Jaspers annual report 2009, Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions

Abstract

JASPERS (Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions) assists the 12 Central and Eastern EU Member States in the preparation of major projects to be submitted for grant financing under the Struc­tural and Cohesion Funds.The aim is to increase the quantity and quality of projects sent for approval to the services of the Euro­pean Commission. JASPERS assistance, which is provided free of charge, is geared towards accelerating the absorption of the available funds.JASPERS operates on the basis of country Action Plans prepared annually for each Member State in coop­eration with the beneficiary State concerned and the European Commission. JASPERS experts can provide assistance on specific assignments at any stage of the project cycle, with the main focus being from project conception through to the final application for EU funding.