS operations with DG REGIO • Development of 2008 Action Plans began October 2007 • aim to sign by March 2008, interim review in summer 2008

  11. JASPERS Project Portfolio November 2007

  12. JASPERS in the Czech Republic • 11 projects and 1 horizontal task ongoing • Mainly in transport sector - 6 rail, 4 road • 2 further projects under development • Limited involvement in the Czech environment • and energy sectors – focus of seminar today

  13. Example Actions in Environment POLAND – Flood Protection ROMANIA – Regionalisation of Water Companies, Several Water Schemes HUNGARY – 8 Water Schemes, incl. 2 in Budapest, Solid Waste Scheme SLOVAKIA – Water Supply and Treatment, Flood Protection

  14. Example of Actions in Transport CZECH REPUBLIC – Rail Corridors IV and III, D-8 Motorway, Prague Ring Road, Europoint Brno POLAND – Warsaw Ring Road, Public Transport in Krakow and Lublin, Broadband ROMANIA – Rail Rolling Stock, River Navigation, Multi-modal Terminals, Regional Airports HUNGARY – Provincial Urban Transport SLOVAKIA – Motorways, Railway Infrastructure

  15. Contacts • Mr. Mark Pevsner – Country Relationship Manager, • Northern Region, JASPERS • (+352) 4379 7666 • m.pevsner@eib.org • Mr. Ladislav Kylar - Head of CF Managing Authority, • Ministry for Regional Development • (+420) 224 86 1306 • ladislav.kylar@mmr.cz • Mr. Axel Hörhager – Head of JASPERS Regional Office • for Central Europe, Vienna • (+431)505 36 76 31 • horhager@eib.org

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