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Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Modernisation of Municipal Services

Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Modernisation of Municipal Services Sector Fund Manager: Kerstin Mackensen NALAS General Assembly 10 - 1 2009, Istanbul. Overview. Open Regional Funds (ORF) ORF Modernising Municipal Services Regional Project – ID NALAS. ORF´s: Background.

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Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Modernisation of Municipal Services

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  1. Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Modernisation of Municipal Services Sector Fund Manager: Kerstin Mackensen NALAS General Assembly 10 - 1 2009, Istanbul

  2. Overview • Open Regional Funds (ORF) • ORF Modernising Municipal Services • Regional Project – ID NALAS

  3. ORF´s: Background All countries of South East Europe aim to access the EU South East European countries are facing similar challenges in terms of need for reforms Dynamics of these reform processes call for flexible instruments Regional integration of Western Balkan countries is a requirement articulated by EU

  4. ORF Strategy: GTZ goes regional Bilateral Technical Cooperation will end in all countries in the future (e.g. depending on EU accession process)  German Technical Cooperation in South East Europe goes regional German bilateral Technical Cooperation through GTZ is dealing with similar topics in all countries and has experiences of approx. 20 years  GTZ holds contacts in all countries in similar sectors and can therefore ideally facilitate regional networking Open Regional Funds supplement and (in some countries) will be replacing German bilateral cooperation

  5. The four ORF sectors Legal Reform Foreign Trade Promotion Modernisation of Municipal Services Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies

  6. Open Regional Funds Open Regional Funds in South East Europe Regional Management Structure GTZ offices in SEE EU Zagreb Bukarest d.Belgrad Sarajevoe. Pristina Sofia Podgorica a. b.Skopje Tiranac. a. Fondsmanagement b. ORF Municipal Services c. ORF Foreign Trade Promotion d. ORF Legal Reform e. ORF Energy Folie 6

  7. Overview • Open Regional Funds (ORF) • ORF Modernisation Municipal Services • Regional Project – ID NALAS

  8. ORF - Modernisation of Municipal Services Main Target: Improvement of political and institutional frame conditions for Municipal Services in South East Europe Main Partner: NALAS

  9. Main Partner: NALAS ORF-MS Cooperation with GTZ since beginning of 2007 Support to NALAS task forces and projects

  10. ORF-MS Sub-Projects in ORF Municipal Services – implemented with & through NALAS Institutional development of NALAS NALAS Knowledge Centre Urban integration of informal settlements,2 Pilot projects in development of urban planning process: Albania: Sukth and BiH: Prijedor

  11. ORF-MS Sub-Projects in ORF Municipal Services – implemented with & through NALAS Cost estimation on municipal servicesComparative analysis and pilot research on kindergartens, schools and building permits Improvement of local property tax administrationComparative analysis Local governmental borrowing Integrated information system on solid waste Further projects will be developed and implemented

  12. Overview • Open Regional Funds (ORF) • ORF Modernisation Municipal Services • Regional Project – ID NALAS

  13. ORF-MS Regional Project – ID NALAS Support to the institutional development of NALAS Duration: First phase 2010 – 2012, second phase 2013 – 2015

  14. Thank you very much for your attention!

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