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Structural and Cohesion Funds – an
Important Tool to Support Climate
Protection
Improving the climate resilience of Cohesion Policy
Funding Programmes: results and strategies for the
future – report produced within the framework of
ENEA-MA
Ruslan Zhechkov
18 February 2011
Contents of the Presentation
• Introduction of REC
• Context – ENEA-MA WG on Cohesion Policy and
Climate Change
• Report – Improving the Climate Resilience of the
Cohesion Policy’s Funding Programmes
• Content of the report
• Key messages of the report
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern
Europe (REC)
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“… is an international
organisation with a mission to
assist in solving
environmental problems (…)”
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The REC is legally based on
a charter signed by the
governments of 29 countries
and the EC
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190 staff (some 30
nationalities)
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Offices in 17 countries
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Operations beyond Central
and Eastern Europe
ENEA-MA (European Network of Environmental
and Management Authorities) Working Group
‘Cohesion Policy and Climate Change’
• Kick-off: 2008
• Chair: EC and Regional Environmental Center for CEE
• Participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany,
Finland, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and UK
• Target groups: Member States, Managing Authorities,
European Commission
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Report: Improving Climate Resilience of the
Cohesion Policy’s Funding Programmes
Objectives
• Inspire decision makers to improve climate resilience of the
programmes
• Summarise knowledge, tools and measures in MS
• Facilitate information sharing, know-how transfer across
MS
Basis
•Stocktaking of innovative practices across EU-27
Content of the report
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Integrating CC into strategic planning development
Climate proofing the project cycle
Project and Programme monitoring and evaluation
Climate Change as an economic driver
Conclusions and recommendations
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1. Climate Proofing the Project Cycle
Programming – Integrating Climate Change into
Strategic Planning Development
• Examples of tackling Climate Change in the NSRF (UK,
France, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia)
• Examples of encouraging Climate Change positive
investments (OP Berlin)
• Possible revision of the OPs to reduce their carbon
intensity
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2. Climate Proofing the Project Cycle
Programming
Implementation
and monitoring
Appraisal and
scoring
Project Selection
Preparation and
design
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2. Climate Proofing the Project Cycle
Programming
Implementation and
monitoring
Appraisal and
scoring
Project Selection
Preparation and
design
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2. Climate Proofing the Project Cycle
Programming
Implementation and
monitoring
Appraisal and
scoring
Project Selection
Preparation and
design
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3. Project and Programme Monitoring and
Evaluation
Programming
Implementation and
monitoring
Appraisal and
scoring
Project Selection
Preparation and
design
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4. Climate Change as an Economic Driver
Opportunities for growth and employment through
investments:
• CC mitigation projects
• Adaptation projects
• Project that make the economic case of investments
into low carbon economy
• Examples of how conventional economic projects
were adapted to reduce their carbon intensity
• Skills/education based projects
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Key Messages (1)
General:
• A combination of approaches is needed
• Restrict financing of projects with negative impact on
climate change but when it is unavoidable – others should
counterbalance the impact – neutrality
• Integration of Climate Change in all projects, not only
environmental
• Stronger demands from the EC - gradually make a shift
from voluntary demands to obligatory requirements for
Member States
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Communication
Monitoring
Project Cycle
Programming
Key Messages (2)
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Communication
Monitoring
Project Cycle
Programming
Key Messages (3)
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Communication
Monitoring
Project Cycle
Programming
Key Messages (4)
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Communication
Monitoring
Project Cycle
Programming
Key Messages (5)
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The report is available at
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/pdf/enea/climate_resiliance_cfr_pr.pdf
Thank you for your attention!
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