Standard Summary Project Fiche for the Transition Facility

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1 Standard Summary Project Fiche for the Transition Facility 1. Basic Information 1.1 CRIS Number: 2004/ Twinning Light: Noise centre establishment to noisemapping 1.2. Title: Noise centre establishment to noisemapping 1.3. Sector: Environment 1.4. Location: Hungary 2. Objectives 2.1. Overall Objective(s): Adoption and effective implementation of the Environmental Noise Directive (END) 2.2. Project purpose: To establish a Noise Centre in order to be able to fulfil the measuring tasks deriving from END Justification Comprehensive Monitoring Report on Hungary s preparations for membership Chapter 22: Environment Transposition of the acquis on noise is proceeding according to schedule. Legislation is in line with the acquis, except for the recent acquis on ambient noise, which needs to be transposed by July 2004 in line with the Directive. Administrative capacities are in place and function adequately. Note: The Environmental Noise Directive (END) will be enacted into the Hungarian legislation by May Description 3.1. Background and justification: The main objective of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (2002/49/EC) is the preparation of strategic-noisemaps of the main European cities and transport infrastructures with (depending on their size, number of residents/traffic) different deadlines. These maps take into consideration every source of noise (noise sources deriving from transport, industrial and other activities) and prepared mainly on the base of calculations and visualise the actual noise pollution and scale of the problem.

2 The primary aim of Hungarian legislation concerning environmental noise is the control and examination of noise emission of certain activities and industrial and transport establishments and the impact of those dangerous to human health. Methods being in practice until today do not allow the preparation of comprehensive strategy of geographical areas (e.g. downtown of settlements, main roads, surroundings of railtracks etc.) against noise pollution. The Green Paper published by the European Union in November 1996 outlined the approach concerning environmental noise. Based on that, started the elaboration of this new noise policy which was submitted to the Parliament. According to Directive 42/2002/EC, an action plan should be created to reduce noise load of conflict areas. Bases of action plan are noise maps. Thus the new regulation (2002/49/EC Directive) prescribes noisemapping activities to which similar activities have never been carried out in Hungary, therefore no professional experience or practice exists, thus it is absolutely necessary to ask for EU-experts help. The duty of the Noise Center is to create noise maps in compliance with Guideline 49/2002/EC as indicated in the table below. The purpose of the project is to establish infrastructural background for noise center operations (acquisition and installation of software products, computers and other equipment). Therefore, noise-mapping in accordance with the Guideline is not part of the project. Project deadline precedes deadline of creation of the first noise maps by 8 months (30 June 2007). Thus, establishment of material and technological background for creation of noise maps is scheduled 8 months earlier than the first deadline of noise map creation. Actual preparation works of noise maps shall start in 2004, simultaneously with the project, so keeping the deadline of 30 June 2007 as defined in the Guideline shall be possible. Directive 2002/49/EC prescribes deadlines for creation of noise maps. Deadlines are included in the following tables below. According to the plans, development would include noisemapping software, IT hardware and peripherals (e.g. GPS probes). Therefore, the method of the identification of areas exceeding limits shall be in line with the 2002/49/EC Directive and accurate establishment of necessary noise protection measures would be possible. Noise measurements can also be used for validating noise maps, and this information, supplemented by data from GPS can be sent to GIS. This enables to prescribe noise reduction measures and to take the necessary measures. Noise sources in Hungary referring to the EU directive Noise source Dwellings Strategic noise maps until Action plans Years after implementation > inhabitants 30 th June Budapest Number of Sources/dwellings Network in km

3 > inhabitants 30 th June Major roads Szeged, Debrecen Miskolc, Győr, Pécs, Szombathely, Székesfehérvár, Nyíregyháza Kecskemét >6 million vehicles/year 30 th June > 3 million vehicles/year 30 th June = Major railways >164 trains/day 30 th June > 82 trains/day 30 th June = Major airports > movements/year 30 th June According to the council established to harmonise Directive 49/2002/EC, preparing of traffic noise maps as detailed in the above table is a duty of the Ministry for Economy and Transport, while checking and submitting noise maps to EU is a duty of Ministry for Environment and Water. In order to complete deadline noisemapping duties in a co-ordinated and EUcompliant way, The Ministry for Economy and Transport (MoET) intends to establish a noise center in the Közlekedéstumányi Intézet Rt (Institute for Transport Sciences Ltd. (ITS), Hungarian abbreviation: KTI Rt). ITS is a 100% property background institution of the MoET Linked activities Institute for Transport Sciences had small pilot traffic noise map programme for Sopron. Traffic noise maps for districts XI. Budapest are currently underway in order to try and estimate the resources required to map the whole city in accordance with the END Results: 1. Training programme on the implementation of the harmonised community legislation (including the transfer of experience of application of the relevant EU legislation in different member states) successfully completed 2. Areas along roads and railways where noise load values exceed the permitted level localised. 3. Equipping the Centre with a system, which enables to create noise maps and noise protection database required by EU (the suitable software and hardware with the necessary peripherals is acquired). 4. EU-compatible methods and procedures for the preparation of noisemaps elaborated. 3.4.Activities: Twinning Light The fulfilment of the requirements of the END claims experts with theoretical and practical experience both in the fields of legislation and technical activities. Therefore the presence of a member state expert is highly needed.

4 The Twinning Light will last for 6 months and the MS-expert will work together with the expert staff of the Ministry of Economy and Transport and the Institute for Transport Sciences in the fields of: elaboration of the institutional and infrastructure background for the effective implementation and enforcement of the regulations with emphasis on preparing training material and carrying out the training for the staff. Hungarian officials will acquire comprehensive knowledge of different models of implementation of legislation in Member States. The training will aim at the introduction and interpretation of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (in line with the 49/2002/EC Directive). Studying of noise mapping methods. Scope of the twinning light (tasks of the MS-expert): Co-operation with the staff of the Ministry of Economy and Transport and Institute for Transport Science in: Advising in determining the scope of authorities for the implementation of the harmonised community legislation, based on EU models, concerning in particular the: preparation of proposals for the necessary amendments and changes; presenting the noise mapping system of the represented Member State and summarise the practical experiences; presenting the noise mapping practice of the EU (including technical details) and to advise on how to adopt it; daily work support to solve technical problems of noisemapping, especially the following duties: - establishing data traffic between noisemapping software and traffic database, and GIS system - building an EU-compliant data storage and handling system for the noise maps organising workshops for discussion of documents submitted by experts; organising study visit(s) to the Member State s authority in order to get acquainted with the practical work and functions of the MS authority and on the organising internships in order to participate in the regular work of the MS authority. Further tasks and responsiblitites of the MS-expert are: 1 Co-operation with the representatives of environmental officials (from the Ministry Economy and Transport) and representing Hungarian experts in the interest of efficient implementation of noise legislation (transfer of experience of application of the relevant EU legislation in different member states) 2 Preparation of manuals for the training officers. 3 Organising training programmes regarding implementation the relevant EU legislation for the Hungarian experts. 4 Creating harmonic software connection between GIS system, traffic database and noisemapping programme

5 Guaranteed results (benchmarks) of the twinning light programme Training materials are prepared Training activities are carried out for Institute for Transport Sciences officers, result: - 5 acoustics experts trained for noisemapping - Direct connection between GIS system, traffic database and noisemapping program is working. Profile of the MS-expert: In particular, the project leader is expected to possess Excellent communication skills as well as knowledge of English language, both written and oral Professional training in noise assessment (computation & measurement) and GISbased noisemapping Professional training in establishing harmony between noisemapping programme and GIS Computer literacy Equipment supply (Hardware and software acquisition) ITS does not possess the necessary tools for EU-compliant noisemapping, either in terms of software or hardware or human resources. These required tools are the following: Internal network of hardware of 5 graphic workstations GIS software and license rights for workstations, and GPS subsystem co-operating with GIS system for determining relevant position data of on-site measurements Noise mapping software and license rights for workstations providing warranty and product monitoring together with costs Implementation of the measures originating from the harmonised legislation requires the following technical equipment: Acquisition of 5 software products for noisemapping. Acquisition of 5 noise measurement systems (for long-term noise monitoring) with GPS receiver for checking noise maps Acquisition of 5 hardware products for noisemapping Acquisition of data storage products for storing noise maps and noise data Acquisition of GIS-system, which is a complex hardware-software subsystem to the noise mapping system for data preparation, analysis, furthermore GIS provides a convenient environment to present noise maps either on Internet web pages or on paper/slide presentations. Thus GIS- and the noise mapping system support each other.

6 Services After the project, ITS will be able to prepare EU-compliant noise maps, continuously maintain them, to create the necessary database and operating them. This means performing daily activities in ITS, by means of project staff and installed devices. After the project, devices remain in public ownership due to ITS s operating form and shall continuously serve daily noisemapping duties. The project needs services in relation to: Digital 3D road and railway mapping (3D means three dimensional, ie. digital map with the height data of buildings to take into account noisescreening (i.e. shielding) effect of buildings). The service in relation to 3D mapping means a service from a provider to produce appropriate base maps for noise mapping. Nowadays there are no appropriate base maps on the market. Installation, configuration, setup and training services for acquired software products shall be performed by the suppliers of software products. 4. Institutional Framework The overall technical responsibility is with the Institute for Transport Sciences. ITS is a background institution of the Ministry of Economy and Transport. Currently, the Ministry is the sole owner of the ITS. ITS is the only institution of the Ministry, (as the Ministry's background institution) which has appropriate experience in noise protection and can perform noisemapping activities. The Ministry of Economy and Transport has the overall responsibility for coordinating and supervising the Noise Centre. 5. Detailed Budget Transition Support Facility Investment Support Institution Building Total TF(=I+IB) National Cofinancing* IFI* TOTAL Twinning - 0,25 0,25-0,25 light Supply 0,5-0,5 0, Service Total , * In cases of co-financing only Note: All the amounts in the table above are indicated net of VAT and solely for the year The project is jointly co-financed by Transition Facility and Government resources. The ratio between the Transition Facility and national amount is binding and has to be applied to the final contract price

7 6. Implementation Arrangements 6.1.Implementing Agency The Implementing Agency of the project will be the Central Finance and Contracting Unit (CFCU). CFCU will be the Contracting Authority and in that capacity will issue and evaluate tenders, conclude contracts and authorise the Treasury to make contractually related payments. The Director of the CFCU will act as PAO of the project. His contacts are: PAO: Mr. Gábor Rónaszéki, Director of CFCU 1052 Budapest, Deák Ferenc u. 5. Tel: Fax: gabor.ronaszeki@ahh.gov.hu The Ministry of Economy and Transport will be responsible for the technical part of the project in terms of design, evaluation, follow-up and monitoring. The contacts of the Senior Programme Officer within the Ministry are: SPO: Mr. Győző Kenéz, Director General Ministry of Economy and Transport, Grant Co-ordination and Finance Department Budapest, Kálmán Imre u. 2. Tel: Fax: kenez@gkm.hu 6.2. Twinning The beneficiary institution will be the Institute for Transport Sciences. Contact person is: Name: Mrs. Dr. Mária Bite, Head of Environmental Protection and Acoustics Division Address: 1119 Budapest Thán K. u. 3. Phone: +(36-1) Fax: : +(36-1) bite@kti.hu 6.3 Non-standard aspects The National Public Procurement Rules and the Twinning Manual will be strictly followed. 6.4 Contracts The programme shall be implemented through: one twinning arrangement in a value of 0,25 million, an international open supply tender in a value of 0,667 million, and services in a value 0,334. Comprising 1,00 M euros of Transition Facility contribution.

8 7. Implementation Schedule Component Start of Tendering Start of Project Project Completion Activity Twinning light 06/ / /2005 Equipment supply 11/ / /2005 Service 07/ / / Sustainability All supported investment actions comply with EU norms and standards, and are coherent with the sector policies of the EU, moreover they are sustainable in the long term beyond the date of Accession. Maintenance and operation costs of all equipment will be covered by the Hungarian national budget. 9. Conditionality and sequencing Highly qualified project staff is available for technical management in ITS Technical specification for the noisemapping equipment to be purchased is being prepared during the activity of the twinning expert. Although one of the twinning s tasks is to help in determining technical specifications of equipment for noise mapping, it is obvious that ITS bears the responsibility for the final results. There is absolutely no risk of overlapping of projects financed through Structural Fund fundings because the resources of Operational Programme for Environment and Infrastructure are not intended for noise mapping in accordance with Directive 49/2002/EC but for establishing noise measurement network since the above mentioned Programme intends to install air quality and noise monitoring systems as part of the comprehensive environmental programme. The TOR for the twinning light arrangement is ready by the end of March Final technical specification and tender dossier for the supply components is ready for tendering by November 2004.

9 ANNEXES TO PROJECT FICHE 1. Logical framework matrix in standard format 2. Detailed implementation chart 3. Contracting and disbursement schedule by quarter for full duration of programme (including disbursement period) 4. List of relevant Laws and Regulations 5. Indicative allocations 6. List of equipment

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11 ANNEX 1 Logframe Planning Matrix for project NOISE CENTRE ESTABLISHMENT TO NOISEMAPPING Programme Name: Noise Centre Establishnemt to Noisemapping Contracting Period expires: 11/2006 Total Budget: Million Project Number: 2004/ Disbursement Period expires: 11/2007 Transition Facility budget: 1.00 Million Overall Objectives Objectively verifiable indicators Sources of Verification Assumptions Adoption and effective implementation of Environmental Noise Directive (END) Improving quality of living conditions Decreasing noise levels of cities and around transport infrastructures Reports of the Commission Reports of the Ministry of of Economy and Transport Project purpose Objectively verifiable indicators Sources of Verification Assumptions To establish a Noise Centre in order to be able to fulfil the measuring tasks deriving from END. Noise Centre is ready to function predictably 2 nd half of 2006 Reports of the Contractor Minutes of the Steering Committee Monitoring report from the implementing authority Implementation status report from the NAC Summary monitoring report from the relevant SMSC Adequate provision from the State budget for noisemapping Remainder of the Ministry implemented ITS is owned by the Ministry of Economy and Transport therefore no cooperating body is needed, full cooperation will be realized. Results Objectively verifiable indicators Sources of Verification Assumptions Training programme successfully completed Acquiring the suitable software and hardware with the necessary peripherals EU-compatible methods and procedures for the preparation of noisemaps elaborated Areas along roads and railways where noise load values exceed the permitted level localised.. Necessary instruments for noisemapping are available Experts from ITS. graduated from the training programme 5 noisemapping eq. (software and hardware) scales in place Reports on attendance and course noise mapping on the trainings will be available at the ITS Documentation on technical acceptance and the completion of the installation process approved by the ITS (provisional and final acceptance protocols) Trained officers are retained for ITS operations Adequate provision from State budget for ITS operations Full co-operation between ITS/MoET and MS twinning partner

12 Activities Means Assumptions Training experts of the Inst.for Trans.Sc Selecting and acquiring equipment Preparation of a manual, proposal for necessary changes 1 Twinning Light arrangement 1 Supply contract 1 Service contract ITS will purchase a noisemapping equipment Co-financing available as and when required Preconditions In ITS. highly qualified project staff is available for technical management No overlapping of projects financed through Structural Fund fundings because the resources o Operational Programme for Environment and Infrastructure The TOR for the twinning light arrangement is ready by the end of March Final technical specification and tender dossier for the supply components is ready for tendering by November ITS - Institute for Transport Sciences

13 ANNEX 2 DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION CHART Year Month F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D Twinning Light D D D D T T T I I I I I I.Equip. supply D D D D D D T T T T I I I I I I Services D D D D T T T I I I I I I I I I I I I I Design (20% shadowing) D Tendering and contracting (50%) T Contract Implementation and Payments (100 %) I 20% 50% 100%

14 ANNEX 3 CUMULATIVE CONTRACTING AND DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE Period III. quarter IV. quarter I. quarter II. quarter III. quarter IV. quarter I. quarter II. quarter III. quarter IV. quarter Twinning Commitment 0,25 0,25 0,25 Disbursement 0,0 0,1 0,25 Supply Commitment 0,5 0,5 0,5 Disbursement 0,3 0,5 0,5 Services Commitment 0,25 0,25 0,25 0,25 0,25 Disbursement 0,1 0,15 0,2 0,25 0,25 Total Commitment 0,25 0,25 0,75 0,75 0,75 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 ndistbursement 0,0 0,1 0,55 0,75 0,75 0,85 0,9 0,95 1,0 1,0 Amounts in MEUR, Only for the Transition Facility contribution

15 List of relevant Laws and Regulations ANNEX 4 EU legislation Green Paper European Union in November, 1996 EC Directive 2002/49/EC of 25 June 2002 on evaluation and handling of environmental noise, Commission recommendation of 6 th August 2003 (2003/613/EC) Hungarian legislation National Environmental Program Act LIII. Of 1995 on the Protection of Environment Number Title Date (entry into force) EU legislation European Union s Green Paper /49/EC EC Directive 2002/49/EC of 25 June 2002 on 25 th June 2002 evaluation and handling of environmental noise 2003/613/EC Commission recommendation 6 th August 2003 Hungarian legislation National Environmental Program LIII. Act on the Protection of Environment 1995

16 Indicative allocations ANNEX TF National TF National TF National Twinning 0,25 Meeting IT requirements Meeting EUcompliant legal requirements Supply 0,5 0,167 Noise center hardware resources Noise center software resources Noise monitoring system hardware and software resources Service 0,25 0, GIS system Digital 3D maps TOTAL 1,0 0,

17 List of equipments ANNEX 6 Noise maps are primarily made to comply with EU requirements, but, on the basis of noise maps, noise protection plans and action programs should be established to reduce noise. It is an effective tool for decision-making authorities to solve critical situations. Noise maps can also be used for various other purposes, e.g. noise emission map can be used in the examination part of regional development and control plans, when designing larger facilities, e.g. road and railway track plotting, re-building, when determining noise effects of industrial establishments, for finding the location of noise-sensitive areas and facilities, when analysing installation versions of noisy facilities, or when planning noise reduction measures. It is suitable to analyse other environmental noise effects as well, primarily those of air quality preserving measures or to test suitability when plotting nature reserves and recreational areas. It answers the following questions: ### which areas are appropriate for residential or other noise-sensitive areas, ### which and how large areas can be used as industrial or traffic areas, where public transport facilities can be located, and where a reconstruction (i.e. extension, modernisation) is needed, and to what extent, ### in which areas regional development should be influenced (i.e. in combined areas, either industrial or residential function should be reduced), ### whether industrial development and industrial area extension is possible at all, ### which noise sources need the most urgent intervention. Implementation of the measures originating from the harmonised legislation requires the following technical equipment. As it is mentioned in the Background and Justification, the purpose of the project is to establish infrastructural background for noise center operation (acquisition and installation of software products, computers and other equipment). Therefore, the noisemapping itself in accordance with the Guideline is no more part of the project. Further comment: the band of m (mentioned below) was reverse calculated from the requirements of Guideline 49/2002/EC, using traffic and noise emission data of Hungarian motorways: Acquisition of digital maps necessary for noisemapping of roads (Model of digital Territories). Map contains all buildings within a distance of m on both sides of all main roads, together with their ground levels and altitude data, and altitude data of the roads (embankments, cuttings, slopes, etc.) Acquisition of digital maps necessary for noisemapping of railways (Model of digital Territories). Map contains all buildings within a distance of m on both sides of all main railroads, together with their ground levels and altitude data, and altitude data of the tracks (embankments, cuttings, slopes, etc.)

18 Acquisition of 5 software products for noisemapping. Software should meet 49/2002/EC requirements (evaluation periods, consideration of long-term average of meteorological features aíffecting noise transmission, etc.), be able to calculate road and railroad noise according to the Hungarian method, contain Hungarian model of flight noise calculation and meet valid Hungarian requirements to calculate operating noise. Therefore Hungary has its own noise computation models. Acquisition of 5 long-term noise measurement systems (for noise monitoring) with GPS receiver for checking noise maps (This means the following modules for the monitoring systems: - GPS receiver+interface to attach to on-site measuring system - software-based modular measuring system with laptop connection for longterm noise measurement, data collection and data transfer) Acquisition of 5 hardware products for noisemapping (This means 5 networked graphic workstation with the following capabilities: drawing/digitising/scanning up to A/0. Servers and clients are both optimised for graphic tasks (speed, software, graphical databae handling, task sharing)) Acquisition of data storage products for storing noise maps and noise data (This means a subsystem that connects to the graphic system, provides EU-compliant data presentation and co-operates with KVM s network) Specification of the listed hardware and software products should be determined in such a way that compliance with 2002/49/EC requirements on noisemapping, GIS system and deadlines can be ensured. Specification can be made on the basis of a detailed analysis. One of the twinning s tasks is to help in determining technical specifications of equipment for noise mapping (i.e. the listed products). Here, only the most important points are summarised, upon which specification is determined. Noisemapping software products, hardware products and measuring devices are to be located at KTI Kv and AK Departments. Infrastructure for accepting equipment is available at ITS 5 complete devices are necessary for noisemapping activities outlined above.