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Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management in South-East-Europe

(SARMa)

The first EU project on Aggregates


Content of presentation

• Overview of the EU-project “Sustainable Aggregates Resources Management” 2009-2011 (SARMa).

– Project objectives

– Methodical approach

• Summarizing and Outlook


Relevance of aggregates• Aggregates - basis of infrastructural development.

– > 3 billion tonnes of sand, gravel and crushed stone with a value > 35 billions € are produced annually in Europe to meet the demands of building and construction industry.

– Construction sector is predicted to grow, especially in new EU-members (4, 2 % per year).

• Secured supply of raw materials for the industry and therefore the importance of sustainable aggregates resource management is evident.


Need of research• A group of experts South East Europe (SEE) decided to explore sustainable aggregate

management in the framework of the South East European (SEE) Transnational Programme 2007 – 2013 of the EU (http://www.southeast-europe.net/en/).

• project proposal procedure: 2 stages. – proposal approved in spring 2009

• from over 800 proposals SARMa was ranked as 15th

• Project duration: 2,5 years.

• Project partnership: 15 partners and 8 observers. – authorities, universities, geological survey, chamber of commerce etc

• EU members (Austria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Romania) and • non-EU members (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia).

• Project budget is approximately 1,9 Mio. €.


Project objectives• Focus of the project is related to

– sustainable aggregate resource management (SARM),• Efficient, low socio-environmental impact quarrying and efficient waste

management. – sustainable supply mix (SSM) policies and practices.

• SSM uses multiple sources, including recycled wastes that together maximize net benefits of aggregate supply.

• Development of a common approach to SARM and SSM to ensure efficient management and secure supply in SEE area.

• Increasing transfer of know-how, – and supporting capacity building in firms, government and civil

society.


Project area and meetings•Kick-off meeting (Bologna, IT) - June 2009. •The 2nd (Split, HR) and 3rd (Bucharest, RO) project meeting -outcomes of WP3.

•The 4th project meeting (Pella, GR) will include transnational events on WP4 and WP5 topics.

•The last project meeting in Ljubljana (SI) will coincide with

final EU conference on SARM.


Methodical approach• Project partners aim to achieve objectives through work packages

(WP):– WP1: project management

• WP-leader: Geological Survey, Slovenia

– WP2: project dissemination• WP-leader: Technical University of Crete, Greece

– WP3: activities at local scale• WP3 leader: Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Greece.

– WP4: regional/national activities• WP4 leader: Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology

– WP5: transnational activities will start 2010.

• WP5 leader: University of Leoben, Austria


WP3 – local level

• WP3 aims to fulfill project objectives on local scale focused on improving resource efficiency.

• – Decreasing environmental and social impacts of quarrying

and improving reclamation; – Reducing illegal quarrying, and – Increasing recycling.

• WP3 provides technical information for WP4+WP5.


WP4 - Regional and National Level Activities

• Creation of a framework for sustainable aggregates resource

management.

• Development of regional/national approaches to implementing SARM.

• Relevant regional/national legislation, procedures will be studied.

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WP5 - Transnational Level Activities

• WP5 addresses transnational aspects, i.e. possibilities for harmonizing policies related to – 1) sustainable aggregates management– 2) secure supply– 3) establishment of a Regional Centre for

SARM and SSM in South-East-Europe.


Expected results

• Local level: – More efficient aggregate extraction to maximize net benefits and achieve

sustainable quarry life-cycle, – Fewer illegal quarries, – Increased demolition waste recycling.

• Regional/national level: – More policies and legislation that incorporate principles of SARM, – More consistent management of aggregates across SEE-nations, – More nations creating maps and databases of aggregates & transportation patterns

• Transnational level: – Increased capacity through knowledge transfer; – Greater policy coordination on SARM among SEE-nations, – Continuing partnership among project members representing ministries, regional

authorities, chambers of commerce and industry.


Summarizing and Outlook

• Expected results of SARMa-project are applicable across South East Europe area, enabling countries to implement harmonized approaches, thus increasing long term cooperation.

• Results will be applicable beyond SEE area, and will

continue to be transferable via the manuals that describe best practices.

• Project progress can be observed on www.sarmaproject.eu.

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