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EU Financing in Environmental Sector during

2007-2013

Raluca FRATILA Ministry of Environment and Forests, Managing Authority for SOP

Environment - 20th of January 2010 -

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SOP Environment – key aspects

Financial allocation: 5.6 billion Euro, out of which4.512 billion Euro – Community contribution and 1.076 billion Euro – national contribution

Decentralized management - MA/IBs/Beneficiaries

Financial support for water/waste/district heating/nature protection/flood protection

Main beneficiaries– local authorities

Regional projects – water/waste

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SOP Objectives

Global objective– protection and improvement of living and environmental standards, aiming in particular at compliance with EU acquis

General strategy – 3 main strategic directions:

• improvement of access to public utilities;

• improvement of environmental protection sustainable development

• strengthening of institutional capacity development of efficient management structures for environmental services

SOP ENVIRONMENT – PRIORITY AXES

Global objective of SOP ENV– împrovement of living and environmental standards, focusing, mainly, on compliance with environmental acquis communautaire

Specific objective 1Improvement of quality

and accessto water and wastewater

infrastructure

Specific objective 2Development of

sustainable waste management system

Specific objective 3Reduction of negative

environmental impact caused by

urban heating plants

Priority Axis 1Extension and modernization of water and wastewater

systems

Priority Axis 2Development

of integrated waste management systems

and rehabilitation of historically

contaminated sites

Priority Axis 4 Implementation

of adequate management

systems for nature protection

Priority Axis 5Implementation

of adequate infrastructure for natural risk

prevention

Specific objective 4Protection

and improvement of biodiversity

and natural heritages

Specific objective 5 Reduction of the incidence

of natural disasters affecting the population

Priority Axis 3Reduction of pollution from urban

heating systems

Approx. Euro 2,776 million

(CF)

Approx. Euro 883 million

(ERDF)

Approx. Euro 229 million

(CF)

Approx. Euro 172 million

(ERDF)

Approx. Euro 270 million

(CF)

Priority Axis 6Technical Assistance

Approx. Euro 182 million (ERDF)

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The most demanding environmental sector

19 billion Euro – total estimated investment costs for compliance

with EU Directives

Approx. 8.6 billion euro needed by 2013, only 4 billion available

under SOP

Optimisation of investment cost at macro level – a must

Regionalisation – part of the solution (economies of scale)

Water/waste water sector – top priority

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PRIORITY AXIS 1

Financial allocation:

TOTAL 3.266 billionEuro

CF Contribution 2.776 billion Euro

National contribution 489.9 million Euro

Indicative activities

Construction/modernization of water sources intended for drinking water abstraction ;

Construction/rehabilitation of water treatment plants ;

Extension/rehabilitation of water and sewerage networks ;

Construction/upgrading of wastewater treatment plants ;

Construction/rehabilitation of sludge treatment facilities ;

Metering, laboratory equipment, leakage detection equipment, etc;

Technical assistance for project preparation, management and publicity, etc .

Beneficiaries – water companies – Regional operators

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Circumstances Need to comply with EU acquis within negotiated transition periods High level investment needs, but available EU funds – limited Reliable water companies only in some large municipalities; not the

case in small and medium agglomerations Water sector – not attractive for private business yet

Strategy Development of regional projects - grouping of more agglomerations in

the same geographical area – aiming to optimize the investment and operational costs IDA, ROC – pre-requisite for EU financing

Building on previous experience (MUDP, ISPA, SAMTID) Reliable ROC – key

PRIORITY AXIS 1

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Financial allocation:

TOTAL 1.167 billion Euro

ERDF contribution 934.2 million Euro

National contribution 233.5 million Euro

Indicative activities• Acquisition and installation of selective collection systems ;• Construction of sorting, recycling and composting facilities ; • Acquisition of waste transport vehicles ;• Construction of municipal waste disposal facilities; • Recovery of gas from landfills ;• Construction of adequate facilities for municipal hazardous waste ;• Closure of non-compliant landfills ;• Land restoration and cleaning • Technical assistance for project preparation, management and publicity, etc.

Beneficiaries - County Councils

PRIORITY AXIS 2

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PRIORITY AXIS 2

Financing Strategy

• Integrated waste management projects - to cover urban and rural localities, at county level.

• Optimization of investment and operation costs.

• Association of localities in order to improve the waste management infrastructure - pre-requisite for project approval.

• Analysis of existing contracts – possibilities of amendment or termination

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Financial allocation:

TOTAL 458 billion Euro

CF contribution 229 million Euro

National contribution 229 million Euro

Indicative activities

Rehabilitation of boilers and turbines ;

Introduction of BATs for SO2, NOx and dust reduction ;

Introduction of improved metering ;

Rehabilitation of non-compliant slag and ash landfills ;

Rehabilitation of heat distribution networks ;

Technical assistance for project preparation, management and publicity, etc.

Beneficiaries - local public authorities (City Halls) in selected municipalities

PRIORITY AXIS 3

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Financial allocation:

TOTAL 215 billion Euro

ERDF contribution 172 million Euro

National contribution 43 million Euro

Indicative activities Assistance in the preparation of management plans ; Institutional capacity building within protected areas ; Construction and improvement of infrastructure of protected areas; Monitoring systems for the Natura 2000 sites and protected areas ; Preparation of information and publicity and awareness raising materials ; Acquisition of high biodiversity value land .

Beneficiaries - administrators of protected areas, National Agency for Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation, EPAs, public authorities, NGOs

PRIORITY AXIS 4

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Financial allocation:

TOTAL 329 billion Euro

ERDF contribution 270 million Euro

National contribution 59 million Euro

Indicative activities Infrastructure for flood prevention and reduction of the destructive

consequences of floods ; Development of hazard and flood risk prevention maps ; Rehabilitation of Black Sea shore affected by erosion ; Technical assistance for project preparation, management and

publicity, etc

Beneficiaries - National Administration “Romanian Waters”

PRIORITY AXIS 5

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PA 1 – Water sector: 10 project approved 2 projects under approval 33 projects in preparation

PA 2 – waste management sector:3 projects approved– valoare aprox. 100 mil. Euro1 project under approval35 projects in preparation

PA 3 – district heating sector:3 projects under approval5 projects in preparation

PA 4 – nature protection 35 projects approved

PA 5 – floods4 projects under preparation

Project pipeline

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Other financing opportunities

• National Programme for Rural development• Regional Operational Programme• CEDB Loan• Environmental Fund• Other Governmental Programmes

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