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.
Meetings and main decisions taken
1st Meeting – 28 February /1 March 2023, Bologna
2nd Meeting, 24 March 2023, online
3rd Meeting, 15 May
4th Meeting, 25 May, Sarajevo
5th Meeting, 10 July 2023, online
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 Rando Kote
State Agency for Strategic Programing and Aid Coordination (SASPAC)
Tirana, Albania
+355 682283833
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Ms Sanja Vukadin
Directorate for European Integration
Đoke Mazalića 5, 71 000 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
+387 33 255 352
Mr Damir Hadžić
Directorate for European Integration
Đoke Mazalića 5, 71 000 – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
+ 387 33 202 249
CROATIA
Mr Marko Opančar
Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
Miramarska cesta 22,10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
+385 1 6471 983
Ms Ivana Živković
Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
Miramarska cesta 22,10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
+385 (0)1 6470 390
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
European Integration Office
Sector for European Funds – Department for European Territorial Cooperation
Bulevar revolucije 15, 81 000 – Podgorica, Montenegro
+382 20 481 351
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
Ms Danijela Kos
SLOVENIA, MINISTRY OF COHESION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Interreg and Financial Mechanism Office, Interreg Division
Kotnikova 5, 1000 – Ljubljana, Slovenia
+386 5 731 8530
NORTH MACEDONIA
Ms Zuica Zmejkovska
Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
Secretariat for European Affairs
Кеј Пресвета Богородица бр. 3, Скопје, 1000, North Macedonia
zuica.zmejkovska@sep.gov.mk
SAN MARINO
Ms Giulia Santi
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Palazzo Begni
Contrada Omerelli n. 31
47890 San Marino – Repubblica di San Marino
giulia.santi@esteri.sm
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.