1. EnterpriseConsulting Turkish Accession, EU Funding & British Opportunities Alex Weston Head of Brussels Office Tuesday 16 October 2007 Enterprise plc

2. EnterpriseConsulting Objectives Enterpriseplc & EnterpriseInternational Our Europe & New Member States Track Record Regional Policy & pre-accession funds in the EU Turkey & Challenges for the future Focus for Funding Implementation How to get involved and benefit

3. EnterpriseConsulting Enterpriseplc & EnterpriseInternational Enterpriseplc – from economic development & utility services management... to leading support services company improving efficiency in public and private sectors. EnterpriseInternational – supporting socio-economic development in regions of fundamental change / regeneration, encouraging partnerships, community development

4. EnterpriseConsulting Our ‘New Europe’ Track Record Considerable experience across European emerging markets pre-EU Accession, with permanent teams of staff, in Brussels, Budapest, Bucharest, Ostrava, Belgrade & Russia projects have included: –Programming & Implementation of pre-Accession support & transition to Structural Funds –Local & Regional Partnership Development Programme –Enterprise Support & Workspace Centres Management –Evaluation of SME support centres & SME workshops –Women’s Entrepreneurship Scemes –Urban & Rural Regeneration schemes through Tourism –Developing productive sector through SME support

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6. Regional Policy in the EU & Accession States Greater Challenges / Less Money! Focus on poorest areas with greatest development needs as well as leverage in other ‘growth poles’ Community Strategic Guidelines through to Regional & Sectoral-Thematic Programmes Multi-Annual programmes to prepare Accession States to deal with multi-partite management of EU transfers, programming principles and implementation of EU law

7. EnterpriseConsulting Structural Funds v IPA Both are multi-sectoral, multi-policy focused facilitating funds that support economic, social, sustainable development that help Member States & Accession Countries to develop their infrastructure, improve environment, enhance public administrations, businesses particularly SMEs, and support civil society and local and regional actions Same principles apply almost across the board… Main difference is size: Romania £1000 per head over 7 years, Turkey £50 per head

8. EnterpriseConsulting Priority Axes: IPA Developing Public Administration – Capacity Building, Twinning, Institutional support, Corruption busting etc… Cross-border co-operation in IPA and EU zones Regional Development – Transport, Environment, Economic Development (preparing for membership structures & obligations) HR – human capital / fight against social exclusion Rural Development

9. EnterpriseConsulting Turkey & Challenges for the future Unprecedented GDP differences to overcome within the country Need to accept regional structures and possibly decentralisation (problematic issues in relation to Kurdish minorities) Further efforts to implement existing and future legislation – not just claim but action! Accession fatigue in some EU Member States Although the programme has been modified, the focus of IPA and previous programmes have dealt with post-communist economies

10. EnterpriseConsulting Implementation & Management Programmes mostly centrally led National Co-ordination Committee Monitoring Commitees for each programme Regional Development Agencies Anticipated difficulties – co-financing, procedures and mechansims, training required, ensuring high quality and on time

11. EnterpriseConsulting Enterprise plc & Turkey NGO development project Regional Business Centres Development of regional agencies for development strategies Clustering Women Entrepreneurship

12. EnterpriseConsulting Getting involved in projects All projects over €200k must be tendered and published and competitive bidding applies Anything below is subject to national rules but need to show ‘best value’ very likely Contact Embassy’s Commercial Section for assistance Build strong relationships with local firms to work in partnership Possibilities in Venture Capital, Environment, Transport, Construction etc....

13. EnterpriseConsulting Conclusion EU Structural Funds moving focus to Eastern Europe, particularly to the poorest areas, more money now for Turkey but still quite small in comparison to other countries in the EU Opportunities for EU companies exist to work with national administrations and regional authorities Build partnerships for success in a growing market

14. Turkey: Positioned for Business Tuesday 16 October 2007