What is TAIEX?
TAIEX was a Commission Office supported by a PHARE multi-country programme and was part of the Directorate-General “Enlargement” of the European Commission. The TAIEX services are complementary to the services already offered by other relevant PHARE and other assistance programmes.
TAIEX was a one-stop-shop for short term technical assistance on approximation/implementation and enforcement, including the necessary administrative infrastructures, of the Acquis.
TAIEX’ special function consisted of acting as a broker for the transfer of expertise drawn from Member States officials in all public and semi-public bodies to their counterparts in the Candidate Countries (CCs). TAIEX should have been responded quickly and efficiently to requests from the CCs for the transfer of technical know how in all fields relevant to the Acquis. The TAIEX office has established over the years an extensive network of contacts between the EU Member States, Commission Services and other European Union Institutions such as the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions (COR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC) and the relevant bodies in the CCs.
TAIEX was structured according to various services followed the priorities as defined by the reinforced pre-accession strategy, in particular the Accession Partnerships, the National programmes on the adoption of the Acquis and the objectives laid down in the Association Agreements.
Informations about the current TAIEX situation you can find under the following contact details:
| European Commission Directorate-General Enlargement Technical Assistance Information Exchange Office For the attention of Mrs Bridget Czarnota, Head of Unit CHAR 5/97 BE - 1049 Bruxelles/Brussels |
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| Telephone: | +32-2-296 73 07 +32-2-296 73 08 |
| Fax: | +32-2-296 68 40 |