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The Institutional Twinning Mohamed DOUBI KADMIRI Director of the Programme Administration Office Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation BAKOU, November 2008. 1- THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAMME 2- PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES 3- ARTICULATION AND SYNERGIES WITH THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS
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The Institutional TwinningMohamed DOUBI KADMIRIDirector of the Programme Administration OfficeMinistry of Foreign Affairs and CooperationBAKOU, November 2008
1- THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAMME 2- PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES 3- ARTICULATION AND SYNERGIES WITH THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS 4- STRATEGY OF THE PAO 5- The process of the annual financial envelope allocation of the programming phase with the focus on the use of the tools in their most effective capacity 6- RECAPITULATIVE TABLE OF THE P3A PROJECTS 7- CONCLUSION PLAN
LEGAL BASIS: - The Association Agreement Morocco/EU signed in February 1996 and entered into force in march 2000 - The Action Plan of the European Neighbourhood Policy was adopted in July 2005 - The P3A 1 financing agreement was signed 21December 2003 - The P3A II financing agreement was signed 27 March 2006 DURATION FOR THE CONTRACTUALISATION OF THE PROGRAMME: N+3 namely December 2005 for the P3A I and June 2010 for the P3A II BUDGET: Phase-I €5 million , Phase-II €15 million INSTRUMENTS: Long Institutional twinning (12 to 30 months; up to 2M€) Short Institutional twinning (up to 8 months ≤ 250 000€) Classical technical assistance Study visits Equipment CONTRACTING AUTHORITY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation/Programme Administration Office 1- THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAMME
2- PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES • Improve the capacity of the Moroccan government to fulfil its engagements, meet the challenges and maximise the benefits of the AA. • Encourage the harmonisation of the national legal and regulatory framework with the EU and international rules and to facilitate its execution. • Reinforce the efficiency of the entities and authorities responsible for the implementation of the AA. • Facilitate future negotiations with the EU on other specific points.
3 - ARTICULATION AND SYNERGIES WITH THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS Formulation of the assistance needs by administrations in the framework of the technical committees and sub-committees of the Association Agreement. Articulation of projects around clear objectives covered by the Association Agreement and the Action Plan in the framework of the Neighbourhood Policy and based on a common agreement. Provision of an experts’ mission by the beneficiary Administration for converting their needs in a fiche for a structured and integrated project
4 - STRATEGY OF THE P3A IN MOROCCO Sub-committee Idea of the project Steering Committee Discussion with the beneficiary Identification TW TA
5 - The process of the annual financial envelope allocation of the programming phase with the focus on the use of the tools in their most effective capacity The actors of the process The decision process The pre-requisites for a successful twinning project The Moroccan strategy
5.1 - The actors of the process Programme Administration Office (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) European Commission Delegation Consultation with MS Beneficiaries High level politics Steering Committee MFA; Ministry of Finance; ECD
5.3 - The Moroccan strategy Optimised identification (time factor) EC Delegation (Trust, Competence, Coordination) Enlarged Cooperation/ Close relations Beneficiary (Trust, Advice) Embassies (Advice, Information) Partner MS (Trust, Facilitation, Control, Coordination)
5.3 - The pre-requisites for a successful twinning project Highly engaged beneficiary (political will) Existence of a real need for a twinning Well elaborated project fiche (clear vision of needs) Absorption capacity of beneficiary
Sustainability via appropriation 7 - CONCLUSION Real partners High quality support of the MS through STE Healthy project management throughout the entire project cycle Political engagement and determination To reform The success of a twinning project Motivated RTA of high quality backbone of the project Realistic work plan involving clear objectves reference points