About program

The Managing Authority within the structure of the Ministry of Development is responsible for the management of the Interreg Polska-Slovakia program. Responsible, inter alia, for the development of program documents and their updating, conducting evaluation, signing co-financing agreements and annexes to these agreements with beneficiaries, examining complaints / objections regarding the implementation of the co-financing agreement, making payments to the beneficiary. The Managing Authority is also the Certifying Authority. The detailed scope of tasks and competences of the Managing Authority is included in the programming document approved by the European Commission.

The role of the National Authority in the program is performed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic. The tasks of the National Authority include, among others: ensuring national funding from the state budget of the Slovak Republic (in accordance with the provisions of Slovak law), confirming, at the request of the Managing Authority, the eligibility of partners under the national law, first level control on the Slovak side (project control and expenditure control technical assistance for Slovak contact points and the Group of Auditors).

The body acting as the Audit Institution (AA) is the General Inspector of Fiscal Control (GIKS) at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Poland. The Audit Authority will be supported by a Group of Auditors made up of representatives of each of the participating countries. The Audit Authority is responsible for audits of EU funds spending.

Before the lead partner sends the payment claim for the project to the JTS, the expenditure incurred in the project by the individual partners (including the lead partner) is verified and confirmed by independent national controllers appointed by the Member States in accordance with Art. 23 sec. 4 of the ETC Regulation. The controllers' task is to confirm the delivery of products and services, the eligibility of the declared expenses and their compliance with the rules of the program, EU law and national law, as well as confirming the correct implementation of the project in accordance with the assumptions in the application for co-financing.

Both Poland and Slovakia have a centralized control system, i.e. public authorities or institutions of the central level have been appointed and entrusted with the performance of control tasks.

In Poland, the functions of controllers are performed by: the Voivode of Małopolska, the Voivode of Podkarpacie and the Voivode of Silesia. As a rule, the controller checks those partners who have their seat in the voivodship competent for the Voivode acting as the controller.

In Slovakia, the controller is the Department of Cross-Border Cooperation Programs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic.

The main tasks of the Monitoring Committee include, among others: approval of program documents and project selection criteria, selection of projects for co-financing, consideration of complaints regarding project selection, monitoring of the implementation progress of the Program and its priority axes, in accordance with Art. 49 sec. 1 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, approving annual and final reports on the implementation of the Program. More information on the Monitoring Committee can be found in the Monitoring Committee tab .

The Joint Technical Secretariat shall assist the Managing Authority and the Monitoring Committee in carrying out their functions. It also provides potential beneficiaries with information on funding opportunities under the program and supports beneficiaries in implementing projects. If you want to contact the Joint Technical Secretariat, contact details can be found in the Contact tab.

Regional Contact Points inform potential applicants about the Program and conduct consultations for applicants, as well as cooperate in the implementation of the Program Communication Strategy. Regional Contact Points are located in the Marshal's Offices of the following voivodeships: Śląskie, Małopolskie and Podkarpackie - on the Polish side, and in the Higher Territorial Units of Prešov and Žilina on the Slovak side. Contact details for Regional Contact Points can be found in the Find an Information Point tab.

Euroregions operating in the Polish-Slovak border area, ie Euroregion Beskidy, Euroregion Carpathian, and Euroregion Tatry, and on the Slovak side Higher Territorial Units in Žilina and Prešov are responsible for the implementation of micro-projects by implementing umbrella projects. Contact details of Umbrella Project Partners can be found in the Find an Information Desk tab.