Development of Schemes for Regional Development Programmes

Development of Schemes for Regional Development Programmes

Period of implementation: 12.2004 – 09.2005

Country –  Romania

Beneficiary – Ministry of European Integration

Objective:
The main objective of the project is to improve institutional capacity in order to effectively program, manage and implement EU Structural Funds after Romania will access the EU in 2007.
The specific objective is to support the Department of Regional Policies and Programs (DRPP) within the Regional Development Directorate at the Ministry of European Integration (MEI) in programming the structural funds, including preparing the Regional Operational Programme (ROP) and Programme Complement (PC) and dealing with the external ex-ante evaluation process.

Activities:

Activities of Component 1 – Evaluation of Phare 2000 ESC and MARR Fund:

  • Review relevant documents (i.e. Guidelines for Applicants, projects technical reports, projects monitoring and evaluation) related to ESC Phare 2000 & MARR Fund and set up a framework to conduct the ex-post evaluation
  • Review relevance and establish efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of Phare ESC program & MARR Fund
  • Elaborate and send out questionnaires to grant beneficiaries
  • Organize site visits at grant beneficiaries in the view of analyzing implementation of grant activities in accordance with the funding applications; Organize interviews with national and local stakeholders
  • Elaborate the ex-post evaluation report and launch it in a final seminar for both Phare ESC and MARR Fund (one-day each)

Activities of Component 2 – Carry out support analytical and research studies to inform ROP:

  • Assessment of statistical data for business environment and tourism niches
  • Review data collection, processing and dissemination methods
  • Define a methodological framework to be used for further analytical studies
  • Conduct the analytical study applicable for business environment and tourism niches
  • Carry out a study on the business environment at regional level by:
  • identifying business support structures needs at regional level
  • defining a project pipeline for providing support to business structures
  • Carry out a surveys
  • on tourism potential in selected niche markets identified: agro-tourism, spa tourism and cultural tourism by:
  • analyzing marketing and communication strategy from the niche regions
  • analyzing industry competitors, power of suppliers, power of buyers, substitute, new entrants, complementors
  • Organize and deliver training on how to carry out and use results from the research studies

 Activities of Component 3 – Direct assistance for ROP preparation:

  • Review of the 8 Regional Development Plans (RDPs) and issue recommendations regarding improvements required
  • Define the basic measures and priorities of the future ROP on NUTS II regions and draft the strategy for designing the ROP
  • Organize and deliver a seminar to present conclusions and recommendations from review of current RDPs, regional/sectoral studies and draft ROP
  • Develop cost benchmarks by: identifying cluster lists of projects per fields of intervention/type of measures; calculating average costs per measures; setting up a database of cost benchmarks to be used for ROP;

Country: Romania

\

Donors - European Commission

Sectors: Local and Regional Development; Managing EU funds

Type of Activities: Project and Contract Management; Training and capacity development; Surveys; Elaboration of guidelines, studies, strategies; Monitoring and evaluation.

TOGETHER FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

Implementing diverse projects in transition and developing countries and thus contributing to a „better tomorrow“ is our business. We, GOPA Consulting Group, are one of the leading consulting companies in the field of International Cooperation. For more than 50 years we are successfully implementing projects on behalf of national and international institutions, as for example the GIZ, KfW and EU. Topics are manifold and range, among others, from the improvement of education for the young, over measures of climate change adaptation to projects in health and infrastructure. GOPA Group Service GmbH is the internal service provider of GOPA Consulting Group. Our IT Services
team ensures the availability, reliability, security and performance of the whole IT infrastructure for more than 1,800 users worldwide.

With us you will find more than a job:
IT Support Specialist (m/f/d) in the international development cooperation Bad Homburg (near Frankfurt am Main) / Full-time

YOUR MISSION

 Be the first point of contact for any IT related queries and issues (by telephone, remote and onsite)
 Keep records and manage all requests in the ticketing system
 Provide first line support to our users by quick assessment of the nature and urgency of requests, resolving basic technical issues and routing more complex problems to the team responsible for resolution
 Diagnose issues ranging from environmental to software configuration, updates/bug fix and patches to ensure availability and stability
 Assist with user on- and off-boarding process (PC delivery and software installations)
 Manage access rights
 Support the IT workstations (hardware and software, MS Windows 10, Office 2016 and O365, SfB)
 Ensure all documentation is updated and maintained
 Assist with IT purchases (manage orders, delivery dates, complaints)
 Provide on-site IT support, if required; travelling to different locations in Germany and abroad

YOUR PROFILE

 Relevant degree in IT or completed vocational training in the IT sector
 Experience in an IT customer support role
 Excellent understanding of Windows platforms, operation systems and servers
 Good knowledge of the operational and support aspects of computer systems, hardware, software and peripheral equipment including but not limited to: Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Active Directory, SCCM, Microsoft Exchange, experience with GPO, Powershell and SharePoint is an asset
 Analytic thinking, ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems
 A high level of personal commitment to task completion, with the ability to prioritize
 Great service orientation
 Good attention to details
 A good team player that uses opportunities for sharing knowledge and encourages others to be responsible for cooperation and open communication
 Very good German and English language skills and intercultural competence

WHY US?

 High emphasis on Corporate Social Responsibility
 An international working environment in an exciting, not ordinary sector
 Supportive team spirit, colleagues who enjoy working together, mixing competence with the right amount of humour, and who are looking forward to having you in the team
 Short communication and decision making processes and a living “open doors” culture across all company levels
 The possibility to actively contribute to the future success of your department and develop yourself
 A reliable permanent position
 A wide range of benefits such as job ticket, job bike, gym membership support, VL, etc.

READY TO WORK WITH US?