Three types of pledges will be sought from donors:

• a pledge of financial support to the South East Europe Region as a whole over the period 2000-2001.

This would include assistance to national country programmes as well as financing of specific regional programmes.

This pledge should be recorded in Table 1 of the pledge form. This table should be submitted on, or before, the first day of the Conference.

• pledges for QUICK START regional projects and programmes included in the four Stability Pact lists.

These pledges should be recorded in Table 2 of the pledge form. Table 2 should be submitted on, or before, the second day of the Conference.

Where possible, delegations are requested to indicate interest in specific projects and programmes included on the Stability Pact lists. Each programme will have a specific project identification number which should be noted in Table 2.

• pledges for preparatory studies for NEAR TERM regional projects and programmes included on the four Stability Pact lists

Pledges for preparatory studies should be recorded in Table 3. This table should be submitted on, or before, the second day of the Conference.

Where donors can already indicate interest in specific NEAR TERM projects, they are asked to indicate the project identification numbers in Table 3.

(Further detailed information on the pledge form is contained in the notes and definitions section of the form.)

The pledging on the second day of the Conference for Regional programmes and initiatives included in the Stability Pact list is only the first step in the process of matching donor funding with specific regional programmes. For each project or initiative on the list, a Lead Agency will be identified. Lead Agencies would then examine the information supplied by donors at the Conference, and call together all donors and agencies that have expressed an interest in a given programme. In the weeks following the Regional Funding Conference, the Lead Agency would then work together with all interested donors to share additional information on the project, and then to take forward the process of project implementation.