EUROPEAN PROFILES S.A

The overall objective of the project is that the Serbian administration effectively conducts accession negotiations and successfully manages overall EU integration and pre-accession assistance geared towards EU membership.

The project aims at fostering the process of accession negotiations of the Republic of Serbia by supporting the effective alignment of national legislation with the acquis and its implementation and by further building the capacities of involved stakeholders - carriers of EU integration process in Serbia. With the launching of accession negotiations, additional pressure is being put on national institutions in charge for drafting pieces of legislation which need to be fully aligned with Acquis but also implementable and sustainable in the domestic context.

The results to be achieved are the following:

- RESULT 1: Enhanced compatibility of national legislation with EU legislation and its effective implementation.

- RESULT 2: Enhanced capacities of relevant national structures for successful carrying out of accession negotiations.

Activities related to Result 1:

Provide support to national administration in drafting Acquis-compliant legislation, including the timely elaboration of necessary by-laws, instructions and other interpretative materials, action and training plans;

• Assist competent institutions in assessing the effects/impact of the pieces of legislation to be harmonised and to accurately anticipate financial implications of their implementation;

• Advice if necessary on the competences and appropriateness of certain institutions to be in charge for specific and complex pieces of Acquis Assist line institutions in complying with the plans and deadlines as set up in the NPAA;

• Prepare national administration for the practical aspects and challenges in the implementation of harmonised regulations and support establishing of functional coordination mechanisms to facilitate implementation;

• Assist relevant institutions in developing the necessary implementation follow-up measures and in monitoring and reporting on the implementation of harmonised legislation;

• Provide technical advice on elaboration of national version of Acquis (e.g. consolidation of vocabularies, glossaries, etc.)

Activities related to Result 2:

• Continue support for national administration to elaborate and/or fine-tune negotiating, positions as well as to address opening benchmarks based on the outcome of screening.

• Support national negotiating structures in preparation for the meetings of intergovernmental conference intended for the provisional closure of respective chapters;

• Provide technical support and advice mainly to Negotiating team and SEIO, but also to negotiating groups and other directly involved structures.

• In the course of negotiations, ensure assistance to relevant institutions in particular to prepare grounds to overcome and fulfil opening, interim and closing benchmarks, to elaborate required analyses and reports etc. (depending on the situation per chapter based on EU common position);

• Support SEIO and Negotiating team in facilitation and coordination of horizontal and vertical negotiating structures and in obtaining targeted capacity building and transfer of know-how from recent accession experiences (seminars, workshops, etc.).

• ALTAIR ASESORES S.L. (ES)

• IRZ (DE)

• Eurosupport –Fineurop Support Srl (IT)

• Eptisa (ES)