Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance
Encyclopedia
The Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, or simply IPA, is a new funding mechanism of the European Union
. As of 2007, it replaced previous programmes such as the PHARE
programme and CARDS. Unlike the previous assistance programs, IPA offers funds to both EU candidate countries (Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey) and potential candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Serbia including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/1999), although under different conditions.
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
. As of 2007, it replaced previous programmes such as the PHARE
Phare
The Phare programme is one of the three pre-accession instruments financed by the European Union to assist the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their preparations for joining the European Union....
programme and CARDS. Unlike the previous assistance programs, IPA offers funds to both EU candidate countries (Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey) and potential candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Serbia including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/1999), although under different conditions.