ASSOCIATION OF CROSS BORDER COOPERATION „LOWER DANUBE EUROREGION„ ASSOCIATION OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION “LOWER DANUBE EUROREGION”

ASSOCIATION OF CROSS BORDER COOPERATION ASSOCIATION OF CROSS BORDER COOPERATION „„LOWER DANUBE EUROREGIONLOWER DANUBE EUROREGION„„

ASSOCIATION OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION ASSOCIATION OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION “LOWER DANUBE EUROREGION” “LOWER DANUBE EUROREGION”


The ASSOCIATION (ACT EDJ) is a non-governmental entity, The ASSOCIATION (ACT EDJ) is a non-governmental entity, founded in April 2009, by public institutions,founded in April 2009, by public institutions,

from from Romania: Galati County Council, Braila County Council andRomania: Galati County Council, Braila County Council andTulcea County Council, Tulcea County Council,

from from Ukraine: Odessa Regional Council, Odessa Regional State Ukraine: Odessa Regional Council, Odessa Regional State Administration and Reni District Council andAdministration and Reni District Council and

from from Republic of Moldova: Cahul District Council and Cantemir Republic of Moldova: Cahul District Council and Cantemir District Council, District Council,

with the GOAL: to assist the sustainable development of the administrative-territorial units that constitute the Association, through the enlargement of the cooperation between members and the development of the profitable relations in all areas of common interest.







Project portfolioProject portfolio1. Inventory, assessment and remediation of the anthropogenic sources of

pollution in the “Lower Danube” Region of Romania, Ukraine and Republic of Moldova

Total buget: 5,819,540 euro, the value of the grant is 5.181,782.42 euro

Implementation period: 28 months

Beneficiary: Odessa State Department for Environmental Protection, Ukraine;

Partners:

Romania: ACT EDJ, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority Tulcea, Eco-Counselling Galati;

R.Moldova: Environmental Pollution Prevention Office of the Ministry of Environment of Moldova;

Ukraine: Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea of Ministry of Environmental Protection, Institute of Market Problems and Economic and Ecological Research, National Academy of Sciences;

General objective: to reduce the environmental impact of chemical dumps and wastewater discharges in the Lower Danube region as well as enhance environmental monitoring of soil and water pollution and make the information publicly available.

ASSOCIATION OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION ASSOCIATION OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION “LOWER DANUBE EUROREGION”“LOWER DANUBE EUROREGION”

2. Regional Business Incubators’ Network “Black Sea BI-Net”

Total budget: 644,018.45 euro, the grant value: 575,881.30 euro


Beneficiary: Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises Sector Development;Republic of Moldova

Parteners: Romania: ACT EDJ; Greece: European Regional Framework for Co-operation Inter-Regional

Development Organization; Armenia: Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Center;

Ukraine: Regional Fund for the Support of the Entrepreneurship of Zaporîzhye region;

Turkey: Middle Black Sea Development Agency;

General objective: To accelerate the development of a productive and competitive economy and improve cooperation in the Black Sea region.


3. Innovative instruments for environmental analysis in North Western Black Sea Basin (Black Sea E-eye)

Total budget: 769,265 euro, the grant value is 692,340 euro


Beneficiary: Galati “Lower Danube Euroregion” University, Romania;

Parteners: Romania: ACT EDJ, Danube Delta National Institute for Research & Development;

Armenia: European Integration Organization;

Republic of Moldova: Cross-border Cooperation and European Integration Agency;

Ucraina: Agency for Sustainable Development and European Integration “Lower Danube Euroregion, Izmail;

General objective:Supporting the development of durable environmental policies by deploying innovative research initiatives focused on the analysis, monitoring and investigation of physical-chemical and biological parameters of surface aquatic systems in North Western Black Sea Basin.

ASSOCIATION OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION ASSOCIATION OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION “LOWER DANUBE EUROREGION”“LOWER DANUBE EUROREGION”

4. Citizen engagement in the prioritization, design and implementation of local development policies (SolveNet)

Total budget: 498,020 euro, grant value is 448,213 euro


Beneficiary: SMART Development Center, Romania;

Parteners: Romania: ACT EDJ;

Republic of Moldova: The Institute of Public Policy;

Armenia: European Integration Organization;

Ukraine: Agency of Sustainable Development and European Integration “Lower Danube” Euroregion;

General objective: Capacity building for organizations of civil society in order to strengthen their role in the prioritization, design and implementation of local and regional development public policies.


5. Sustainable Tourism Development in the Lower Danube Region of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania

Total budget: 2,215,000 euro, grant value is 1,809,000 euro


Beneficiary: Regional Development Agency, Ukraine;

Parteners: Romania: ACT EDJ; Eco-Counselling Center Galati;

Republic of Moldova: Republican Environmental Association for Quaternary Research "INQUAMoldova”, ECOMOLDTUR;

Austria: Friends of Nature International;

Serbia: Danube Competence Centre;

Ukraine: State Department for Environmental Protection in Odessa Oblast, Department of Culture and Tourism, Odessa City Council, Agricola, Odessa Oblast Branch of Association for Promotion of Rural Green Tourism in Ukraine, “Odessa-Basket” Sports Club for Disabled People;

General objective: To improve the economic performance of the border area through the diversification and modernisation in a sustainable manner of cross-border tourism in the Lower Danube region of Ukraine, Romania and Moldova.


Association visit card:Association visit card:

Finance: Implementation of a project portfolio with a grant value of aproximative100,000 euro,

domains tackled: culture and human resource development Project contracted or in contracting phase, with a grant value for the Association of

approximate 590.000 euro, intervention areas: environmental protection, economic development, good governance, sustainable tourism, with an implementation period of maximum 28 months;

Visibility: National and European level: member of Romanian NGDO Platform – FOND which

is also a member of CONCORD (The European NGO confederation for relief and development) and member of Danube Competence Centre – Belgrad;

Events and Partnerships National and International events: NGO Forums at the Black Sea, since 2010 as

participant and in 2013 as part of the organizing team, participant/exhibitor at the “Smart Cities, smart regions – Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs event, June 2012, TRIALOG Forum , Viena 2013,

Partnerships with NGO from 15 European countries and 3 non European countries.


An opportunity for the NGO sectorAn opportunity for the NGO sector

Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Public social private partnership Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Public social private partnership (PSPP)– solutions for sustainable development(PSPP)– solutions for sustainable development

PPP is a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies.

PSPP are methods of co-operation between private and government bodies.

A PSP partnership is thus related to a specific field of activity and has the explicit purpose of assuring long-term financing and generation of resources for products and services in order to fulfill purposes of social protection, support and improvement of opportunities for disadvantaged people or groups of disadvantaged people.

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PPP rolesPPP roles

““Actors”: central/regional/ local authority and the private companies Actors”: central/regional/ local authority and the private companies


PSPP rolesPSPP roles

““Actors” Actors” : : central/regional/local authorities, social economy entities, NGO and private enterprise


In RomaniaIn Romania

The concept of PPP (started in 2006, 2010) is on The concept of PPP (started in 2006, 2010) is on public debate stage public debate stage its applicability is including:its applicability is including:

- transport infrastructure: roads, railroads, intermodal terminals, transport infrastructure: roads, railroads, intermodal terminals, maintenance services, railroadsmaintenance services, railroads

- environmental infrastructure: waste-water treatment facilities, environmental infrastructure: waste-water treatment facilities, waste managementwaste management

- social infrastructure: schools, hospitals, prisons (construction, social infrastructure: schools, hospitals, prisons (construction, rehabilitation, management)rehabilitation, management)

- energy: generation, transport and researchenergy: generation, transport and research

Applicability of PSPP project according to the Romanian law: Applicability of PSPP project according to the Romanian law: starting starting the debatethe debate on the social economy concept: entities development. on the social economy concept: entities development.


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Natalia Budescu

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