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Scope of work
- Upstream: Early involvement in the scoping and screening of project proposals to assess their potential viability and suitability for EU-grant finance.
- Project development: Support stakeholders from early on in developing viable project and all documents required for a mature grant application.
- Project appraisal: Late interventions in project cycle, assessing projects and all relevant documents prior to submission of the grant application to DG-REGIO.
- Horizontal Support: CBA and funding gap guidance.
- Training and capacity development: Provide workshops for project stakeholders, active participation at conferences organised by Ministries of beneficiary countries
Number of JASPERS assignments in the water and wastewater sector
Between 1 January and 31 December 2009, 36 projects were completed in the water and wastewater sector, including 19 major projects, and JASPERS was active on some 110 assignment, for a total investment cost of more than EUR 7.5bn. The highest number of completions was recorded in Poland (11) and in Romania (7).
A significant number of projects were located in Poland (22), Romania (20) and Slovakia (16), followed by the Czech Republic and Hungary (10 each), Bulgaria (9), Slovenia (6), Cyprus and Malta (2 each) and Estonia and Latvia (1 each). The 11 horizontal assignments concerned Romania (3), Bulgaria (2), Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Malta, Poland and Slovakia (1 each).
In 2009, DG REGIO approved grants for 11 water projects supported by JASPERS (six in Hungary, two in the Czech Republic, two in Romania and one in Bulgaria).
Selected Highlights
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Romania: EU-grant approvals for eight Romanian water projects that benefited from JASPERS support.
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Hungary: Support preparation of four Water & Wastewater and two Flood prevention projects, with grant applications earmarked for EU-submission in 2008.
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Bulgaria: Amend and update ?hands-on? older grant application documents (including feasibility studies and CBA) for three Water & Wastewater projects.
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Slovenia: Grant approval for three water projects by national authorities in close co-ordination with DG-REGIO that were supported by JASPERS.
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Poland: Support for six water projects, mainly at the early stage of the project cycle that were submitted to JASPERS because of their complexity.
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Malta: Review and support the development of an extended stormwater protection project including the definition of recommendations to enhance grant utilisation under the Cohesion Fund and ERDF financial packages.
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Horizontal: Support the preparation of CBA guidelines in four beneficiary countries; assist in the provision of CBA-training in five additional countries.
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