04/03/2010 - ore 09.00
Varsavia, Zielna Conference Centre, 37 Zielna Street
Seminario "How to set-up and implement a successful twinning project in EU candidate, potential candidate and neighbouring countries".

Il programma della giornata:

09.00 - 09.15 Registration

09.15 - 09.30 Welcome
Sławomir Żałobka - Director, European Institute of Public Administration - European Centre for Public Financial Management

09.30 - 09.45 Short introduction to the seminar topic
Pawel P. Mlicki Ph.D - Dutch/Polish Senior Expert, a former Pre-accession and Resident Twinning Advisor from the Dutch Ministry of Justice.
Wolfgang Koeth - Senior Lecturer EIPA Maastricht, former Twinning Project Manager at the European Commission Delegation to Lithuania and former Deputy Head of the European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo.

09.45 - 10.45 Twinning in the Framework of Enlargement and
Neighbourhood Policy
• The "Twinning philosophy", main stakeholders, basic mechanisms,
explanation of acronyms
• Twinning, Twinning Light, TAIEX, Technical Assistance: comparison and
complementarity between the main EC capacity building
instruments
• The choice of the right instrument
• The place of twinning in the national political agenda
• Twinning and the acquis communautaire
• Differences between Twinning in Enlargement and in the
Neighbourhood zones
• Short overview of the Twinning project cycle
Joanna Jablonska, ENP Twinning Operation Manager, DG AIDCO,
European Commission

10.45 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 12.00 The choice of the right sector and of the right beneficiary
• Who chooses the sectors in which to have a Twinning? Who decides?
What are the preconditions? Who should draft and be consulted (the
role of the BC administration, in particular the Project Leader and final beneficiaries, EC Delegation, Programme Administration Offices (PAOs), Central Financing & Contracting Unit (CFCU), Beneficiary Country (BC) European Integration Office)?
• The role of the European Commission Delegation
• Measures to secure that the Twinning subjects are truly relevant
and those implementing the project will be fully committed to its
implementation (securing the political support)
• How to avoid overlaps with other projects and build upon results of earlier relevant projects?
Wolfgang Koeth - Senior Lecturer EIPA Maastricht with comments from
Pawel P. Mlicki

11.30 - 13.00 Selection process of Member State (MS) to implement
the Twinning project
• Geographic relationship to the BC and other existing relationships (political, economic, social etc.).
• ‘Old' MS versus ‘new' MS versus a mix of both; one MS or a
consortium?
• Getting the RTA right: required professional and personal qualities, competencies and other characteristics. What counts more: formal
experience or right personality? Can we ask for an RTA to be
replaced?
• The role of the EC Delegation, PAOs, CFCU, BC European Integration Office, embassies in the process, lobbying.
Mindaugas Gabrėnas - National Twinning Coordinator, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (to be confirmed), with comments from Pawel P. Mlicki and
Wolfgang Koeth

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 Practical Exercise: Drafting the Logical Framework for a Twinning Project Fiche
• The participants will be divided into small groups. Participants will act as public officials in one Ministry or agency of their choice of the Republic of Malunia (a Candidate country) or the Republic of Liburnia (a Neighbourhood country) and are tasked to draft the Logical Framework for a Twinning Project Fiche. At the end of the session, one member of each group has to present the Logical Framework to the European Commission Delegation in Malunia/Liburnia
Facilitators: Wolfgang Koeth and Pawel P. Mlicki

15.30 - 15.45 Coffee break

15.45 - 16.30 Practical Exercise: Drafting the Logical Framework for a Twinning Project Fiche (cont)
Facilitators: Wolfgang Koeth and Pawel P. Mlicki

16.30 - 17.00 Practical exercise (cont): presentation of the draft Logical frameworks to the "European Commission" and debriefing
Facilitators: Wolfgang Koeth and Pawel P. Mlicki

17.00 - 18.00 Reception for participants