The Monitoring Committee (MC) is composed of representatives of the local, regional and central authorities from the states which participate in the programme. Each participating country has equal voting rights, regardless of the number of representatives it has appointed.

The Committee monitors the implementation of the programme, examines all the problems which affect its performance, has the possibility to issue recommendations to the Managing Authority regarding the implementation. The works and decisions of the Monitoring Committee are based on the principles of transparency, equal treatment, non-discrimination, objectivity and fair competition.

The Monitoring Committee approves the selection criteria of projects and is responsible for the evaluation and selection procedures applied to projects which will be funded by the programme.

The composition of the Monitoring Committee is the following:

Romania

Members: 

Ministry of Development, Public Works, and Administration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
North-East Regional Development Agency
North-West Regional Development Agency
South-East Regional Development Agency
Suceava County Council
Botosani County Council
Maramures County Council
Satu Mare County Council
Tulcea County Council

Observers:

Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Investments and European Projects
Association of Romanian Municipalities
National Anti-discrimination Council
Audit Authority
Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
The National Patronage of Business Women in SMEs

Ukraine

Members:

Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Transcarpathian Regional Military (State) Administration
Odesa Regional Military (State) Administration
Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military (State) Administration
Chernivtsi Regional Military (State) Administration
Ukrainian Side of the Platform Civil Society Ukraine-EU
National Council of Ukraine for Science and Technology Development Scientific Committee
National Research Foundation of Ukraine

Rules of Procedure 

MC Decision 1 - Approval of the Rules of Procedure

MC Decision 2 -  Approval of the maine features of the calls for proposals

MC Decision 3 - Approval of the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for the first Call for Proposals on regular projects

MC Decision 4 - Approval of the revised financial allocation for the programme, the allocation for the future calls for proposals and the indicative activities for ISO 1 “A better cooperation governance”

MC Decision 5 - Approval of the revised Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme

MC Decision 6 - Approval of the Technical Assistance Strategy for the Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme

MC Decision 7 - Approval of the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for the first Call for Proposals on small scale projects

MC Decision 8 - Approval of the Corrigendum to the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for the first Call for Proposals on regular projects

MC Decision 9 - Approval of the Corrigendum to the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for the first Call for Proposals on small scale projects

MC Decision 10 - Approval of the extension of the deadline for the first calls for proposals for regular and small-scale projects

MC Decision 11 - Approval of the Evaluation Plan for the Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme

MC Decision 12 - Approval of the Assessment and Selection Manual for the Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme

MC Decision 13  - Approval of the the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for the second Call for Proposals on regular projects

MC Decision 14 - Approval of the First Amendment of the Assessment and Selection Manual

MC Decision 15 - Approval of the Corrigendum to the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for the second Call for Proposals on regular projects

MC Decision 16 - Approval of the Terms of Reference for external assessors 

MC Decision 17 - Approval of the Methodology for Risk-Based Management Verifications

MC Decision 18 - Approval of the Second Amendment of Assessment and Selection Manual for the Interreg VI-A Next Romania-Ukraine Programme

MC Decision 19 - Approval of the adjustment of the material error that appeared in the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for regular projects, Priority 1.1 to the Corrigendum to the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for the second Call for Proposals on regular projects for the Interreg VI-A Next Romania-Ukraine Programme

MC Decision 20 - Approval of revised Terms of Reference for external assessors involved in the assessment of state aid (step I) and qualitative assessment (step II) of the projects submitted following the call for regular and small scale projects for the Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Ukraine

MC Decision 21 - Approval of the list of small scale projects selected for financing under Specific Objectives 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, with their corresponding grants, as well as the reserve list of projects.

MC Decision 22 - Approval of the updated templates of grant contracts and partnership agreements for regular and small scale projects selected under Interreg (VI-A) NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme and also mandating the Managing Authority to operate any other updates/corrections/revisions in the templates of the grant contracts and partnership agreements, if further identified as necessary for the optimal implementation of projects

MC Decision 23 - Approval of the list of regular projects selected for financing under Specific Objectives 2.1, 2.2, with their corresponding grants, as well as the reserve list of projects

MC Decision 24 - Approval of the list of regular projects selected for financing under Specific Objective 1.1, with their corresponding grants, the reserve list of projects as well as the mandate given to the Managing Authority for the review of project indicators

MC Decision 25 - Approval of the re-allocation of funds available following the conclusion of the selection process for the calls 1 and 2 for regular projects and call 1 for small scale projects.

MC Decision 26 - Approval of the main features of the second call for small scale projects for Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme.

MC Decision 27 - Approval of the report on the appeal procedure for small projects - 1st Call for proposals Small Scale Projects of the Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine Program

MC Decision 28 Approval of the report on the appeal procedure for regular projects – 2nd Call for proposals Regular Projects of the Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine Program

MC Decision 29 - Approval of the report on the appeal procedure for regular projects – 1st Call for proposals Regular Projects of the Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine Program.

MC Decision 30 - Approval of the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for the second Call for Proposals on small scale projects for the Interreg VI-A Next Romania-Ukraine Programme

MC Decision 31 - Approval of the method of application of art. 22(1) of Interreg Regulation no. 1059/2021 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulation and the Guidelines for Applicants launched under the Interreg NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme

MC Decision 32 - Approval of the second amendment of the Programme (reallocation of funds, as well as the appointment by the National Authority from Ukraine of the structures that are going to perform the function of branch offices of JS in Ukraine)

MC Decision 33 - Approval of the Guide for Control for the Programme Interreg NEXT VI-A Romania-Ukraine

MC Decision 34 - Approval of the Corrigendum no. 1 to the Guidelines for Grant Applicants for second call for small scale projects

MC Decision 35 - Approval of the revised Guide for Control for the Programme Interreg NEXT VI-A Romania-Ukraine

The Managing Authority is responsible for the management of programme in accordance with the principle of sound financial management and assures that the decisions of the Monitoring Committee comply with applicable low and provisions.

The Ministry of Development, Public Works, and Administration was nominated by the two countries as the Managing Authority of the Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Ukraine Programme.

The Managing Authority launches calls for proposals and, following the selection process, signs financing contracts with the beneficiaries and monitors the implementation of projects.
The Managing Authority assures the information of beneficiaries for the good implementation of projects.

Each participating country appointed a National Authority whose role is to answer for the creation and functioning of management and control systems at national level.

Thus, in Romania the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration was appointed as National Authority, while in Ukraine the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers was appointed as National Authority.

The National Authorities support the Managing Authority and the Joint Secretariat in the monitoring of projects on their own territory, facilitate the communication with beneficiaries etc.

The National Authorities offer support to the Managing Authority for establishing the evaluation criteria and contractual provisions by assuring the conformity with the national legislation.

Joint Secretariat:

The Joint Secretariat is established in the programme to assist the Managing Authority, the Monitoring Committee and the Audit Authority in the fulfillment of their functions.

The Joint Secretariat operates in the Regional Office for Crossborder Cooperation from Suceava. The organization fulfilled a similar function in the programming period 2007-2013 for the Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova Programme and during 2014-2020, for Romania-Ukraine Joint Operational Programme, having hired staff from both countries, with experience in project management.

The Joint Secretariat performs activities of information and communication regarding the programme, performs the pre-contracting visits for selected applicants and supports the beneficiaries during the project implementation period.

The Audit Authority from the Court of Accounts of Romania was nominated by the participating countries as the Audit Authority for the programme. In the fulfilment of its assignments the Audit Authority works independently from the Managing Authority.

The Audit Authority performs the annual audit of management and control systems, on a corresponding sample of projects and on the accounts of the programme.