Water Cohesion Fund Czech Republic

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1 Water Cohesion Fund Czech Republic Dr. et Dr. Jaroslav Blažek, MSc. CF Unit, Department of Integrated Financing, Directorate of Foreign Project Co-operation, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic International Expert Consultation-cum-Conference Towards integrated river basin management Water Research Institute Bratislava Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic

2 Water & life Freshwater is essential for healthy ecosystems, for sustainable development and for human survival itself. If current trends continue, two out of every three people on earth will suffer moderate to severe water shortages in a little more than two decades from now. This is a social, economic, environmental and political crisis that should be among the world community s highest priority. Whatever else divides the human community, the global water cycle itself should link us in a common effort to protect and share it equitably, sustainably and peacefully. (from the United Nations Secretary-General s message to the Third World Water Forum, Kyoto, March 2003)

3 Contents Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) implementation Financial support from EU funds in Operational Programme Environment Priorities of the Operational Programme aims, domains of intervention, financial plans Cohesion Fund projects of 2005, with the EC Decision CF projects reserve for the period New CF projects approved by the CF Workgroup Operational Programme Infrastructure Total estimation of expenditures for the period /34

4 Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) Czech Republic in international structures a) EU (CIS and Water Directors), b) International commissions for the protection of rivers, c) Frontier rivers commissions. Competencies in the Czech Republic a) Ministry of Agriculture (Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, Nitrates Directive, shared coordination of the WFD, Freshwater Fish Directive, Shellfish Directive) b) Ministry of Environment (Framework Directive, Dangerous Substances Directive, Groundwater Directive), c) Ministry of Health (Drinking Water Directive). 4/34

5 Working Structure under the WFD CIS Art. 21 Committee Water Directors Steering of implementation process Chair: WD of the actual presidency; Co-chair: Commission Expert advisory forum Priority Substances Chair: Commission Chemical monitoring Expert advisory forum Floods Chair: Commission Expert advisory forum Reporting Chair: Commission Strategic Co-ordination group Coordination of work programme Chair: Commission Working Group A Ecological Status Working Group B Integrated River Basin Management Working Group C Groundwater Working Group D Reporting WFD & Agriculture stakeholders, NGOs, researchers, experts, etc. 5/34

6 CIS Working Groups Working Group A (WG A) Ecological Status Mgr. Tereza Loučímová (MoE), Tereza_Loucimova@env.cz RNDr. Jiří Kokeš (TGM WRI), Jiri_Kokes@vuv.cz Working Group B (WG B) Integrated River Basin Management Mgr. Marta Kubová (MoE), Marta_Kubova@env.cz Ing. Jan Sokol (MoA), Jan.Sokol@mze.cz Working Group C (WG C) Groundwater RNDr. Jan Cepák (MoE), Jan_Cepak@env.cz RNDr. Hana Prchalová (TGM WRI), Hana_Prchalova@vuv.cz Working Group D (WG D) Reporting Mgr. Tereza Loučímová (MoE), Tereza_Loucimova@env.cz Ing. Petr Vyskoč (TGM WRI), Petr_Vyskoc@vuv.cz 6/34

7 International Commissions for the Protection of Rivers hydrological basins of big rivers crossing borders of several countries international conventions on protection of the main river basins of the Odra, Danube and Elbe rivers Baltic, Black and North Seas protected International Commission for Odra River Protection against the Pollution (ICOP) Ing. Bohdan Polak, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) Ing. Doubravka Nedvědová, International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe (ICPE) RNDr. Jarmila Skybová, RNDr. 7/34

8 Main River Basins in the Czech Republic N.B.: Elbe basin in green, Danube basin in blue, Odra basin in yellow. 8/34

9 Frontier Rivers Commissions partial problems of implementation connected with the domain of frontier rivers are solved on the level of bilateral commissions for water management related issues commissions activities defined in bipartite interstate or intergovernmental agreements and conventions; Czech Republic concluded with all neighbouring states Czech Republic Republic of Poland Ing. Bohdan Polak, OOV MŽP, Czech Republic Slovak Republic Czech Republic Republic of Austria Ing. Josef Nistler, OOV MŽP, Czech Republic Federal Republic of Germany RNDr. Jarmila Skybová, OOV MŽP, 9/34

10 allocation from EU funds for the Czech Republic Programme Aim 1 Aim 2 Aim 3 Structural funds total Interreg Equal Cohesion Fund (½ environment, ½ transport) Cohesion Fund Environment Total EU Grant Allocation 1, , ,630 N.B..: Figures are in MEUR. 10/34

11 Operational Programme Environment develops the priority axis of the National Development Plan Protection and Improvement of the Environment for the period Aim of the priority axis is the enhancement of quality of environment, the conditio sine qua non of attractiveness and competitiveness of the state and its regions. Strategic aim of the Operational Programme Environment (hereafter OPE) is the protection and amelioration of quality of environment, fundamental principle of sustainable development; with focus on fulfilment of requirements of the EC legal regulations. 11/34

12 OPE Intro # 2 Specific priorities and domains of intervention come out especially from: Strategy of Sustainable Development approved by the Government Decision No of 8 December 2004, State Environmental Policy of the Czech Republic for the period , approved by the Government Decision No. 235 of 17 March 2004, OECD Report on the Czech Republic s environmental performance, policy, and the current state. 12/34

13 OPE Intro # 3 and are in concordance with long-term strategic aims: Strategy of Economic Growth approved by the Government Decision No of 16 November 2005, National Development Plan for the period , National Programme of Reforms approved by the Government Decision No of 14 September 2005, Framework of Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Czech Republic approved by the Government Council for Sustainable Development, 14 June /34

14 OPE Intro # 4 Drawing down of subsidy from ERDF with the possibility of 10% cross-financing from ESF and further from CF (7 % from the total ERDF grant + 17 % from CF). Environment engagements of the Czech republic and their fulfilment subject of the Government Decision No. 594 of 18 June 2003 on the Framework Strategy on Financing Investment to Ensure Compliance with the EU Environmental Legislation. Government Decision No. 984 of 20 July 2005 on the Strategy of Economic Growth granted the financial support for environment for the programming period in the total amount of 14.7 bil. EUR; support from EU funds should amount to 5.3 bil. EUR. 14/34

15 OPE Priorities come out from the analysis of the environment sector and cover the following domains: 1. Improvement of water management infrastructure and reduction of flood risks, 2. Amelioration of air quality and emissions reduction, 3. Sustainable use of energy resources, 4. Enhancement of waste treatment and removal of old ecological burdens, 5. Reduction of industrial pollution and environmental risks, 6. Betterment of condition of nature and landscape, 7. Development of infrastructure for environmental education, counselling and enlightenment, 8. Technical assistance. 15/34

16 Priority No. 1 Improvement of water management infrastructure and reduction of flood risks main objectives: good quality of surface waters and groundwater (to be reached by 2015) respect emission limits and pollutant standards, ensure monitoring and evaluation of their state; next: guarantee supply of quality drinking water for population; and: minimize flood consequences 16/34

17 Priority No. 1 Improvement of water management infrastructure and reduction of flood risks Domain of intervention 1.1 Reduction of water pollution concordance with 91/271/EEC (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive), by 31 Dec 2010 concordance of fish water quality with 78/659/EEC Directive, by 2009 fulfil requirements of WFD (2000/60/EC) in the sphere of water policy, to reach good state of surface waters and groundwater, by 2015 secure adequate quality of drinking water, in accordance with the 98/83/EC Directive 17/34

18 Priority No. 1 Improvement of water management infrastructure and reduction of flood risks Domain of intervention 1.1 Reduction of water pollution conformably with the Common Position to Accession conventions fulfilment of requirements of EU directives instructing on discharge of exceptionally dangerous substances, by 2009 meet the requirements of directives defining quality of waters for bathing and quality of raw water for conversion to drinking water, by 2012 Domain of intervention 1.2 Drinking water quality improvement Reconstructions, intensifications, eventually constructions of resources of quality drinking water, feeders, and water management networks. No transitional period negotiated! 18/34

19 Priority No. 1 Improvement of water management infrastructure and reduction of flood risks Domain of intervention 1.3 Flood protection interdisciplinary field requiring close interministerial collaboration a) information tools, warning and forecast functions of flood service, b) information tools providing data about possible consequences of floods, c) measures on water-courses aiming at water retention 19/34

20 Priority No. 1 Improvement of water management infrastructure and reduction of flood risks basic strategy Following technical measures must be realized on point sources of pollution, by the end of 2010: a) sewer systems in all agglomerations with more than 2000 p.e., b) secondary or other equivalent treatment of urban waste water in agglomerations with more than p.e., c) reduction of N total and P total in urban waste water in agglomerations with more than p.e., (Government Decree No. 61/2003 Coll.), d) appropriate treatment for urban waste water in agglomerations with less than p.e. (see Art. 2, Par. 9 of the Directive). 20/34

21 Priority No. 1 Improvement of water management infrastructure and reduction of flood risks costs estimation Domain of intervention 1.1 Reduction of water pollution 1.2 Drinking water quality improvement 1.3 Flood protection Orientation construction and reconstruction of sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants, reduction of diffusion pollution, monitoring supply of quality drinking water reduction of flood risks Total for Priority No. 1 [MEUR]: Costs 1, ,071 21/34

22 Priority No. 2 Amelioration of air quality & emissions reduction With stress on application of new environment-friendly ways of energy production including renewable sources of energy and energy savings. Financial needs in estimated at 828 MEUR. Priority No. 3 Sustainable use of energy resources Cohesion Fund should provide around 628 MEUR. Spending of cited funds will run in a progressive manner during the whole programming period. 22/34

23 Priority No. 4 Enhancement of waste treatment and removal of old ecological burdens Estimated costs amount to 776 MEUR. Priority No. 5 Reduction of industrial pollution and environmental risks Domains of intervention: 1. Reduction of industrial pollution, 2. Prevention of landslips and rock crash, monitoring of geological factors and consequences of mining activities and evaluation of non-renewable nature resources including groundwater. Estimation of total expenditure: 207 MEUR. 23/34

24 Priority No. 6 Betterment of condition of nature and landscape Basic problem of nature and landscape protection is the decline in biodiversity and degradation of the ecological stability of landscape. Domains of intervention: a) implementation and protection of territories of the Natura 2000 system, b) enhancement of biodiversity, c) renewal of landscape structures, d) optimisation of landscape water régime, e) promotion of recovery of the urbanised landscape. For the period, ERDF subsidy amounting to 518 MEUR is estimated. 24/34

25 Priority No. 7 Development of infrastructure for environmental education, counselling and enlightenment key preventive tool of the protection of environment and of the successful implementation of sustainable development. Estimated funds from ERDF amount to 43 MEUR. Technical assistance Priority No. 8 whose aim is to encourage efficiency of the assistance, raise quality of performed measures and boost effectiveness of funds utilization. Estimated CF funds amount to the total of 61 MEUR. 25/34

26 Sum total of expenditures on all Priorities No. 1 Priority title Improvement of water management infrastructure and reduction of flood risks Costs 2,071 2 Amelioration of air quality and emissions reduction Sustainable use of energy resources Enhancement of waste treatment and removal of old ecological burdens Reduction of industrial pollution and environmental risks Betterment of condition of nature and landscape Development of infrastructure for environmental education, counselling and enlightenment N.B..: Figures are in MEUR. 8 Technical assistance 61 26/34

27 CF Projects of 2005 with EC Decision Brief title Cidlina Clean upper river Úpa Hodonín region Kravaře Labe-Loučná Mladá Boleslav region Olomouc II Přerov region Šlapanice region Třebíč region Vyškov region Description of measure Sewer system, WWTP reconstruction WWTP reconstruction and modernization Drinking and waste water Sewer system, construction of WWTP Sewer system reconstruction, WWTP intensification Sewer system finishing, WWTP intensification Reconstruction and finishing of sewer system Finishing and reconstruction of sewerage, WWTP Construction of sewerage Drinking water Reconstruction of 5 WWTPs and sewerages Total [MEUR]: Costs Grant /34

28 CF projects reserve for the on-coming period Project brief description Costs Grant 1 2 Revitalization of the Olše river basin stage I Reconstruction of the current and construction of new sewerage conduits and drinking water quantity and quality in the Jihlava region Zlín region waste water treatment for Europe Drinking water from the Vír regional aqueduct Remedy of sewer system conditions in the Tábor region Selected problems of the water management infrastructure in the upper Vltava river basin Water management conditions in the Šluknov hook Mělník sewerage and WWTP, water quality in the river Elbe Sewer system and WWTP in Hradec Králové and Nový Bydžov municipalities Clean river Berounka stage I Total [MEUR]: /34

29 CF projects reserve contd. 11 Project brief description Reconstruction and finishing of Brno, Modřice and Kuřim sewer system Costs Grant Finishing of area sewer system in Ostrava No. I project Water quality enhancement above the Nové Mlýny feed-tank Clean upper river Elbe Sewer system and WWTP in the Kladno region General reconstruction of Central WWTP in Prague Lower river Elbe Clean river Ploučnice Reclamation and removal of ecological burden after the hydrometallurgical treatment of uranium ores (Blata region) Reconstruction of 73 blocks of flats in Prague Total [MEUR]: /34

30 CF projects approved by the CF Workgroup Project brief description Drinking water quality in the Žďár region Strakonice region WWTP intensification and sewer system reconstruction Protection of the environment in the West Bohemian region, Cheb district Water protection in the Dyje river basin stage II Region of Kutná Hora and Čáslav Ostrava city, finishing of area sewer system and WWTP reconstruction stage II Clean river Jizera Total [MEUR]: Costs Grant N.B..: By the term costs in the tables above, total costs are meant. 30/34

31 Projects covered by the Operational Programme Infrastructure (ERDF) for the period totally 278 MEUR incl. transport; below see the table for the entire programme and the 3.2 measure (water management infrastructure) Programme /measure OPI Closer specification Total grant in * Approved applications by 2005* Approved applications by 2006* Project reserve (eligible costs) Expenses N.B..: Figures are in MEUR. *ERDF grant. 31/34

32 Total estimated expenditure for total estimated expenditure to ensure fulfilment of requirements of all priorities: around 15.7 bil. EUR, of which water management sphere 3.9 bil. EUR (above 2000 p.e. around 2.2 bil. EUR, by 2010) available for environment cca 0.7 bil. EUR p.a., i.e. 5 bil. EUR in total N.B.: figures above based on the rate of exchange of 26/5/2006; 1 EUR = 28.2 CZK. 32/34

33 Thank you for your attention. 33/34

34 Contacts Tomáš Oliva, MSc. Director of Department of Integrated Financing Zdeněk Zelený, MSc. Head of Cohesion Fund Unit, Department of Integrated Financing Dr. et Dr. Jaroslav Blažek, MSc. Cohesion Fund Unit Officer /34