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EU Funds in Latvia 2004-2006. Aleksandrs Antonovs Ministry of Finance Deputy director of Department of EU Funds December 4, 2006. Content of the Presentation. 2004-2006 SF/CF Implementation Progress Results achieved Lessons learned Changes to SF Management System.
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EU Funds in Latvia 2004-2006 Aleksandrs AntonovsMinistry of FinanceDeputy director of Department of EU FundsDecember 4, 2006
Content of the Presentation • 2004-2006 SF/CF Implementation Progress • Results achieved • Lessons learned • Changes to SF Management System SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
2004-2006Structural Funds Implementation Progress (as to 30.09.2006) SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
2004-2006Structural Funds Implementation Progress(as to 30.09.2006) SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
2004-2006Structural Funds Implementation Progress (as to 30.09.2006) SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
2004-2006Structural Funds Implementation Progress (as to 31.10.2006) SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
2004-2006Cohesion Fund Implementation Progress(as to 30.09.2006) SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
Results achieved • Appraised 2490 SF project applications • 724 employees and experts hired • Organised 52 training courses under 35 subjects for 1196 participants • Completed 7 evaluation projects, 3 evaluation projects and 1 study commenced • Established 5 Structural Funds Regional Information Centres in all regions of Latvia • 33 TV and 82 radio broadcasts, as well as 6 clips on ESF-related themes • Commenced data import to the SF MIS from the CFCA, LIDA and SRDA SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
Lessons learned • Simplified project amendment process • Simplified project evaluation process: • Project is evaluated in one institution; • Reduced amount of documents that must be submitted; • Maximum evaluation period – 3 month. • No Steering committees • Involve wide range of target groups (social, regional, NGOs, entrepreneurs, etc) in regulation designing process, public discussion is needed • Introduction of “Silence period” after the adoption of detail regulations • More elastic system of advance payments SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
Changes to SF Management System • Verifiable outputs • No mandatory requirement to check verifiable outputs when making interim payments(Amendments to the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations on the State Budget Planning and Payment Procedure in SF Projects; announced to State Secretaries on 09/11/2006) • VAT • A possibility to approve a SF claim prior to receiving a certification from the State Revenue Service(Amendments to the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations on the Application of VAT in SF Projects; scheduled for announcement to theState Secretaries on 16/11/2006) • Procurement methodologies • 2007-2013. The Procurement Monitoring Bureau (PMB) – an institution involved in the SF management, ensures sample checks of procurement documentation and procedures prior to launching a project • Methodologies to the SF Final Beneficiaries for the application of the public procurement law – developed by the PMB by 01/01/2007 SF & CF Managing Authority – Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia