Complying wdth its strict implementation rules (including financial management, monitoring, evaluation and reporting) requires significant ongoing political and institutional efforts. It is also a challenge for SEE producers to fill out application forms and comply w'ith environmental requirements. The Former Yugoslav Republic Macedonia has implemented the IPARD I Programme (2007-13) and used IPARD I funds through to the end of 2017, while Albania and Montenegro have implemented IPARD-like schemes. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has been granted entrustment of IPARD II implementation. However, preparations in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina are not as advanced.