Technical Assistance Fund Croatia (TAFA)


The Technical Assistance Fund is meant to financing costs incurred by the administration of the partner country in its management of the programme, in particular for the costs of compaigns, operation of Annual Meetings, external evaluations of projects, experts and consultants, and external audits.

Country/region Topic Period Budget
Croatia
Technical Assistance Fund
01.06.2016 - 10.12.2024
CHF  250’000

Note: the texts under all the headings, with the exception of 'Results achieved', describe the situation before the start of the project.

Background The Swiss-Croatian Contribution is based on the 2015 Federal Decision on the Framework Agreement with Croatia according to which the country will be implementing a programme of CHF 45 million until 2024.
Objectives

To guarantee the effective and efficient implementation of the bilateral cooperation programme with Croatia.

Target groups

National Coordination Unit,  Paying Authority in Croatia

Activities

Activities in the frame of programme management  by the National Coordination units include:

  • Organizing Annual Meetings -Monitoring the project implementation by the
  • Executing Agencies
  • Claiming reports by all Executing Agencies
  • Organising information events
  • External evaluation of projects
  • Purchase of IT tools for managing the programme
  • mandating external audits
Results

Achieved results:  

  • Capacities in the National Coordination Unit (NCU) of the partner country are strengthened.
  • Tasks requiring expertise in project preparation or specific knowhow can be dealt with in a more competent manner, and events that generate uncovered management costs can be realized.


Expected results:  

  • The Croatian National Coordination Unit established a solid team to monitor the implementation of the Swiss-Croatian projects.
  • The NCU communicates adequately on the achieved results and updates the website regularly.
  • Annual Meetings with strategic considerations by the Croatian and the Swiss Government have been regularly held since 2016


Directorate/federal office responsible SDC
Credit area Swiss Contribution to the enlarged EU
Project partners Contract partner
Foreign state institution
  • National State Institute North
  • National Coordination Unit (Ministry for Regional Development and EU-Funds)


Budget Current phase Swiss budget CHF    250’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    182’789
Project phases Phase 1 01.06.2016 - 10.12.2024   (Current phase)