First projects to be financed by the Programme selected by the Joint Monitoring Committee

The representatives of national and regional authorities of Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine, members of the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) of the Programme, selected for financing at their 2nd JMC meeting in Košice, Slovakia on 24-25 April, 2018, five large infrastructure projects submitted within the 1st Call for Proposals with the total EU allocation of EUR 22 million.

The Chamber of Auditors of Ukraine, in assistance to the Ukrainian Control Contact Point of the Programme, launched a Call for Auditors in Ukraine with the purpose to pre-select independent external auditors for verification of expenditures declared by the grant beneficiaries in Ukraine.

The 137 project proposals submitted in the 2nd Call for Proposals have been subject to administrative and eligibility checks in the Step 1 of evaluation process, performed by the representatives of Managing Authority and Joint Technical Secretariat. The projects submitted by the lead applicants have been assessed according to the criteria indicated in the Guidelines for Applicants for the 2nd Call for Proposals.

The Joint Technical Secretariat is launching a Call for Application of Branch Office experts to identify and select qualified and experienced professionals to become the Programme’s Slovak Branch Offices to be set up in the Košice and Prešov Regions.

The Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) is currently seeking an experienced and capable individual with significant programme management experience for a challenging and exciting job. The Programme Manager of JTS will be responsible for the preparation of calls for proposals, assessment of project proposals and for the monitoring and control of the progress reports describing the implementation of the approved projects.

The Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI CBC Programme decided to extend the Call for Assessors launched on 13 December 2017 in order to identify and select qualified and experienced professionals to join the Programme’s Pool of Assessors. Due to the insufficient applications received for setting up the Pool of Assessors, the deadline for submission of the Call for Assessors will be extended until 22 January 2018. Those applicants who already submitted their applications within this Call for Assessors should not resubmit their documents again.

The Joint Technical Secretariat is launching a Call for Application of Branch Office experts to identify and select qualified and experienced professionals to become the Programme’s Ukrainian Branch Offices to be set up in the Іvano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattya regions.

The amount of requested EU funds in the 2nd Call for Proposals of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI CBC Programme 2014-2020 is four times higher than the available EU allocation of €22 million. A total of almost 500 applicants from eligible area of Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine submitted 137 project proposals.