Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).

Abstract

The overall objective of pre-accession assistance is to support the country's efforts to comply with the Copenhagen accession criteria and to help prepare the country to meet the challenges of future EU membership. Against this background pre-accession assistance for the period 2009-2011 is concentrated on three strategic areas:(1)Support to Institution Building (2)Improve cross-border cooperation (3)Prepare for participation in the Community's cohesion and rural development policy Building on past and ongoing financial assistance and drawing on the Accession Partnership's recommendations, the MIPD identifies priorities for making the overall strategy operational.