Interregional Fund for Programme Preparation, Promotion and Evaluation [ IFPPE | Interregional Fund for Programme Preparation ]

Interregional Fund for Programme Preparation, Promotion and Evaluation | IFPPE [Abbr.]

Regional Fund for Programme Preparation, Promotion and Evaluation | RFPPE [Abbr.]

Special Preparatory Programme for Structural Funds | SPPSF [Abbr.]

Canadian Technical Cooperation Programme [ CANTAP | Canadian Project Preparation Fund ]

Agreement for the Provision of Funds to Finance a Special Program for the Preparation of Development Projects

11. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of the gender perspective are taken into account and promoted during the various stages of the preparation, programming, management and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Fund, as well as in information and awareness raising campaigns and exchanges of best practices.

Funding for these activities is currently covered by a variety of separate Funds, such as the European Refugee Fund, the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals, the European Return Fund, Prevention of and the fight against Crime (ISEC), Prevention, Preparedness and consequence management of Terrorism and other Security-related risks (CIPS) and by the External Borders Fund.

17. Stresses the role that local and regional authorities could play in achieving the Europe 2020 objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; reiterates the importance of the partnership between central authorities and regional and local authorities in setting priorities and providing the necessary co-financing for the implementation of programmes as a prerequisite for achieving maximum effect with limited resources in seeking to achieve these objectives; highlights, in this context, the importance of the new instrument for community-led local development, which would allow action groups at local level to develop and impleme ...[+++]nt local strategies for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; calls on the Member States to provide for such opportunities as part of the ongoing programming process, so as to make use of local action groups’ great potential for innovation; emphasises the importance of local and regional authorities and, where applicable, the social partners and other relevant partners in the programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Structural Funds and the preparation of the partnership agreements, which could result in better linkages between EU, national, regional and local strategies;

17. Stresses the role that local and regional authorities could play in achieving the Europe 2020 objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; reiterates the importance of the partnership between central authorities and regional and local authorities in setting priorities and providing the necessary co-financing for the implementation of programmes as a prerequisite for achieving maximum effect with limited resources in seeking to achieve these objectives; highlights, in this context, the importance of the new instrument for community-led local development, which would allow action groups at local level to develop and impleme ...[+++]nt local strategies for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; calls on the Member States to provide for such opportunities as part of the ongoing programming process, so as to make use of local action groups’ great potential for innovation; emphasises the importance of local and regional authorities and, where applicable, the social partners and other relevant partners in the programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Structural Funds and the preparation of the partnership agreements, which could result in better linkages between EU, national, regional and local strategies;