Cohesion policy support for environmental protection

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1 Reginal and Urban Plicy Chesin plicy supprt fr envirnmental prtectin Dr. Gergana Miladinva Team Leader 'Sustainable Grwth' Unit G1 Cmpetence Centre 'Smart & Sustainable Grwth' Eurpean Cmmissin - DG REGIO

2 Chesin Plicy Billin EUR Less develped regins Transitin regins 35.4 Mre develped regins 54,4 Chesin Fund 63.4 Eurpean territrial cperatin 10.1 Of which Crss-brder cperatin 7.5 Transnatinal cperatin 2.0 Interreginal cperatin 0.6 Outermst regins and nrthern sparsely ppulated regins 1.6 Yuth Emplyment initiative 3.2 TOTAL 350.3* * This figure des nt include EUR 1.5b f Urban Innv. Actins and EC technical assistance Reginal and Urban Plicy

3 What funding? 1. Research & innvatin 2. ICT 3. SMEs Allcatins f Chesin Plicy funds (ERDF/CF/ESF) Lw-carbn ecnmy 5. Climate & risks 6. Envirnment & resurce eff. 7. Transprt 8. Emplyment & labur mb. 9. Scial inclusin 10. Educatin 11. Public administratin billin EUR Reginal and Urban Plicy

4 Reginal and Urban Plicy Which envirnmental measures? Envirnment and resurce efficiency Significant imprvements t wastewater treatment and drinking water supply Imprved waste management and additinal recycling capacity Bidiversity prtectin and cnservatin measures Investments in natural and cultural heritage Other pririties: rehabilitatin f industrial sites, air quality measures, etc. Climate change adaptatin Preventin f natural disasters (flds, fires ) and ther hazards Lw-carbn ecnmy Energy efficiency, renewable energy, smart grids, lw-carbn urban mbility

5 Reginal and Urban Plicy Reginal plicy ging beynd funding Integrated territrial develpment and strategic planning partnership agreements and peratinal prgrammes Brad engagement f stakehlders, partnership principle Territrial cperatin pprtunities Pssibilities fr capacity building and technical assistance A tl fr implementatin f EU envirnmental plicies Pre-cnditins fr funding (ex ante cnditinalities) NATURA 2000 as an imprtant fcus fr Chesin Plicy investments Green infrastructure as a new pprtunity t steer investments fr envirnmental and sci-ecnmic benefits

6 Reginal and Urban Plicy What new fr ? Hrizntal integratin f the Sustainable develpment principle "The Member States and the Cmmissin shall ensure that envirnmental prtectin requirements, resurce efficiency, climate change mitigatin and adaptatin, bidiversity, disaster resilience, and risk preventin and management are prmted in the preparatin and implementatin f Partnership Agreements and prgrammes" (Art. 8 Cmmn Prvisins Regulatin) Greater rle f cities and sustainable urban develpment: "At least 5 % f the ERDF resurces [ ] shall be allcated t integrated actins fr sustainable urban develpment" (Art. 7 ERDF Regulatin)

7 GIF-T! Green Infrastructure Fr Tmrrw Tgether! INTERREG IV B - BE NL GB, ttal 3.6 M (ERDF 1.8 M), five years A new way f cmmunity-based spatial planning and develping Green Infrastructure, three phases: Visining and building the stakehlder netwrk Diagnsis, design and valuatin f GI Deplying the GI ptential by develping GI Business Plan Tlkit that has already helped cmmunities, businesses and gvernments t enhance their GI : Stimulate cllabratin between stakehlders Increasing scial chesin Increasing bidiversity and recreatinal value f envirnment Interacting reginal and lcal level Increasing business pprtunities 7

8 Cnclusins Imprtant pprtunities Develpment and implementatin f highquality prjects - nw crucial fr success Cntinuus brad engagement f stakehlders needed Gd gvernance and crdinatin - essential at all levels