Technical Assistance Operational Programme (TOAP) is one of five operational programmes on national level in Poland, financed from European Regional Development Found. The main objective of TAOP is to ensure efficient and effective course of implementation of European Funds in Poland in 2007-2013. The Programme provides financial resources for the operations of National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF – implementation system of European Funds in Poland in 2007-2013) which include: preparation, management, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, control system, support of preparations of individual key projects and information and publicity of European Funds.
TOAP consists of 4 Priorities and 11 Measures:
Priority 1. Support of human resources
Priority 2. IT support in the NSRF implementation
- Measure 2.1 Functioning and development of the IT system
- Measure 2.2 IT infrastructure
Priority 3. Support of the structural funds operations implementation
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Measure 3.1 Functioning of the institutions involved in the NSRF implementation
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Measure 3.2 Individual key projects
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Measure 3.3 Evaluation
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Measure 3.4 Coordination of the Community cohesion policy with other national, sectoral and regional policies
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Measure 3.5 Support of the European Territorial Cooperation objective implementation
Priority 4. Communication and promotion
Beneficiaries of TAOP include government administration units (Ministry of Regional Development, Ministry of Finance and other central offices) involved in the UE Funds implementation system in Poland. Among them e.g.: Coordinating Authority for NSRF, Managing Authorities for Operational Programmes implemented on national level, Implementing Authorities (2nd-level Intermediate Bodies) within public administration Audit Authority, Certifying Authority, Intermediate Bodies in Certification, Operator of the national computer system supporting the NSRF/CSF implementation, Unit responsible for information and publicity of NSRF, Tax Inspection Offices, Public Procurement Office, Office for Competition and Consumer Protection.
Financial Table of Commitments under TAOP 2007-2013 by priorities (EUR)
|
Priorities |
Total for TAOP |
European Union contribution - ERDF |
National public contribution |
|
Priority 1. Support of human resources
|
420 000 000 |
357 000 000 |
63 000 000 |
|
Priority 2. IT support in the NSRF implementation
|
22 000 000 |
18 700 000 |
3 300 000 |
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Priority 3. Support of the structural funds operations implementation
|
88 000 000 |
74 800 000 |
13 200 000 |
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Priority 4. Communication and promotion
|
77 882 353 |
66 200 000 |
11 682 353 |
|
Total costs |
607 882 353 |
516 700 000 |
91 182 353 |
The Managing Authority of Technical Assistance Operational Programme in Poland is
the Departament of Aid Programmes and Technical Assisatnce in Ministry of Regional Development