The session "Storm of ideas" within the preparatory activities for IPA 2020 for the municipalities was held today in Delchevo. The session was attended by representatives of the Municipality of Delchevo, the NGO sector and local institutions, and the process was led by the project team leader Klaus Richter and Bardi Marku, project expert.
The Mayor of the Municipality of Delchevo, Goran Trajkovski, also took part in the session, emphasizing that the program will provide significant support to the municipalities and will open new opportunities for solving the problems of the municipalities.
- I expect the attendees to be actively involved in the process, and a working group will be formed to define the conceptual design. It is a project, in which the carrier should be the municipality, and the project should contribute to capacity building, improving the quality of services, and this does not include infrastructure projects. This program requires new innovative concepts, such as innovative municipal services, social protection and social services, sustainable growth and circular economy, provides new employment or skills for the local economy. According to the time frame, the project concept should be ready by June this year, said Trajkovski.
At the meeting, the details of the new IPA 2020 program were explained, the opportunities it offers, as well as the opportunities for partnerships of the municipality.
It was emphasized at the session that the total budget of the Program, which refers to all 80 municipalities and the city of Skopje, is 6.25 million euros, ie 12 to 15 applications from municipalities in the amount of 500,000 euros will be accepted.