                                                                                          |   | Ref. Ares(2024)2776624 - 16/04/2024



                                EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MIGRATION AND HOME AFFATRS
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              5                 Directorate E — HOME Affairs Funds
                                E.3 — North, West $: Central Europe (ID)



                                                                       Brussels
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According to Article 35(1) of Regulation 2021/1147, Article 29(1) of Regulation
2021/1148, and Article 30(1) of Regulation 2021/1149 the Commission received on 14
February 2024 the annual performance reports for the Member State programmes of
Poland under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Border Management and
Visa Instrument, and the Internal Security Fund for the accounting year covering the period
1 July 2022 — 30 June 2023.

Following the assessment of the reports, we would like to make some observations on the
content, with a view to the preparation of next years” reports. Please find our main
observations in the annex to this letter in accordance with Article 35(3) of Regulation
2021/1147, Article 29(3) of Regulation 2021/1148, and Article 30(3) of Regulation
2021/1149.

No formal resubmission is requested.



Yours sincerely,




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Stefana Batorego. 5. 02-591 Warsaw
fundusze.kontakt(finswia.gov.pl

Commission europóenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIE — Tel. +32 22991111
Observations on the Annual Performance Reports 2023 — AMIF, BMVI
and ISF — Poland


General:

In general, we would like to draw your attention to the Revised Background Note on the
Annual Performance Report, which was sent on 26 January 2024 (ref. Ares (2024)613788),
which is intended to describe and elaborate on the aim, scope and detailed reporting
requirements of the annual performance reports.

AMIE, BMVI and ISE:

Section 1.1:

The reports indicate the slow progress achieved during the reporting period. The Managing
authority is strongly advised to undertake all the necessary steps and efforts to speed up
the implementation and to report accordingly.
In the next Annual Performance Report, the Managing Authority is advised to provide an
explanation for the delays encountered when reporting on the actual implementation
progress (per Specific Objective and including the quantitative data).

Section 1.3:

The late adoption of the Programmes has been identified as the reason why significant
changes affecting the progress cannot yet be indicated. Therefore, the Managing Authority
is invited to describe in the next Annual Performance Report any aspects (such as
procedural delays, administrative capacity, and context changes) that may affect
progressing towads the Specific Objectives and the respective mitigation measures taken
to address the challenges.

Section 1.5:

This section indicates that during the reporting period it was not possible to implement the
identified projects allocated under the Specific Actions within the accounting year. Hence,
the Managing Authority is encouraged to proceed with the timely implementation and duly
report on progress and achievements in the next Annual Performance Report, including the
relevant available data to be filled in the Specific Actions table within this section.


Section 2:




The Managing Authority is equally encouraged to continue the necessary regular
exchanges and cooperation with the relevant Ministries and authorities in order to ensure
in the best possible way complementarity and potential synergies. Concerning the AMIF,
for instance, the next year's report should provide related information on the (upcoming)
calls for proposals on Third Country Nationals Integration Centres.
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Section 3:




Section 4:




Section 5:




Section 7:

This section sumunarises the previous sections of the Annual Performance Reports. The
drafting of future surmmaries should aim to provide a better overview of the state of
implementation of the programmes. Therefore, the Managing Authority is strongly
encouraged to consider the following recommendations for fiiture reports:

   —   Please refer strictly to the reporting period (e.g. avoid including in the sunumary
       section the Specific Actions that were allocated after the reporting period).
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Please provide further insight on the implementation of the programmes describing
the progress towards the targets and set milestones.
Kindly include all the relevant information and the issues highlighted in the
previous sections. For instance, more information on concrete elements
contribuiting to the overall delay in implementation could have been included.
Please avoid repetitions and present information more concisely.
Please avoid any acronyms.
m Electronically signed on 15/04/2024 14:44 (UTC+02) in accordance with Ariicle 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
