JASPERS Regional Office of Bucharest services the 3 countries located at the South-East corner of the European Union: Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus.

The office opened in May 2007 and it is based in the "Casa Uniunii Europene", house along with the European Commission delegation and the European Parliament.Currently, there are 13 JASPERS staff based at the Regional Office of Bucharest. Additional further staff are expected at the beginning of 2009.

The Bucharest Regional Office offers technical assistance to the 3 countries to help them submit well prepared project applications.With EUR 27 billion of Structural Funds to be absorbed during the programming period 2007-2013 there is a substantial amount of work to be done in the 3 countries serviced by the Bucharest Regional Office. They have significant infrastructure needs in all large sectors: Transport, Environment, Energy and Urban Development.This Programming Period's Grants of course are not enough to meet all investment needs but the implementation of a highest possible number of projects should help to further the economic and social cohesion and promote the objective of "Convergence" which is the main objective of EU Grants in these countries.

The Regional Office hopes that its input will improve the project preparation and thus speed up the approval process and identify potential issues which may have an effect during the project implementation. As a result, JASPERS aims to help increase the absorption rates.

Contact details:

Prospective beneficiaries of assistance from JASPERS should discuss with their national Managing Authority the inclusion of their project(s) in the national Action Plan. The Managing Authorities in the Member States are the first point of contact for prospective beneficiaries.

The lists of Managing Authorities for countries managed by JASPERS Bucharest Office are available through the DG Regio web site at following links: Bulgaria, Romania.

On the other hand, the Managing Authorities can request assistance directly from their relevant JASPERS Regional Office.

JASPERS Bucharest Office
Ms Maria Teresa Calvete
31, Vasile Lascar Street, 3rd floor,
020492 Bucharest, Romania
Tel: + 40 21 208 64 01 or + 40 21 208 64 20
Fax: + 40 21 316 90 60
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