Please note that in February 2003 the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia became the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. All EU strategy documents for the country, which were originally conceived for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, are immediately transferred to Serbia & Montenegro.
The CARDS Regional Strategy Paper identifies four priorities where CARDS regional funds will be focused and which are further detailed in this Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP): promoting integrated border management; supporting democratic stabilisation; building the capacities of state institutions; and, reinforcing regional infrastructure and environmental development.
The CARDS regional support budget in the period 2002 to 2004 is €197 million. Detailed programmes and projects will be derived from this MIP and will be set down in Annual Action Plans in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by the relevant Commission services responsible for implementation. All programmes in this MIP (with the exception of the bulk of funds under integrated border management) will be implemented on a centralised basis, as explained below.
Table of contents
| 1 | Integrated border management |
| 1.1 | Introduction |
| 1.2 | Strategies and regional coordination |
| 1.3 | Trade facilitation |
| 1.4 | Border control |
| 1.5 | Border region cooperation |
| 2 | Democratic stabilisation |
| 3 | Institution building |
| 3.1 | Introduction |
| 3.2 | Institution building facility for the SAp |
| 3.3 | Regional cooperation in justice and home affairs |
| 3.4 | Regional statistical cooperation |
| 3.5 | European networks for sustainable development |
| 4 | Regional infrastructure development |
| 4.1 | Infrastructure development |
| 4.2 | Air traffic control |
| 5 | Other administrative technical assistance and reserve |
| Annex | |
| A.1 | Commonly used acronyms |