Date modified: 6.11.2008

The European Commission has decided to set up a Transition Fund for the purpose of drawing on the European Union's resources during the period 2004-2006 as a transitional financial instrument. The Fund is intended for the new Member States of the European Union as a complementary source to Phare pre-accession assistance and structural funds. The objective of the Transition Fund is to strengthen and develop administrative capacity to ensure implementation of EC legislation in areas which cannot be financed by the Structural Funds.

The following projects were approved for the health sector from the 2005 Financial Memorandum:

1.2005/017-464.04.02 Enhancing the safety, quality and availability of organs, tissues and cells intended for transplantation
The objective of the project is to establish a quality system for organ, tissue and cell transplantation in accordance with Directive 23/2004/EC.
Part of the project is the development of an information system for the Centre for organ transplantation and tissue centres. Last but not least, there will be a manual/handbook for health professionals of the centres and a public information leaflet.

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2. 2005/017-464.05.02 Improving working time organisation in the health sector
The project will contribute with a series of trainings, trainings and workshops to the correct implementation of personnel policy in the health sector. The project presents a detailed list of thematically focused training in which MZ SR sees the need for improvement to the level required by the relevant directives (93/104/EC, 2000/34/EC and 2003/88/EC).
3.2005/017-464.04.03 Improving national monitoring of drugs and drug addiction
On the basis of the existing laboratory of forensic toxicology of the Health Care Supervisory Authority to build a workplace of toxicology with national authority and equip it with a machine that allows more address and better measure and report the death indicator due to drug ingestion, which the Slovak Republic is required to report to the EU institutions.
4. 2005/017-464.04.01 Strengthening the administrative capacity of the SWD for medicinal products in human medicine

The project will contribute with a series of trainings, trainings and workshops to the implementation of the right methodology (strengthening institutional, administrative and expert capacities) so that ŠUKL (as Slovakia's representative in the field) can fulfil the functions and tasks of the "reference state" EU.