Macedonia has used only one third of the EUR 40 million of EU funds so far, Macedonian media report. Deputy Prime Minister Vasko Naumovski and the opposition agreed at a session of the Commission for European Affairs that Macedonia had not been using the money from the IPA funds enough.
So far, only money for capacity building in institutions has been used.
The use of the funds for cross-border cooperation is still only beginning. Macedonia cannot even consider the remaining three components: regional development, development of human resources and especially rural development at the moment, because first the working of the institutions needs to be brought to accord with the standards required by Brussels.
So far, only money for capacity building in institutions has been used.
The use of the funds for cross-border cooperation is still only beginning. Macedonia cannot even consider the remaining three components: regional development, development of human resources and especially rural development at the moment, because first the working of the institutions needs to be brought to accord with the standards required by Brussels.
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