Summary
For the period 2007-2013, the European Union has replaced the PHARE, ISPA, SAPARD, Turkey and CARDS pre-accession instruments with the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).

The IPA consolidates the management and objectives of those financing programs and streamlines the financing process. As a result of this consolidation of the pre-accession financing schemes some new guidelines, including reciprocity, should be consulted to successfully bid on EU contracts originating in candidate or potential candidate countries and financed through the IPA.

Currently, the EC has allocated EUR 11.468 billion to candidate and potential candidate countries over the next funding period. As of the date of this report no draft budget with a country or annual breakdown has been available to the public – one may be expected when the IPA program will enter into force in January 2007.