IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Montenegro-Kosovo 2014-2020 The global objective of the programme is to improve the standard and quality of living of the people in the programme area through the environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive economic development of the region, with respect for its common cultural and natural heritage.
The third Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) meeting for the IPA CBC Programme Montenegro-Kosovo 2014-2020 was held on 25 and 26 September 2018 in Prishtina. During the JMC meeting the list of the projects proposed for funding under the 1st CfP was discussed, as well as the decision on focusing the 2nd CfP within the Programme. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Operating Structures of the Programme (OSs), the Contracting Authority (CA), the Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS), as well as the representative of the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro as an observer.
Namely, during the first day of the JMC meeting, the list of projects proposed for funding under the 1st CfP within the Programme was presented. The Joint Monitoring Committee gave a positive advisory opinion on the list of projects proposed for funding under the First Call with an additional recommendation for their implementation.
During the second day of the Joint Monitoring Committee meeting, an analysis of the results to be achieved by the projects proposed for contracting under the 1st CfP was presented, and an assessment on their contribution to the achievement of programme indicators was conducted. Afterwards, a discussion on the fulfillment of the programme indicators and on focusing of the next CfP was held. Representatives of the Joint Monitoring Committee agreed that the next CfP will be focused and proposed thematic priorities, specific objectives and target groups.