Fundamental information
Programme’s character code identifier (CCI)
N/A
Programme website
https://ipacbc-mk-al.eu/
CBC Structures
Contracting Authority
Joint Technical Secretariat
JTS Main Office: Struga, North Macedonia
Programme Document
Total budget (including technical assistance)
EUR 13,790,000.00
EU funding (outstanding EU funding)
(including technical assistance)
EUR 11,900,000.00
Eligible Geographical Area
North Macedonia: Pelagonia, Polog and Southwest
Albania: Dibër, Elbasan and Korçë
Programme core indicators
Reconciliation, confidence building and good neighbourly relations
Economic, social and territorial development of border areas
Capacity building at all levels
Priorities, specific objectives and indicators
Percentage of the population in the Programme area benefiting from protection measures supported by the programme, disaggregated by type (civil/ environmental protection) (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 10% )
| Specific objective(s)/outcome(s) | Results/outputs | Types of activities | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enhanced capacities of public services dealing with disaster response | Result 1: • Strengthened civil protection mechanisms in place • Improved emergency service facilities • Increased awareness of local population and visitors/tourists on disaster response | • Promoting investment to address specific risks and ensuring disaster resilience • Improving joint multi-hazard programming and planning • Conducting risk assessment: development of trans boundary disaster risk reduction strategies and improved civil emergencies plans • Procuring equipment for prevention, preparedness, rescue and recovery and/or small-scale investment in emergency centres facilities, including ICT solutions and technology improvements and training for the use of equipment • Building capacities and improving governance for managing and tackling emergency situations (training targeted to specific needs, transfer of expertise, expert advice etc.; disaster management systems developed) • Mapping the target areas • Awareness campaigns related to disaster response • Publishing guidelines addressed to the target areas’ population and visitors/tourists • (the list is non-exhaustive) • Generation of knowledge on the existing and expected future risks (including those associated with climate change) that supports multi-hazard risk anticipation and builds on higher-level studies and guidelines • Developing frameworks for cross-border cooperation and pooling of available resources for civil protection and disaster response when such arrangements would be mutually beneficial • Practical solutions for enhancing resilience of critical infrastructure and systems to plausible risks and hazards that may affect their functionality • Support implementation of ecosystem-based approaches and nature-based solutions to disaster risk reduction • Engagement of policy-makers and key stakeholders who may be affected by the climate change and other emergent risks into design of suitable response measures or risk-informed developments (e.g. clime proofing of future urban plans instead of having separate climate change adaptation plans) • Small scale investments for reducing or mitigating cross border risks with aim to improve the safety of the local population and ensure environmental protection Environmental protection through enhanced governance and improved institutional capacities • Cross-border mapping of bio- and geo-diversity of protected areas and joint management and monitoring system • Improving cross-border cooperation between authorities and other stakeholders in the area of environmental protection (e.g. combating deforestation, soil erosion, illegal solid waste depositing, unsustainable tourism practices etc.) • Procuring and installing equipment for eco-system monitoring • Building capacities and improving governance for managing environmental protection (training targeted to specific needs, transfer of expertise, expert advice etc.) • Raising environmental awareness among the target areas’ population and visitors/tourists (the list is non-exhaustive) |
Outcome Number of relevant authorities with increased capacities on prevention and mitigation of manmade hazards and natural disasters (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 10) Output 1.1 Number of protocols for cross-border interventions established (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 4) 1.2 Number of disaster management systems developed (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 6) 1.3 Number of digital 20 maps of priority locations/areas of natural and cultural heritage with related hazard risks produced and functional (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 6) 1.4 Number of joint multi-hazard intervention plans developed (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 6) 1.5 Number of joint risk assessments studies conducted (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 6) 2.1 Number of joint emergency centres established (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 2) 3.1 Number of people directly participating in awareness events on disaster response (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 1000) 3.2 Number of publications related to emergency response targeted for the wider public produced and distributed (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 4) |
| Improved environmental protection of the cross-border region | Result 2: 1. Cross-border management of protected areas improved 2. Increased capacities of local authorities and other stakeholders (NGOs, universities, research centres etc.) on environmental protection 3. Increased awareness of local population and visitors/tourists on environmental protection | • Promoting investment to address specific risks and ensuring disaster resilience • Improving joint multi-hazard programming and planning • Conducting risk assessment: development of trans boundary disaster risk reduction strategies and improved civil emergencies plans • Procuring equipment for prevention, preparedness, rescue and recovery and/or small-scale investment in emergency centres facilities, including ICT solutions and technology improvements and training for the use of equipment • Building capacities and improving governance for managing and tackling emergency situations (training targeted to specific needs, transfer of expertise, expert advice etc.; disaster management systems developed) • Mapping the target areas • Awareness campaigns related to disaster response • Publishing guidelines addressed to the target areas’ population and visitors/tourists • (the list is non-exhaustive) • Generation of knowledge on the existing and expected future risks (including those associated with climate change) that supports multi-hazard risk anticipation and builds on higher-level studies and guidelines • Developing frameworks for cross-border cooperation and pooling of available resources for civil protection and disaster response when such arrangements would be mutually beneficial • Practical solutions for enhancing resilience of critical infrastructure and systems to plausible risks and hazards that may affect their functionality • Support implementation of ecosystem-based approaches and nature-based solutions to disaster risk reduction • Engagement of policy-makers and key stakeholders who may be affected by the climate change and other emergent risks into design of suitable response measures or risk-informed developments (e.g. clime proofing of future urban plans instead of having separate climate change adaptation plans) • Small scale investments for reducing or mitigating cross border risks with aim to improve the safety of the local population and ensure environmental protection Environmental protection through enhanced governance and improved institutional capacities • Cross-border mapping of bio- and geo-diversity of protected areas and joint management and monitoring system • Improving cross-border cooperation between authorities and other stakeholders in the area of environmental protection (e.g. combating deforestation, soil erosion, illegal solid waste depositing, unsustainable tourism practices etc.) • Procuring and installing equipment for eco-system monitoring • Building capacities and improving governance for managing environmental protection (training targeted to specific needs, transfer of expertise, expert advice etc.) • Raising environmental awareness among the target areas’ population and visitors/tourists (the list is non-exhaustive) |
Outcome • Percentage of the Programme area covered by cross-border management measures for environmental protection (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 5%) • Number of organisations /institutions in the Programme area with increased capacities in the sector (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 10) Output • 2.2 Number of people with increased capacities in relation to management of nature protected areas (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 100) • 3.1 Number of people directly taking part in awareness raising activities (Baseline 2021: 255 - Target 2030: 500) |
• Percentage of businesses created and/or supported by the Programme still active after two years of their establishment (Baseline 2021: 22 - Target 2030: 50 %)
• Increase in the number of tourists visiting the Programme area (Baseline 2021: 393.110 - Target 2030: 10 %)
• Number of new jobs resulting from programme activities Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 132)
| Specific objective(s)/outcome(s) | Results/outputs | Types of activities | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|
| To strengthen sustainable natural and cultural heritage tourism in the programme area | Result 1: 1. Opportunities for business/SME creation in tourism sector enhanced through identification, development and promotion of key under-utilised local resources (handicrafts, preserves, local gastronomy etc.) 2. Initiatives addressed to women and youth in rural areas, including training and (self-) employment promotion measures, targeted at marketing traditional products (handicrafts, preserves, local gastronomy etc.) 3. Strengthened capacities of tourism entrepreneurs | Encouraging entrepreneurship in the tourism sector: • Creating women associations to produce and promote local traditional products (handicrafts, preserves, local gastronomy products etc.) • Joint training initiatives for promoting the employability of youth in rural areas by learning traditional handicrafts, creating start-ups and producing goods for the tourism industry • Promoting the Programme area’s tourism attractions, capacities and services • Grant schemes for tourism operators to increase accommodation and catering capacities and quality of services • Actions aimed at diversification of eco- and sustainable tourism offers, as well as development of sustainable, circular and/or low-waste tourist products • Knowledge sharing and workshops for local stakeholders to integrate circular and sustainable principles in their products (the list is non-exhaustive) • Organising joint capacity building events for specific common cultural heritage preservation and management • Investments in rehabilitation, accessibility and revitalisation of cultural heritage • Investments in protection of natural heritage and value • Development of complementary specific thematic products (e.g. hiking, biking, culture, nature) • Integration of local offers and itineraries • Design and implementation of visitor management action plans (the list is non-exhaustive) (the list is non-exhaustive) |
Outcome • Number of new businesses established as a result of the operation (Baseline 2021: 1 - Target 2030: 12) Output • 1.1 Number of new tourism-related products (Baseline 2021: 26 - Target 2030: 100) • 2.1 Number of women associations created (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 2) • 3.1 Number of accommodation facilities improved/upgraded (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 10) |
| To strengthen cross-border cooperation on sustainable management of cultural and natural heritage sites | Result 2: 1. Joint initiatives to restore, protect and promote cultural and natural heritage locations implemented 2. Improved tourism investments 3. Increased awareness of the population and tourists/visitors on the wealth of natural and cultural heritage and the need to protect it and sustainably utilize it | Encouraging entrepreneurship in the tourism sector: • Creating women associations to produce and promote local traditional products (handicrafts, preserves, local gastronomy products etc.) • Joint training initiatives for promoting the employability of youth in rural areas by learning traditional handicrafts, creating start-ups and producing goods for the tourism industry • Promoting the Programme area’s tourism attractions, capacities and services • Grant schemes for tourism operators to increase accommodation and catering capacities and quality of services • Actions aimed at diversification of eco- and sustainable tourism offers, as well as development of sustainable, circular and/or low-waste tourist products • Knowledge sharing and workshops for local stakeholders to integrate circular and sustainable principles in their products (the list is non-exhaustive) • Organising joint capacity building events for specific common cultural heritage preservation and management • Investments in rehabilitation, accessibility and revitalisation of cultural heritage • Investments in protection of natural heritage and value • Development of complementary specific thematic products (e.g. hiking, biking, culture, nature) • Integration of local offers and itineraries • Design and implementation of visitor management action plans (the list is non-exhaustive) (the list is non-exhaustive) |
Outcome • Increase in the percentage of visitors after opening or upgrading of cultural and natural heritage sites (Baseline 2021: 25,000 - Target 2030: 30%) • Number of organisations /institutions in the Programme area with increased capacities in the sector (Baseline 2021: 92 - Target 2030: 150) • Number of cross-border networks between cultural institutions formalized (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 3) Output • 2.1 Number of km of new or rehabilitated biking or hiking trails (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 340) • 3.1 Number of people directly taking part in awareness raising activities (Baseline 2021: 0 - Target 2030: 500) |