State of the implementation of the project “Border Management Programme for the Maghreb region (BMP-Maghreb,T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07) which is funded through the EU Trust Fund

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Dear Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations,

I am writing to request information in relation to the implementation of the project “Border Management Programme for the Maghreb region (BMP-Maghreb,T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07), which is funded through the EU Trust Fund (established following the decision of the European Commission n. C (2015) 7293 FINAL). I would appreciate if you could send
these documents in digital form to: [email address]

GIVEN THAT:
In the founding agreement of the EUTF governing and managing bodies are established as follows:
1. a Trust Fund Committee, chaired by the Commission (DG DEVCO - the Commission's Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development -) and assisted by the European External Action Service (EEAS) and by others Commission services;
2. an Operational Committee (OpCom) for each window, which examines and approves actions financed by the Trust Fund;
3. while the management of the Trust Fund is ensured by the Commission, which acts as the secretariat of the Trust Fund Committee and of the operational committees.

CONSIDERING THAT:
As written in the Action Document for the implementation of the North Africa Window T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07, the programme is designed on strengthening the rule of law and sharpening a better border management system of the interested countries.

I’m requesting access, under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, which contain the following information:

1. Information concerning detailed activities that are being implemented by the ICMPD with the local partner (Moroccan Ministry of Interior), especially:
• Any implementation plan and agreement between EU and Moroccan partners, the EU and ICMPD, ICMPD and local partners;
• List of all activities and number of interventions implemented up till now and a list of actions that have already been planned for the future;
• A list of corresponding activities for each beneficiary;
• Provenance and detail of all equipment and infrastructure provided to local Moroccan partners and the corresponding call for tenders which were not contracted by ICMPD;
• Financial reports detailing the expenditure items of the 55 000 000 Euros budget so far invested in the project;
• Data on beneficiaries reached and estimated to be reached;
• Monitoring reports on performed activities ensuring respect for the do no harm principle;

2. Minutes of the operational committee as the body responsible for reviewing actions financed by the EUTF, and evaluating reports of the impact of this project on migrants and refugees human rights in Morocco/Maghreb region

Yours faithfully,

Diletta Agresta
Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 8
00195 - Rome (Italy)

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Dear Madam,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 04/01/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 06/01/2020 under reference number GestDem 2020/0028.

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 27/01/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note that this is a private third-party website which has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.

Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data via that website, and not the European Commission. For further information on your rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.

We understand that the third party running that website usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the European Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may have communicated to the European Commission (e.g. your private postal address).

Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by the AsktheEU.org website.

If you do not wish your correspondence with the European Commission to be published on the AsktheEU.org website, you can provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further correspondence. In that case, the European Commission will send all future electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address.

Yours faithfully,

European Commission
DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
NEAR Access to Documents
[DG NEAR request email]

-----Original Message-----
From: Diletta Agresta <[FOI #7552 email]>
Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 11:19 AM
To: NEAR ACCDOC <[DG NEAR request email]>
Subject: access to documents request - State of the implementation of the project “Border Management Programme for the Maghreb region (BMP-Maghreb,T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07) which is funded through the EU Trust Fund

Dear Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations,

I am writing to request information in relation to the implementation of the project “Border Management Programme for the Maghreb region (BMP-Maghreb,T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07), which is funded through the EU Trust Fund (established following the decision of the European Commission n. C (2015) 7293 FINAL). I would appreciate if you could send
these documents in digital form to: [email address]

GIVEN THAT:
In the founding agreement of the EUTF governing and managing bodies are established as follows:
1. a Trust Fund Committee, chaired by the Commission (DG DEVCO - the Commission's Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development -) and assisted by the European External Action Service (EEAS) and by others Commission services;
2. an Operational Committee (OpCom) for each window, which examines and approves actions financed by the Trust Fund;
3. while the management of the Trust Fund is ensured by the Commission, which acts as the secretariat of the Trust Fund Committee and of the operational committees.

CONSIDERING THAT:
As written in the Action Document for the implementation of the North Africa Window T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07, the programme is designed on strengthening the rule of law and sharpening a better border management system of the interested countries.

I’m requesting access, under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, which contain the following information:

1. Information concerning detailed activities that are being implemented by the ICMPD with the local partner (Moroccan Ministry of Interior), especially:
• Any implementation plan and agreement between EU and Moroccan partners, the EU and ICMPD, ICMPD and local partners;
• List of all activities and number of interventions implemented up till now and a list of actions that have already been planned for the future;
• A list of corresponding activities for each beneficiary;
• Provenance and detail of all equipment and infrastructure provided to local Moroccan partners and the corresponding call for tenders which were not contracted by ICMPD;
• Financial reports detailing the expenditure items of the 55 000 000 Euros budget so far invested in the project;
• Data on beneficiaries reached and estimated to be reached;
• Monitoring reports on performed activities ensuring respect for the do no harm principle;

2. Minutes of the operational committee as the body responsible for reviewing actions financed by the EUTF, and evaluating reports of the impact of this project on migrants and refugees human rights in Morocco/Maghreb region

Yours faithfully,

Diletta Agresta
Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 8
00195 - Rome (Italy)

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Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Dear Ms Agresta,

 

We refer to your e-mail dated 04/01/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 06/01/2020 under the above mentioned
reference number.

 

We therefore invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, to provide us with the
following clarification:

 

Your request reads: Information concerning detailed activities that are
being implemented by the ICMPD with the local partner (Moroccan Ministry
of Interior), especially: ……. ‘• Provenance and detail of all equipment
and infrastructure provided to local Moroccan partners and the
corresponding call for tenders which were not contracted by ICMPD’. Could
you please confirm that what is meant here is ‘…..which were contracted by
ICMPD’, so without the word "NOT" in the sentence?

 

If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application, you
can contact us by email to: [1][DG NEAR request email]    

 

In accordance with Article 2, third paragraph of the Implementing Rules to
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the 15 working days time limit for handling
your application will start running when we receive the requested
clarifications.

 

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

European Commission

DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

NEAR Access to Documents

[2][DG NEAR request email]   

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: NEAR ACCDOC <[DG NEAR request email]>
Sent: Monday, January 6, 2020 9:58 AM
To: 'Diletta Agresta' <[FOI #7552 email]>
Cc: NEAR ACCDOC <[DG NEAR request email]>
Subject: RE: access to documents request - State of the implementation of
the project “Border Management Programme for the Maghreb region
(BMP-Maghreb,T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07) which is funded through the EU Trust
Fund_GestDem 2020/0028

 

Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your e-mail dated 04/01/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
06/01/2020 under reference number GestDem 2020/0028.

 

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
27/01/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private third-party website which has no link with any
institution of the European Union. Therefore, the European Commission
cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to
the use of this system.

 

Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
via that website, and not the European Commission. For further information
on your rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.

 

We understand that the third party running that website usually publishes
the content of applicants’ correspondence with the European Commission on
that website. This includes the personal data that you may have
communicated to the European Commission (e.g. your private postal
address).

 

Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
the AsktheEU.org website.

 

If you do not wish your correspondence with the European Commission to be
published on the AsktheEU.org website, you can provide us with an
alternative, private e-mail address for further correspondence. In that
case, the European Commission will send all future electronic
correspondence addressed to you only to that private address.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

European Commission

DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

NEAR Access to Documents

[3][DG NEAR request email]

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Diletta Agresta <[4][FOI #7552 email]>

Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 11:19 AM

To: NEAR ACCDOC <[5][DG NEAR request email]>

Subject: access to documents request - State of the implementation of the
project “Border Management Programme for the Maghreb region
(BMP-Maghreb,T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07) which is funded through the EU Trust
Fund

 

Dear Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations,

 

I am writing to request information in relation to the implementation of
the project “Border Management Programme for the Maghreb region
(BMP-Maghreb,T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07), which is funded through the EU Trust
Fund (established following the decision of the European Commission n. C
(2015) 7293 FINAL). I would appreciate if you could send

these documents in digital form to: [6][email address]

 

GIVEN THAT:

In the founding agreement of the EUTF governing and managing bodies are
established as follows:

1. a Trust Fund Committee, chaired by the Commission (DG DEVCO - the
Commission's Directorate General for International Cooperation and
Development -) and assisted by the European External Action Service (EEAS)
and by others Commission services;

2. an Operational Committee (OpCom) for each window, which examines and
approves actions financed by the Trust Fund;

3. while the management of the Trust Fund is ensured by the Commission,
which acts as the secretariat of the Trust Fund Committee and of the
operational committees.

 

CONSIDERING THAT:

As written in the Action Document for the implementation of the North
Africa Window T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-07, the programme is designed on
strengthening the rule of law and sharpening a better border management
system of the interested countries.

 

I’m requesting access, under the right of access to documents in the EU
treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, which contain the
following information:

 

1. Information concerning detailed activities that are being implemented
by the ICMPD with the local partner (Moroccan Ministry of Interior),
especially:

•  Any implementation plan and agreement between EU and Moroccan partners,
the EU and ICMPD, ICMPD and local partners;

• List of all activities and number of interventions implemented up till
now and a list of actions that have already been planned for the future;

• A list of corresponding activities for each beneficiary;

• Provenance and detail of all equipment and infrastructure provided to
local Moroccan partners and the corresponding call for tenders which were
not contracted by ICMPD;

• Financial reports detailing the expenditure items of the 55 000 000
Euros budget so far invested in the project;

• Data on beneficiaries reached and estimated to be reached;

• Monitoring reports on performed activities ensuring respect for the do
no harm principle;

 

2. Minutes of the operational committee as the body responsible for
reviewing actions financed by the EUTF, and evaluating reports of the
impact of this project on migrants and refugees human rights in
Morocco/Maghreb region

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Diletta Agresta

Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 8

00195 - Rome (Italy)

 

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[7][FOI #7552 email]

 

If [8][DG NEAR request email] is the wrong address for information
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AsktheEU.org team on email [9][email address]

 

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Dear Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations,

I confirm that is meant ‘…..which were contracted by ICMPD’, so without the word "NOT" in the sentence.
I apoligize for the mistake.

Yours faithfully,

Diletta Agresta

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Dear Ms Agresta,

Thank you for your reply.

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application will be handled within 15 working days from the date of receipt of this clarification. The time limit will expire on 30/01/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

Yours faithfully,

European Commission
DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
NEAR Access to Documents
[DG NEAR request email]

-----Original Message-----
From: Diletta Agresta <[FOI #7552 email]>
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 11:19 AM
To: NEAR ACCDOC <[DG NEAR request email]>
Subject: Re: Request for clarification_GestDem 2020/0028

Dear Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations,

I confirm that is meant ‘…..which were contracted by ICMPD’, so without the word "NOT" in the sentence.
I apoligize for the mistake.

Yours faithfully,

Diletta Agresta

-----Original Message-----

Dear Ms Agresta,

 

We refer to your e-mail dated 04/01/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 06/01/2020 under the above mentioned
reference number.

 

We therefore invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, to provide us with the
following clarification:

 

Your request reads: Information concerning detailed activities that are
being implemented by the ICMPD with the local partner (Moroccan Ministry
of Interior), especially: ……. ‘• Provenance and detail of all equipment
and infrastructure provided to local Moroccan partners and the
corresponding call for tenders which were not contracted by ICMPD’. Could
you please confirm that what is meant here is ‘…..which were contracted by
ICMPD’, so without the word "NOT" in the sentence?

 

If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application, you
can contact us by email to: [1][DG NEAR request email]    

 

In accordance with Article 2, third paragraph of the Implementing Rules to
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the 15 working days time limit for handling
your application will start running when we receive the requested
clarifications.

 

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

European Commission

DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

NEAR Access to Documents

[2][DG NEAR request email]   

 

 

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