Monitoring

The monitoring of the Regional Operational Programme for the Lower Silesian Voivodship for 2007-2013 includes both material effects and financial progress of Programme implementation.

Pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006, monitoring will be carried out by the Managing Authority and the Monitoring Committee. The monitoring process, which includes reporting, involves all entities involved in implementing the Programme in accordance with applicable legal regulations and programme documents.

Based on regular monitoring reports, the Managing Authority will prepare collective reports on the ROP implementation. Before a draft report is submitted to the Monitoring Committee for approval, it must be approved by the Voivodship Board. The ROP implementation reports are submitted by the MA to the ROP CA according to the rules set out in the “National Reporting Guidelines” and to the European Commission pursuant to Article 67 of Council Regulation 1083/2006. Having been approved by the ROP Monitoring Committee, the reports are sent to the EC.

5.2.1 Monitoring Committee (LS ROP MC)

The Monitoring Committee of the Regional Operational Programme for the Lower Silesian Voivodship for 2007-2013 will be set up within 3 months from the date of the notification to Poland of the European Commission's approving the ROP. The Committee will be composed of (among others):

- representatives of territorial self-governments (representatives of ROP MA, IB of the OP HC competent for the Lower Silesia Voivodship, Wrocław City representative, the other gminas and Lower Silesia Voivodship poviat representatives, Voivodship assembly representative; there will also be adequate representation of rural, rural- urban gminas and cities);

- government representatives (among others representatives of the Voivod, Ministry of Regional Development and other ministries involved in introducing and managing

structural funds in Poland - including e.g. a representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development),

- socio-economic partner representatives (Labour union/employee organisation representatives, unions of employers, economic self-governments and chambers of commerce representatives, non-government organisations from the Lower Silesian Voivodship, environmental organisations, sexual equality organisation representatives, Lower Silesia Voivodship scientific organisations, bodies related to research on innovation and development.

The ROP MA appointing the Monitoring Committee shall ensure the adequate proportion of women in the Committee participation according to applications and recommendations received.

In addition, representatives of a network working within the initiative “Regions for Economic Change” will be allowed by the ROP MA to submit reports on the subject of developments achieved by this network. At least once a year the ROP MA will put a review of those developments into a Monitoring Committee programme and will also discuss major proposals for the main events of that Programme;

The Monitoring Committee of the Regional Operational Programme for the Lower Silesian Voivodship for 2007-2013 shall satisfy itself as to the effectiveness and quality of the implementation of the ROP, in accordance with the following provisions:

− it shall analyse and approve the criteria for selecting the operations financed within six months of the approval of the Regional Operational Programme and approve any revision of those criteria in accordance with programming needs;

− it shall periodically review progress made towards achieving the specific targets of the Operational Programme on the basis of documents submitted by the Managing Authority;

− it shall examine the results of implementation, particularly the achievement of the targets set for each priority axis and the evaluations referred to in Article 48(3) of Council Regulation No. 1083/2006;

− it shall consider and approve the annual and final reports on implementation referred to in Article 67 of Council Regulation No. 1083/2006;

− it shall be informed of the annual control report, or of the part of the report referring to the Operational Programme concerned, and of any relevant comments the Commission may make after examining that report or relating to that part of the report;

− it may propose to the Managing Authority any revision or examination of the Operational Programme likely to make possible the attainment of the Funds' objectives referred to in Article 3 of Council Regulation No. 1083/2006or to improve its management, including its financial management;

− it shall consider and approve any proposal to amend the content of the Commission decision on the contribution from the Funds.

The selection of projects in the ROP will be dependent on fulfilling criteria confirmed by the Monitoring Committee (pursuant to Art. 65 Point b Council Regulation No. 1083/2006) and on authorising the project to be subsidised by the MA or an Intermediate Body II level. Those

strategic, formal and content-related criteria (together with creating the adequate documentation and the readiness to introduce) will be the same for all potential beneficiaries of all projects in a given ROP operation category.

The following modes of choosing projects are going to be implemented: individual, competitive, systemic, and technical assistance. The right equality between different modes when choosing projects will be chosen dependent on the priority axis. Use of the given mode should serve as an improvement to reach strategic goals of an individual ROP priority axis. All the details concerning a chosen mode in the priority axis and authorities involved in the procedure will be described in “A detailed description of the operational Programme priority axis”. A mode for choosing projects will be appropriate with the Ministry of Regional Development guidelines in that area.