The project “Financing personal expenditure for the implementation of OP VaI under the responsibility of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic – April 2019-December 2020” aims at financing the salaries of staff involved in the implementation of OP VaI, at the closure of the 2007-2013 programming period under OP KaHR and at the preparation of the new programming period in 2019 and 2020. The implementation of the project activities will create a basic precondition for ensuring stable, high-quality and motivated administrative capacities of the IB and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Slovak Republic. The average planned number of administrative capacities (ACs) financed under the project is 160 ACs. The duration of the project is 21 months. The result of the project is sufficient and qualified personnel to ensure the implementation and management of OP VaI.