Joint Monitoring Committee

The Joint Monitoring Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "JMC") of the IPA II Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Albania – Kosovo 2014-2020 is a permanently acting body between each of the two participating countries (Albania and Kosovo) and the European Commission on the arrangements for the implementation of Union financial assistance under IPA II.

In order to fulfil its role, the JMC, among others, shall:

• be responsible for identifying the thematic priorities, specific objectives, target beneficiaries and specific focus of each call for proposals which shall be endorsed by the Commission;
• examine and provide an advisory opinion on the list of operations selected through calls for proposals before the grant award decision. The contracting authority shall adopt the final decision on the award of grants;
• examine and approve the communication and visibility plan for the cross-border cooperation programme
• examine and approve the annual and final reports on implementation referred to in Article 80 of the FWA

Each participating country has appointed its representatives to the JMC. The JMC is composed of representatives of, the National IPA Coordinators (NIPACs) or the territorial cooperation coordinators, and representatives of the participating countries. The JMC shall meet at least twice a year at the initiative of the participating countries or the European Commission, who may also convene ad-hoc meetings of this body.

The working language of the JMC is English. Costs associated with the JMC meetings will be funded out of the technical assistance budget. Each participating country has equal voting rights regardless of the number of representatives it has appointed. Thus, each participating country has one vote. A quorum is achieved when at least 50% of the members with a right to vote are present from each participating country.