Transcript Open Days 2008 Presentation on JASPERS

JASPERS activities to promote
intermodal projects
György BESSENYEI
Transport Sector Specialist
18-19 March 2010
Bratislava
What is JASPERS?
Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions
 A technical assistance partnership to prepare major
projects between DG REGIO, EIB, EBRD and KfW
 JASPERS is an additional technical assistance resource
for the Member States
 value added: drawing on the experience and expertise of
the EIB, the EBRD and KfW in a more structured and
coordinated way
 For administrative purposes, JASPERS is a Unit within
the EIB, and though « separate » from the lending
activities of EIB, will coordinate closely and draw on
Sectoral Expertise/Country Experience of PJ, Ops and
Other EIB Services.
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Why was JASPERS set up?
As a feedback to the “lessons learnt” from
previous funding period, i.a.:
 applications submitted by MS have been
inadequate causing delays in their approval
and implementation;
 some issues not properly identified causing
problems during implementation,
 as a result the absorption of EU funds in
previous funding periods has been
unsatisfactory.
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Activities of JASPERS
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JASPERS:
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advice
coordination
develop and review project structure
removing bottlenecks
filling gaps
identification of problems not addressed (e.g. state aid, EIA)
provide DG REGIO with information on project maturity
Much of the detailed technical work will remain the
responsibility of the beneficiary/Member State
JASPERS has its own TA framework contract
Advice on implementation (Project Management and
Resources) early stage of procurement
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JASPERS activities
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Focus on 12 ‘new’ Member
States
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Objective: increase the
capacity of beneficiary
countries, make best use of
EU funding
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Programming period 2007-13
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Cohesion instruments:
€308bn EU grants
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JASPERS: free and voluntary
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JASPERS assistance will be provided free of
charge to the beneficiary
There will be no obligation on the Member
States to use JASPERS
There will be no obligation on a Member
State which benefits from JASPERS to
borrow from the EIB or the EBRD
There will no obligation on the EIB or the
EBRD to lend to projects prepared using
JASPERS
There will be no exclusion of EIB or EBRD
lending to projects benefiting from JASPERS
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JASPERS structure
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JASPERS is managed by a Steering Committee with
representatives from DG REGIO, EIB, EBRD and KfW
LUXEMBURG
provides overall coordination and
JASPERS services to Malta and
Cyprus
WARSAW office since November
2006: provides JASPERS
services to Poland and the Baltic
States: Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania
VIENNA office since March 2007:
provides JASPERS services to
Czech Republic, Hungary,
Slovakia and Slovenia
BUCHAREST office since April
2007: provides JASPERS
services to Bulgaria and
Romania
Sofia facility opened in March
2009 (not manned)
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JASPERS Resources
Three way partnership to fund JASPERS:
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DG REGIO technical assistance
EIB: 16 man years of professional staff input
EBRD: 8 man years of professional staff input
KfW: 1 person full time and consultants up to the
equivalent of 3 full time experts, upon demand of
the sectors
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JASPERS’ key operational roles
and functional levels
The key operational roles and functional levels in
JASPERS structure are the following:
Experts:
 Are the source of the technical assistance to the
beneficiaries and therefore the key element of the
structure
Sector Managers:
 Responsible for the optimal use of experts and the
quality of the advice provided
 Harmonise methodology across experts and countries
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JASPERS’ key operational roles
and functional levels
Heads of Regional Offices
 Responsible for the formal liaison between JASPERS
and the managing authorities
 Monitor the activity of local staff
 Have a primary role as country managers
 Prepare and monitor the annual action plans
 Provide administrative and logistical support in regional
offices
 Report to the Operations Manager
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JASPERS’ key operational roles
and functional levels
Operations Manager
 Provides support to the Head of JASPERS for high
level relations with the Managing Authorities, DG
REGIO and Steering Committee
 Prepares reports to the Steering Committee
 Reports to the Head of JASPERS
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JASPERS Project Cycle
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Managing Authorities (MA)
identify relevant projects
potentially eligible for EU
grant.
At the beginning of the year,
the Project Fiches are sent
to JASPERS.
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JASPERS proposes the Action
Plan for the approval of the
Steering Committee. Once
approved by the Steering
Committee, the Action Plan
is submitted to the
signature of the Managing
Authority.
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Member States continue to
“own” the projects; they
submit the applications for
grants as required by the
EU Regulations.
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JASPERS reviews the Project
Fiches and discusses the
projects internally with DGREGIO and with the interested
Managing Authority.
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JASPERS experts work
actively on the projects with
the Beneficiary, the Managing
Authority and the relevant
Intermediate Bodies.
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The European Commission
takes a decision on the Project
Application.
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Current Portfolio: Summary
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Some 450 assignments in the Action Plans 2009
It is expected that JASPERS will complete about 100
Assignments in 2009
Action Plan is a rolling plan – first priority: uncompleted
assignments from previous year; JASPERS is flexible to take
on new assignments during the year
Major projects account for some 84% of total active
interventions, small projects for 7% and horizontal projects
for 9%.
Support also requested for wide range of relevant Horizontal
Issues (such as combining EU Grants with PPPs, CBA
guidelines, training workshops, cost forecasting studies)
Demand for JASPERS expertise in non-conventional or
complex projects e.g. Cultural projects in Poland
JASPERS ‘completed’ until now 119 assignments,
concerning major projects, but only 84 are submitted to DG
REGIO and 33 are approved
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JASPERS involvements
in intermodal projects
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Sofia (BG)
Russe (BG)
Vilnius (LT)
Žilina (SK)
Košice (SK)
 Horizontal
(PL, RO): justification of state
aid in intermodal transport
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Definition of state aid
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Transfer of property
Exact definition of public contribution (both
EU, national and local)
Selection of the operator
Access conditions to the terminal‘s
facilities
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State aid issues
According to Article 87 (1) of the EC Treaty,
a financial support which:
 is granted by the State or through State
resources,
 favours certain undertakings or the
production of certain goods,
 distorts or threatens to distort competition,
and,
 affects trade between Member States.
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Project justification
Investment alternatives
 Estimation of induced and diverted traffic
 Length of evaluation period
 Transport demand and cash-flow forecast
 Pricing of operation fees
 Collection and evaluation of economic
costs and benefits
 In order to be eligible for EU co-financing,
economic indicators should be positive.
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Contact details
JASPERS
100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer
L-2950 Luxembourg
Email: [email protected]
Tel: + 352 4379-1
www.jaspers-europa-info.org
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