Integration of environmental issues in the development and implementation of projects experience and

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Integration of environmental issues in the
development and implementation of
projectsexperience and examples from
BrandenburgDr. Frank BeckMinistry for
Agriculture, Environment and Land Use Planning,
Brandenburg State, Germany

• The crucial points, in order to consider
  environmental interests successfully in the
  structure fund promotion, are program planning
  and design of the promotion guidelines
• Possibilities of including environmental goals
  during project selection and decision about
  granting of promotion
• Examples of measures supported by the structural
  funds ERDF, EAGGF and ESF

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Including of environmental goals in promotion has
2 dimensions

• Integration principle
• Requirements of environmental protection and
  sustainable development must be taken into
  account for in al measurements
• Harmful effects should be avoided.

• Environmental measures
• Financing the measure is directed towards the
  improvement or protection of the environment

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Integration of environmental goals during the
programming process

• There are options during all the programming
  steps
• Analysis of the environmental situation (SWOT)
• Definition of development-aims and priorities
• Definition of criteria for success and indicators
• Environmental monitoring as part of the
  accompanying-system
• Environmental program as separate part of the OP
• Exclude harmful projects from funding
• Formulate environmental-oriented quality
  standards for decision making
• Proportioning and allocation of the finances of
  the funds

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Possibilities for including environmental issues
by creating promotion guidelines

• Environmental measures as direct goal of
  promotion
• In case of other than environmental measures
  environmental criteria should be specified
• Rules for participation of Environmental NGOs or
  other partners should be defined
• Excluding specific technical systems, processes
  or measures, which are hazardous to the
  environment is possible
• the rate of funding can be specified according to
  the environmental effects

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Possibilities of including environmental goals
during project selection and decision over the
grant of promotion

• The grant allocates the needed financial sources
  to the applicant for the implementation of the
  project
• The grant specifies
• the amount of promotion
• the recipient
• the aim of the project
• the period, in which the money for the purpose
  must be used
• Environmental interests can be considered
  through
• the obligation to keep specific extra
  requirements (environmental conditions,
  participation of NGOs the purpose of using
  buildings ore devices)
• Excluding of parts from funding, that may
  damaging the environment
• payments with the provision of specific
  preconditions (e g. approval of the project,
  result of the EIA)

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Program for Care and preservation the culture
landscape

• Basis Article 22 24 of EC-regulation 1275/99
  as well as EC-regulation 1750/99
  (agro-environmental measures)
• Target financial assistance for agricultural
  production orientated to the environmental
  protection and maintenance of rural areas
• Target group farmers and land user
• Measures in Brandenburg (example)
• extensive management of river meadows
• ecological farming
• maintaining of cultivated plants threatened with
  extinction
• fruit-growing and vegetable-growing with less
  amount of pesticides and agro chemicals

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Program for combining the creation of new jobs
with environmental improvements

• Target
• Support of unemployed persons
• Public creation of jobs
• improvement of environment
• Structural policy in rural areas
• Basis combined support from the employment
  agency and ESF
• Examples of measures in Brandenburg
• recultivation of old waste depositing sites and
  re-fit into the landscape
• re-construction of old agricultural facilities
• Supporting environmental education facilities
• Nature-oriented Tourism
• organising and realising projects within the
  Local Agenda 21

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Program for reduction of air pollution and
emissions

• Basis financed by ERDF
• Target
• reducing air pollution caused by traffic and
  energy conversion
• Climate protection
• improvement of energy efficiency
• Increase the portion of renewable energies
• Noise reduction

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Program for reduction of air pollution and
emissions

• Examples of supported measures
• Implementation of noise reduction planning in
  cities
• Integrated model projects in the traffic sector
• Use of low-pollution drives in the public
  suburban traffic (e.g. Conversion of the bus
  drives from Diesel to natural gas)
• Ecological model houses
• Energy saving and use of renewable energies
• combined production of electricity and heat in
  power stations
• Integrated traffic and energy projects in the
  rural area
• Planning and implementation of local or regional
  energy concepts