The fourth meeting of the Joint Programming Committee – body responsible for the preparation of the Interreg NEXT (Neighbourhood External) Black Sea Basin Programme 2021-2027 – was held online on the 27th of May 2021.
Starting with April 2021 is in force the 3rd edition of the Communication and Visibility Manual for ENI CBC Black Sea Basin Programme.
The first round of consultations – carried out in February 2021 and which involved country events and the compilation of a first online questionnaire – produced results which were jointly ratified by the programme’s representatives. The results confirmed the areas of interest and concentration of the programme within the following three fields:
Regarding the public procurement carried out by the Romanian beneficiaries acting as “contracting authorities/entities” applying the rules for procurement procedures stipulated in the national legislation, we would like to draw attention to the importance of proper use of the provisions of art. 156 from the Law 98/2016 on public procurement, respectively art. 166 from the Law 99/2016 on sectoral procurement.
The number of positions available increased, due to the latest changes in the Joint Technical Secretariat team, as follows:
Joint Technical Secretariat of the ENI CBC Black Sea Basin Programme 2014-2020 is looking for 2 Project officers within its team:
As part of the preparation process for the new programming period 2021-2027, a draft territorial analysis was developed covering the eligible area of the Interreg Next Black Sea Basin Programme.
The third meeting of the Joint Programming Committee – body responsible for the preparation of the Interreg NEXT (Neighbourhood External) Black Sea Basin Programme 2021-2027 – was held online on the 25th of February 2021.
The final balance at programme level (unspent pre-financing) was agreed by the European Commission and it was reimbursed by the Joint Managing Authority on the 1st of February 2021.
The Joint Managing Authority would like to thank all the project beneficiaries and partners, as well all the programme authorities in the participating countries for the contribution to the implementation of the 2007-2013 programme.
Nevertheless, project beneficiaries and partners are kindly reminded that their involvement might still be needed in the following period (open-to-control period of 7 years after payment of final balance for the project), should the European Commission or Joint Managing Authority needs access to project documents or sites.
The note for beneficiaries and partners regarding closure of the programme and reminder of open to control period can be accessed here.
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