Summary of the 2nd Monitoring Committee meeting of the Interreg V-A Romania – Hungary Programme

The Monitoring Committee (MC) of the programme held its second meeting on 24th of November 2016 in Timișoara, Romania.
The main topic of the meeting was to approve, under condition, to launch some of the Investment Priorities within the Programme, by the end of 2016. After long discussions, the MC members approved the launching of entire or, in same cases, part of the financial allocations within some Investment Priorities, as follows:
6/b – water sector investments –7 million EUR from the total allocation available to be launched through an open call;
6/c – natural heritage – the approval to launch 7,5 million EUR from the total allocation available, within an open call,
7/b – TNT connections and road construction – the whole allocation, i.e. 13,925,083 EUR, to be launched through a flagship call;
5/b – risk prevention – the whole allocation, i.e. 8,115,835 EUR, to be launched through an open call;
The MC meeting Agenda also focused on the following topics:
-The presentation of the communication activities already implemented in 2016 and the approval of the Communication Plan for 2017, describing the main information and communication activities planned for the following year;
- The approval of the Evaluation Plan of the Programme that should serve to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of programme implementation and to support the work of decision makers;
-The approval of the Anti-fraud Strategy, describing fraud prevention, detection and investigation techniques;
- Correction of material errors in the Rules of procedures of the MC – this document lays down the basic rules for the operation of the Monitoring Committee.
All the above-mentioned documents have been adopted by consensus.
At the invitation of the MA, a representative of the Romanian National Integrity Agency held a presentation on conflicts of interest.

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Synthesis of decisions:

Following the 2^nd MC meeting, after the closure of Written Procedures No. 2 and No.3, the following decisions were made:

Decision no. 6 concerning the approval of the Annual Communication Plan for 2017 within the Programme, the decision was adopted by consensus;

Decision no. 7 concerning the approval of the Evaluation Plan of the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme, the decision was adopted by consensus;

Decision no. 8 concerning the approval of the Anti-fraud Strategy of the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme, the decision was adopted by consensus;

Decision no. 9 concerning the approval of the Correction of material errors in the MC’s Rules of Procedure, the decision was adopted by consensus;

Decision no. 10 concerning the approval, under condition, of the launch of specific Investment Priorities within the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Programme, by the end of 2016, respectively:

Decision No.11 concerning the approval of the Minutes of the 2nd Monitoring Committee meeting.

Decision No.12 concerning the approval of the Methodology and criteria for assessment and selection of open call projects.

Decision No.13 concerning the approval of the Methodology and criteria for assessment and selection of flagship projects.