Aid Coordination meeting "Strengthening National Capacities for Efficient Management of External Assistance", in Podgorica, Montenegro 14-15 Maj 2007

The UNDP in Montenegro hosted a two-day technical meeting in Podgorica on strengthening national capacities for the management of external assistance from 14 till 15 May 2007. The aim of the meeting was to provide a debrief on the progress made since the ‘Partnerships for Aid Effectiveness in the Western Balkans’ conference held in March 2006 in Sarajevo; to discuss national capacity to manage external assistance focused on EU instruments, assistance management systems; and to promote regional co-operation on these issues and identify areas of potential UNDP support.  Below you will find presentations and other materials from this meeting.

Agenda of the Conference 14-15 May 2007

Aide Mémoire

Albania

Croatia - Pre-accession Implementation

Kosovo - Aid Management in a transition country

Macedonia - Preparations for IPA

Macedonia - IPA Decentralised Implementation System

Macedonia - National IPA Structure

Montenegro - Establishment of aid coordination and management mechanismes

Serbia - Linking donor funding to the state budget

IPA - New challenges for management of EU assistance

From Monterrey to Paris

Project Management Cycle and AIMS and AIMS, institutional arrangements and policies - by Gabriel Accascina