Romania Structural Funds for Infrastructure
Keywords: structural funds romania, EU subventions romania, infrastructure in Romania, regional operational programme
The overall objective consists in supporting the economic, social, territorially balanced and sustainable development of the Romanian regions, according to their specific needs and resources, focusing on urban growth poles, improving the business environment and basic infrastructure. The Romanian regions, especially the ones lagging behind, could become more attractive places where to live, visit, invest and work.
This objective will be achieved through a differentiated financial allocation by region, according to their level of development and in close coordination with the actions implemented by other operational programmes.
The strategy will give priority to the regions lagging behind and at the same time, a special focus will be given to supporting urban growth poles, which can contribute to a polycentric development of the Romanian territory.
Strategic objective
Supporting the economic, social, territorially balanced and sustainable development of the Romanian Regions, according to their specific needs and resources, focusing on urban growth poles, improving the business environment and basic infrastructure, in order to make the Romanian Regions, especially the ones lagging behind, more attractive places to live, visit, invest in and work.
Specific objectives
• To increase the economic and social role of urban centers, adopting a polycentric approach, in order to stimulate a more balanced development of regions
• To increase accessibility within regions and in particular the accessibility of urban centers and their connection to surrounding areas
• To increase the quality of social infrastructure of regions
• To increase the competitiveness of regions as business locations
• To increase the contribution of tourism to the development of regions
The balanced development of all country’s regions will be achieved through an integrated approach, based on a combination of public investments in the local infrastructure, active policies to stimulate business activities and support for the valorisation of the local resources, by the following priority axes:
Priority axis 1: Support to sustainable development of urban growth poles
This priority axis aims to increase the quality of life and to create new jobs in cities, by rehabilitating the urban infrastructure, improving services, including social services, as well as by developing business support structures and entrepreneurship.
In order to contribute to a balanced territorial development of the country and to avoid the increasing internal disparities, investments will be concentrated in those cities which act as regional and/or local growth poles and spread the development into the surrounding areas, giving priority to growth poles located in regions and counties with lower level of development in terms of GDP and unemployment.
Priority axis 2: Improvement of regional and local transport infrastructure
The aim is to increase the accessibility of the regions and the mobility of population, goods and services, in order to foster sustainable economic development.
Priority axis 3: Improvement of social infrastructure
The objective is to create the premises for better access of the population to essential services, contributing to the achievement of the European objective of economic and social cohesion, by improving infrastructure for health, education, social and public safety in emergency situations.
Priority axis 4: Strengthening the regional and local business environment
This priority axis aims to set up and develop business support structures of regional and local importance, rehabilitate industrial sites and support regional and local entrepreneurial initiatives, in order to facilitate job creation and sustainable economic growth.
Priority axis 5: Sustainable development and promotion of tourism
This priority axis aims mainly to sustainable valorisation and promotion of the cultural heritage and natural resources with tourism potential, as well as to improve the quality of accommodation and leisure tourist infrastructure, in order to increase the regions’ attractiveness, develop the local economies and create new jobs.
Priority axis 6: Technical Assistance
The objective of this priority axis is to provide support for the transparent and efficient implementation of the programme.
We will now have a detailed look at each axis.
1. Support to sustainable development of urban growth poles
Allocated Funds: 1.117 mil euro ERDF and 274 mil euro cofinancing
Objective:
To increase the quality of life and to create new jobs in cities, by rehabilitating the urban infrastructure, improving services, including social services, as well as by developing business support structures and entrepreneurship.
Key area of intervention:
Integrated urban development plans implemented through projects addressing the following issues:
• Rehabilitation of the urban infrastructure and improvement of urban services, including urban transport (rolling stock) • Development of sustainable business environment • Rehabilitation of social infrastructure, including social housing and improvement of social services
2. Improvement of regional and local transport infrastructure
Allocated Funds: 758 mil euro ERDF and 118 mil euro cofinancing
Objective:
to increase the accessibility of the Regions and the mobility of population, goods and services, in order to foster sustainable economic development
Key area of intervention:
Rehabilitation and modernization of the county roads and urban streets network-including construction / rehabilitation of ring roads
3. Improvement of social infrastructure
Allocated Funds: 558 mil euro ERDF and 99 mil euro cofinancing
Objective:
To create the premises for better access of the population to essential services, contributing to the achievement of the European objective of economic and social cohesion, by improving infrastructure for health, education, social and public safety in emergency situations
Key area of interventions:
3.1 Rehabilitation, modernisation and equipping of the health services’ infrastructure 3.2 Rehabilitation, modernization, development and equipping of social services infrastructure 3.3 Improving the equipments of the operational units for public safety interventions in emergency situations 3.4 Rehabilitation, modernization, development and equipping of pre– university, university education and continuous vocational training infrastructure
4. Strengthening the regional and local business environment
Allocated Funds: 633 mil euro ERDF and 76 mil euro cofinancing
Objective:
To set up and develop business support structures of regional and local importance, rehabilitate industrial sites and support regional and local entrepreneurial initiatives, in order to facilitate job creation and sustainable economic growth
Key area of interventions:
4.1 Development of sustainable business support structures of regional and local importance 4.2 Rehabilitation of unused polluted industrial sites and preparation for new activities 4.3 Support the development of micro-enterprises
5. Sustainable development and promotion of tourism
Allocated Funds: 558 mil euro ERDF and 58 mil euro cofinancing
Objective:
Sustainable valorization and promotion of the cultural heritage and natural resources with tourism potential, as well as to improve the quality of accommodation and leisure tourist infrastructure, in order to increase the regions’ attractiveness, develop the local economies and create new jobs.
Key area of interventions:
5.1 Restoration and sustainable valorization of cultural heritage and setting up/ modernization of related infrastructure 5.2 Creation, development, modernization of the tourism infrastructure for sustainable valorization of natural resources and for increasing the quality of tourism services 5.3 Promoting the tourism potential and setting-up the needed infrastructure in order to increase Romania’s attractivity as tourism destination
6. Technical assistance
Allocated Funds: 98 mil euro ERDF and 33 mil euro cofinancing
Objective:
Provide support for the transparent and efficient implementation of the programme.
Key area of interventions:
6.1 Support for the implementation, overall management and evaluation of the ROP 6.2 Support for the publicity and information activities of the ROP
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