The financial assistance provided by the EU is collected in the National Fund, which then transfers funds to the CFCU, according to the mechanism set out in the Financing Agreement, in order for it to make payments on contracts.
Responsible to ensure the sound financial management of EU funds.
The NAC links the financial assistance provided by the EU to the accession process and ensures that this then takes place. The secretarial services of the National Aid Coordinator are carried out by the IPA co-ordinator.
Sets out in detail the measures through which Turkey will make progress to meet and assume the obligations of membership (collectively known as the Copenhagen criteria).
The negotiating framework establishes the general guidelines for the accession negotiations for each candidate country. This framework determines more specifically the reforms and adaptations that each candidate country must undertake in order to join the European Union. The European Commission draws up the negotiating framework and presents it at the start of the accession negotiations.
