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Analysis of the 2007 Annual Action Programme for Albania under the Pre-accession Instrument in Preparation of the Review of the Relevant Multi-Annual Indicative Programme

This Briefing, prepared for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, analyses the coherence between the IPA annual programme 2007 for Albania, the European Union's (EU) pre-accession objectives and the specific needs of the country as identified by the European Commission’ s (EC) Progress Report (Commission 2007g). The 2007 National Programme foresees EU assistance to Albania under IPA Component I only. Therefore, this analysis exclusively focuses on the Transition Assistance and Institution Building Component in 2007. The paper is divided into three sections focusing successively on the political criteria, the economic criteria and European standards, following the structure of the Progress Report and the priority axes within the Multi-Annual Indicative Planning Document (MIPD). Each section provides an analysis of the current situation, the projects identified by the Annual Action Programme (AAP), and an assessment referring to the above mentioned subjects. The briefing ends with conclusions and recommendations. Main findings and conclusions As a potential candidate country, Albania has access to two of the five IPA components: the Transition Assistance and Institution Building Component, and the Cross Border Cooperation Component. The 2007 Annual Action Programme covers solely IPA Component I, ” Transition Assistance and Institution Building” . The allocation for this component in 2007 was 49.3 mil EUR. It has been distributed to improving political requirements (33.5%), socio-economic requirements (6.9%) and European standards (59.6%). The objectives envisaged in the AAP are largely in line with the tasks identified in the Commission’ s Progress Report for Albania and the Enlargement Strategy, although in some policy areas additional project lines would need to be included

Albania; European Parliament; IPA; MIPD; AAP; EU Enlargement

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