In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, the following bodies have been designated for the management and control of the Programme:
Managing Authority
The Managing Authority is in charge of the general implementation of the programme on behalf of the Partner States. It performs its tasks for the benefit of the whole programme and, in line with its coordination role, it further ensures that all programme bodies work together. The Managing Authority organises the call for proposals and coordinates the assessment of the received applications and the monitoring of the funded ones. It is responsible for the sound financial management of the programme.
The Managing Authority also carries out the functions of Certifying Authority. In this respect, the MA checks the correctness of the request for payment submitted by the projects in accordance with the amount of expenditure duly certified and requests payment reimbursement to the European Commission.
Joint Secretariat
The Joint Secretariat provides information to applicants about funding opportunities, deals with project applications, and assists beneficiaries in implementing their projects. It ensures the project selection is equitable and transparent, collects and elaborates data for programme monitoring, and coordinates and promotes programme events at a transnational level. It also assists the Managing Authority and the Monitoring Committee in carrying out their tasks.
National Contact Points
National Contact Points play a relevant role in identifying key audiences, spreading information about the programme as well as supporting beneficiaries at the national level.
Each Partner State has set up a national contact point, whose main tasks are to:
- assist the Joint Secretariat in the programme implementation process
- contribute to the information and publicity actions within their respective country
- support their respective national committees or corresponding national procedures in fulfilling their transnational tasks
- serve as a contact point for project applicants, partners and stakeholders at national level by providing assistance for the project generation
Potential applicants and partners are invited to get in touch with their respective contact points who can provide valuable information about the programme in the respective national language.
ALBANIA
Mr Gentian Xhaxhiu
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Republic of Albania
Unit for Cross Border and Transnational Cooperation
Boulevard ‘Gjergj Fishta’, No 6. Tirana, Albania
+355 69 2612 213
gentian.xhaxhiu@integrimi.gov.al
Ms Elkana Himçi
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Republic of Albania
Unit for Cross Border and Transnational Cooperation
Boulevard ‘Gjergj Fishta’, No 6. Tirana, Albania
+355 67 200 6087
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Ms Sanja Vukadin
Council of Ministers of BiH
Directorate for European Integration
Đoke Mazalića 5, 71 000 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
+387 33 255 352
Mr Damir HADŽIĆ
Council of Ministers of BiH
Directorate for European Integration
Đoke Mazalića 5, 71 000 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
+ 387 33 202 249
CROATIA
Mrs. Ana Mihaljevic
Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
Directorate for Regional Development
Račkoga 6, 10000 – Zagreb, Croatia
+385 (0)1 644 7458
Ana.Mihaljevic@mrrfeu.hr
GREECE
Ms Themeli Katerina
Managing Authority of European Territorial Cooperation Programmes
Unit: B2 – Management-Monitoring of the Programmes implemented in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic
65, Leoforos Georgikis Scholis, 570 01 – Thessaloniki, Greece
+30 231 046 9656
Mr Vassilis Charitantis
Managing Authority of European Territorial Cooperation Programmes
Unit: B2 – Management-Monitoring of the Programmes implemented in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic
65, Leoforos Georgikis Scholis, 570 01 – Thessaloniki, Greece
+30 231 046 9678
ITALY
Mr Natalino Barbizzi
Marche Region
Department of European Territorial Cooperation and Development Cooperation
Gentile da Fabriano 9, 60 125 – Ancona, Italy
+39 071 806 3864
MONTENEGRO
Mr Miloš Marković
Ministry of European Affairs
Directorate General for European Funds
Bulevar revolucije 15, 81 000 – Podgorica, Montenegro
SERBIA
Mr Dragan Popović
Ministry of European Integration
Department of Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation Programmes
Nemanjina 34, 11 000 – Belgrade, Serbia
+381 11 306 1203
SLOVENIA
Mr Anton Pavlin
Government Office for Development and EU Cohesion Policy
ETC and IFM Office – ETC Department
Kotnikova 5, 1000 – Ljubljana, Slovenia
+386 (0)1 400 34 21
Monitoring Committee
The Monitoring Committee is the main decision-making body and is responsible for supervising the programme implementation. It reviews annual implementation plans and proposes any recommendations necessary to achieve programme objectives. It is also responsible for adopting methodology, criteria for selection of projects before the launch of each call for proposals, as well as selecting the projects to be funded.
Each Partner State is equally represented, meaning that each Partner State has one vote. The decisions are taken by consensus. At the meetings of the Monitoring Committee, the European Commission and the Managing Authority have an advisory role, while the Audit Authority of the programme is an independent observer.
National Controllers
The National Controllers check that the expenditure declared by the beneficiaries has been paid and that it complies with the programme eligibility criteria. Each Partner States designates its system for verifying the expenditure that can be free of charge or against payment.
Project partners can find detailed information on eligibility requirements in the programme manual, as well as some information about verification of expenditures is included in the FAQ relating to the first call for project proposals. Both documents are available in the ‘Guidelines for Partners’ section.
Audit Authority
The Audit Authority ensures that audits are carried out on programme management and control system and on a sample of funded operations to ensure the proper functioning according to the EU rules.
These tasks have been entrusted to the Emilia Romagna Region, Italy.