Minutes of the 9Th Meeting of The

Date: 17.12.2014

Number: 900-3/2008-SVLR/223

Minutes of the 9th meeting of the

Joint Monitoring Committee of

Slovenia-Croatia Operational Programme

2007-2013

(Opatija, 15 December 2014)

Proposed agenda:

1.  Welcome – Approval of the Agenda

2.  Changes of Rules of Procedure

3.  Information on the programme implementation

4.  Information on Annual Implementation Report 2013

5.  Information and Publicity activities of the programme

6.  Changes of the projects approved within the 3rd Call for Proposals

7.  Financial Perspective 2014-2020

8.  Any other business

AD 1: Welcome – approval of the agenda

Dimitrij Pur, MA welcomed the participants of the 9th Joint Monitoring Committee Meeting. He put the agenda to voting for approval.

CONCLUSION 1:

1.1 The Joint Monitoring Committee is forming a quorum.

1.2 The Joint Monitoring Committee members approved the agenda.

AD 2: Changes of Rules of Procedure

CONCLUSION 2: Joint Monitoring Committee members approved the proposed changes of the Rules of Procedure of the JMC concerning the changes in the legal basis as well as changes in Annex 1 – List of Membership of the Joint Monitoring Committee due to the institutional changes.

AD 3: Information on the programme implementation

CONCLUSION 3:

3.1 The JMC members were informed about the programme implementation.

3.2 The JMC members were informed about the absorption of ERDF funds.

3.3 The JMC members were informed about the state of play of projects from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Call for Proposals.

3.4 The JMC members agreed with the plan for contracting the projects on the reserve list within the 3rd Call for Proposals.

3.5 The JMC members were acquainted with the reasons and agreed with the proposition “merging” of the first two reporting periods as described in the text above for the 38 projects approved within the 3rd Call.

3.6 The JMC members agreed that the evaluation of the programme will be prepared and that ToR will be discussed and agreed at the Bilateral Technical Meeting.

AD 4: Information on Annual Implementation Report 2013

CONCLUSION 4: The JMC members were informed about the status of 2013 Annual Implementation Report. With the EC letter of 24 October 2014 the Commission has informed MA that the Report is considered “admissible” and “satisfactory”.

AD 5: Information and Publicity activities of the programme

CONCLUSION 5:

5.1 The JMC members were informed about the Information and Publicity activities of the programme.

5.2 The JMC members suggested that the programme presents an example of co-financed project at each JMC Meeting.

5.3 The JMC members suggested to use available media (especially at closure) to promote projects and consequently the programme.

5.4 The JMC members were encouraged to participate at promotional activities (e.g. EC Day).

AD 6: Changes of the projects approved within the 3rd Call for Proposals

CONCLUSION 6:

6.1 The JMC members approved proposed changes for projects INOVALOCA, RAST ISTRE and PHISCULTURE.

6.2 The JMC members approved proposed changes for project CROSSBENCH under condition to provide additional justification. In case the LP provides a proper justification, JMC gives the mandate to the MA/JTS to approve the project changes.

AD 7: Financial Perspective 2014-2020

CONCLUSION 7: The JMC members were informed about the status of the programming process for the period 2014-2020 and with the activities in 2015.

AD 8: Any other business

Dimitrij Pur

The Chair