1. Key Moments and Forthcoming Activities in 2009
NSRF MONITORING COMMITTEE THIRD MEETING
28 NOVEMBER 2008
Key Moments and Forthcoming Activities in 2009
Lyubomir Datzov
Deputy Minister of Finance
Operational Programme “Technical Assistance”
European Regional Development Fund

2. CONTENTS Key moments Calls for proposals planned for 2009
Financial prognosis – 2009
Unified Management Information System – planned activities
Strengthening the administrative capacity

3. KEY MOMENTS
Report on the compliance of the monitoring and control systems to be approved by the EC
The first interim payments to be made
Mid-term evaluation of the Operational Programmes
By the end of 2009 – Strategic report on the contribution of the programmes, co-financed by the Funds towards implementing the objectives of Cohesion policy, the priorities of the Community Strategic Guidelines and of the Integrated guidelines for Growth and Jobs

4. CALLS FOR PROPOSALS PLANNED FOR 2009 (as of 26.11.2008)
OP “Regional Development” – 14 calls planned at a total amount of mln. euro
OP “Competitiveness” – 9 calls planned at a total amount of mln. euro
OP “Environment” – 10 calls planned at a total amount of 574.1mln. euro

5. FINANCIAL FORECASTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES – 2009 (mln. euro)
Commitments
Contracting
Payments
Certified
OPT
531.8
813.8
82.1
57.6
OPRD
441.2
455.7
204.8
80.7
OPC
320.2
480.1
167.6
96.6
OPHRD
334.5
264.3
149.0
132.2
OPAC
49.8
107.9
83.5
67.8
OPE
478.8
887.6
184.6
43.7
OPTA
15.6
22.7
12.6
7.9

6. FINANCIAL FORECASTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES – 2009 (mln. euro)
OPT OPRD OPC OPHRD OPAC OPE OPTA

7. UNIFIED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM –PLANNED ACTIVITIES
By the end of 2008:
Launch of the Financial module and the module “On-the-spot checks and irregularity management”
Activities planned for 2009:
Development and launch of:
“Monitoring” module
Interface with the SAP accounting system
Electronic services for the beneficiaries
Public information module
Interfaces for connection with external information systems
Module for management of CBC OPs

8. STRENGTHENING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
Trainings, organized by the Public Finance School:
For employees of the MAs, IBs and the internal audit units:
Legislative and institutional framework for management of the SCF;
Financial management and control in the public sector;
Financial management and control of EU funds;
Audit of the EU funds;
State aid regulations – applicability to the SCF
For the final beneficiaries, including the municipalities.
Horizontal trainings for the regional and local authorities under the CCU’s project “Strengthening the capacity of the regional and local authorities for absorption of the SCF of the EU”.

9. KEY MOMENTS AND FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES IN 2009
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