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A Framework Agreement was concluded between the Ministry of Regional Development and Housing and BIRDA in order to establish the general framework of the ROP regional implementation. The contract specifies the responsibilities and competences of the two signatory parties.

A Framework Agreement was concluded between the Ministry of Regional Development and Housing and BIRDA in order to establish the general framework of the ROP regional implementation. The contract specifies the responsibilities and competences of the two signatory parties.

BIRDA IB is a regional implementation unit, which takes over some of the responsibilities of the Management Authority and is the main body that has direct contact with the funding applicants.

The main attributions of IB BIRDA are the following:
- to ensure the project portfolio development
- to provide guidance to potential applicants in what concerns project drafting by observing the principle function separation
- to launch the process of applicants' submission of project funding requests, according to the timetable set up by the MA ROP
- to receive and register funding applications from ROP, according to the relevant procedure
- to assess the administrative compliance and eligibility of funding applications, in accordance with the criteria established by the MA ROP
- to organize technical and financial assessment sessions, with the assistance of independent evaluators
- to organize the strategic assessment and to provide the secretariat of the Regional Committee for Strategic Evaluation and Correlation (RCSEC)
- to report on the outcome of the assessment process on a regular basis to MA ROP
- to inform the applicants on the assessment state of the funding requests
-  to conclude funding contracts with beneficiaries consequently to MA ROP decision of funding the proposed projects
- to carry out on premises assessments of projects
- to monitor the implementation of approved projects, to supply technical progress reports to the MA ROP
- to receive payment requests from Beneficiaries and to assess the validity and accuracy of expenditures, to approve them and to forward the report  to MA ROP together with the compliant payment approval
- to ensure the existence of all documents and procedures necessary in establishing audit trails, in accordance with relevant procedures
- to contribute to the assessment reports by ROP, to the Annual Implementation Report and to the Final Implementation Report
- to undertake the necessary measures in situations of fraud, irregularities and financial corrections, in accordance with those established with the Management Authority
- to undertake the necessary measures for recovering funds and to forward to MA ROP reports regarding those amounts to be recovered
- to contribute to the implementation of the ROP Communication Plan at regional level, including by preparing print-outs, organizing and running training and information events
- to update financial and statistical data projects by using the Single Information Management  System

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