Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
First Period
Component Approach
- Projects supported
- 385
- Field implementation
- Completed as of 2021
The European Union provides financial assistance to countries in the accession process to support their alignment efforts. This assistance aims to strengthen candidate countries’ alignment with the EU acquis and standards.
Until 2007, pre-accession assistance was delivered through different financial instruments and programmes. With the 2007 reform, this support was brought together under a single financial instrument and a common legal framework: the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) was created and all assistance was gathered under this structure.
In the first implementation period of IPA, the “Component Approach” was adopted: financial support was divided into specific policy areas, with separate planning, implementation and monitoring mechanisms established for each area.
Component structure
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01
Component I
Strengthening institutional capacity for alignment with the European Union acquis and its effective implementation.
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02
Component II
Supporting economic and social development in border regions and increasing cooperation between countries.
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03
Component III
Financial support for infrastructure projects in the fields of environment, transport and regional competitiveness, as well as for SME, R&D, innovation and tourism investments.
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04
Component IV
Increasing employment opportunities and promoting social cohesion in the transition to the information society through employment, education, lifelong learning and social inclusion projects.
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05
Component V
Providing financing through grant programmes to businesses and producers in agriculture, livestock, food, fisheries and alternative agriculture.
Legal and Programming Documents
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