The Ministry of
Environment, Waters and Forests (MoEWF), as Program Operator for the EEA Grants 2014-2021, is inviting
proposals for Risk management measures to reduce contaminated temporary
municipal landfills" program to support the Environment and Ecosystems
component of the Program, designed to address the needs and issues identified
during stakeholder consultations.
Through the call for „Risk management measures to reduce
contaminated temporary municipal landfills”, the RO-Environment program aims to
increase local capacity to manage/reduce/remove risks generated by hazardous
substances and municipal waste. The expected results of the call for projects
„Risk management measures to reduce contaminated temporary municipal landfills”
refer to:
- closure of minimum 2 temporary
municipal landfills;
The implementation of municipal landfill closure
measures will improve the capacity to manage and address the risks from
hazardous substances, and also will contribute to meeting key objectives of the
7th environmental action plan, such as: to
protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital, to turn the Union
into a resource efficient, green, and competitive low-carbon economy, to
safeguard the Union’s citizens from environment related pressures and risk to
health and well-being.
Key Challenges
The key challenges identified with temporary
municipal landfills are:
- Formation of dust and odor;
- Wind-dispersed light weight
waste (hârtie, plastic);
- Infiltration of rainfall water
in the landfill pit;
- Risk of groundwater pollution
raised by leachate;
- Atmospheric emissions;
- Risk of fire;
- Degradation of the surface
vegetation layer due to landfill gas;
- Deformation of landfill pit
walls, landfills’ slope ruptures caused by lack of proper management,
which can impact the surrounding environment (soil, groundwater, smell);
- Landfills setup near urban
areas has a negative impact on urban landscape, with ecological, social
and economic consequences.
Funding Information
The total amount allocated to this program is
5.000.000 Euro, composed of:
- 4.250.000 Euro (85%) –
contribution (grant) of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021;
- 750.000 Euro (15%) – the
national contribution (co-financing).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility of the Project
Promoter (Project Applicant):
- An eligible applicant, as
Project Promoter, within the present is local or regional (municipal/county)
authorities, which cumulatively fulfills the following criteria:
- has the status of legal entity
registered in Romania;
- falls into one of the
following categories:
- public institution whose
responsibilities include, inter alia, and environmental protection and /
or nature protection (County Councils, City Halls);
- is directly responsible for
the initiation, preparation, implementation and sustainability of the
project, together with the project partners (if applicable);
- has sufficient and stable
financial resources, as well as the professional competences and
qualifications necessary to implement the project and ensure its
sustainability;
- has the resources necessary to
ensure its own co-financing / contribution from the eligible costs of the
project, if any;
- has the resources necessary to
finance all ineligible costs (including related costs) related to the
project, as well as to cover any financial corrections resulting from the
implementation of the project, if any;
- has not benefited and does not
benefit from financial support from public funds / non-reimbursable
external funds for the implementation of the project submitted within the
present call for proposals (identity of objectives, results, activities,
etc.) or of some activities related to the project;
- assumes the obligation to
immediately inform the Programme Operator in case the project /
activities in the project is / are approved for funding from other public
funds / external non-reimbursable funds after its submission in the
present.
- Eligibility of Project
Partners:
- The project can be implemented
in partnership with one or more entities from Romania and / or the Donor
States. Partners must have the capacity to carry out relevant activities
within the project. The applicant must present, in the application for
funding, the added value brought by the involvement of each party in the
implementation of the project.
- Eligible Project Partners are
public or private, commercial or non-commercial entities, including
non-governmental organizations, who have the status of legal persons,
either in the Donor States, either in Romania, who are actively involved
in the project implementation and contribute effectively to it.
- The project partner must
cumulatively meet the following criteria:
- has the status of legal
person registered in the state of origin according to the applicable
law;
- falls into one of the
following categories:
- Project partners from
Romania:
- Project partners from the
Donor State
Post Date - 18-Dec-2020