Duties of the Operating Structure

The Competitive Sectors Program is prepared and implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Technology. The Directorate of European Union Financial Programs under the General Directorate of European Union and Foreign Relations is responsible for the implementation of the program as the Operating Structure.

Operating Structures are responsible for the management and implementation of IPA programs in accordance with the financial management principle, have the authority to bid, contract and make payments and are responsible for reporting. In this context, our Directorate fulfills the following duties and responsibilities;

• Determining the content and intervention areas of Operational Programmes that fall under its responsibility,
• Ensuring that the program outputs progress according to the targets and indicators,
• Managing the call for project proposals,
• Selecting projects that meet specified criteria for funding,
• Developing the relevant projects with the beneficiary institution,
• Preparation of tender files for projects,
• Realization of tenders for projects in accordance with the European Union Tender Rules (PRAG),
• Connecting the projects to contracts according to the titles of procurement, consultancy and construction and monitoring their implementation,
• Controlling the expenses related to the contract, making the payments, keeping the relevant records,

It carries out its activities to ensure that projects are realized in accordance with the visibility rules of the European Union and the Competitive Sectors Programme.

The organizational chart of the Competitive Sectors Programme Authority is given below. You can find the organization chart of our entire Ministry here.