Sklep o potrditvi Memoranduma o mednarodnem razvojnem sodelovanju med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Republike Severne Makedonije za obdobje 2023–2024

Potrdi se Memorandum o mednarodnem razvojnem sodelovanju med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Republike Severne Makedonije za obdobje 2023–2024, podpisan v Skopju 1. decembra 2023.

Memorandum se v izvirniku v angleškem jeziku in prevodu v slovenskem jeziku glasi: The Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia (hereinafter “the Parties”), Based on the Agreement on Development Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, signed on 10 June 2004, Have agreed on the following: The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has earmarked funds in the total amount of EUR 2,079,889 for bilateral development cooperation between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of North Macedonia in the period 2023–2024 in the Budget of the Republic of Slovenia for 2023 and in the Budget of the Republic of Slovenia for 2024. 1. The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has earmarked funds in the approximate amount of EUR 1,643,056 for the period 2023–2024 in support of development projects aimed at enhancing economic and social infrastructure in the Republic of North Macedonia. 2. When selecting projects, the Parties took into account the strategic priorities of the Republic of North Macedonia and the need for its further economic and social development, the promotion of balanced regional development and environmental protection. 3. In the period 2023–2024, the Parties plan to undertake the following projects in the field of economic and social infrastructure: 1 Wastewater treatment in the Lake Dojran catchment area (overall project budget EUR 2,687,786, development funds from the Republic of Slovenia in the amount of EUR 1,299,786, of which 1,042,629 in 2023–2024); 2 Construction of hydroelectric power plant B at the Kneževo Dam (overall project budget EUR 450,000, development funds from the Republic of Slovenia in the amount of EUR 225,000 in 2023–2024); 3 Reduction of water loss in the Kočani Municipality (overall project budget EUR 447,872, development funds from the Republic of Slovenia in the amount of EUR 223,936 in 2023–2024); 4 Energy renovation of the kindergarten building and raising environmental awareness of children in the Štip Municipality (overall project budget EUR 200,000, development funds from the Republic of Slovenia in the amount of EUR 100,000 in 2023–2024); 5 Installation of solar panels in the Kriva Palanka Municipality (overall project budget EUR 102,982, development funds from the Republic of Slovenia in the amount EUR 51,491 in 2023–2024). 4. If any of the projects listed in paragraph 3 of this Article are not implemented and if conditions for including additional projects are met, the Parties agree to add these projects to the list, which shall be agreed upon by the Parties in an Annex to this Memorandum. 1. For projects aimed at enhancing economic and social infrastructure, the share of co-funding provided by the Republic of Slovenia shall generally not exceed 50 % of the total value. The remaining funds shall be provided by the relevant legal entity in the recipient country. 2. Any changes to the co-funding share must be authorised by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia on a case-by-case basis. 3. The recipient country shall decide at its own discretion on how to complete the financial construction of a project. The recipient country shall select a contractor in accordance with its national legislation governing public finances and public procurement. In specific cases, when the Republic of Slovenia provides the majority of co-funding, the Centre for International Cooperation and Development shall select, in agreement with the donation recipient, a contractor on the basis of a call for applications published in the Republic of Slovenia in accordance with the Slovenian legislation governing public finances and public procurement. The Parties have agreed to provide funds in the approximate amount of EUR 278,889 for activities in the field of technical assistance. 1. Taking into account the active support of the Republic of Slovenia for the Republic of North Macedonia with regard to its integration into the European Union and adoption of EU standards and norms, the Republic of Slovenia will provide through its ministries, their agencies, government offices and the Centre for European Perspective, to the Republic of North Macedonia expert technical assistance in the amount of up to EUR 258,889 in the period 2023–2024. The technical assistance shall be provided upon request from the Secretariat for European Affairs. 2. The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia has earmarked funds in the amount of up to EUR 20,000 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia for the translation of the Decisions of the Council of the European Union on restrictive measures. 1. The Parties shall promote development activities undertaken in the Republic of North Macedonia by Slovenian NGOs in partnership with their counterparts from the Republic of North Macedonia, and other forms of bilateral development cooperation, such as projects implemented at the regional level or for several partner countries simultaneously. Slovenia has earmarked funding for such projects in the amount of EUR 157,944. 2. Furthermore, the Parties shall promote activities included in the Protocol between the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia on Cooperation in the Field of Education, which was signed in Ljubljana on 26 February 2016. According to the Protocol, citizens of the Republic of Slovenia and of the Republic of North Macedonia are entitled to receive education under the same conditions in either country, meaning that students from the two countries are exempt from paying the tuition fees charged to foreigners, i.e. that with regard to tuition fees for public higher education institutions their status is equal to that of domestic students. Specific activities and details of their implementation shall be coordinated by the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and the Secretariat for European Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia. If any problems arise during the realisation of specific projects, the identification of additional development projects or other unforeseen developments in the Memorandum's implementation, the Parties may agree, via the Joint Committee or through other form of mutual communication, to amend the list of selected projects. Such arrangements relating to the modification of the list of selected projects shall be concluded in the form of an annex, which shall be an integral part of the Memorandum and shall enter into force in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Memorandum. Any dispute arising with respect to implementation of this Memorandum shall be settled amicably through consultations between the Parties. The Memorandum shall be provisionally applied from the date of signature. The Memorandum shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following its signature, and shall remain in force until 31 December 2024. Any ongoing activities not finalised by 31 December 2024 shall be subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Development Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia until their conclusion, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties. Done at Skopje on 1 December 2023 in two originals in the English language. Vlada Republike Slovenije in Vlada Republike Severne Makedonije (v nadaljnjem besedilu: strani) sta se na podlagi Sporazuma med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Republike Makedonije o razvojnem sodelovanju, podpisanega 10. junija 2004, dogovorili:

Vlada Republike Slovenije je v proračunu za leto 2023 in za leto 2024 za dvostransko razvojno sodelovanje med Republiko Slovenijo in Republiko Severno Makedonijo predvidela sredstva v skupnem znesku 2.079.889 EUR.

1. Vlada Republike Slovenije je za podporo razvojnim projektom za krepitev gospodarske in družbene infrastrukture v Republiki Severni Makedoniji za obdobje 2023−2024 predvidela sredstva v okvirni višini 1.643.000 EUR. 2. Pri izbiri projektov sta strani upoštevali strateške prednostne usmeritve Republike Severne Makedonije in potrebo po njenem nadaljnjem gospodarskem in družbenem razvoju ter spodbujanje uravnoteženega regionalnega razvoja in varovanje okolja. 3. V obdobju 2023−2024 strani načrtujeta izvedbo naslednjih projektov na področju gospodarske in družbene infrastrukture: 1. čiščenje odpadnih voda v povodju Dojranskega jezera (skupna vrednost projekta: 2.687.786 EUR; razvojna sredstva Republike Slovenije v znesku 1.299.786 EUR, od tega 1.042.629 EUR v obdobju 2023−2024); 2. izgradnja hidroelektrarne B na jezu Kneževo (skupna vrednost projekta: 450.000 EUR; razvojna sredstva Republike Slovenije v znesku 225.000 EUR v obdobju 2023−2024); 3. zmanjšanje vodnih izgub v občini Kočani (skupna vrednost projekta: 447.872 EUR; razvojna sredstva Republike Slovenije v znesku 223.936 EUR v obdobju 2023−2024); 4. energetska prenova stavbe vrtca in okoljsko ozaveščanje najmlajših v občini Štip (skupna vrednost projekta: 200.000 EUR; razvojna sredstva Republike Slovenije v znesku 100.000 EUR v obdobju 2023−2024); 5. postavitev solarnih panelov v občini Kriva Palanka (skupna vrednost projekta: 102.982 EUR; razvojna sredstva Republike Slovenije v znesku 51.491 EUR v obdobju 2023−2024). 4. Če se kateri od projektov iz tretjega odstavka tega člena ne izvede in če so izpolnjeni pogoji za vključitev dodatnih projektov, se strani dogovorita, da se ti dodajo na seznam z aneksom k temu memorandumu.

1. Pri projektih za krepitev gospodarske in družbene infrastrukture delež sofinanciranja Republike Slovenije običajno ne presega 50 odstotkov celotne vrednosti. Preostala sredstva zagotovi ustrezen pravni subjekt v državi prejemnici. 2. Morebitne spremembe deleža sofinanciranja mora za vsak primer posebej odobriti Ministrstvo za zunanje in evropske zadeve Republike Slovenije. 3. Država prejemnica se samostojno odloči, kako bo zaprla finančno konstrukcijo projekta.

Država prejemnica izvajalca izbere v skladu s svojo notranjo zakonodajo, ki ureja javne finance in javna naročila. V posebnih primerih, ko večino sredstev prispeva Republika Slovenija, Center za mednarodno sodelovanje in razvoj v dogovoru s prejemnikom donacije izbere izvajalca na podlagi razpisa, objavljenega v Republiki Sloveniji v skladu s slovensko zakonodajo s področja javnih financ in javnih naročil.

Strani se dogovorita, da se za izvajanje tehnične pomoči predvidijo sredstva v okvirnem znesku 278.889 EUR.

1. V skladu z dejavno podporo Republike Slovenije evropski prihodnosti Republike Severne Makedonije, njenemu vključevanju v Evropsko unijo ter prevzemanju standardov in normativov EU bo Republika Slovenija v izvedbi ministrstev, organov v sestavi, vladnih služb in Centra za evropsko prihodnost Republiki Severni Makedoniji v obdobju 2023–2024 zagotovila strokovno tehnično pomoč v vrednosti do 258.889 EUR. Tehnična pomoč se zagotovi na predlog Sekretariata za evropske zadeve. 2. Ministrstvo za zunanje in evropske zadeve Republike Slovenije je za Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve Republike Severne Makedonije predvidelo sredstva v višini do 20.000 EUR za prevod sklepov Sveta Evropske unije o omejevalnih ukrepih.

1. Strani spodbujata razvojne dejavnosti slovenskih nevladnih organizacij v Republiki Severni Makedoniji v sodelovanju z ustreznimi organizacijami iz Republike Severne Makedonije ter druge oblike dvostranskega razvojnega sodelovanja, kot so projekti, ki se izvajajo na regionalni ravni ali za več partnerskih držav hkrati. Republika Slovenija je za takšne projekte predvidela 157.944 EUR. 2. Strani poleg tega spodbujata dejavnosti po Protokolu med Ministrstvom za izobraževanje, znanost in šport Republike Slovenije in Ministrstvom za izobraževanje in znanost Republike Makedonije o sodelovanju na področju izobraževanja, podpisanem v Ljubljani 26. februarja 2016. V skladu s protokolom so državljani Republike Slovenije in Republike Severne Makedonije upravičeni do enakih pogojev za šolanje in študij v obeh državah, kar pomeni, da so študenti iz obeh držav opravičeni plačila šolnine, ki je sicer predvidena za tuje državljane, kar pomeni, da imajo glede plačila šolnine za javne visokošolske zavode isti status kot domači študenti.

Konkretne dejavnosti in podrobnosti njihovega izvajanja usklajujeta Ministrstvo za zunanje in evropske zadeve Republike Slovenije in Sekretariat za evropske zadeve Republike Severne Makedonije v okviru Skupnega odbora za razvojno sodelovanje.

Ob težavah pri izvajanju posameznega projekta, ali če se izkaže, da so potrebni dodatni razvojni projekti, ali pa se pri izvajanju memoranduma pojavijo druge nepredvidene okoliščine, se strani lahko dogovorita za spremembo seznama izbranih projektov prek skupnega odbora ali druge oblike medsebojnega obveščanja. Takšni dogovori o spremembi seznama izbranih projektov se sklenejo v obliki aneksa, ki je sestavni del tega memoranduma in začne veljati v skladu z določbami 11. člena memoranduma.

Morebitni spori v zvezi z izvajanjem tega memoranduma se rešujejo po mirni poti s posvetovanji med stranema.

Memorandum se začasno uporablja z dnem podpisa. Veljati začne 30. dan po podpisu in velja do 31. decembra 2024. Dejavnosti, ki še potekajo in niso dokončane do 31. decembra 2024, se urejajo v skladu z določbami Sporazuma med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Republike Makedonije o razvojnem sodelovanju do končne izvedbe, razen če se strani ne dogovorita drugače. Sestavljeno v Skopju 1. decembra 2023 v dveh izvirnikih v angleškem jeziku.

Za izvajanje memoranduma skrbi ministrstvo, pristojno za zunanje zadeve.

Ta sklep začne veljati naslednji dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Republike Slovenije – Mednarodne pogodbe. Št. 00704-485/2023 Ljubljana, dne 21. decembra 2023 EVA 2023-1811-0073 Vlada Republike Slovenije dr. Robert Golob predsednik