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JASPERS (Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions) assists the 12 Central and Eastern EU Member States and Croatia in the preparation of major projects to be submitted for grant financing under the Structural and Cohesion Funds.
As at 3 January 2012:
540 assignments completed since start of operations (2006), of which 141 in 2011
JASPERS working on 352 assignments
250 JASPERS-supported applications submitted to the EU Commission, of which 172 approved (69 in 2011)
The aim is to increase the quantity and quality of projects to be sent for approval to the the services of the Commission. JASPERS' assistance, which is provided free of charge, is geared towards accelerating the absorption of the available funds.
JASPERS provides:
technical assistance on critical path for project development
technical assistance to submit high quality applications for EU grants
assistance to projects to be co-financed by the EU, enabling timely acquisition of available funds
JASPERS is:
managed by the European Investment Bank (EIB)
co-sponsored by the European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
JASPERS' beneficiary Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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