Macedonia twinning:
Institutional strengthening of ERC


Executive Summary

The twinning project with the Macedonian regulatory authority ERC was implemented jointly by several Austrian institutions: E-Control partnered up with the Agency for European Integration and Economic Development (AEI), the Energy Exchange Austria (EXAA) and the Austrian standardisation agency TÜV.

The project started at the beginning of 2010 and lasted for 16 months, concluding at the end of April 2011. The EU budget provided was € 600,000.

Within this framework, the project addressed four topics:

  • License compliance monitoring
  • Market monitoring
  • Quality management procedures
  • Cooperation with stakeholders


Partners

E-Control Austria
Energie-Control Austria
AEI
Agency for European Integration and Economic Development
EXAA
Energy Exchange Austria
TÜV
Austrian Standardisation Agency
AGEN-RS
Energy Agency Slovenia
ERC
Energy Regulatory Commission of Macedonia

Team

Dietmar Preinstorfer
MS Project Leader, E-Control
Marko Bislimoski
BC Project Leader, ERC
Harald Proidl
Resident Twinning Advisor, E-Control
Natasha Veljanovska
RTA Counterpart, ERC
Daniela Neshovska
RTA Assistant, E-Control
Snezhana Nikolovska
Project Translator & Interpreter, E-Control

Timeline