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2007 discharge: European Agency for Reconstruction EAR

2008/2256(DEC)

PURPOSE: presentation of the final accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) for the financial year 2007.

CONTENT: this document sets out a detailed account of Agency’s expenditure in 2007. According to this document, the final budget of the EAR, whose main head office is based in Thessalonica – Greece), amounted to EUR 250.2 million (compared to EUR 268.8 million in 2006).

As regards the staffing policy, the EAR officially set out 108 posts in its establishment plan. 83 are currently occupied + 165 local staff (154 currently occupied) and 29 contract staff (27 currently occupied) giving a total of 264 posts assigned to administrative and operational tasks of the Agency.

The principal operational activities in 2007 are as follows:

KOSOVO

  • social economic development assistance to minority communities;
  • support for civil society and the media;
  • support to the ministries of Justice, Internal Affairs, Local Government, Trade and industry, Agriculture, Energy and to border management bodies and municipalities;
  • capacity building of Agency for European Integration and advice on EU compatibility and participation in the SAP;
  • drafting of public procurement law, and support for developing a public investment programme;
  • incorporation of publicly owned utilities;
  • sustainable forest management and land utilisation;
  • livestock breeding and development of food safety control systems;
  • support for the energy, environment, professional training, transport sectors.

SERBIA

  • draft laws in public administration reform;
  • supply of equipment and support to the police and the border police;
  • support for Juvenile Detention Centres;
  • introduction of capitation payment in state primary health care facilities;
  • support for privatisation and training support for enterprises;
  • support for the facilitation of FDIs;
  • support for vulnerable groups including refugees and displaced persons;
  • district Heating renovation and modernisation.

MONTENEGRO

  • support for refugee and IDP integration and support to civil society organisations;
  • strengthen environmental management;
  • upgrade road infrastructure in coastal areas;
  • assist Public Administration Reform: police and prison reform;
  • electricity utility unbundling/restructuring, energy efficiency strategy;
  • providing management expertise to companies;
  • animal identification and registration system and fishery resource management.

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

  • twinning support on Money Laundering, Corruption and Organised Crime, Statistics, Air Quality, Financial Control;
  • completing the establishment of the National Animal Identification System;
  • fostering performance of SMEs and development of Human Resource Development Fund; elaborating a National Transport Strategy;
  • support for civil society organisations and municipalities;
  • support for the elimination of industrial hotspots, municipal waste water management and healthcare risk waste management;
  • support for the programming of the Pre-accession Assistance Instrument;
  • support for the implementation of professional standards in prison administrations.

The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.ear.europa.eu/agency/agency.htm