Capacity Development Facility to Support the Implementation of Sector Programmes under the ENPI Annual Action Programmes for Belarus

The general objective is to enhance the capacity of selected Belarusian institutions to implement the ENPI annual action programmes, and to further develop strategies in these sectors in line with the EU–Belarus technical cooperation.

Specific objectives:

• to build the capacity of specific Belarusian ministries and agencies responsible for the implementation of sector programmes under the ENPI annual action programmes, and to enable them to build national reform and development programmes upon them in order to comply effectively with the commitments under EU–Belarus technical cooperation, including commitments that could stem from future EU–Belarus bilateral agreements,
• to support the capacity of the National Coordinating Unit to act as the office of the National Coordinator, thereby increasing the effectiveness of coordination and implementation of EU external assistance by Belarusian authorities and supporting the identification and coordination of further EU assistance to Belarus inthe framework of the ENP,
• to provide specific assistance at various stages of the EU-funded project cycle management to selected ministries and the NCU.