ИНСТРУМЕНТ ЗА ПРЕДПРИСТАПНА ПОМОШ (ИПА)
INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE (IPA)

Summary/Abstract: The Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Regulation has to be seen in the context of the revision of the External Aid framework of EU for the forthcoming financial perspective from 2007 to 2013 with a purpose to harmonize and simplify (as far as possible) the Community’s external aid instruments. The instrument will focus on two main priorities: 1) helping countries to fulfill the political, economic and acquits-related criteria for membership and to build up administrative and judicial capacity; and 2) helping countries prepare for the EU funds after accession. The Instrument will have five Components: Transition Assistance and Institution Building; Regional and Cross-Border Cooperation; Regional Development; Human Resources Development; and Rural Development. In the light of the current progress of the application of the Republic of Macedonia for EU membership, the author gives an overview of the IPA Regulation, putting accent on the possibilities for financial assistance and cooperation that this instrument opens for the Republic of Macedonia.

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