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European Commission

Montenegro - Financial Assistance

Component	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Transition Assistance and Institution Building	27,4	28,1	28,6	29,2	29,8	30,4
Cross-border Co-operation	3,9	4,4	4,6	4,7	4,8	4,9
TOTAL	31,4	32,6	33,3	34,0	34,7	35,4

Country indicative financial allocation per component for the period 2007-2012 (in million Euro)

Since 2007 Montenegro has received EU financial aid under the instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA), for an annual average financial envelope of over 30M€. The allocation for 2009 totals € 33.3 million.

Here are some highlights of the EU's pre-accession assistance under the IPA 2009national programme for Montenegro (signed in February 2010):

- Political criteria: € 6.35 million will be provided to strengthen the judicial institutions through the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), to strengthen the capacities of police administration for the fight against organised crime and IT, to support the reception Centre for Asylum Seekers, to support the implementation of Personal Data Protection Strategy and to enhance the Civil society development.

- Economic criteria: € 10.8 million will be made available to support infrastructures in the sectors of environment through solid waste management, and transport through upgrading railways, and to establish a national development plan.

- Ability to assume the obligations of membership: € 7.78 million will be provided to improve the ability to assume obligations of membership which includes support to DIS implementation and PIFC system, internal market, external audit, labour inspection, fisheries, as well as electronic communications.

- Community programmes, € 0.15 million and Support activities: € 2.15 million, will be provided to support community programmes, as well as project preparation, technical assistance, and other support measures.

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transition Assistance and Institution Building

Cross-Border Co-operation

One part of the assistance (Component I) focuses on implementing the main priorities of the European partnership. In particular it involves investment and measures aiming at institution building, as well as transition and stabilisation measures still necessary in the Western Balkans. It is delivered through annual national and multi-beneficiary programmes.

The other part of the assistance (Component II) supports cross-border cooperation activities between Montenegro and EU member states as well as with candidate and potential candidate countries. It may also help Montenegro participate in Structural Funds' trans-national co-operation programmes under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.

National programmes

2007
- Commission Decision IPA 2007 [18 KB]
- Financing Proposal and National Programme Montenegro 2007 [2 MB]
2008
- National programme Montenegro 2008 [114 KB]
2009
- Financing Proposal for Montenegro 2009 [101 KB]
2010
- FD IPA 2010 component I [157 KB]
2011
- Commision Implementing Decision [22 KB]
- National programme for Montenegro [120 KB]

Project fiches

2007
- Animal Identification and Registration [112 KB]
- Civil society [82 KB]
- National Qualification Framework and Quality Assurance in Education [468 KB]
- Implementation of the Energy Community Treaty [80 KB]
- Fight against organized crime [93 KB]
- Justice reform [89 KB]
- Legal harmonisation [67 KB]
- Public Procurement [158 KB]
- Development of Quality Infrastructure [195 KB]
- Technical Assistance and Project Preparation Facility [21 KB]
- Statistics [74 KB]
- Tax Administration [138 KB]
- Development of the Transport Sector [121 KB]
2008
- Support to Local Government Reform [95 KB]
- Durable Solutions for Refugees and Displaced Persons [219 KB]
- Support to Transformation of Radio and Television of Montenegro into a public service broadcaster [93 KB]
- Labour Market Reform and Workforce Development [190 KB]
- IPA centralised National programme to Montenegro [149 KB]
- Upgrading of Environmental Infrastructure [156 KB]
- Support to Environmental Management [99 KB]
- Strengthening the Regulatory and Supervisory Capacity of Financial Regulators [155 KB]
- Support to Establish an IPA Rural Development Programming and Implementation System [215 KB]
- Development of the Food Safety Services [217 KB]
- Control and Eradication of Rabies and Classical Swine Fever [137 KB]
- Technical assistance to the Customs Administration [169 KB]
- Support for the Development of Integrated Border Management [91 KB]
- Supporting Migration Management [107 KB]
2009
- PF 01 IPA 2009 Justice clean [128 KB]
- PF 02 IPA 2009 Police clean [473 KB]
- PF 03 IPA 2009 Asylum Seekers clean [194 KB]
- PF 04 IPA 2009 Data protection clean [141 KB]
- PF 06 IPA 2009 Nat Dev Plan clean [159 KB]
- PF 07 IPA 2009 Railways clean [342 KB]
- PF 08 IPA 2009 Environment clean [123 KB]
- PF 09 IPA 2009 Mgt&Contr Syst clean [146 KB]
- PF 10 IPA 2009 State Audit Institute clean (last) [624 KB]
- PF 11 IPA 2009 Labour inspections clean [150 KB]
- PF 12 IPA 2009 Fishery clean [223 KB]
- PF 13 IPA 2009 Digitalisation clean (last) [177 KB]
- PF 14 IPA 2009 Internal Market clean [976 KB]
- PF 15 IPA 2009 Com Progr TC [112 KB]
- PF 16 IPA 2009 TA&PPF clean [61 KB]
- PF 17 IPA 2009 Support Measures clean [50 KB]
2010
- PF01 IPA2010 police [190 KB]
- PF02 IPA2010 Integrity [219 KB]
- PF03 IPA2010 local government [205 KB]
- PF04 IPA2010 gender [141 KB]
- PF05 IPA2010 railways [296 KB]
- PF06 IPA2010 env infr Pljevlja [118 KB]
- PF07 IPA2010 env awareness [97 KB]
- PF08 IPA2010 social inclusion [2 MB]
- PF09 IPA 2010 Info Society [560 KB]
- PF10 IPA2010 forestry [204 KB]
- PF11 IPA2010 Statistics [138 KB]
- PF12 IPA2010 phytosanitary [121 KB]
- PF13 IPA2010 building construction [352 KB]
- PF14 IPA2010 blood transfusion [153 KB]
- PF15 IPA 2010 Market surveillance [135 KB]
- PF16 IPA2010 tax administration [311 KB]
- PF17 IPA2010 Com Programs [194 KB]
- PF18 IPA2010 TA & PPF [67 KB]
- PF19 IPA2010 Support Measures [54 KB]

Multi-annual Cross-border co-operation programme with neighbouring Candidate or Potential Candidate Countries

2007-2013
- CBC IPA 2007-2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro [735 KB]
- CBC IPA 2007-2013 Serbia – Montenegro [608 KB]
- CBC IPA 2007-2013 Croatia - Montenegro [2 MB]
- CBC IPA 2007-2013 Albania - Montenegro [2 MB]

Cross-border decisions

2007
- Decision 2007 - CBC Croatia and Montenegro [20 KB]
- Decision 2007 - CBC Albania and Montenegro [67 KB]
- Decision 2007 - CBC Bosnia and Herzegovina - Montenegro [61 KB]
- Decision 2007 - CBC Serbia - Montenegro [58 KB]
2008
- CBC IPA 2008 Albania - Montenegro [68 KB]
- CBC IPA 2008 Montenegro - Bosnia and Herzegovina [70 KB]
- CBC IPA 2008 Montenegro - Croatia [130 KB]
- CBC IPA 2008 Montenegro - Serbia [60 KB]
2009
- FINAL 2009 CBC BiH MNE Annex Financing Proposal [107 KB]
- FINAL 2009 CBC BiH MNE Decision [15 KB]

Programme on financing the participation of Montenegro in the ERDF European Territorial Co-operation transnational programme

2007
- CBC Programme Montenegro in ERDF 2007 [107 KB]
2008
- CBC Programme Montenegro in ERDF 2008 [47 KB]

Other programmes

2007
- IPA Adriatic CBC programme 2007 [740 KB]

The purpose of support under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) programme is to help candidate and potential candidate countries and territories – the Beneficiaries – to progress towards fully meeting the Copenhagen political and economic criteria as well as adopting and implementing the EU acquis. The Multi-beneficiary actions will complement and add value to the support given under the National Programmes.

Last update: 31/10/2010 | Top