international spatial, regional & urban development

spatial and regional development planning, especially in transition countries; preparing, analysing and implementing spatial and regional development strategies

cross-border and trans-national co-operation, European Territorial Cooperation; particularly in the fields of spatial planning, regional development, territorial cohesion; preparation of and participation in INTERREG III B projects in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) and in the CADSES/ CEE / SEE -Regions

multi-sectoral development strategies, models and concepts for spatial/ regional / urban development, drafting plans and programmes, setting priorities for the implementation of projects

transport planning, focussing on integrated traffic and transport planning, as well as environmentally and socially friendly urban transport

urban development / town planning (local sectoral measures and multi-sectoral strategies)

cohesion, regional & structural policy

programming and implementation of EU-Structural and Cohesion Funds, in particular the European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF)

identification, design, appraisal and implementation of projects in the area of economic, social and territorial cohesion

support in preparation for EU-Regional and Cohesion Policy: management of Structural Funds, pre-accession assistance (IPA) and European Neighborhood and PartnershipIntrument (ENPI), cross-border-/ trans-national cooperation (Interreg, European Territorial Cooperation)

institutional capacity building for national, regional and local administrations: advising on structures for the management of financial allocations for regional / structural development

EU-integration & external assistance

EU-integration, pre-accession assistance, neighbourhood policy, development cooperation and assistance

programming and implementing EU- (IPA, ENPI, Phare, Tacis, Meda, Cards) and bilateral (German) external assistance

monitoring and reviewing the progress in the adoption of the EU legislative "acquis communautaire";

other

evaluation of projects and programmes

programming and implementation under centratised as well as  (extended) decentralised (and de-concentrated) implementation systems

EU Procurement Experience: preparation of ToRs, technicalproposals and project applications, contract dossiers as well as Guidelines for Applicants for grant schemes operating under the EU-programmes;
evaluations of project proposals

PCM, EU procurement, programming training experience: Organise and carry out workshops and trainings on Programme Cycle Management, European Public Procurement Rules

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