MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND
HOUSSING
MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR REGIONAL OPERATIONAL
PROGRAMME
FRAMEWORK-DOCUMENT FOR IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE REGIONAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME
2007-2013
WORKING DOCUMENT
BUCHAREST
May 2007
I. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 4
THE STRATEGY AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REGIONAL OPERATIONAL
PROGRAMME ..................................................................................................................... 4
II. KEY AREAS OF INTERVENTION ............................................................................. 8
II.1. Priority Axis 1 – Support to sustainable development of urban growth poles ... 8
II.1.1. Key Area of Intervention 1.1 – Integrated urban development plans ....................... 8
II.2. Priority axis 2: Improvement of regional and local transport infrastructure .. 30
II.2.1. Key area of intervention 2.1 - Rehabilitation and modernization of county roads
and urban streets network - including construction/rehabilitation of ring roads ......... 30
II.3 Priority Axis 3 - Improvement of social infrastructure ...................................... 37
II.3.1. Key Area of Intervention 3.1. - Rehabilitation, modernization and equipping of the
health services’ infrastructure. ..................................................................................... 37
II.3.2. Key Area of Intervention 3.2. - Rehabilitation, modernization, development and
equipping of social services’ infrastructure ................................................................. 45
II.3.3. Key Area of Intervention 3.3. - Improving the equipment of operational units for
public safety interventions in emergency situations .................................................... 52
II.3.4. Key Area of Intervention 3.4 - Rehabilitation, modernisation, development and
equipping of pre-university, university education and continuous vocational training
infrastructure................................................................................................................ 58
II.4 Priority Axis 4: Strengthening the regional and local business environment .... 68
II.4.1. Key area of intervention 4.1 – Development of sustainable business support
structures of regional and local importance ................................................................. 68
II.4.2. Key area of intervention 4.2 - Rehabilitation of unused polluted industrial sites and
preparation for new activities ...................................................................................... 75
II.4.3. Key area of intervention 4.3 – Support the development of micro-enterprises ...... 83
II.5 Priority Axis 5 Sustainable development and promotion of tourism ................. 90
II.5.1. Key area of intervention 5.1 - Restoration and sustainable valorisation of cultural
heritage and setting up/ modernization of related infrastructure ................................. 90
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II.5.2. Key area of intervention 5.2 - Creation, development, modernization of the tourism
infrastructure for sustainable valorization of natural resources and for increasing the
quality of tourism services ........................................................................................... 98
II.5.2.16. State aid ............................................................................................................. 107
II.5.3
Key Area of Intervention 5.3 - Promoting the tourism potential and setting-up the
needed infrastructure in order to increase Romania’s attractivity as tourism
destination.................................................................................................................. 108
II.6 Priority axis 6 - Technical assistance to support ROP implementation ......... 119
II.6.1. Key Area of Intervention 6.1 - Support for the implementation, overall
management and evaluation of the ROP ................................................................... 119
II.6.2. Key Area of Intervention 6.2 - Support for the publicity and information activities
of the ROP ................................................................................................................. 124
III. FINANCIAL PLAN ................................................................................................... 131
IV. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................ 132
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I. INTRODUCTION
The Framework-document for implementation is a national programmatic document
drawn-up by taking into consideration the Regional Operational Programme. The
Programme Complement’ role is to detail, on areas of intervention, the projects’
beneficiaries, the eligible activities, the eligibility and selection projects’ criteria, the
financial allocation size, the implementation, monitoring and evaluation system.
The Framework-document contains the necessary information for those who implement the
Regional Operational Programme, as well as for the programme beneficiaries, who
elaborate projects and request finance support.
The Framework-document for implementation is a document that may be used
independently from the Regional Operational Programme. For this reason, it will include a
summary of ROP’ strategy and objectives, establishing the clear connection between the
two documents. The Programme Complement respects the strategy and objectives of the
ROP, as well as of the National Development plan and National Strategic Reference
Framework 2007-2013.
The Framework-document was drawn-up by the Managing Authority for the Regional
Operational Programme in cooperation with the Regional Development Agencies. The
document will be approved by the ROP Monitoring Committee and can be modified only
with Monitoring Committee approval.
THE STRATEGY AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REGIONAL OPERATIONAL
PROGRAMME
Regional Operational Programme Strategy
The ROP’ strategy reflects the Regional Development Policy of Romania, in accordance
with the Regional Development Law (Law 315/2004) and the process of decentralisation as
it is detailed in the Framework Law regarding Decentralisation no. 339/2004. Also, the
strategy takes into consideration the provisions of the Community Strategic Guidelines and
the European Union cohesion policy for the 2007 – 2013 period and of the Lisbon Agenda,
that emphasis the support for research, technology and innovation.
The strategy is based on the European principle of subsidiarity, meaning that it was
elaborated on the basis of the Development Strategies of the regions that were drawn-up at
regional level, in wide partnership working groups.
The ROP strategy is in line with the NDP and National Strategic Reference Framework
(NSRF 2007-2013) provisions, contributing to the achievement of its global and specific
objectives, regarding the diminishing of development disparities between Romania and the
other EU countries.
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The Regional Operational Programme addresses all the four priorities of the NSRF,
contributing to the solving of most of the development issues envisaged by the National
Development Strategy. Although the development of human resources is not directly
targeted by ROP’s areas of intervention, it still complements it, by addressing the related
infrastructure.
Rationale
The ROP strategy derives from key problems identified in the national regional socioeconomic analysis and the eight specific regional analyses, namely:
 The increasing concentration of FDI-led growth in the areas around Bucharest,
leading to the increase in the disparities between Bucharest-Ilfov Region and the
other seven Regions and to the congestion problems of the capital city;
 Socio-economic decline of many regional urban centers and the diminishing of
their role in the surrounding areas and Regions’ development;
 The loss of urban functions of many small and medium towns, especially of the
mono industrial ones, generated by industrial restructuring; this loss of function is
commonly associated with social problems;
 The re-emergence of the historical unbalanced development between the Eastern
and the Western part of the country due to reorientation of trade flows and access
to Western Markets, but also the difficulties the Western part seems to have in
connecting with globalised markets outside Europe;
 The increasing economic decoupling of chronically under-developed areas in the
North of the Country and alongside the Danube River;
 The existence of entire parts of the Country whose development prospects are
hindered by lack of labour force and a massive “temporary” migration
phenomenon;
 The key importance of accessibility as a precondition for any local development
 A declining and ageing population and a high dependency ratio, resulting in a
growing demand for health and social services;
 The possible emergence of economic stagnation in isolated mountainous areas;
 The weak competitiveness of many businesses, particularly in the tourism sector,
with low labor productivity, lack of capital investment, lack of management skills,
low use of modern technology and machinery;
 The poor quality of public infrastructure (including road, health, social and
education infrastructure), obsolete urban public utilities and failure to maintain
historical and cultural assets;
 The limited experience Romanian local authorities have in the management of the
regional/local development programmes.
Strategic objective
Fallowing the apparence and dynamic of these proceses revealed by the economic and
social analysis, there was established as a strategic objective of the ROP the supporting
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of an 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.
This objective will be achieved through a differentiated financial allocation by region,
connected with their level of development and in close coordination with the actions
implemented by other Operational Programmes.
According to the Regional Strategy of the National Development Plan, ROP will give
priority to the regions lagging behind and to the less developed areas within more
prosperous regions. In the same time, a special focus will be given to sustainable
supporting of the cities – potential urban growth poles, which can contribute to a
polycentric development of the Romanian territory.
Specific Objectives
In order to accomplish the strategic objective of ROP, the following specific objectives
have been established :
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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 implementation of this programme leads, eventually, to the diminishing of the
interregional disparities and also of the disparities within the regions, between rural and
urban areas, between urban centres and adjacent areas, and within the cities between the
more attractive and less attractive areas for investors, through a better use of regional
synergies.
The aim of ROP is to achieve the general objective and the specific objectives of the
Regional Development Strategy by complementing the national and sectoral interventions
with specific regional and subregional actions, in order to support the regional development
and generate economic growth.
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PRIORITY AXES
The balanced development of all the counties 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
valorification of the local resources, by the following priority axes:
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Support to sustainable development of urban growth poles
Improvement of regional and local transport infrastructure
Improvement of social infrastructure
Strengthening the regional and local business environment
Sustainable development and promotion of tourism
Technical assistance
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II. KEY AREAS OF INTERVENTION
II.1. Priority Axis 1 – Support to sustainable development of urban growth poles
II.1.1. Key Area of Intervention 1.1 – Integrated urban development plans
II.1.1.1. Description
After 1990, Romanian economy restructuring process, generated by the decline of the
industrial activity, especially of the heavy industry, deeply affected Romanian urban
centers, initially small and medium-sized towns with mono-industrial activities, and later
the old urban centers, with industrial tradition. The diminishing in the number of jobs in
industrial enterprises, while the number of jobs in the tertiary economic sector didn’t
increase enough to cover the releases from the industry, confronted Romania with a
phenomenon of unique intensity in Europe, namely the migration of the population from
towns and cities to rural areas, but also a “week-end and holiday migration” of the urban
residents that get back their rural land, in small plots of land, adding to those that practices
a subsistence agriculture.
The decrease in the urban population’s incomes and related to this, in the local authorities
budget, led to the reduction of public investments in the basic urban infrastructures, to
worsening of urban life, both reflected in the level of life quality for the population in urban
areas.
This is clearly reflected in the outskirts of towns and in old, central parts of cities, where
buildings of great historical, cultural and artistic value are abandoned or in an advanced
phase of degradation, occupied by ethnic minorities or categories of marginalized people.
These areas also register a high level of deteriorated public spaces: streets in poor
condition, incomplete and /or inadequate street lighting, reduced surface of parks and
leisure areas, etc. This situation is worsened by the lack or limited entrepreneurial activities,
leading to the situation in which the local budgets can not cover all the needs related to the
renewal of basic urban infrastructure and rehabilitation of the old urban areas – that can
attract the small entrepreneurs – or to the support of disadvantaged categories.
In order to contribute to address of such complex problems, under this priority axis of ROP
there will be financed integrated urban development plans of small towns or of urban areas,
geographically delimited within medium and large cities, called “urban action zones”. The
advantage of this integrated approach consists in that it can simultaneously address many
interrelated problems, which also affect the adjacent neighbourhoods of the intervention
areas.
The objective of this field of interventin is 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.
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An integrated urban development plan is implemented by individual projects. The
integrated plan can be financed totally or partially by ROP and the individual projects
implemented by ROP must be part of at least two of the following three categories of
projects: rehabilitation of urban infrastructure and improvement of urban services,
including urban transport; sustainable development of business environment; rehabilitation
of social infrastructure, including social housing and improvement of social services.
The structure of the integrated urban development plan is the following:
1. Introduction
 General information about the city
 Location in the country, in the region and in the national and regional urban
system
2. The analysis of current status of “urban action zone”, where the integrated
development plan will be implemented
 The location of the area within the city
 Spatial delimitation/demarcation or the urban action zone (map)
 Demographical characteristics
 Economic characteristics
 Social characteristics
 Disparities, discrepancies, development potential
 SWOT analysis of the urban action zone
3. Strategy
 General objective
 Specific objectives
 Measures foreseen
 Evaluation of impact of the plan on the area, city and surroundings and its
contribution to sustainable development
 References to strategic spatial/social/economic documents with impact on
local development and their relation to – Integrated Urban Development
Plan, Development strategy of the city, Regional Development Plan,
Regional Operational Program, etc
4. Planning of investments
 Planned measure – title of project, description
 Status of investments achieved
 Expected results
 Institutions, departments within city hall involved in implementation
 Allocated budget (financing sources)
5. Financial allocation
 Financing sources (state budget, local budget, UE funds, private funds)
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6. Management of the project
7. Description of partnership in the process of programming – consulted partners
II.1.1.2. Indicative operations
Types of individual projects financed by ROP:
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Rehabilitation of the urban infrastructure and improvement of urban
services, including urban transport
Development of sustainable business environment
Rehabilitation of social infrastructure, including social housing and
improvement of social services
A. INTEGRATED URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLANS
II.1.1.3. Eligible activities
Not applicable.
Eligible activities are to be found, detailed by each type of operations, at individual
projects.
II.1.1.4 . List of eligible expenditures
Not applicable
II.1.1.5 Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
Not applicable
II.1.1.6 Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
TOTAL
126,386,151
2007
149,431,027
2008
159,708,587
2009
194,035,391
2010
205,668,836
2011
249,971,744
2012
305,970,049
2013
TOTAL 1,391,171,785
EU
National public contribution
Private
contribution
contribution
State
Local
Other
Total
(ERDF/CF/
budget
budgets
public
ESF/)
sources*
101,551,272 22,307,156 2,527,723
0 24,834,879
0
120,067,830 26,374,576 2,988,621
0 29,363,197
0
128,325,850 28,188,565 3,194,172
0 31,382,737
0
155,907,437 34,247,246 3,880,708
0 38,127,954
0
165,254,910 36,300,549 4,113,377
0 40,413,926
0
200,852,296 44,120,014 4,999,434
0 49,119,448
0
245,846,934 54,003,714 6,119,401
0 60,123,115
0
1,117,806,529 245,541,820 27,823,436
0 273,365,256
0
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II.1.1.7 . Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
> 10,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
II.1.1.8. Eligible beneficiaries
Authorities of local public administration from urban areas.
II.1.1.9. Applicants
Not applicable
II.1.1.10. Target groups / Target areas
Zones/counties
Urban growth poles
Neighbourhoods or areas, geographically delimitated within cities, characterized by
deprived physical and natural environment, declining economic activities and high share of
disadvantaged groups of people, with minimum of 20.000 inhabitants.
II.1.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2011
II.1.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
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II.1.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Strategic evaluation criteria for integrated urban development plans:
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The contribution of the integrated urban development plan to the achievement of the
general and specific objectives of the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013;
The contribution of the integrated urban development plan to the achievement of the
regional dedvelopment strategy;
The complementary with other regional projects financed from public funds
 Eligibility and evaluation criteria for integrated urban development plans:
 Eligibility criteria for integrated urban development plan
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The applicant must prove the financing capacity;
The applicant must demonstrate the administrative capacity (owned or delegated)
necessary for implementing the project;
The integrated urban development plan must contain the development strategy of
the urban action zone;
The integrated urban development plan must contain individual projects, partially or
totally, eligible for ROP;
The integrated urban development plan must comply with the eligible areas of
intervention of ROP’s fourth Priority Axis;
The integrated urban development plan must comply with the Spatial Planning and
Urbanism Documents;
The maximum implementation period of the integrated urban development plans
must not exceed the 30th of December 2015;
The integrated urban development plans must contain individual projects from at
least two areas of intervention (Rehabilitation of urban infrastructure and
improvement of urban services, including urban transport; Sustainable development
of business environment; Rehabilitation of social infrastructure, including social
housing and improvement of social services), of which one is, mandatory, the
rehabilitation of urban infrastructure and improvement of urban services, including
urban transport;
If the integrated urban development plan comprises projects related to rehabilitation
of housing, “the urban action zone” must fulfil at least two of the following
eligibility criteria:
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Low level/declining economic activities, ending traditional industrial
activities;
High levels of unemployment;
High levels of poverty, characterized by low incomes and social exclusion;
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High number of people belonging to marginalized ethnic and/or minority
group;
Low level of education, low professional skills and high rate of school
abandonment;
Low level of security among the citizens, respectively high levels of
delinquency, criminality, drug abuse and/or violence;
Negative demographic trends;
A destroyed, neglected or deteriorated built environment.
And at least one of the following criteria:
- Low level of housing prices;
- Low level of the buildings energy efficiency;
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The integrated urban development plan must be implemented in urban areas (“urban
action zone”) with a population of at least 20,000 inhabitants.
 Evaluation criteria for integrated urban development plan:
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The implementation period estimated by the applicant for carrying out of the
actions comprised in the integrated urban development plan is realistic;
The estimated budget of the integrated urban development plan, for the
implementation of the actions scheduled, is feasible;
The integrated urban development plans proves/justifies the existence of a positive
economic impact, both on the direct targeted area and on the whole city (increase of
the “urban action zone” attractiveness, creation of new jobs, etc);
The integrated urban development plan complies with the horizontal policies
regarding environment, information society and equal opportunities;
The integrated urban development plan targets areas with low level/declining
economic activities, ending traditional industrial activities;
The integrated urban development plan targets areas with high level of
unemployment / long term unemployment / youth unemployment;
The integrated urban development plan targets areas with high number of people
belonging to minority ethnic groups (rroma people, etc);
The integrated urban development plan targets areas with destroyed/deteriorated
built environment;
The applicant proves the compliance with the partnership principle (involving all
the relevant actors, affected by the project) in the project elaboration process.
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II.1.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Integrated urban
development plans
implemented (No)
Projects ensuring
sustainability and
improving urban
public infrastructure
within the integrated
urban plans, in total
budget allocated (%)
Projects promoting
businesses and
entrepreneurship
within the integrated
urban plans, in total
budget allocated (%)
Projects offering
services to promote
equal opportunities
and social inclusion
within the integrated
urban plans, in total
budget allocated (%)
Inhabitants benefiting
from the
implementation of
integrated urban
development plans
(No)
30
60
15
25
400,0
00
Result indicators
Companies
established in the
“urban action zones”
(No)
Jobs created / saved
in “urban action
zones” (No)
400
1,500
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Input indicators
Expenditures for
integrated urban
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2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
development plans
(Euro)
Output indicators
Public buildings
renovated/
rehabilitated (M2)
Urban streets
constructed/
rehabilitated/
modernized,
including side walks
and cycle lanes (Km2)
Tramway/trolley
network extended/
rehabilitated (Km)
Rehabilitated housing
(No)
Social centers
established/
rehabilitated (No)
Created / rehabilitated
green spaces (M2)
Result indicators
Persons that benefit
from social services
offered by the social
centers that benefited
from support within
the integrated urban
development plans
(No)
Impact indicators
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Input indicators
Output indicators
- Emissions of NOx
- Emissions of SO2
- Emissions of VOC
- Emissions of fine
particles
(PM10 and PM2.5) tones
Total Nitrogen – mg/l
- CO2 equivalent
release into the
atmosphere - Tons of
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2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
C02 equivalent
- Area of greenfields
affected - ha
- Health facilities
(hospitals,
ambulances, clinics)
supported through
the OP - no
- Projects contributing
to protection against
natural and industrial
disasters - no
- Waste recycled
(tones)
- Waste recovered
(tones)
- Waste reused
(tones)
- Areas of
brownfields
rehabilitated and/or
used for development
- ha
- Projects
rehabilitating
historical and cultural
heritage - no
- Increased energy
efficiency
in supported
companies,
enterprises,
institutions - %
- Projects dealing
with environmentally
responsible
behavior - no
Result indicators
Impact indicators
II.1.1.15. Horizontal themes
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Sustainable development
This priority axes (field of intervention) comprises explicit activities which led to the improvement
of the environment in the deprived urban areas: creation of green spaces, thermal rehabilitation of
flats, introduction of an environmental friendly transport, rehabilitation of deprived areas
(abandoned lands and industrial sites, etc), rehabilitation of used public infrastructure, etc.
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 Equal opportunities
The integrated urban development plans will aim at the rehabilitation and the increase in
the quality of life of the urban areas, characterized by negative socio-economic indicators
such as high unemployment, minority groups – especially rroma people, population with
low level of education, etc. Will be financed investments in the social infrastructure,
including investments ensuring good quality of social housing, contributing to the
promotion of social inclusion. Special attentions will be paid to the persons belonging to
rroma minority, helping to their insertion on the labour market and ensuring good living
conditions for them.
II.1.1.16. State Aid
Not applicable
II.1.1.17. Categorisation of interventions
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Cod
Priority theme
Priority theme
Urban and rural regeneration
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Cod
01
Integrated projects for urban and rural regeneration
Form of finance
Form of finance
Non-repayable aid
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Territorial dimension
Cod
Territory type
Urban
01
II.1.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies.
II.1.1.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
Not applicable.
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B. INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
B.1. Rehabilitation of urban infrastructure and improvement of urban services,
including urban transport
II.1.1.3. Eligible activities
a) Urban public infrastructure:
 Development and/or rehabilitation of urban public infrastructure and utilities (public
lighting, water, sewerage, electricity, gas, phone, broadband networks, etc)
 Creation and/or preservation of green and recreation spaces (public gardens, parks,
urban furniture, container, waste, etc);
 Creation and rehabilitation of urban public spaces: urban streets, sidewalks, public
squares, pedestrian areas, bridges, passages, level crossing, foot bridge, etc;
 Completion and/or renovation of abandoned buildings and their preparation for new
economic and social activities;
 The demolition of badly deteriorated buildings and/or structures, which don’t
belong to the national cultural heritage and the arrangement of deteriorated/ unused
lands, for the construction of public use buildings and green spaces;
 Purchasing of information and communication equipment for an increase access of
citizens to the public services;
 Traffic management systems (infrastructure works and endowment with specific
equipment for traffic management)
b) Transport and the mobility of inhabitants:
 Building bus, tramway and trolley stations, or modernizing the already existing
ones; construction of inter-modal terminals aimed at enhanced integration of
different types of public urban transport;
 Extending and/or upgrading tramway network and trolley infrastructure as well as
related infrastructure;
 Construction and/or arrangement of special lanes for buses and/or cycling;
 Purchasing environmentally friendly vehicles for the public transport;
 Other operations related to transport and the mobility of the inhabitants.
c) National cultural heritage1, local cultural heritage in urban areas2 and infrastructure for
cultural activities:
 Rehabilitation and restoration of buildings and monuments of historical and cultural
importance according to the list of monuments heritage;
 Restoring, consolidation, protection and preservation of patrimony buildings
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Group A: Monuments of universal and national value according to the list done by the Ministry of Culture
and Cults
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Group B: Monuments for local cultural patrimony according to the list done by the Ministry of Culture and
Cults
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Restoring, protection and conservation of interior pictures, frescoes, mural exterior
pictures
Reconstruction / arrangement of access ways (pedestrian and roadway) towards the
rehabilitated objectives, within their protected area;
Works and endowments in order to ensure the interior or the exterior lighting, the
security lighting and the decorative lighting;
Arrangement of protected areas through the demarcation and the enclosure of
patrimony objectives (where is needed);
Construction of the secondary utilities (parking, toilets, advertising billboards and
indicators);
II.1.1.4 . List of eligible expenditures
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Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
Expenses to assure utilities for the objective
Expenses for land studies
Expenses for approvals, agreements, certificates
Expenses for designing and engineering
Expenses for consultancy regarding pre-feasibility study or market/evaluation
studies
Expenses for the management of the execution contract
Expenses for technical assistance
Expenses for constructions and facilities
Expenses for technological functional equipments with fitting
Expenses for building site management
Expenses for construction works and installations related to building site
management
Expenses for specific activities related to building site management
Commissions, taxes, fees
Expenses for per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of project team,
Expenses for publicity
Expenses for audit
Administrative expenses (maximum 5% of project eligible expenses)
II.1.1.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
Cross financing (as defined in art. 34(2) of the Council Regulation No. 1083/2006) may be
used within this priority axis, if needed.
The ESF expenditure should not exceed 10% from ERDF co-financing of integrated urban
development plan.
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II.1.1.6. Financial allocation
Not applicable
II.1.1.7 . Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
II.1.1.8 . Eligible beneficiaries
Authorities of local public administration in urban areas
II.1.1.9 . Applicants
Not applicable
II.1.1.10 . Target groups / Target areas
Not applicable
II.1.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2008-2013
II.1.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
20
500,000 – 50,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
500,000 – 50,000,000 Euro
85%
2%
85%
15%
13%
2%
II.1.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Strategic evaluation criteria for individual projects


The contribution of the individual project to the achievement of the objectives of the
integrated urban development plan;
The complementary of the individual project with other projects financed from
public funds at the level of the “urban action zone” or the city.
 Eligibility and evaluation criteria:







The individual project must be one of the activities comprised within the integrated
urban development plan;
The project applicant must prove the ownership of the land/building or the lessee of
the land/building, for a period of minimum 10 years;
The project must have feasibility study and the appropriate notifications;
The activities proposed for financing within the project must not have been financed
from public founds in the last 5 years;
The financial costs of the project must be comprised between the financial limits
established for the individual projects;
The proposed project must comply with the Spatial Planning and Urbanism
Documents;



Eligibility criteria:
Evaluation criteria:
The impact of the project on the development of the urban action zone
(attractiveness for the investors, creation of jobs, etc), and also on the environment;
Sustainability of the project – the existence of the financial resources needed for
functioning, maintenance and/or repairs, after the project is finished.
II.1.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Not applicable
II.1.1.15. Horizontal themes
 Sustainable development
This field of intervention comprises explicit activities which led to the improvement of the
environment in the deprived urban areas: creation of green spaces, thermal rehabilitation of
flats, introduction of an environmental friendly transport, rehabilitation of deprived areas
(abandoned lands and industrial sites, etc), rehabilitation of used public infrastructure, etc.
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 Equal opportunities
The integrated urban development plans will aim at the rehabilitation and the increase in
the quality of life of the urban areas, characterized by negative socio-economic indicators
such as high unemployment, minority groups – especially rroma people, population with
low level of education, etc. Will be financed investments in the social infrastructure,
including investments ensuring good quality of social housing, contributing to the
promotion of social inclusion. Special attentions will be paid to the persons belonging to
rroma minority, helping to their insertion on the labor market and ensuring good living
conditions for them.
II.1.1.16. State Aid
Operation
Restoration and sustainable
valorization of cultural
heritage
State Aid regime
Aid to promote culture and
heritage conservation
Legal basis
EC Treaty, art 87 (3) d
II.1.1.17. Categorisation of interventions
Not applicable
II.1.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
II.1.1.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH – Directorate for Certifying and Payments Programmes
B.2. Sustainable development of business environment
II.1.1.3 . Eligible activities

Creation and/or rehabilitation/amenaja of spaces or existing buildings through
creation of infrastructure for economic and commercial activities;
II.1.1.4 . List of eligible expenditures





Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
Expenses to assure utilities for the objective
Expenses for land studies
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














Expenses for approvals, agreements, certificates
Expenses for designing and engineering
Expenses for consultancy regarding pre-feasibility study or market/evaluation
studies
Expenses for the management of the execution contract
Expenses for technical assistance
Expenses for constructions and facilities
Expenses for technological functional equipments with fitting
Expenses for building site management
Expenses for construction works and installations related to building site
management
Expenses for specific activities related to building site management
Commissions, taxes, fees
Expenses for per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of project team,
Expenses for publicity
Expenses for audit
Administrative expenses (maximum 5% of project eligible expenses)
II.1.1.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
Cross financing (as defined in art. 34(2) of the Council Regulation No. 1083/2006) may be
used within this priority axis, if needed.
The ESF expenditure should not exceed 10% from ERDF co-financing of integrated urban
development plan.
II.1.1.6. Financial allocation
Not applicable
II.1.1.7 . Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
23
500,000 – 50,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
500,000 – 50,000,000 Euro
85%
2%
85%
15%
13%
2%
II.1.1.8 . Eligible beneficiaries
Authorities of local public administration in urban areas
II.1.1.9 . Applicants
Not applicable
II.1.1.10 . Target groups / Target areas
Not applicable
II.1.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2008-2013
II.1.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
II.1.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Strategic evaluation criteria for individual projects


The contribution of the individual project to the achievement of the objectives of the
integrated urban development plan;
The complementary of the individual project with other projects financed from
public funds at the level of the “urban action zone” or the city.
 Eligibility and evaluation criteria for individual projects:







Eligibility criteria:
The individual project must be one of the activities comprised within the integrated
urban development plan;
The project applicant must prove the ownership of the land/building or the lessee of
the land/building, for a period of minimum 10 years;
The project must have feasibility study/business plan;
The activities proposed for financing within the project must not have been financed
from public founds in the last 5 years;
The financial costs of the project must be comprised between the financial limits
established for the individual projects;
The proposed project must comply with the Spatial Planning and Urbanism
Documents;
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



Evaluation criteria:
The impact of the project on the development of the urban action zone
(attractiveness for the investors, creation of jobs, etc), and also on the environment;
Sustainability of the project – the existence of the financial resources needed for
functioning, maintenance and/or repairs, after the project is finished
The share of the technologic transfer/research/development/innovation activities.
II.1.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Not applicable
II.1.1.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
This field of intervention comprises explicit activities which led to the improvement of the
environment in the deprived urban areas: creation of green spaces, thermal rehabilitation of
flats, introduction of an environmental friendly transport, rehabilitation of deprived areas
(abandoned lands and industrial sites, etc), rehabilitation of used public infrastructure, etc.

Equal opportunities
The integrated urban development plans will aim at the rehabilitation and the increase in
the quality of life of the urban areas, characterized by negative socio-economic indicators
such as high unemployment, minority groups – especially rroma people, population with
low level of education, etc. Will be financed investments in the social infrastructure,
including investments ensuring good quality of social housing, contributing to the
promotion of social inclusion. Special attentions will be paid to the persons belonging to
rroma minority, helping to their insertion on the labor market and ensuring good living
conditions for them.
II.1.1.16. State Aid
Operation
Business support structures
Rehabilitation of unused
polluted industrial sites and
preparation for new activities
State Aid regime
Legal basis
National regional investment Commission Regulation 1628/2006 from 24th
aid
of October 2006 regarding application of art
87 and 88 of EC Treaty for national regional
investment aid
Preparation for new activities Commission Regulation 1628/2006 from 24th
of the depolluted industrial
of October 2006 regarding application of art
sites - National regional
87 and 88 of EC Treaty for national regional
investment aid
investment aid
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II.1.1.17. Categorisation of interventions
Not applicable
II.1.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
II.1.1.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH – Directorate for Certifying and Payments Programmes
B.3. Rehabilitation of social infrastructure, including social housing and
improvement of social services
II.1.1.3 . Eligible activities



Rehabilitation and/or creation of the buildings for social infrastructure: child-care
centres, old people's homes, centres providing assistance to disabled persons, youth
centres, centres for people in difficulty, as well as their endowment with specific
equipments, including the purchase of information and communication equipments;
Renovation of multi-family social housing:
o Renovation of multi-family residential buildings (excluding areas within the
flats), including:
 The refurbishment of main structural parts of the building, roof,
façade, staircase, inside and outside corridors, entrance and their
exteriors, elevator;
 Technical installations of the building
 Energy efficiency actions
o Renovation and change of use of existing buildings owned by public
authorities;
Purchasing of equipments necessary for increasing security and preventing crimes
(surveillance systems, etc);
II.1.1.4 . List of eligible expenditures







Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
Expenses to assure utilities for the objective
Expenses for land studies
Expenses for approvals, agreements, certificates
Expenses for designing and engineering
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












Expenses for consultancy regarding pre-feasibility study or market/evaluation
studies
Expenses for the management of the execution contract
Expenses for technical assistance
Expenses for constructions and facilities
Expenses for technological functional equipments with fitting
Expenses for building site management
Expenses for construction works and installations related to building site
management
Expenses for specific activities related to building site management
Commissions, taxes, fees
Expenses for per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of project team,
Expenses for publicity
Expenses for audit
Administrative expenses (maximum 5% of project eligible expenses)
II.1.1.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
Cross financing (as defined in art. 34(2) of the Council Regulation No. 1083/2006) may be
used within this priority axis, if needed.
The activities eligible for cross financing are training courses for developing professional
skills for marginalized groups (unemployed people, ethnic minorities, youth, etc).
The ESF expenditure should not exceed 10% from ERDF co-financing of integrated urban
development plan.
II.1.1.6. Financial allocation
Not applicable
II.1.1.7 . Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
27
500,000 – 50,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
500,000 – 50,000,000 Euro
85%
2%
85%
15%
13%
2%
II.1.1.8 . Eligible beneficiaries
Authorities of local public administration in urban areas
II.1.1.9 . Applicants
Not applicable
II.1.1.10 . Target groups / Target areas
Not applicable
II.1.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2008-2013
II.1.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
II.1.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Strategic evaluation criteria for individual projects


The contribution of the individual project to the achievement of the objectives of the
integrated urban development plan;
The complementary of the individual project with other projects financed from
public funds at the level of the “urban action zone” or the city.
 Eligibility and evaluation criteria for individual projects:







Eligibility criteria:
The individual project must be one of the activities comprised within the integrated
urban development plan;
The project applicant must prove the ownership of the land/building or the lessee of
the land/building, for a period of minimum 10 years;
The project must have feasibility study and the appropriate notifications;
The activities proposed for financing within the project must not have been financed
from public founds in the last 5 years;
The financial costs of the project must be comprised between the financial limits
established for the individual projects;
The proposed project must comply with the Spatial Planning and Urbanism
Documents and to have the appropriate notifications for feasibility study;
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


Evaluation criteria:
The project has positive impact on supporting the social inclusion in the urban
action area
Sustainability of the project – the existence of the financial resources needed for
functioning, maintenance and/or repairs, after the project is finished
II.1.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Not applicable
II.1.1.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
This field of intervention comprises explicit activities which led to the improvement of the
environment in the deprived urban areas: creation of green spaces, thermal rehabilitation of
flats, introduction of an environmental friendly transport, rehabilitation of deprived areas
(abandoned lands and industrial sites, etc), rehabilitation of used public infrastructure, etc.

Equal opportunities
The integrated urban development plans will aim at the rehabilitation and the increase in
the quality of life of the urban areas, characterized by negative socio-economic indicators
such as high unemployment, minority groups – especially rroma people, population with
low level of education, etc. Will be financed investments in the social infrastructure,
including investments ensuring good quality of social housing, contributing to the
promotion of social inclusion. Special attentions will be paid to the persons belonging to
rroma minority, helping to their insertion on the labor market and ensuring good living
conditions for them.
II.1.1.16. State Aid
Not applicable
II.1.1.17. Categorization of interventions
Not applicable
II.1.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
II.1.1.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH – Directorate for Certifying and Payments Programmes
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II.2. Priority axis 2: Improvement of regional and local transport infrastructure
The changes, which have occurred within the structure of Romanian economy, the process
of its European integration and implicitly, access to EU markets, has strongly modified the
trend of commodities and passengers flows, generating a constant increase of their volume.
In the same time, European standards concerning the quality of the transport networks have
increased, through introducing tough environmental protection regulations.
Taking into account their specific needs and development level, with an insufficient and
less competitive transport infrastructure, inadequate for European Union market
requirements, but also for actual stage of globaliyation, it is expected that the profitability
and the added value of investment in infrastructure will increase.
This priority axis contributes to the accomplishment of the objectives identified in the
National Strategy for Regional Development form the National Strategic Reference
Framework and is in line with the Community Strategic Guidelines of the Cohesion Policy,
which foresee the necessity to improve the regions’ accessibility and attractiveness.
II.2.1. Key area of intervention 2.1 - Rehabilitation and modernization of county
roads and urban streets network - including construction/rehabilitation of ring roads
II.2.1.1. Description
The connection of the county roads to the national and TEN-T networks, envisaged by
ROP, generates consequences for regional development, by attracting areas with deficient
structural development to the economic activities circuit. In this sense, investments will be
focused especially in those areas where the topographic characteristics of natural
environment and historical and economic evolutions impeded an adequate development of
the transport infrastructure. This road network will contribute, in the medium term, to the
increase of capital flows, of labor force mobility, of accessibility towards and within the
country, generating its sustainable development, and obviously, contributing to the creation
of new opportunities for jobs, including rural areas.
Taking into account the increasing urban traffic congestions it is necessary to rehabilitate
and modernize the urban street network in order to avoid excessive traffic concentration,
shorten the distances between the urban functional areas, as well as elimination of the
bothellnecks in the main access points to the city by supporting urban streets projects which
connect towns/cities thoroughfares to the national crossing roads network (category I
streets), functional areas to residential ones (category II streets), as well as functional and
residential areas to connecting streets and/or to towns/cities thoroughfares (category III
streets).
The rehabilitation and the modernization of urban streets as well as the construction,
rehabilitation and the modernization of ring/roads (with county road status) will ensure
fluent urban traffic, reduce journey time, eliminate bottlenecks and ensure the safe crossing
of localities.
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The increase of deaths and injuries in car accidents (over 4,500 traffic accidents, with
around 1,650 deceased and 3,800 injured persons in 2005) is caused both by the rapid
increase in the use of cars, and by the poor quality of roads – due to the limited funds
allocated for the road maintenance -, and also the insufficient number of safety areas on
public roads as well as the traffic monitoring systems. Another cause is the lack or the poor
quality of pedestrian areas and of cycle-paths, which forces both pedestrians and cyclists to
use the main road, intended for vehicles.
The existence of transport infrastructure is essential for the achievement of Lisbon Strategy
objective regarding economic growth and employment. Transport network is a vital factor
for the location of companies, development of business environment and tourism as well as
for the achievement of territorial cohesion in Europe.
Investments in transport infrastructure will facilitate population and goods mobility, the
reducing of the commodities and passengers transport costs, the improvement of access to
the regional markets, the increasing of economic efficiency, saving time and energy,
setting-up conditions for the extension of commercial flows and implicitly, of productive
investments.
The development of transport network will also facilitate inter-regional cooperation and
will significantly contribute to the increase enterprises/companies competitiveness and
labor force mobility, and, as a consequence, in a faster development of Romania as a
whole, but also of each of its Region.
II.2.1.2. Indicative operations



Rehabilitation and modernization of the county road network
Rehabilitation and modernization of the urban streets network
Construction/ rehabilitation/ modernization of ring roads (with county road
status);
II.2.1.3. Eligible activities
 Rehabilitation and modernization of the county road network;
 Rehabilitation and modernization of the urban streets network (category I, II and
III), as well as the category IV streets network from tourism resorts;
 Construction/ rehabilitation/ modernization of ring roads (with county road status);
 Construction / modernization / rehabilitation of bridges and small bridges;
 Construction / modernization / rehabilitation of ruttier passages and cat walks;
 Arrangement of land
 Deviation of water, electricity, gas, wastewater and phone networks
 Arrangement for environmental protection
 Modernization and extension of the utilities network existing within the road (water,
wastewater, electricy, gas, phone network);
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II.2.1.4. List of eligible expenses
-
Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
-
Expenses to assure utilities for the objective
-
Expenses for land studies
Expenses for approvals, agreements, certificates
Expenses for designing and engineering
-
Expenses for consultancy regarding pre-feasibility study or market/evaluation studies, as
-
-
well as expenses for the management of the execution contract
Expenses for technical assistance
Expenses for constructions and facilities
Expenses for technological functional equipments with fitting
Expenses for building site management
Expenses for construction works and installations related to building site
management
Expenses for specific activities related to building site management
Commissions, taxes, fees
Expenses for per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of project team,
Expenses for publicity
Expenses for audit
Administrative expenses (maximum 5% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses with public transport (carrier vehicles) procurement for common carrier
owned by the local authorities
Irrecoverable VAT
II.2.1.5. Use of ERDF/ ESF cross-financing
Not applicable.
II.2.1.6. Indicative financial allocation
- allocation, EuroYear
TOTAL
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
77,686,668
95,088,482
103,796,585
123,228,666
131,004,222
156,195,982
189,710,401
876,711,006
EU
National public contribution
Contribution
State
Local
Other
Total
(ERDF/CF/
Budget
Budget
public
ESF)
sources*
67,198,968
8,933,967
1,553,733
0
10,487,700
82,251,537
10,935175
1,901,770
0
12,836,945
89,784,046 11,936,607
2,075,932
0
14,012,539
106,592,796 14,171,297
2,464,573
0
16,635,870
113,318,652 15,065,486
2,620,084
0
17,685,570
135,109,525 17,962,537
3,123,920
0
21,086,457
164,099,497 21,816,696
3,794,208
0
25,610,904
758,355,021 100,821,765 17,534,220
0 118,355,985
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Private
contribution
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
II.2.1.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
 State budget
 Local budgets
1,000,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
Not applicable
98 % for the local public administration
authorities
2%
85%
15%
13%
2%
II.2.1.8. Eligible beneficiaries
Local public administration authorities: County Councils and Local Councils from urban
areas
II.2.1.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.2.1.10. Target groups / Target areas


Areas with deficient transport infrastructure both concerning the quality/density aspect
and also the transport capacity aspect, that impede their economic development
Tourism resorts
II.2.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013
II.2.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
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II.2.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility criteria













The project must be in compliance with the eligible fields of intervention financed
under Regional Operational Program
The project applicant must prove the property of the land
The project has a feasibility study
The project applicant must prove the cofinancing capacity;
The proposed activities must not have been financed from public funds in the last 5
years
The financial costs of the project respect the financial limits provided for the
respective type of the project;
The payments done by the beneficiary to the contractor must not exceed 30 June
2015;
The project is in compliance with the priority axis 2 eligible activities.
The proposed projects must respect the Plans for Spatial Planning and Urbanism
Plans requirements and must have the environmental advice corresponding to the
feasibility study
The applicant must be eligible within the priority axis 2;
The ring roads and/ or by-passes must be county roads;
The applicant must prove the administrative capacity (owned or delegated) for the
project implementation.
Selection criteria






The projects must be efficient from the economic point of view and have a positive
impact on the economy of the region it is located in (investors attracting, time and
fuels saving, vehicles operating cost reducing, creation of new jobs), as well as on
the environment;
The project must ensure the creation of better transport connections between and
within regions, between the urban centres of the regions and/or between urban
centres and adjacent peripheral areas (urban/ rural)
The projects must contribute to the introducing into the economic flow of some
areas (where the natural difficulties and the economic evolution hindered the
rehabilitation/modernization of the road infrastructure)
The projects must respect the European standard concerning traffic safety and
travellers safety;
The projects must prove their sustainability, the existence of financial resources for
the maintenance, repairing etc;
The studies on the road traffic intensity and frequency (the negative impact of the
hard traffic on buildings and inhabitants health) must prove the necessity of ring
roads construction/rehabilitation;
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II.2.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
36,009.7
2005
0
877
25,696
2005
0
411
0
219
0
10
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output
Length of
rehabilitated/
modernized county
roads (km)
Length of
rehabilitated/
modernized urban
streets (km)
Length of
rehabilitated
/constructed bypasses (km)
-
Result
Increase passangers
and freight traffic on
the rehabilitated,
constructed,
modernized roads
(%)
100
2007
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Input
Expenditures with
rehabilitation /
modernization of
county roads (euro)
Expenditures with
rehabilitation /
modernization of
urban streets (euro)
Expenditures with
rehabilitation /
modernization /
construction of ring
roads (euro)
-
-
-
Output
Result
Impact
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2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
2015
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
Input
Output
- Emissions of NOx
- Emissions of SO2
- Emissions of COV
- Emissions of fine
particles
(PM10 şi PM2.5) tones
- CO2 equivalent
release
into the atmosphere
– Tons of
C02
equivalent
- Area of greenfields
affected
-ha
Projects dealing with
environmentally
responsible
behaviour
- number
Result
Impact
II.2.1.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
The development of an efficient transport infrastructure contributes to a more rationale and
fluid traffic, the bypassing reducing the level of pollution, especially within cities.
Moreover, it will be taken into account the protection of different avi-faunstic species’s
habitats, especially in the case when the rehabilitated transport corridor crosses or is in the
neighborhood of a natural protected area.

Equal opportunities
Not applicable.
II.2.1.16. State Aid
Not applicable.
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2015
II.2.1.17. Categorisation of interventions

Cod
23

Cod
01

Cod
01
05
Priority theme
Priority theme
Transport
Regional/ local roads networks
Form of finance
Form of finance
Non – repayable aid
Territorial dimension
Territory type
Urban
Rural areas
II.2.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
II.2.1.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
II.3 Priority Axis 3 - Improvement of social infrastructure
II.3.1. Key Area of Intervention 3.1. - Rehabilitation, modernization and equipping of
the health services’ infrastructure.
II.3.1.1. Description
The specific objective of this field of intervention is the improvement of the quality of
medical care assistance and a balanced regional-territorial distribution in order to ensure
equal access of the population to health services.
The national public health strategy envisages the development of a modern system for
treatment and prevention, accessible to all categories of people, as well as of an efficient
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system for emergency situations. The infrastructure within these services is well below
European standards, and the lack of a proper management and of investment has resulted in
on-going process of deterioration.
In order to regain the balance between primary and secondary care services, affected by the
evolution of health care system during the past years, the development of out patient
departments (located within or outside hospitals) plays an important part, as these ensure
the prevention activities of health services.
It is expected that the rehabilitation of out door patient departments and the provision of
modern equipment for investigation, treatment, recovery and physiotherapy will replace the
burden of hospital treatment, where costs are high, and solve the majority of cases. Thus,
hospitalization will be undertaken only for difficult cases, surgeries, as much as possible
before the intervention day, reducing thus the present duration of hospitalization by half.
At the same time, the location of out patient departments in hospitals or in their near area
will contribute to quality treatment at a low cost, due to the equipment and high quality
personnel in hospitals, and, at the same time, will ensure the security of the medical service.
On the other hand, the existence of out patient departments in less accessible areas with no
hospitals may contribute to the provision of qualified medical services at community level
so that patients do not have to travel for consultation and treatment.
In order to make the health system more efficient, capable to treat difficult urgent cases at
the highest standards, the national health strategy foresees the improvement of the
hospitals’ infrastructure, both buildings and equipments. Taking into account that most of
the hospital infrastructure is old (the majority of hospitals being older than 50-100 years),
an evaluation of the Ministry of Public Health on the Romanian hospitals current situation
identified a number of county hospitals, whose resistance structure allows for a
rehabilitation and equipping process. The hospitals identified for rehabilitation under ROP,
cover seven out of the eight development regions (except for Bucharest-Ilfov) and provide
a wide range of services (internal medicine, pediatric, surgery, gynecology-obstetrics,
orthopedics, intensive care, ophthalmology, rhino-laryngologists, etc., and, very important,
emergency units). However, there are much more hospitals that need rehabilitation and
modernization, but the studies show that the costs would be much higher than replacing
them with new hospitals.
The ROP therefore supports the implementation of the national strategy aiming at
increasing the efficiency of health services, by modernization and equipping of outdoor
patient departments and by supporting hospital infrastructure.
The identification, at regional level, of the hospitals and of the outdoor patient departments
which need rehabilitation, modernization and equipping, will be achieved taking into
account priorities established in the National Strategy for Public Health, in the Regional
Development Plans and Strategies, and in conformity with the Law for the reform in the
health sector.
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II.3.1.2. Indicative operations


Rehabilitation, modernization and equipping of the county hospitals;
Rehabilitation, modernization, development and equipping of outdoor patient
departments (hospitals and specialized out patient).
II.3.1.3. Eligible activities




Rehabilitation and modernization of buildings;
Rehabilitation and modernization of general and specific utilities;
Access facilities for disabled people;
Equipments procurement.
II.3.1.4. List of eligible expenditures
 Expenses with land procurement (max. 10% of eligible value of the project) and
land works;
 Expenses for ensuring the utilities needed on the spot;
 Expenses for design and technical assistance;
 Expenses for the basic investment;
 Other expenses (building site management; construction works and installations
relevant to the building site management; expenses related to the building site
management; commissions; fees; legal shares; different and unpredicted expenses);
 Expenses relevant to the implementation of the program.
II.3.1.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
It is possible to use cross-financing within this area of intervention. Eligible operations for
this area of intervention are related to training activities.ESF expenditures must not exceed
10% out of ERDF co-financing for the project.
II.3.1.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
TOTAL
15,381,960
18,827,519
20,551,723
24,399,277
25,938,837
30,926,804
37,562,659
173,588,779
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
13,074,666
16,003,391
17,468,965
20,739,385
22,048,011
26,287,783
31,928,260
147,550,461
National public contribution
Local
Other
Total
budgets
public
sources*
1,999,655
307,639
0
2,307,294
2,447,578
376,550
0
2,824,128
2,671,724
411,034
0
3,082,758
3,171,906
487,986
0
3,659,892
3,372,049
518,777
0
3,890,826
4,020,485
618,536
0
4,639,021
4,883,146
751,253
0
5,634,399
22,566,543
3,471,775
0
26,038,318
State
budget
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution )
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Private
contribution
II.3.1.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
200,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
21,250,000 Euro
200,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
85%
2%
85%
15%
13%
2%
II.3.1.8. Eligible beneficiaries
Public administration authorities.
II.3.1.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.3.1.10. Target groups / Target areas

Areas/ localities where the hospitals’ and outdoor patient departments’
infrastructure is insufficient and poor, as shown by the studies of the Ministry of
Public Health.
II.3.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007 - 2013
II.3.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Call based on list of eligible projects.
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II.3.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria

Project strategic evaluation criteria




Eligibility criteria











The project contribution to the achievement of the Regional Operational
Programme 2007-2013 general and specific objectives;
The project contribution to the achievement of the Regional Development
Strategy;
Complementarity with other projects supported by public funds within the region.
The projects must be in conformity with the eligible fields in the Regional
Operational Programme;
The project applicant proves the ownership of the building;
The projects must have feasibility studies, with the mandatory inclusion of all
necessary authorizations and endorsements;
The project applicant must prove his financing capacity;
The activities proposed for financing in the project must not have been financed
out of public funds during the past 5 years;
The project costs are within the financial limits foreseen by the respective type of
project;
The payments flowchart from the beneficiary to the contractor must not exceed
June 30, 2015;
The projects submitted must contribute to the achievement of the National
Strategy for Public Health objectives (2004) and to be in conformity with the Law
for Reform 95/2006.
The project must be in conformity with the eligible activities under Priority Axis
no. 3, it is located in the target areas or it is included in the county hospitals list
established for rehabilitation by the Ministry of Public Health.
The applicant must be eligible according to Priority Axis no. 3.
Selection criteria






Project activities can be achieved at the set deadlines and with the requested
financial aid;
Project location – in areas with hospital and specialty outdoor patient services do
no correspond to standards in the field;
The number of people in evidence, potential beneficiaries of the outdoor patient
services offered by the unit proposed for rehabilitation or modernization;
The degree of deterioration and of overuse of the buildings proposed for
rehabilitation must be of minimum 20%;
The project must be sustainable after the end of the financing, to prove the
existence of the financing sources for functioning, maintenance, repairing, etc.;
The share of equipments in the project total value cannot exceed 25%.
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II.3.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
2006
50
-
2006
10
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Health care units
rehabilitated/equipped
(total/ by type) (No)
Result indicators
Increased access to
the
rehabilitated/equipped
health care units (%)
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Input indicators
Expenditures for
hospitals’
rehabilitation/
equipment (Euro)
Expenditures for
outdoor patient
departments’
rehabilitation/
equipment (Euro)
Output indicators
Rehabilitated/
equipped hospitals
(No.)
Rehabilitated/
equipped
outdoor
patient departments
(No.)
-
15
-
35
-
10
-
10
Result indicators
Increased access to
the rehabilitated/
equipped hospitals
(%)
Increased access to
the rehabilitated/
equipped outdoor
patient departments
(%)
Impact indicators
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Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Input indicators
Indicator 1 (measure
unit)
Indicator 2 (measure
unit)
Output indicators
-Emission of Nox
-Emission of SO2
-Emission of COV
-Emission of fine
particles (PM 10 and
PM 2.5) - tones
Total nitrogen - mg/l
-Emission of
equivalent CO2 in
atmosphere – tones of
equivalent CO2
-Health care utilities
(hospitals, clinics,
outdoor patient
departments) financed
by the ROP – no.
- Recycled waste
(tones)
- Recovered waste
(tones)
- Reused waste
(tones)
Increased energetic
efficiency in the
supported companies,
factories, institutions,
etc. (%)
Projects related to the
responsible behavior
regarding the
environment – no.
Result indicators
Impact indicators
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2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
II.3.1.15. Horizontal themes
 Sustainable development
One of the project eligibility criteria refers to the existence of necessary endorsements, and,
mainly, the environment endorsement. The existence of this endorsement ensures the
environment protection in the process of project implementation.
 Equal opportunities
Through the objective of this intervention itself - the improvement of the quality of medical
care assistance and a balanced regional-territorial distribution in order to ensure equal
access for all citizens to the health services – it is envisaged the conformity with the
principle of equal opportunities.
According to the national legislation (EGO no. 137/2000 on prevention and sanction of all
discrimination forms) and the European legislation in the field (Council Directive
2000/43/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of
racial or ethnic origin and Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of
equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and
services), health services must be accessed without any discrimination based on sex, race,
ethnical origin, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation. Furthermore, this key area of
intervention foresees that access facilities to the supported infrastructure as well as special
equipments are created for disabled people
II.3.1.16. State Aid
Not applicable.
II.3.1.17. Categorisation of interventions

Code
76

Priority theme
Priority theme
Investment in social infrastructure
Infrastructure of health services
Form of finance
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Territorial dimension
Code
Territory type
01
05
Urban
Rural areas
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II.3.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies.
II.3.1.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
II.3.2. Key Area of Intervention 3.2. - Rehabilitation, modernization, development and
equipping of social services’ infrastructure
II.3.2.1. Description
The specific objective of this area of intervention is the improvement, throughout the
country, of the quality and capacity of social services infrastructure, in order to ensure
equal access for all citizens.
ROP analyses have outlined the poor situation of social services infrastructure and the need
to invest in the rehabilitation, modernization and equipping of the buildings where social
services are delivered. At the same time, the need for investment follows the setting up of
minimum quality standards for social services, which need to be fulfilled by the residential
social centres.
In many cases, the poor quality of infrastructure and the lack of equipments endowments
force the persons belonging to disadvantaged groups to address the social services
providers in other areas, far from their homes. At the same time, this situation hinders the
normal development of activities on the labour market for two reasons: on one hand, there
is not enough assistance provided to the vulnerable groups who could be reinserted in the
labour market; on the other hand, active persons who, in their families, have dependents,
occupy a lot of their time taking care of them, but in an insufficient and unqualified
manner, with consequences both on the disabled who do not benefit from continuous care
and on the quality of work and life of the persons having disabled in their families, or of
single persons who take care of minors. The improvement and diversification of social
services provided by multifunctional and residential social centres could contribute to the
relieving of active members in the families from the care of dependents during working
hours and to the improvement of the quality of work and the life of active and dependent
people.
Social centres with multifunctional purpose can cover a wide span of services, with the aim
of helping persons in difficulty, starting with their acceptance in the centre, up to the
solving of the specific problems they are confronted with, temporary or permanently
(material, financial, cultural, juridical and administrative, relational, occupational, medical).
At the same time, the organization of workshops for the development of independent life
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and professional skills and abilities, and the setting up of workshops for people in
disadvantaged groups will bring a direct contribution to the development of social economy
activities.
The development of social centres will be complemented by investment in already existing
residential centres, which provide for long term housing, ensuring thus a proper framework
for the hosting and taking care of persons in difficulty. A special attention will be given to
the Roma population.
The implementation of these kinds of projects will have positive results, both from a
humanitarian point of view, and from the point of view of the reinsertion into the labour
market of numerous persons in difficulty. All the rehabilitated institutions will take into
account the “open doors principle”, so that all services provided are accessible to the
vulnerable groups within the communities.
The identification at regional level of the projects for the rehabilitation, modernization and
endowment of social and residential centres will be achieved according to the priorities set
in the National Strategy on Social Services, as well as to the needs identified through the
county social inclusion strategies, the regional strategies and development plans.
II.3.2.2. Indicative operations


Rehabilitation, modernization, development and equipping of the social centres
buildings;
Rehabilitation, modernization and equipping of the social residential centres buildings.
II.3.2.3. Eligible activities




Rehabilitation/modernization of buildings centres;
Modernization of general and specific utilities of social and residential centres;
Access facilities for disabled people;
Equipments adapted to the situation of the beneficiaries, including equipments for
disabled people.
II.3.2.4. List of eligible expenditures
 Expenses with land procurement (max. 10% of eligible value of the project) and
land works;
 Expenses for ensuring the utilities needed on the spot;
 Expenses for design and technical assistance;
 Expenses for the basic investment;
 Other expenses;
 Expenses relevant to the implementation of the program.
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II.3.2.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
It is possible to use cross-financing within this area of intervention.
Eligible operations for this area of intervention are related to training activities for the
development of professional abilities for the marginalised groups (unemployed, ethnic
minorities, youth, etc.).
ESF expenditures must not exceed 10% out of ERDF co-financing for the urban
development integrated plan.
II.3.2.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
TOTAL
8,817,437
10,792,543
11,780,913
13,986,454
14,868,979
17,728,244
21,532,131
99,506,701
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
7,494,821
9,173,661
10,013,776
11,888,486
12,638,632
15,069,007
18,302,311
84,580,694
National public contribution
State
Local
Other
budget
budgets
public
sources*
1,146,267
176,349
0
1,403,031
215,851
0
1,531,519
235,618
0
1,818,239
279,729
0
1,932,967
297,380
0
2,304,672
354,565
0
2,799,177
430,643
0
12,935,872
1,990,135
0
Total
1,322,616
1,618,882
1,767,137
2,097,968
2,230,347
2,659,237
3,229,820
14,926,007
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution)
II.3.2.7. Grant
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
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200,000 – 1,000,000 Euro
850,000 Euro
200,000 – 1,000,000 Euro
85%
2%
85%
15%
13%
2%
Private
contribution
II.3.2.8. Eligible beneficiaries


Local public administration authorities, in partnership with the social services
providers: public providers/NGOs, approved by the law, which active in the respective
community;
Social services providers: public providers/NGOs, authorised by the law, which active
in the respective community.
II.3.2.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.3.2.10. Target groups / Target areas


Areas/localities with insufficient infrastructure for social services, infrastructure which
does not provide for up to standard life quality standards according to existing
legislation in the field.
Disadvantaged social groups (Rroma population, disabled persons, old population, etc.)
II.3.2.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013.
II.3.2.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission.
Open call with fixed deadline.
II.3.2.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Project strategic evaluation criteria



The project contribution to the achievement of the Regional Operational Programme
2007-2013 general and specific objectives;
The project contribution to the achievement of the Regional Development Strategy;
Complementarity with other projects supported by public funds within the region.
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 Eligibility criteria











The projects must be in conformity with th eligible fields in the Regional Operational
Programme;
The project apllicant proves the ownership of the building, or, if the case, is a lessee of
the building for a period of minimum 10 years;
The projects must have feasibility studies, with the mandatory inclusion of all necessary
authorizations and endorsements;
The project applicant must prove his financing capacity;
The activities proposed for financing in the project must not have been financed out of
public funds during the past 5 years;
The project costs are within the financial limits foreseen by the respective type of
project;
The payments flowchart from the beneficiary to the contractor can not exceed June 30,
2005;
The project must be in conformity with the following legislative provisions:
 Law 47/2006 for the approval of the National System for Social Assistance;
 The National Strategy for the Development of Social Services (GO 1826/2005);
 National Strategy for the Protection, Integration and Social Inclusion of Persons
with Disabilities (GO 1175/2005);
 The National Strategy for the Prevention of Family Violence (GO 686/2005);
The project must be in accordance with the county plans against poverty and the
promotion of social inclusion;
The projects have to be in conformity with the eligible activities under Priority Axis no
2.
The applicant has to be eligible according to Priority Axis no 2;






Selection criteria
Project activities can be achieved at the set deadlines and with the requested financial
aid;
The degree of deterioration and of overuse of the buildings proposed for rehabilitation
must be minimum 20%;
The degree of diversification of social services provided in the social center with
multifunctional purpose;
The project must be sustainable after the end of the financing, to prove the existence of
the financing sources for functioning, maintenance, repairing, etc.;
The share of equipments in the project total value cannot exceed 25% (in case of
projects for residential centers) and 50% (in case of projects for social centers).
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II.3.2.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
2006
270
-
2006
10
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Social services units
rehabilited/equipped,
by types of centres:
multifunctional and
residential (No.)
Result indicators
Increased access to
the supported social
infrastructure (%)
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Input indicators
Expenditures for
multifunctional
centers’
rehabilitation/
equipping (Euro)
Expenditures for
residential centers’
rehabilitation/
equipping (Euro)
-
-
Output indicators
Rehabilitated/
equipped
multifunctional
centers (no.)
Rehabilitated/
equipped residential
centers (no.)
-
-
Result indicators
Increased access to
the rehabilitated/
equipped
multifunctional
centers (%)
Increased access to
the rehabilitated/
equipped residential
centers (%)
-
10
-
10
Impact indicators
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Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
Input indicators
Indicator 1
(measure unit)
Indicator 2
(measure unit)
Output indicators
Projects
which
contribute
to
protection
against
natural and industrial
disasters – no.
Projects related to the
responsible behavior
regarding the
environment – no.
Result indicators
Impact indicators
II.3.2.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
One of the eligibility criteria envisages the existence of necessary endorsements, and
mainly of the environment endorsement. The existence of this environment endorsement
ensures environment protection during project implementation.

Equal opportunities
Through this key area of intervention, the Regional Operational Programme envisages to
insure a non-discriminatory access for all the citizens to the social assistance services,
giving special attention to the vulnerable social groups (Roma population, disabled people,
elderly, children, domestic violence victims, etc.). It aims to their social inclusion and to
increase their independence level.
Furthermore, this key area of intervention foresees that access facilities to the supported
infrastructure as well as special equipments are created for disabled people.
II.3.2.16. State Aid
Not applicable.
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2014
2015
II.3.2.17.Categorisation of interventions

Code
79

Priority theme
Priority theme
Investment in social infrastructure
Other social infrastructure
Form of finance
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Territorial dimension
Code
Territory type
01
05
Urban
Rural areas
II.3.2.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies.
II.3.2.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing - Certifying and Payments
Programmes Directorate
II.3.3. Key Area of Intervention 3.3. - Improving the equipment of operational units
for public safety interventions in emergency situations
II.3.3.1. Description
The specific objective of this field of intervention is the improvement of the response
capacity for emergency situations at the level of each development region through the
reduction of intervention time for the qualified first aid and for emergency intervention.
The National Strategic Concept regarding the organization of interventions for emergency
situations, for the medical emergency intervention and for the qualified first aid, foresees
the improvement of the capacity and the quality of public safety through the creation of
eight regional bases. They will be located at regional level, in the most experienced
counties in the field, where from integrated interventions will be coordinated in case of
major disasters.
The Regional Operational Programme will support this strategic objective through
investments in the procurement of specific equipment, for the development of the 8
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regional operational bases which will facilitate integrated interventions in case of disasters
or accidents (traffic, etc.), as well as for the existing county units, according to the specific
of different areas (exposed to earthquakes, floods, erosion).
It is envisaged that the development of this organization system, along with the
improvement of equipment provision will lead to an improvement in population safety and
to the provision of qualified first aid in the shortest timeframe.
II.3.3.2. Indicative operations
 Improving the equipment of operational units for public safety interventions in
emergency situations.
II.3.3.3. Eligible activities
 Procurement of specific vehicles and other related equipments for the regional and
county operational units for interventions in emergency situations.
II.3.3.4. List of eligible expenditures
 Expediture for the basic investment
 Expenditures for implementation of the project
II.3.3.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
It is possible to use cross-financing within this area of intervention.
Eligible operations for this area of intervention are related to training activities.
ESF expenditures must not exceed 10% out of ERDF co-financing for the urban
development integrated plan.
II.3.3.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
TOTAL
8,817,437
10,792,543
11,780,913
13,986,454
14,868,979
17,728,244
21,532,131
99,506,701
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
7,494,821
9,173,661
10,013,776
11,888,486
12,638,632
15,069,007
18,302,311
84,580,694
National public contribution
State
Local
Other
budget
budgets
public
sources*
1,146,267
176,349
0
1,403,031
215,851
0
1,531,519
235,618
0
1,818,239
279,729
0
1,932,967
297,380
0
2,304,672
354,565
0
2,799,177
430,643
0
12,935,872
1,990,135
0
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution).
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Total
1,322,616
1,618,882
1,767,137
2,097,968
2,230,347
2,659,237
3,229,820
14,926,007
Private
contribution
II.3.3.7. Grant
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
3,000,000 – 15,000,000 Euro
12,750,000
3,000,000 – 15,000,000 Euro
85%
2%
85%
15%
13%
2%
II.3.3.8. Eligible beneficiaries


County councils nominated through the „Partnership/Association Agreement”
between all the county councils in the region - to submit the regional integrated
projects / in the regions of development: North-East, South-East, South, SouthWest, West, North-West, Centre;
The General Council of Bucharest Municipality for Bucharest-Ilfov Region.
II.3.3.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.3.3.10. Target groups / Target areas
The counties established through the „Partnership/Association Agreement” between all the
county councils in the region for the location of regional/county operational basis for
interventions in emergency situations.
II.3.3.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013.
II.3.3.12. Type of call for project applications
Call based on list of eligible projects.
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II.3.3.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Project strategic evaluation criteria



The project contribution to the achievement of the Regional Operational Programme
2007-2013 general and specific objectives;
The project contribution to the achievement of the Regional Development Strategy;
Complementarity with other projects supported by public funds within the region.
 Eligibility criteria













The projects must be in conformity with the eligible fields in the Regional Operational
Programme;
The existence of the necessary endorsements, including the endorsement of the General
Inspectorate for Emergency Situations;
The project applicant (in partnership/association) must to prove his financing capacity;
The projects’ costs must be within the financial limits foreseen for the respective type
of project;
The payments flowchart from the beneficiary to the contractor can not exceed June 30,
2015;
The projects must be in conformity with the strategic document of the Ministry of
Administration and Interior – The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations:
„Conception regarding the organization of interventions in emergency situations, of
giving emergency medical assistance and first qualified aid” and to justify the necessity
these activities imply;
The projects must contribute to the achievement of the objectives set in the strategic
document on the organisation of interventions in emergency situations;
Association agreement between the county councils benefiting from the regional
project, through which they commit themselves to co-finance the project;
For a region, the project is submitted by the county council where the regional
operational base is located, this county council representing also the other counties in
the region;
The equipments to be purchased through the projects must be foreseen in the list with
the equipments’ necessary estimated by the General Inspectorate for Emergency
Situations and also to have the Inspectorate’s endorsement;
The projects must be in conformity with the eligible activities under Priority Axis no 2;
The applicant must be eligible according to Priority Axis no 2;
The project must be located according to the mentioned list.
 Selection criteria


The equipments requested through the project have to respect the European standards in
the field;
The justification for the project necessity.
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II.3.3.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
2006
510
Up to 30’
– 45’ in
rural area
Up to 20’
in urban
area
2005
Up to
12’ in
rural
area
Up to
8’ in
urban
area
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Mobile
units
equipped
for
emergency
intervention (No.)
Result indicators
Average
response
time of mobile units
(Min.)
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Input indicators
Output indicators
Result indicators
Impact indicators
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Input indicators
Output indicators
Result indicators
Impact indicators
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II.3.3.15. Horizontal themes
 Sustainable development
One of the eligibility criteria for the projects refers to the existence of necessary
endorsements, and mainly of the environment endorsement. The existence of this
environment endorsement ensures that the equipments do not affect the environment.
 Equal opportunities
The emergency interventions with the equipments procured are non-discriminatory,
irrespective of sex, race, ethnical origin, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation,
according to the principle of equal opportunities as it is transposed in the national and
European legislation in the field.
II.3.3.16. State Aid
Not applicable.
II.3.3.17. Categorisation of interventions

Priority theme
Code
Priority theme
Environment protection and risk prevention
Risk prevention
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
Form of finance
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Territorial dimension
Code
Territory type
01
05
Urban
Rural areas
II.3.3.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies.
II.3.3.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing - Certifying and Payments Programmes
Directorate
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II.3.4. Key Area of Intervention 3.4 - Rehabilitation, modernisation, development and
equipping of pre-university, university education and continuous vocational training
infrastructure
II.3.4.1. Description
The poor state of the educational equipments, learning spaces, as well as of the related
facilities indicate an obvious under financing of the education and vocational training
infrastructure sector. The state and the accessibility of the education and continuous
formation infrastructure significantly contribute to the achievement of the specific objective
of ensuring quality and access to education. The funds attracted from external resources and
recently allocated funds from the state budget for investments in school units (especially
preuniversity), did not cover the existing need of the education infrastructure in Romania.
Moreover, the natural disasters over the last years increased the rehabilitation needs of the
education infrastructure.
A large number of education units need rehabilitation works and equipping with didactic
equipment, IT and specific documentation materials.
The raising evolution of the birth rate in the past years will determine, in the following
period an increased pressure on the related infrastructure on the compulsory education
infrastructure, investments being needed for the rehabilitation and improvement of the
infrastructure. These investments will ensure the premises for increasing the capacity of the
compulsory school units, improving thus the access to education. The ROP investments
will be complemented by investments financed from other sources, namely state budget,
local budgets, external loans.
Access of children from disadvantaged areas, especially from rural areas, but also of those
from vulnerable social environments is difficult due to the insufficient school capacity, of
large distances to the closest school, insufficient transportation means and lack of
residential facilities near schools. Therefore the national strategy in the field assumed as a
priority the setting up and development of preuniversity campuses. Taking into account the
national strategy in the field and the ERDF interventions specificity for regional
development, the ROP will support the development of such campuses. They will be
developed on the nucleus of the art and craft schools form urban and rural areas – technical
and vocational educational campuses. The technical and vocational educational campuses
are conceived as a means to integrate in the same area all activities related to the
educational process (teaching, practice bases, social activities, leisure activities, etc.) by
concentrating the educational buildings and services (grouping educational and support
activities in certain areas). Thus a campus includes: the school, accommodation facilities,
canteen, library, and special workshops for developing practical capacities, sport rooms.
The technical and vocational educational campuses will ensure adequate access to
education and professional qualification in at least two fields, for a number of at least 4-5
qualifications. The fields of profession and the qualifications offered by the campus
curricula will be correlated with the local, regional economic development needs according
to the Regional and Local Education Action Plans (REPA, LEPA). The preuniversity
campuses facilities can ensure, in long term, the infrastructure needed for “centres for
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continuous formation”, in disadvantaged areas. The ROP interventions will finance specific
works for all the technical and vocational educational campuses components or just their
equipment in the case when the rehabilitation / modernisation of buildings have been done
using other sources.
The Lisbon European Council conclusions underlined the need that the educational and
continuous formation systems to be adapted both to the requirements of the knowledge
economy and to the needs determined by the willing to improve the grade and the quality of
the labour force. In the development strategy of the higher education, alongside the
investments in the teaching space, the equipping of teaching and research laboratories, a
special attention has been given to the residential spaces. Through their teaching and
research facilities the higher education institutions can assist in the achievement of
Romania’s regional development objectives such as the modernisation of health provision,
improved management practices and business innovation. However, the recent increase in
the number of students has not been matched by an equivalent increase in funding for the
expansion of university infrastructure. Investment is required to provide modern faculty
buildings and student facilities that will enable universities to play their full part in national
and regional development.
Continuous Adult training centres will be also financed. The financing of these centres and
campuses complements the actions implemented through the Human Resources
Development Operational Programme.
In order to ensure a significant effect, the ROP interventions in the educational
infrastructure will have an integrated character, consisting in both investments in the
different types of infrastructure and ensuring the necessary equipment, including ICT
equipment.
The objective of this field of intervention is to improve the quality of the education
infrastructure and the initial professional formation, of the professional formation centres
and of university residential spaces in order to ensure the quality and the increase of the
participation in education and training.
II.3.4.2. Indicative operations




Rehabilitation/ modernisation / equipment of compulsory education infrastructure;
Rehabilitation/ modernisation / equipment of technical and vocational educational
campuses;
Rehabilitation/ modernisation / equipment of the university campuses;
Rehabilitation/ modernisation / equipment of institutions for continuous adult
formation.
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II.3.4.3. Eligible activities
 Reconstruction, extension, consolidation of buildings (all type of infrastructure for
compulsory education, except for the technical and vocational campuses).
 Construction, consolidation, rehabilitation, modernisation, extension of buildings
located within the technical and vocational campuses.
 Equipment with teaching materials, professional training materials, IT equipment
and specific equipment for residential spaces.
 Rehabilitation, consolidation, modernisation of buildings and fields within
university campuses.
 Rehabilitation and/or consolidation of buildings located within the continuous
professional formation institutions.
 Modernisation of utilities, including the demand for special facilities for persons
with disabilities, for all types of infrastructure.
II.3.4.4. List of eligible expenditures
 Expenses with land procurement (max. 10% of eligible value of the project) and
land works;
 Expenses for ensuring the utilities needed on the spot;
 Expenses for design and technical assistance;
 Expenses for the basic investment;
 Other expenses (building site management; construction works and installations
relevant to the building site management; expenses related to the building site
management; commissions; fees; legal shares; different and unpredicted expenses);
 Expenses relevant to the implementation of the program.
II.3.4.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
It is possible to use cross-financing within this area of intervention.
Eligible operations for this area of intervention are related to training activities.
ESF expenditures must not exceed 10% out of ERDF co-financing for the urban
development integrated plan.
II.3.4.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
2007
2008
2009
TOTAL
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
25,248,167
21,460,942
30,903,756
26,268,193
33,733,888
28,673,804
National public contribution
Local
Other
budgets
public
sources*
3,282,262
504,963
0
4,017,488
618,075
0
4,385,406
674,678
0
State
budget
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Total
3,787,225
4,635,563
5,060,084
Private
contribution
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
40,049,316
42,576,371
50,763,693
61,655,880
284,931,071
34,041,919
36,189,916
43,149,139
52,407,498
242,191,411
5,206,411
5,534,928
6,599,280
8,015,264
37,041,039
800,986
851,527
1,015,274
1,233,118
5,698,621
0
0
0
0
0
6,007,397
6,386,455
7,614,554
9,248,382
42,739,660
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution).
II.3.4.7. Grant
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
150,000 – 20,000,000 Euro
17,000,000 Euro
150,000 – 20,000,000 Euro
85%
2%
85%
15%
13%
2%
II.3.4.8. Eligible beneficiaries





Local public administration authorities:
County – for special education;
Municipal /town/ communal – for compulsory and technical and vocational
education campuses;
Universities – for university campuses;
National Agency for Employment;
County Agencies for Employment;
Public and private institutions for professional adult formation.
II.3.4.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.3.4.10. Target groups / Target areas
▪
▪
▪
Areas/localities where the infrastructure is poor (primary, secondary, professional and
vocational education).
Cities where the university education infrastructure is poor.
Areas where there are no institutions for professional adult formation.
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II.3.4.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013.
II.3.4.12. Type of call for project applications
Call based on list of eligible projects – for the primary, secondary, professional and
vocational and university education.
Open call with rolling submission – for institutions for professional adult formation.
II.3.4.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria




Project strategic evaluation criteria
The project contribution to the achivement of the general and specific ROP 20072013 objectives.
The project contribution to the Region’s development strategy
Complementarity with other projects financed from public funds at regional level
 Eligibility criteria










The project costs are within the financial limits foreseen by the respective type of
project;
The building (part of the compulsory education, VET or the university campus)
foreseen for rehabilitation / modernisation / consolidation / extension proposed for
financing has not been financed from public funds in the past 5 years for the same
type of intervention, except for major disasters cases (earthquakes, floods, etc.);
The activities proposed for financing in the project should not have been financed
out of community non-repayable funds during the past 5 years;
The project applicant proves the ownership of the building, or, if the case, lessee of
the building for a period of minimum 10 years;
The projects have to be in conformity with eligible fields in the Regional
Operational Programme;
The project must have a feasibility study;
The payments flowchart from the beneficiary to the contractor can not exceed June
30, 2015;
The projects must have an integrated character for each school unit (rehabilitation or
modernisation and equippment) except for those that had the rehabilitation done
from other sources;
The project must be in compliance with the eligible actifities from priority axis 3;
The applicant must be eligible under the priority axis 3;
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



The rehabilitation projects of the compulsory education infrastructure are included
in the annual rehabilitation plan drafted by the school inspectorates and approved by
the education ministerial order, corresponding to the period in which the project is
submitted;
The projects for rehabilitation/ modernisation of university campus residential
facilities projects are included in the approved list by the education ministerial
order, corresponding to the period in which the project is submitted;
The equippments component of the project must not exceed 50% of the project
value;
The technical and vocational education campuses are comprised on the list
approved by the education minister updated on an annulal basis.
 Selection criteria
Compulsory school units
 The proposed school unit for construction / rehabilitation to have an occupation
degree of 70% of the classes
 The school unit proposed to be rehabilitated to have a deterioration degree above
20%
 The degree of IT endowment must be below 50% (for equipment acquisition
projects)
 The school unit must be located in an deprived area or area that is easy accessible
for disadvantaged communities
 The projects must prove sustainability after the end of financing, to prove the
existence of financial sources for functioning, maintenance, repairs, etc.
 The integration degree of the project (number of school units proposed to be
rehabilitated / constructed through the project)
Technical and vocational education campuses
 The technical and vocational school unit must offer teaching facilities for at least 23 professional fields and at least 4-5 qualifications
 The teaching is performed for fields recommended by REAP, LEAP, PAS
 The school unit must be located in an deprived area or area that is easy accessible
for disadvantaged communities
 The school units within the campus must offer adult continuous formation
programmes
 The school units within the campus must be involved in active social partnerships,
stable and sustainable
 The campuses must provide a capacity for minimum 200 pupils
 The projects has to be sustainable after the end of financing, to prove the existence
of financial sources for functioning , maintenance, repairs, etc
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University Campuses
 The residential spaces proposed for financing must be over 15 years old
 The living volume by number of m3/ student to be below 16 m3/student;
 The number of accommodation requests to be 20% above the places available
 The projects to be sustainable after the end of financing, to prove the existence of
financial sources for functioning, maintenance, repairs, etc
Adult formation centres
 The formation centres to serve a minimum of 500 persons / year
 The range of services provided to be minimum 5 and to be in compliance with the
regional specificity
 The projects to be sustainable after the end of financing, to prove the existence of
financial sources for functioning, maintenance, repairs, etc
II.3.4.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
2006
275
-
2006
26
-
2006
10
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Rehabilitated/equipped
pre-university
and
university
education
units by type of units
(No.)
Rehabilitated/equipped
centers for continuous
vocational
training
(CVT) (No.)
Result indicators
Increased access to the
rehabilitated/equipped
education infrastructure
(for the whole axis
priority 3) (%)
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Input indicators
Output indicators
Pre-university
education units
rehabilitated/
equipped (No.)
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2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
University education
units rehabilitated/
equipped (No.)
Result indicators
Increased access to
the rehabilitated/
equipped preuniversity education
infrastructure (%)
Increased access to
the
rehabilitated/equipped
university education
infrastructure (%)
Impact indicators
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Input indicators
Output indicators
-Emission of Nox
-Emission of SO2
-Emission of COV
-Emission of fine
particles (PM 10 and
PM 2.5) - tones
Total nitrogen - mg/l
-Emission of
equivalent CO2 in
atmosphere – tones of
equivalent CO2
-Health care utilities
(hospitals, clinics,
outdoor patient
departments) financed
by the ROP – no.
Projects
which
contribute
to
protection
against
natural and industrial
disasters – no.
Decrease of use of
the limited natural
resources
(relevant
for the project)
-Water used for unit
of product - %of
reduction per unit
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2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
produced (mp)
- Recycled waste
(tones)
- Recovered waste
(tones)
-Reused
waste
(tones)
Increased energetic
efficiency in the
supported companies,
factories, institutions,
etc. (%)
Projects related to the
responsible behavior
regarding the
environment – no.
Result indicators
Impact indicators
II.3.4.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
One of the project eligibility criteria refers to the existence of needed notifications and
especially of environment. The existence of such notification ensures the environmetal
protection in the framework of project implementation

Equal opportunities
Education, through its essence, envisage to promote equal chances and equal and nondiscriminatory access to education.
Education Law 84 / 1995 envisage that all Romanian citizens have equal rights to all levels
and forms of education, regardless the social and metarial status, sex, race, nationality,
political or religious belives, and the state propotes the principles of democratic education
and guarantees teh right to differentiated education on the basis of pluralism education.
These principles and provisions will be respected in the implementation of projects under
the education field of intervention. According to the legislation the teaching is obligatory in
the Romanian language but teaching in the minority language can be ensured, if it is the
case. Considering that in many school units coexist both Romanian and minority teaching
classes, the projects financed through ROP will have a benefic impact on all groups of
children.
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An accent will be put on ensuring equal access to education of the school population
coming from disadvantaged population categories, especially rroma, the rehabilitation
projects of schools located in such areas with high concentration of this minority, having
priority.
The Law 76/2002 regarding the unemployment insurance system and the stimulation of the
labour force employment and its further completions stipulates that the provisions of the
application of this law are excluded all kind of discrimination based on political, rase,
nationality, ethnic origin, language, religion, social category, constraints, sex and age.
Taking into consideration this provision, the modernisation and equipment of the formation
centres will only contribute to the applications of the law provisions and these investments
can moreover lead to the increase in the number of the beneficiaries of these service.
II.3.4.16. State Aid
Not applicable.
II.3.4.17. Categorisation of interventions

Code
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
Priority theme
Priority theme
Investment in social infrastructure
Modernisation and strengthening labour market institutions
Education infrastructure
Form of finance
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Territorial dimension
Code
Territory type
01
05
Urban
Rural areas - others
II.3.4.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies.
II.3.4.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
Certifying and Paying Authority - Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing.
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II.4 Priority Axis 4: Strengthening the regional and local business environment
II.4.1. Key area of intervention 4.1 – Development of sustainable business support
structures of regional and local importance
II.4.1.1. Description
Business support structures are clearly designated structures, which provide a series of
facilities and/or spaces in order to carry out economic activities of production, services
(except those that are not eligible according to ERDF). The aim is to attract investment and
to develop the material and human resources potential of the area.
The insufficient number of business structures, and especialy their poor endowments, lack
of utilities and spaces for economic activities, and of information and comunication
technologies are the major problems of the most business support structures.
The presence of business support structures is a vital factor in the increase of the Regions’
attractiveness as locations for investment in economic and social activities, and a key tool
for stimulating the regional and local business environment. Furthermore, business support
structures will also contribute to the enhancement of Romania’s competitiveness within the
framework of an enlarged European Union, and will create the basis for a better integration
of the national economy within the European economy. By having modern business
structures, the regions could benefit from competitive advantages by using their specific
resources, unused or underused so far, and by mobilizing the whole existing productive
potential thus contributing to the convergence of the Romanian regions with the other
Member States of the European Union.
ROP aims to support financial the local authorities and the private entrepreneurs from the
localities with development potential, including the areas affected by the industrial
restructuring in order to create and/or to improve the regional and local operational
business structures, to attract the entreprises, especialy the SME’s, which will contribute to
job creation and use the labor force available in the area.
The development potential of the localities is evaluated through the tradition which these
have in industrial activities, through the existence of principal infrastructures such as
transport and technical and urban infrastructure, through an economic relationship with
more development areas and, not the least, through the existence of labor force being able
to qualify for new jobs, required by the profile of the attracted investments. Furthermore,
the development potential of the localities also results not only from the general trend of
these towns, from the population dynamics point of view, of the investment attraction
dynamics, of economic growth, but also from the trend of the areas where they are located.
It is known that the establishment of a big investment in a zone attracts smaller investments
within the entire area and determines the creation of economic links between localities from
the same area (clusters).
These business support structures, designed to develop economic activities, should provide
appropriate conditions for the enterprises set-up, especially for the productive and services
SMEs, which could contribute to the definition of a new image of the locality itself and also
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to jobs creation, to the diversification of economic activities in the area, and finally to the
increase of the contribution of areas where are located to the regional GDP.
Objective:
 Creation and/or improvment the regional and local business structures, the
interventions aim to attract the investments, to revigorate and develop the regional and
local economies.
II.4.1.2. Indicative operations

The setting-up and development of the different types of regional/local business
support structures
II.4.1.3. Eligible activities








Construction/rehabilitation/extension of buildings only for productive and services
activities;
Rehabilitation/extension of the internal road system inside the location and also the
access roads (the maxim limit is 1000m);
Set up/rehabilitation/ modernization/extension of the basic utilities (water, sewage,
natural gas and electricity networks);
Cabling, internet broadband networks etc.;
Buildings demolition;
Promotion activities;
Extension of the business support structures;
Other related activities needed to set up/develop business structures
II.4.1.4. List of eligible expenditures
-
Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
-
Expenses to assure utilities for the objective
-
Expenses for land studies
Expenses for approvals, agreements, certificates
Expenses for designing and engineering
-
-
-
Expenses for consultancy regarding pre-feasibility study or market/evaluation studies
Expenses for the management of the execution contract
Expenses for technical assistance
Expenses for constructions and facilities
Expenses for technological functional equipments with fitting
Expenses for building site management
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-
Expenses for construction works and installations related to building site
management
Expenses for specific activities related to building site management
Commissions, taxes, fees
Expenses for per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of project team,
Expenses for publicity
Expenses for audit
Administrative expenses (maximum 5% of the eligible expenses of the project)
II.4.1.5. Use of ERDF/ ESF cross-financing
Not applicable.
II.4.1.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
TOTAL
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
24,315,928
29,762,695
32,488,331
38,570,572
41,004,321
48,889,341
59,379,355
274,410,543
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
20,668,538
25,298,291
27,615,081
32,784,987
34,853,673
41,555,940
50,472,452
233,248,962
National public contribution
State
Local
Other
Total
budget
budgets
public
sources*
3,161,071
486,319
0
3,647,390
3,869,150
595,254
0
4,464,404
4,223,483
649,767
0
4,873,250
5,014,174
771,411
0
5,785,585
5,330,562
820,086
0
6,150,648
6,355,614
977,787
0
7,333,401
7,719,316
1,187,587
0
8,906,903
35,673,370
5,488,211
0
41,161,581
Private
contribution
II.4.1.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
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200,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
200,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
70% for small enterprises
60% for medium-sized enterprises
50% for public authorities (under state
aid)
30% for small enterprises
40% for medium-sized enterprises
50% for public authorities
85%
15%
13%
2%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
II.4.1.8. Eligible beneficiaries

Local public administration authorities and/ or administrator society;
II.4.1.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.4.1.10. Target groups / Target areas
Localities with economic growth potential affected by industrial restructuring.
II.4.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013
II.4.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
II.4.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Strategic evaluation criteria



The project’s contribution to the achievement of general and specific objectives of
the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013;
The project contribution to the achievement of regional development strategy.
The complementarity of the project with other regional projects financed from
public funds.
 Projects eligibility and evaluation criteria
 Projects eligibility criteria





The project must be in compliance with the eligible fields of intervention financed
under Regional Operational Program;
The project applicant must prove the property or concession of the land and /or
the infrastructure for at least 10 years;
The project has feasibility study and/ or business plans, including the necessary
authorizations;
The project applicant must prove the co-financing capacity;
The purposed activities must not have been financed from public funds in the last
5 years;
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





The payments done by the beneficiary to the contractor must not exceed 30 June
2015;
The financial costs of the project respect the financial limits provided for the
respective type of the project;
The projects respect the maximum implementation period;
The project is in compliance with the eligible activities of the priority axis 4.
The applicant must be eligible within the priority axis 4;
The applicant must prove the administrative capacity (owned or delegated) for the
project implementation;
 Project evaluation criteria







The business structures envisaged by projects must be easy accessible (roads,
railways, ports, airports etc.);
The projects must contain innovative elements;
The projects are implemented in localities with development potential in areas
affected by industrial restructuration;
The projects must be sustainable after the end of financing, they must prove the
existence of financing sources for the functioning, maintenance, repairing, etc;
The activities foreseen to be attracted within the business structures must have an
economic impact on regional/local development;
The
amount
of
activities
involving
technology
transfer,
research/development/innovation;
The correlation degree with other projects.
II.4.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
-
0
0
-
-
0
0
-
-
0
0
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
12
14
15
Output indicators
Business support
structures assisted
(No)
1
4
7
10
Result indicators
Occupation rate in
business support
structures (after 2
years since the project
was finalised) - %
New jobs created in
the
supported
business structures No/FTE
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50
200
800
1400
2000
2400
2800
3,000
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline Baseline
value
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013 2014
2015
2013
2015
Input indicators
Expenses for setting
up/ extension of the
business structures
(euro)
Output indicators
Result indicators
- Microenterprises
located in business
structures (No)
- small enterprises
located in business
structures (No)
Impact indicators
New jobs created in
the supported
business structures by
women - No
New jobs created in
the supported
business structures by
men - No
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
Input indicators
Output indicators
- Emissions of NOx
(in tons)
- Emissions of SO2
(in tons)
- Emissions of VOC
(in tons)
- Emissions of fine
particles (PM10 and
PM2.5 (in tons)
Total Nitrogen – mg/l
Emissions of CO2
equivalent release
into the atmosphere
(Tons of C02
equivalent)
Reduction in the use
of depleting natural
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2014
resources
(relevant to the
project)
Fresh water used per
unit of product
Areas of brownfields
rehabilitated and/or
used for development
(ha)
Increased energy
efficiency
in supported
Companies,
enterprises,
Institutions
Projects dealing with
environmentally
responsible
behaviour
Impact indicators
II.4.1.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
Within the intervention field regarding supporting business structures there are activities
with long term impact on the environment.

Equal opportunities
The eligible projects will respect the principle of equal opportunities, without any
discrimination based on sex, race, ethnical origin, religion, disability and sexual orientation.
It is intended to increase the number of woman entrepreneurs in carrying out economic
activities within business support structures.
II.4.1.16. State Aid
Operation
State Aid regime
Legal basis
The
setting-up
and/or National
regional Commission Regulation 1628/2006 on the
development
of
the investment aid
application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
different
types
of
Treaty to national regional investment aid
regional/local
business
support structures
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II.4.1.17. Categorisation of interventions

Cod
06
08
10
50

Cod
01

Cod
01
05
Priority theme
Priority theme
Business environment
Aid to SMEs to promote sustainable clean production processes and products
(through the introduction of cost-effective environmental management system, the
adoption and use of pollution-prevention technologies, and the integration of clean
technologies in firms)
Other investment in firms
Telephone infrastructures (including broadband networks)
Rehabilitation of industrial sites and contaminated land
Form of finance
Form of finance
Non-repayable aid
Territory type
Territory type
Urban
Rural areas
II.4.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agency
II.4.1. 19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
II.4.2. Key area of intervention 4.2 - Rehabilitation of unused polluted industrial sites
and preparation for new activities
II.4.2.1. Description
The location of former industries affects not only the environment in the intercross areas of
the territory, but also a large number of industrial areas located within the most favourable
geographic areas close to transport networks and housing. The rehabilitation of these
industrial areas facilitates not only environmental protection, but is also an advantage for
new investments efficiency increase, because the existing infrastructure requires to be
improved and not completely renewed. It is also important to mention that the image of
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industrial units where the economic activity ceased, respectively in urban and rural areas,
has a negative impact on the investors’ decision to locate within these areas.
The rehabilitation of polluted and unused industrial sites represent a fundamental problem
for Romania due to the polluted activities carried out in the past and because the polluter is
not known. The rehabilitation of those sites will lead to the improvement of environment
and will create the necessary conditions for new investments in order to carry out new
productive activities.
Objective:
 Including industrial sites in the economic flow, by depollution, cleaning and
rehabilitation for creation of business support structures
II.4.2.2. Orientative operations
 The rehabilitation of unused polluted industrial sites and preparation for new
activities
II.4.2.3. Eligibile activities












Cleaning of the industrial polluted unused areas and land improvement;
Demolition of buildings and land planning;
Rehabilitation/extension of buildings for production and services;
Set-up/ rehabilitation/extension/construction of the public utilities infrastructure
(water, sewage, natural gas and electricity networks, buildings,
broadband, cabling;
Decontamination of areas/land;
Depollution activities;
Drafting/preparation of depollution studies;
Transport and deposit of waste and toxic substances;
Depolution of some contaminated sites having dangerous waste;
Packaging and transport of dangerous waste;
Other subsidiary activities needed to rehabilitate industrial sites and the preparation
for new economic activities.
II.4.2.4. List of eligible expenditures





Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
Expenses to assure utilities for the objective
Expenses for land studies
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 Expenses for approvals, agreements, certificates
 Expenses for designing and engineering
 Expenses for consultancy regarding pre-feasibility study or
market/evaluation studies
 Expenses for the management of the execution contract
 Expenses for technical assistance
 Expenses for constructions and facilities
 Expenses for technological functional equipments with fitting
 Expenses for building site management
 Expenses for construction works and installations related to building site
management
 Expenses for specific activities related to building site management
 Commissions, taxes, fees
 Expenses for per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of project
team,
 Expenses for publicity
 Expenses for audit
 Administrative expenses (maximum 5% of the eligible expenses of the
project)
 Non-recoverable V.A.T
II.4.2.5. Use of ERDF/ ESF cross-financing
Not applicable.
II.4.2.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
TOTAL
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
20,858,870
25,531,257
27,869,384
33,086,897
35,174,634
41,938,620
50,937,243
235,396,905
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
17,730,040
21,701,569
23,688,976
28,123,862
29,898,439
35,647,827
43,296,656
200,087,369
National public contribution
State
Local
Other
Total
budget
budgets
public
sources*
2,711,653
417,177
0
3,128,830
3,319,063
510,625
0
3,829,688
3,623,020
557,388
0
4,180,408
4,301,297
661,738
0
4,963,035
4,572,702
703,493
0
5,276,195
5,452,021
838,772
0
6,290,793
6,621,842
1,018,745
0
7,640,587
30,601,598
4,707,938
0
35,309,536
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution )
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Private
contribution
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
II.4.2.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
500,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
500,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
85% for environment activities
50% for investment activities (under
state aid)
15% for environment activities
50% for investment activities (under
state aid)
85% for environment activities
50% for investment activities (under
state aid)
15% for environment activities
50% for investment activities (under
state aid)
13% for environment activities
2% for environment activities
II.4.2.8. Eligible beneficiaries

Local public administration authorities
II.4.2.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.4.2.10. Target groups / Target areas
Localities with economic growth potential affected by industrial restructuring.
II.4.2.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013
II.4.2.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
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II.4.2.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Strategic evaluation criteria:



The project contribution to the achievement of the general and specific objectives of
the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013;
The project contribution to the achievement of the regional development strategy.
The complementarity of the project with other regional projects financed from
public funds
 Projects eligibility and evaluation criteria
 Projects eligibility criteria












The project must be in compliance with the eligible fields of intervention financed
under Regional Operational Program;
The project applicant must prove the property or concession of the land and /or the
infrastructure for at least 10 years;
The project has feasibility study, including the necessary notices;
The projects for the derelict industrial sites must have evaluation studies of the
pollution rate on type of pollution and of the depollution activities and their costs;
The project applicant must prove the cofinancing capacity;
The purposed activities must not have been financed from public funds in the last 5
years;
The payments done by the beneficiary to the contractor must not exceed 30 June
2015;
The financial costs of the project respect the financial limits provided for the
respective type of the project;
The projects respect the maximum implementation period;
The project is in compliance with the eligible activities of the priority axis 4.
The applicant must be eligible within the priority axis 4;
The applicant must prove the administrative capacity (owned or delegated) for the
project implementation;
 Project evaluation criteria




Localization in the residential areas or town centers;
Contribution to the improvement of the environment quality (air/land/water
pollution) is a priority;
The projects must be in compliance with the National Strategy for Environment
Protection and respect the conditions of the regional/local environment;
The projects must create the conditions for other destinations of the rehabilitation
site;
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

The impact on the environment on the area where the project is implemented;
The economic impact on the areas where the project is implemented.
II.4.2.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
-
500
-
-
1,000
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Rehabilitated of
unused polluted
industrial sites and
preparation for new
activities (Ha)
Result indicators
The creation of new
jobs in supported
business structures
(No of employees)
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
-
-
-
-
-
2007
2008
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Input indicators
The expense with the
rehabilitation of
unused polluted
industrial sites (euro)
Output indicators
Result indicators
Impact indicators
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
Input indicators
Output indicators
Industrial sites
rehabilitated (ha)
Emissions of CO2
equivalent release
into the atmosphere
80
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
2015
(Tons of C02
equivalent)
The affected surface
from the green ares ha
Projects that
contribute to
protection against
natural and industrial
disaster - no
Reduction in the use
of depleting natural
resources
(relevant to the
project)
Fresh water used per
unit of product
- % reducing per unit
of products (mp)
- Recilcled waste
(tonne)
- Recoverd waste
(tonne)
- Reused waste
(tonne)
Industrial areas
rehabilitated and/or
used for development
(ha)
Increased energy
efficiency
in supported
companies,
enterprises,
institutions (%)
Projects dealing with
environmentally
responsible
behaviour - no
Rezult indicators
Impact indicators
II.4.2.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
Within the intervention field regarding the rehabilitation of unused polluted industrial sites
and preparation for new activities there are activities with long term impact on the
environment.
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
Equal opportunities
The eligible projects will respect the principle of equal opportunities, without any
discrimination based on sex, race, ethnical origin, religion, disability and sexual orientation.
The created infrastructure will respect the European standards regarding the disabled
people.
II.4.2.16. State Aid
Operation
State Aid regime
Legal basis
regional Commission Regulation 1628/2006 on the
The rehabilitation of National
unused polluted industrial investment aid
sites and preparation for
new activities
application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty
to national regional investment aid
II.4.2.17. Categorization of interventions

Cod
06
08
10
50

Cod
01

Cod
01
05
Priority theme
Priority theme
Business environment
Aid to SMEs to promote sustainable clean production processes and products
(through the introduction of cost-effective environmental management system, the
adoption and use of pollution-prevention technologies, and the integration of clean
technologies in firms)
Other investment in firms
Telephone infrastructures (including broadband networks)
Rehabilitation of industrial sites and contaminated land
Form of finance
Form of finance
Non – repayable aid
Territorial dimension
Territory type
Urban
Rural areas
II.4.2.18. Intermediate bodies
Regional Development Agencies
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II.4.2. 19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
II.4.3. Key area of intervention 4.3 – Support the development of micro-enterprises
II.4.3.1. Description
Taking into consideration the revised Lisbon strategy, it is also necessary to invest in the
modernization of local and regional productive sectors, by supporting entrepreneurship,
especially micro enterprises. The use of R&D technological results by the local and
regional productive firms for improving their regional competitiveness in capitalizing the
specific resources and the local labour force, is leading to job creation, and inclusion of
areas in decline within the economic circuit.
The Regional Operational Programme supports the development of productive and service
micro-enterprises that use the endogenous potential of the Regions (natural resources, raw
materials, human resources, etc). Furthermore, micro-enterprises will be encouraged to use
new technologies and innovations, IT equipments and services with an essential role in
increasing competitiveness, productivity and quality of services.
Objective:
 The support of micro-enterprises for increasing competitiveness and capitalization
of the resources and local labour force.
II.4.3.2. Indicative operations
 Support to micro-enterprises
II.4.3.3. Eligible activities






Procurement of equipments and modern productive technologies, services,
constructions;
Procurement of IT systems (software and equipments);
Applying the innovations and technologies in the current activities of microenterprises;
Relocation of the micro-enterprises in business structure;
Construction/ extension/ rehabilitation/ modernization of the micro-enterprises
production spaces;
Specific development activities.
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II.4.3.4. List of eligible expenditure





















Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
Expenses to assure utilities for the objective
Expenses for land studies
Expenses for approvals, agreements, certificates
Expenses for designing and engineering
Expenses for consultancy regarding pre-feasibility study or market/evaluation
studies
Expenses for the management of the execution contract
Expenses for technical assistance
Expenses for constructions and facilities
Expenses for technological functional equipments with fitting
Expenses for building site management
Expenses for construction works and installations related to building site
management
Expenses for specific activities related to building site management
Commissions, taxes, fees
Expenses for per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of project team,
Expenses for publicity
Expenses for audit
Administrative expenses (maximum 5% of the eligible expenses of the project)
Non-recoverable V.A.T
II.4.3.5. Use of ERDF/ ESF cross-financing
Not applicable.
II.4.3.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
TOTAL
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
25,328,628
31,002,241
33,841,394
40,176,946
42,712,056
50,925,467
61,852,366
285,839,098
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
17,730,040
21,701,569
23,688,976
28,123,862
29,898,439
35,647,827
43,296,656
200,087,369
National public contribution
State
Local
Other
Total
budget
budgets
public
sources*
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution )
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Private
contribution
7,598,588
9,300,672
10,152,418
12,053,084
12,813,617
15,277,640
18,555,710
85,751,729
II.4.3.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
20,000 – 500,000 Euro
Not aplicable
20,000 – 500,000 Euro
70%
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
30% for all regions from Romania,
except Bucharest_Ilfov Region with
40%
70% for all regions from Romania,
except Bucharest_Ilfov Region with
60%
0%
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
0%
0%
II.4.3.8. Eligible beneficiaries
Microenterprises with productive, services and construction activities, located in urban
area, except the first and second processing and marketing of agricultural products;
microenterprises which development activities regarding to NACE:
 Section D – Products of the processing industry (with the exception of the following
sections: DA, DF, DG, DJ-271, DJ-272, DJ-273, DJ-2751, DJ-2752)
 Section F – Constructions
 Section G-527- Repairing/Mending of personal and household items
 Section I - 631 – Handling and deposits
 Section N – Health and Social Assistance
 Section O – Other collective, social and personal activities
II.4.3.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.4.3.10. Target groups / Target areas
Localities with economic growth potential affected by industrial restructuring.
II.4.3.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013
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II.4.3.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with fixed deadline
II.4.3.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Strategic evaluation criteria:



The project contribution to the achievement of the general and specific objectives of
the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013;
The project contribution to the achievement of the regional development strategy.
The complementarity of the project with other regional projects financed from
public funds
Project eligibility and evaluation criteria
 Project eligibility criteria for microentreprises:
















The projects has to comply with the field of intervention within Regional
Operational Programme;
The applicant must prove ownership or lessee status for land and/or building for at
least 10 years;
The projects must have a Business Plan and necessary approvals;
The project applicant must prove co-financing capacity;
The applicant must not have received public financing for the same type of
activities as requested in project in the past 5 years;
The execution of the works / activities must not exceed 30 June 2015;
The total value of the projects must not exceed the foreseen minimum and
maximum;
The project must be in compliance with the eligible activities under priority axis 4;
The applicant must be eligible for the priority axis 4;
The applicant must prove the administrative capacity for the project
implementation;
The applicant must not have debt credits;
The applicant must not be in the closeout or bankruptcy process;
The microenterprises must be registered according to the law 31/1990 (with
changes) and to perform their activity in Romania, the project has to be developed
/implemented in Romania;
The applicant must not have debts at state budget when submitting the financing
request;
The account book for financial and economic activities developed in last year must
record operating profit;
The applicant must achieve all conditions for getting the relevant licenses and
approvals for the activity requiring financing.
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 Project evaluation criteria






To have minimum 3 permanent employees;
Projects must be in compliance with national strategy for environmental protection
and to respect the local/regional environment conditions;
The proof that the administrator has managing capacity for his business (degree for
at least one specialized course);
The implementation of the project must create a new jobs;
The projects are implemented in localities with development potential in areas
affected by industrial restructuration;
The projects must be sustainable after the end on financing.
II.4.3.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
-
1500
-
-
3,000
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Created/Suported
microenterprises (No)
Result indicators
New jobs created in
the supported
microenterprises (No.
of persons)
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2007
2008
Input indicators
Expenses with
creation/development
microentreprises
(euro)
Output indicators
Investments in
microenterprises(euro)
Supported
microenterprises by
region (No)
Result indicators
New created
companies thereof
held by women (No)
Impact indicators
New jobs created in
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2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
the microenterprises
by women - No
New jobs created in
the microenterprises
by men - No
-
-
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
Input indicators
Output indicators
Total Nitrate – mg/l
Emissions of CO2
equivalent release
into the atmosphere
(Tons of C02
equivalent)
Reduction in the use
of depleting natural
resources (relevant to
the project)
Fresh water used per
unit of product (mp)
Increased energy
efficiency in
supported Companies,
enterprises,
Institutions (%)
Result indicators
Impact indicators
II.4.3.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
Within this priority axis are promoted only the projects that do not have a negative impact
on the environment, and as possible positive impact. The projects eligibility and selection
criteria will be used for this purpose. Microentreprises will be financially supported to buy
modern equipments for production, processing and selling that protect the environment.

Equal opportunities
The eligible projects will respect the principle of equal opportunities, without any
discrimination based on sex, race, ethnical origin, religion, disability and sexual orientation.
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2014
2015
It is intended to increase the number of woman entrepreneurs in carrying out economic
activities within microenterprises and of those starting a new business.
II.4.3.16. State Aid
Operation
The support micro-enterprises for
increasing competitiveness and
capitalizing the specific resources
and local labor force
State Aid regime
Legal basis
National
regional Commission Regulation 1628/2006 on the
investment aid
application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
Treaty to national regional investment aid
II.4.3.17. Categorization of interventions

Cod
06
08
09
11
15

Priority theme
Priority theme
Business environment
Aid to SMEs to promote sustainable clean production processes and products
(through the introduction of cost-effective environmental management system, the
adoption and use of pollution-prevention technologies, and the integration of clean
technologies in firms)
Other investment in firms
Other measures to stimulate research and innovation and entrepreneurship
Information and communication technologies
Other measures for access to ICT by SMEs and efficient use thereof
Form of finance
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Territorial dimension
Code
Territory type
01
Urban
II.4.3.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
II.4.3. 19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
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II.5 Priority Axis 5 Sustainable development and promotion of tourism
This priority axis aims mainly to sustainable valorize 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.
Within the National Strategy for Regional Development, prepared on the basis of the
Regional Development Plans and within National Strategic Reference Framework 20072013 the development of tourism was clearly identified as a development priority, taking
into account the existing tourist potential in the Regions. This potential justifies the
financial support for rehabilitation of tourist infrastructure from different tourist areas and
for the valorization of natural, cultural and historical heritage, with the aim of including
these resources within tourist circuits and also of promoting them in order to attract tourists.
II.5.1. Key area of intervention 5.1 - Restoration and sustainable valorisation of
cultural heritage and setting up/ modernization of related infrastructure
II.5.1.1. Description
The support for projects in the field of tourism and culture has to be seen in a wider context
as a support for socio – economic development of the regions, and as a way to capitalize on
the regional tourist, historical and cultural potential. This will contribute to the increasing
attraction of the regions for the tourists, investors and for the area’s inhabitants.
It is of critical importance for Romania to preserve what remains of cultural heritage of the
different regions of the country that was severely damaged in the last decades. This
includes historical buildings, monuments, museums, theatres, and historical works of art.
These cultural preservation initiatives proposed by the local authorities will have to be
accompanied by a consistent territorial planning for preserving (and where it is possible,
restoring) historical centres in towns, maintaining traditional architectural styles and
conserving medieval historical cities.
The objectives of this key area of intervention are:
 Increasing the importance of tourism and culture as factors that stimulate economic
growth of regions, by respecting the principles of sustainable development and
environment protection;
 Extension of the tourist season
 Increasing the number of tourists through capitalizing on the local and regional
cultural potential on the national and international tourist market
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II.5.1.2. Indicative operations
 Restoring, protecting and conserving world cultural heritage and related
infrastructure
 Restoring, protecting and conserving national cultural patrimony1 and related
infrastructure, with an important tourist potential
 Restoring, protecting and conserving the urban cultural patrimony2;
II.5.1.3. Eligible activities













Restoring, consolidation, protection and preservation of patrimony buildings
Restoring, protection and conservation of interior pictures, frescoes, mural exterior
pictures
Reconstruction / arrangement of access ways (pedestrian and roadway) towards the
rehabilitated sites, within their protected area
Works and endowments in order to ensure the interior or the exterior lighting, the
security lighting and the decorative lighting
Restoration and restyle the facades
Landscape design in order to enhance the rehabilitated sites
Interior endowments (installations, equipments and endowments in order to ensure
the conditions for climate maintenance, fire security, security systems)
Installations, equipments and endowments in order to ensure the water supply and
to evacuate the pluvial and waste water
Endowments in order to expose and to protect the mobile and immobile cultural
patrimony
Arrangement of protected areas through the demarcation and the enclosure of
patrimony sites (where is needed)
Construction of the secondary utilities (parking, toilets, advertising billboards and
indicators)
Arrangement / marking tourist tracks / itineraries to the rehabilitated objectives
Construction / rehabilitation / arrangement of the access way to the rehabilitated
tourist site for less than 1000 m.
1
Group A: Monuments of universal and national value according to the list done by the Ministry of Culture
and Religious Affairs, approved by the Order of the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs No. 2314 / 8
July 2004, published in Romanian Official Journal, Part I, year 172 (XVI), No. 646 bis, from 16 July 2004)
2
Group B: Monuments for local cultural patrimony according to the list done by the Ministry of Culture and Religious
Affairs), approved by the Order of the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs No. 2314 / 8 July 2004,
published in Romanian Official Journal, Part I, year 172 (XVI), No. 646 bis, from 16 July 2004)
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II.5.1.4. List of eligible expenditures
-
-
-
-
-
-
Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for studies for the projects referring to the sustainable development and
promotion of tourism such as: impact studies (on the environment and on the local
communities), technical projects, feasibility studies, preparing the tender dossier for
works
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for restoring, consolidation, protection and conservation of the patrimony
buildings
Expenses for new buildings, if they are justified from the economic and technical
point of view (maximum 10 % from the eligible value of the project)
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
Expenses to assure / to deviate the utilities (water, electricity, gas, wastewater, phone
network)
Expenses for modernizing and extension of the existing utilities (water, electricity,
gas, wastewater, phone network) and for buying specific equipments
Expenses for the procurement and setting-up the tourist mark system
Expenses for construction of new access roads for less than 1000 m
Expenses for interior endowments, restoring, protection and conservation of interior
pictures, frescoes, mural exterior pictures
Expenses for the exterior lighting, the security lighting and the decorative lighting
Expenses for audit
Expenses for publicity
Expenses for authorized translations
Expenses for human resources: per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of
project team, etc
Consultancy expenses (maximum 5% of project eligible expenses), site supervision
(maximum 10% of works contract eligible expenses that need supervision), and
evaluation
Expenses for Cheltuieli pentru achiziţia de autoturisme necesare activitatii de
supervizare pentru beneficiari autoritati publice
Expenses for acquisition of specialized equipment (such as: the conditions for
climate maintenance, fire security, security systems)
Amortization costs
II.5.1.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
If the provider does not include the training activities cost within the total cost of the
equipments, the training costs will be eligible for less than 10% from the eligible value of
the project.
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II.5.1.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
TOTAL
20,858,870
25,531,257
27,869,384
33,086,897
35,174,634
41,938,620
50,937,243
235,396,905
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
17,730,040
21,701,569
23,688,976
28,123,862
29,898,439
35,647,827
43,296,656
200,087,369
National public contribution
Local
Other
Total
budgets
public
sources
2,711,653
417,177
0
3,128,830
3,319,063
510,625
0
3,829,688
3,623,020
557,388
0
4,180,408
4,301,297
661,738
0
4,963,035
4,572,702
703,493
0
5,276,195
5,452,021
838,772
0
6,290,793
6,621,842
1,018,745
0
7,640,587
30,601,598
4,707,938
0
35,309,536
State
budget
Private
contribution
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution )
II.5.1.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
 State budget
 Local budgets
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500,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
500,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
85% for central public administration
authorities
98% for local public administration
authorities; for legal person of public
utilities; for NGOs;
70% for micro-enterprises and small
enterprises (60% for Bucharest- Ilfov
Region)
60% for medium enterprises (50% for
Bucharest- Ilfov Region)
2% for local public administration
authorities and for NGOs
15% for central public administration
authorities
30% for micro-enterprises and small
enterprises (40% for Bucharest- Ilfov
Region)
40% for medium enterprises (50% for
Bucharest- Ilfov Region)
85%
15%
13%
2%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
II.5.1.8. Eligible beneficiaries




Local and central public administration authorities;
Micro-enterprises and SMEs in tourism field;
Legal persons (which are not economic agents);
NGOs
II.5.1.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.5.1.10. Target groups / Target areas
The interventions are focused on the areas and sites with tourist potential, which are part of
UNESCO heritage, national cultural patrimony and local urban cultural patrimony.
II.5.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013
I.5.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
II.5.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Eligibility criteria









The project must be in compliance with the eligible fields of intervention financed
under Regional Operational Program
The project applicant must prove the ownership of the land and / or of the patrimony
site, or the applicant has the owner’s acceptance (non legal or legal person) in the case
in which he is not the owner of the patrimony site;
The project has a feasibility study and the appropriate notifications;
The project applicant must prove the co financing capacity;
The purposed activities must not have been financed from public funds in the last 5
years;
The financial costs of the project respect the financial limits provided for the respective
type of the project;
The payments done by the beneficiary to the contractor must not exceed 30 June 2015;
The proposed projects must respect the Plans for Spatial Planning and Urbanism Plans
requirements;
The projects has the needed specific authorizations;
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




The projects must respect the European standard concerning the protection of the
patrimony sites, tourist safety and environment protection;
The patrimony sites must be included totally or partially within the public circuit;
The project is in compliance with the priority axis 5 operations;
The applicant must be eligible within the priority axis 5;
The applicant must prove the administrative capacity (owned or delegated) for project
implementation.
 Selection criteria







The impact of the project on the tourism development and the use of the existing tourist
resources: the level in which the project contributes to the increase in number of tourists
/ visitors to the cultural sites;
Creation of new jobs;
The existence of the access way toward the rehabilitated patrimony site;
The quality of the access way to the tourist site proposed for rehabilitation;
The level in which the project contributes to maintain the specificity of the area in
which it is implemented
The project proposes an integrated approach – it contains different activities such as:
restoring the cultural and historical patrimony, rehabilitation of the interior road of the
cultural site, lighting systems, etc.
The projects must be sustainable after the end of financing
II.5.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
2015
Output
Tourism
infrastructure /
accommodation
projects implemented
(number)
Companies supported
(direct and indirect)
in tourism field
(number)
400
350
Result
Increase of tourists’
number (%)
Increase of overnights
staying (%)
Jobs created / saved at
the end of project
implementation
(number)
15
5
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Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
2015
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
2015
Input
Expenses foe
restoring, protecting
and conserving of the
national / world
cultural heritage
UNESCO / urban
cultural patrimony
(euro)
Output
Patrimony sites
rehabilitated, by
types: national /world
cultural
heritageUNESCO/
urban cultural
(number)
Result
Increase the number
of persons that visited
the rehabilitated
patrimony objectives
(%)
Impact
New job created /
saved (part time or
full time) 2 years after
the project
implementation
(number)
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Input
Output
Total Nitrogen
– mg/l
- Area of greenfields
affected
- Ha
- Areas of
brownfields
rehabilitated and/or
used for development
(ha)
- Projects
rehabilitating
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historical and cultural
heritage
- number
Projects dealing with
environmentally
responsible
behavior
- number
Result
Impact
II.5.1.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
All projects must respect the national legislation in the field of environmental protection.
The sustainable development of tourism should be achieved in accordance with the spatial
plans that set out the level of protection for the proposed objective to be rehabilitated. There
will also be financed projects that implements environmental friendly solutions, such as:
the use of ecological materials, non-conventional energy sources, equipments with efficient
energy/ water consumption, increase of green spaces/ surfaces, promotion and
dissemination of an environmental friendly lifestyle, conservation of cultural patrimony.

Equal opportunities
In all investments, the physical obstacles will be removed / softened; special access spaces
will be envisaged in order to ensure accessibility for disabled persons, complying thus with
the provisions of the legislation in force regarding the access in the buildings and structures
of public utility.
II.5.1.16. State aid
Operation
State Aid regime
Legal basis
 Restoring, protecting and Aid to promote culture and EC Treaty, art 87 (3) d
conserving world cultural heritage conservation
heritage
and
related
infrastructure
 Restoring, protecting and
conserving national cultural
patrimony
and
related
infrastructure,
with
an
important tourist potential
Restoring, protecting and
conserving the urban cultural
patrimony
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II.5.1.17. Categorisation of interventions

Code
Priority theme
Priority theme
Culture
58
Protection and conservation of the cultural patrimony

Forma de finanţare
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Territorial dimension
Code
Territory type
01
05
Urban
Rural areas
II.5.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
II.5.1. 19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
II.5.2. Key area of intervention 5.2 - Creation, development, modernization of the
tourism infrastructure for sustainable valorization of natural resources and for
increasing the quality of tourism services
II.5.2.1. Description
The tourism practiced in nature in a sustainable manner generates various activities and
allows the increase of economic and environmental sustainability of tourist activities.
Taking into account that 30% of Romania’s surface is occupied by mountains, it can be
considered that the mountain tourism represents an important opportunity to practice during
the entire year different tourist activities, some of them with niche character.
In internal field, the youth population manifests the desire to know their own country,
choosing the cultural tourism, eco-tourism (“back to nature type”), while the ageing
population, in growing number, manifests a high interest for spa resorts, which also attract
foreign tourists.
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In short term, the most important opportunities for tourism development are provided by
the niche tourism (equestrian tourism, speo-tourism, adventure tourism, etc) based on the
natural and cultural resources such as spa resorts, wooded areas, natural protected areas,
areas which offer the possibility of winter sports practicing, etc.
Within this field of intervention the investments will be also realized in Danube Delta (in
complementarity with the 3.1 field of intervention) that, even though is part of UNESCO
heritage, is a complex tourist objective, with a high natural value.
Presently Romania has a sufficient accommodation capacity, but in many cases it’s
superseded/outdated, correlated with a low level of modernization, especially the two-three
stars accommodation structures, built between 1975-1980.
Therefore, taking into account the global tourist market evolutions, it is of critical
importance to improve the quality standards of the accommodation units, such as hotels,
motels and camping, chalets and youth hostels, accommodation units on the
ships/pontoons. Moreover, the same features characterize the tourist leisure structures,
which provide the entertainment facilities.
The objectives of this field of intervention are:
 Valorisation of natural tourist resources, for tourist purposes
 Diversification of tourist services
 Improving the quality of accommodation services
 Creation/extension of tourist recreation facilities, in order to increase in the number
of tourists and the tourists length of stay
II.5.2.2. Indicative operations
 Development of tourism based on the natural tourism resources (mountain tourism,
spa tourism, seaside tourism, eco-tourism, etc.)
 Rehabilitation / modernization /extension of the accommodation structures1 and
related utilities
 Creation / rehabilitation / modernization /extension of the leisure tourism
infrastructure and related utilities
II.5.2.3. Eligible activities
 Development of captivation and/or transport networks for mineral and saline springs
with therapeutic properties (spas, therapeutic lakes, mud baths and gas, the health
factors from the caves and salinas)
 Arrangement, modernization and endowments (including utilities) of the treatment
basis from the spa resorts, including the therapeutic salinas
1
The eligible accommodation structures are: Hotels, motels, tourist guesthouses, campings, chalets, youth
hostels, and accommodation units on the ships/pontoons.
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 Arrangement of tourist natural objectives for tourist purposes (geological
formations, caves, salinas, mines, muddy volcanoes, lakes) through:
 Lighting systems, heating, ventilation
 Ensuring the secure access for tourists
 Arrangement of sanitary groups
 Etc.
 Arrangement of points (turrets) for observation / shooting / recording
 Rehabilitation and arrangement of the access way at the main natural touristic
objective, excepting the road financed under priority axis 1 and communal roads;
 Construction / rehabilitation / arrangement of the access way to the rehabilitated
tourist objective for less than 1000 m.
 Arrangement and endowments of the camping platforms, including the specific
utilities (sanitary groups, current water supply, lighting system etc.)
 Arrangement of waste collecting points
 Arrangement and construction of mountain refugees in order to ensure the security
and the first aid in the case of accident
 Marking the mountain tracks
 Placing the informative boards
 Arrangement of new SALVAMONT units (mountain rescue units)
 Rehabilitation and arrangement of access alleys to the mineral resources, of the
tracks for the land cure, of the recreation and halt spaces, of the mineral water
springs use
 Rehabilitation of spa parks, garden-parks
 Modernization of the accommodation structures: renovation, rehabilitation,
extension, arrangement (interior and façade, sanitary groups, antiphonic windows,
rooms / special spaces for the persons with disabilities), phonic isolation, extension
of the accommodation spaces, modernization of the utilities, parking arrangement,
garages, exterior lighting
 Endowments of the accommodation structures with specific equipments (including
ecological equipments for energy supply, laundry, etc.), elevator
 Arrangement of swimming-pools, kyneto-therapy basins,
 Mini-golf, tennis, paint-ball, equitation grounds
 Railway transport of tourist interest on narrow gauge railway, in hill and mountain
areas
 Arrangement of tourist ports, including the quays from the boating lakes
 Arrangement of cyclo-tourism tracks
 Arrangement of new ski tracks (including the construction of cable transport
installations, equipments endowments for artificial snow production, night lighting
systems, endowments with equipment for ski tracks maintenance)
 Arrangement, development or rehabilitation of the tracks for the other winter sport
practicing, including the endowment with the specific installations and equipments;
 Specific arrangements for nautical sports
 Arrangement for fishing sport
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There are not financed:
 Apartments or rooms for rent in family houses or in the buildings with other
destinations type of accommodation facilities are not eligible for financing
(according to Order 510 / 2002)
 Agro-tourist guest houses
 Units for public alimentation, such as: bars, discos, casinos etc which are located
out from the accommodation units
II.5.2.4. List of eligible expenditures
-
Expenses for land procurement (maximum10% of project eligible expenses)
Expenses for arrangements of land
Expenses for land works with regard to environment protection
-
Expenses to assure utilities for the objective
-
Expenses for land studies
Expenses for approvals, agreements, certificates
Expenses for designing and engineering
-
Expenses for consultancy regarding pre-feasibility study or market/evaluation studies, as
-
-
-
-
well as expenses for the management of the execution contract
Expenses for technical assistance
Expenses for constructions and facilities
Expenses for technological functional equipments with fitting
Expenses with public transport (carrier vehicles) procurement for common carrier
owned by the local authorities
Expenses for building site management
Expenses for construction works and installations related to building site
management
Expenses for specific activities related to building site management
Commissions, taxes, fees
Expenses for per diems, salaries, accommodation and transport of project team,
Expenses for publicity
Expenses for audit
Administrative expenses (maximum 5% of project eligible expenses)
Irrecoverable VAT
II.5.2.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
If the provider does not include the training activities cost within the total cost of the
equipments, the training costs will be eligible for less than 10% from the eligible value of
the project.
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II.5.2.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
TOTAL
29,243,481
35,794,021
39,072,000
46,386,791
49,313,732
58,796,630
71,412,414
330,019,069
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
20,470,437
25,055,815
27,350,400
32,470,754
34,519,612
41,157,641
49,988,690
231,013,349
State
budget
National public contribution
Local
Other
Total
budgets
public
sources*
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Private
contribution
8,773,044
10,738,206
11,721,600
13,916,037
14,794,120
17,638,989
21,423,724
99,005,720
II.5.2.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
 State budget
 Local budgets
II.5.2.8. Eligible beneficiaries



Local public administration authorities;
Micro-enterprises and SMEs acting in tourism field;
NGOs
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200,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
Not applicable
200,000 – 25,000,000 Euro
98% for local public administration
authorities, NGOs
70% for micro-enterprises (60% for
Bucureşti – Ilfov Region)
60% for medium enterprises (50%
Bucureşti – Ilfov Region)
2% for local public administration
authorities, NGOs
30% for micro-enterprises (40% for
Bucureşti – Ilfov Region)
40% for medium enterprises (50% for
Bucureşti – Ilfov Region)
85%
15%
13%
2%
II.5.2.9. Applicants
Not applicable
II.5.2.10. Target groups / Target areas
 Tourism resorts and localities from urban areas
 Rural tourism resorts, where the implemented projects are higher than 1,000,000
euro
 Spa resorts3 and hydro-climateric resorts4 (regardless the urban or rural location)
II.5.2.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013
II.5.2.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
II.5.2.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria






Eligibility criteria
The project must be in compliance with the eligible fields of intervention financed
under Regional Operational Program
The project applicant must prove the property of the land and / or of the buildings,
or the applicant is the lessee of the land/building for at least 10 years;
The project has a feasibility study and the appropriate notifications;
The project applicant must prove the co-financing capacity;
The purposed activities must not have been financed from public funds in the last 5
years;
3
According to the Ordinance No. 109 from 31 st august 2000 regarding spa, climateric and hydro-climateric
resorts and the balneary and recuperative medical care, the spa resort is defined as a locality and/or the area
with resources of mineral substances, scientifically proved and traditionally recognized, with specific health
care infrastructure and is organized in order to be able to provide an adequate balneary medical care;
4
according to the Ordinance No. 109 from 31 st august 2000 regarding spa, climateric and hydro-climateric
resorts and the balneary and recuperative medical care, the hydro-climateric resort represents the locality
and/or the area with resources of mineral substances, scientifically proved and traditionally recognized as
therapeutic effect, with specific health care infrastructure and is organized in order to be able to provide an
adequate balneary medical care; the respective locality and/or area is located in a favourable climatic factors,
able for health / work capacity maintenance and amelioration, as well as for the relaxation and refreshment;
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







The financial costs of the project respect the financial limits provided for the
respective type of the project;
The payments done by the beneficiary to the contractor must not exceed 30 June
2015;
The proposed projects must respect the Plans for Spatial Planning and Urbanism
Plans requirements and must have the needed specific notifications;(environment,
construction, urbanism);
The projects must respect the standard concerning the protection of the patrimony
objectives, tourist safety and environment protection;
The patrimony objective must be included total and partial in the public circuit;
The project is in compliance with the priority axis 5 operations;
The applicant must be eligible within the priority axis 5;
The applicant must prove the administrative capacity (owned or delegated) for
project implementation.
 Selection criteria









The impact of the project on the tourism development and the use of the existing
tourist resources: the level in which the project contributes to the increase in number
of tourists / visitors to the rehabilitated objectives / new created leisure structures;
Creation of new jobs;
The existence of the access way toward the rehabilitated patrimony objective;
The quality of the access way to the tourist objective proposed for rehabilitation /
endowment
The level in which the project contibutes to maintain the specificity of the area in
which it is implemented;
The project proposes an integrated approach – it contains different activities such
as: arrangement of natural patrimony, of the access ways, lighting systems, etc.
The projects must be sustainable after the end of financing
The project contributes to the taking out of isolation the implementation area;
The project propose an integrated approach – it contains different activities such as:
arrangement of natural patrimony, of the access ways, lighting systems, etc.,
endowments / modernization of accommodation structures, development of
recreation / leisure activities, etc.
II.5.2.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Output
Projects
implemented in
tourism/
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2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
2015
accommodation
infrstructure (no)
Companies directly
and indirectly
supported in tourism
field (no)
Result
Increase the number
of tourists (%)
Increase the number
of overnight staying
(%)
New job created /
saved at the end of
project
implementation (no)
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Input
Output
Investment projects
financed in
valorization of natural
patrimony with tourist
potential (no)
Investment projects
implemented
Supported companies
(no)
Result
Increase the number
of persons that visited
the rehabilitated
objectives (%)
Increase the number
of tourists in the
rehabilitated
accommodation
structures
Accommodation
structures that
enhanced a superior
standard of quality
(no)
Impact
New job created /
saved at the end of
project
implementation (no)
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2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
2015
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
Input
Output
Total Nitrogen – mg/l
- the surface affected
from the green areas ha
- number of natura
2000 areas afeected no
Reduction in the use
of depleting natural
resources
(relevant to the
project)
Fresh water used per
unit of product
- % reducing per unit
of products (mp)
- industrial unussed
areas rehabilitated
and/or used for
development
(ha)
- Projects that
rehabilitates the
cultural and historical
heritage- no
Increased energy
efficiency
in supported
companies,
enterprises,
institutions (%)
Projects dealing with
environmentally
responsible
behaviour (no)
Result
Impact
II.5.2.15. Horizontal themes
 Sustainable development
All projects have to respect the national legislation in the field of environmental protection.
The sustainable development of tourism has to be achieved in accordance with the spatial
plans that envisage the level of protection that the proposed to rehabilitation asset
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subscribes to. There will also be financed projects that implement environmental friendly
solutions, such as: the use of ecological materials, non-conventional energy sources,
equipments with efficient energy / water consumption, increase of green spaces / surfaces,
promotion and dissemination of an environmental friendly lifestyle, conservation of
cultural and natural patrimony.
The development of tourism should take into account the principle of sustainable
development, concerning the preservation of natural and cultural assets, and also the
reduction of human pressure on the environment, that cannot be avoided in the practice of
large-scale tourism.
The increase in the number of tourists will generate high pressure on the environment,
affecting the ecosystem’ balance. The pressure on the environment should be controlled in
those regions with special natural assets, in order to ensure their capitalization in a
sustainable manner and also to distribute balanced spatial tourism activities.
Sustainable tourist use of the natural areas could be realized by practicing a controlled
tourism regime, in order to have a balanced distribution of tourists in all periods of the year
(thus reducing the seasonality effect).
 Equal opportunities
Priority will be given to that investment that contains special spaces ensuring the
accessibility for persons with disabilities, thus complying with the legislation in place
regarding the access in the institutions of public utility.
II.5.2.16. State aid
Operation
State Aid regime
 Development
of
tourism National
regional
based on the natural tourism investment aid
resources (mountain tourism,
spa tourism, seaside tourism,
eco-tourism, etc.)
 Rehabilitation / modernization
/extension
of
the
accommodation
structures1
and related utilities
 Creation / rehabilitation /
modernization /extension of
the
leisure
tourism
infrastructure and related
utilities
1
Legal basis
Commission
Regulation
1628/2006
on
the
application of Articles 87
and 88 of the Treaty to
national
regional
investment aid
The eligible accommodation structures are: Hotels, motels, tourist guesthouses, campings, chalets, youth
hostels, and accommodation units on the ships/pontoons.
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II.5.2.17. Categorization of interventions

Cod
56
57

Cod
01

Cod
01
05
Priority theme
Priority theme
Tourism
Protection and development of natural patrimony
Assistance to improve tourist services
Form of finance
Form of finance
Non – repayable aid
Territorial dimension
Territory type
Urban
Rural areas
II.5.2.18. Intermediate Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
II.5.2. 19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
II.5.3 Key Area of Intervention 5.3 - Promoting the tourism potential and setting-up
the needed infrastructure in order to increase Romania’s attractivity as tourism
destination
II.5.3.1. Description
Romania has to promote a tourism potential of great diversity, harmoniously and
symmetrically distributed across its territory, which offers all tourism products and for all
seasons. The privatization of the tourism sector has contributed to the accomplishment of
investments for the modernization of the tourism infrastructure and, as a result, to the
improvement of quality and diversity of the tourism services offers. New tourism
services/products and different forms of tourism occurred, such as rural/agro and adventure
tourism, wellness tourism and other forms of niche tourism. The business tourism has been
developed due to congress, symposium, expos, diplomatic meetings.
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On the other hand, the awareness of Romania products through tourism represents an
important factor for international promotion of Romanian economy and for the
development of its national market.
Therefore, the development of the national tourism brand is a general priority,
determined by the contribution to the realization of country brand aiming to stimulate
foreign investments and contribute to equilibrate the payments balance. Romania does not
have a well-outlined image as tourism destination, and the internal promotion is insufficient
and does not satisfy the demand.
Romania is endowed with an abundance of tourism sites, natural and cultural heritage.
Tourism represents an important contributor to Romanian GDP and employment.
Promoting tourism provides new and alternative opportunities for the development of
various Romanian regions.
Currently, neither foreign tourists nor Romanian ones may get information from specialized
tourism promotion and information centers on news concerning the country, tourism
attractions, cultural events or other business activities, archaeological sites,
accommodations, restaurants, recreation possibilities, or any kind of facilities they can
enjoy. In the same context, foreign tour operators also need this information available on
internet or web sites for creating their Romanian tourism programs.
After an analysis of these aspects, the following weaknesses have been identified:
 Low level of promotion and development regarding the tourism information centers and
the services related with this field of actions.
 The tourism areas do not have a suitable network of multi-functional tourism centers that
can ensure the easy access of the tourists to the information and specific services and
events;
Thus, a potential for the development of the tourism environment in Romania has been
identified. For speeding up such activities, the necessity of setting-up a national network of
tourist information and promotion centers that could host useful services and promotion
materials has raised in all tourism areas.
It will provide the logistical arrangements necessary to facilitate the increase the exchange
of information in the tourism field among the institutions and centers from the tourism
areas. The introduction of modern information services, development of united tourism
information system will create better conditions for maintenance and exchange of tourism
activity information for local and foreign tourists. Such information systems can be
extended and interconnected with other information systems, for example, on-line booking,
world wide conferences/cultural events schedule, etc.
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II.5.3.2. Indicative operations
a) Creation of a positive image of Romania as a tourism destination by defining and
promoting the national tourism brand, attracting business investors and other
strategic partners in order to develop the tourism industry and to increase its
attractiveness.
b) Development and consolidation of domestic tourism by supporting tourism
promotion of specific tourism products and destinations and specific marketing
activities.
c) Setting up/Rehabilitation of Tourism, Information and Promotion Centers (TIPCs)
II.5.3.3. Eligible activities








Creation of the national tourism brand;
Updating of the national tourism brand;
Promotion campaigns of the national tourism brand;
Promotion of the specific tourism products;
Specific marketing activities;
Modernization and/or rehabilitation, consolidation and extension of TIPCs;
Purchasing of equipments, including IT equipments for TIPCs;
Setting up a national tourism information database for TIPCs in order to set up an
integrated national system, with on-line access, for collecting and distributing
tourism information.
II.5.3.4. List of eligible expenditures
a. Creation of a positive image of Romania as a tourism destination by defining and
promoting the national tourism brand, attracting business investors and other
strategic partners in order to develop the tourism industry and to increase its
attractiveness
-
-
-
Consultancy expenditures;
Expenditures for studies related to the projects regarding creation/updating of the
national tourism brand, such as: impact studies, marketing research on the domestic
and international market, preparation of tender books for auctions;
Advertising expenditures: creation of catalogues, brochures, flyers, posters, fleesheaves, banners, advertising panels, photos, diapositives, internet advertising,
audio and video materials, CDs, videotapes, DVD, films, TV shows;
Expenditures related to authorized translations;
Administrative expenditures (for a maximum 10% of the eligible value of the
project): postal expenses for deliver of the printed materials, billboard mounting
expenses, telecommunication, authorization fees;
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-
-
Accommodation expenditures, travelling of the team involved in promotion in order
to take part to the fairs, exhibitions and domestic and international events, exhibit
transportation expenses, space rental and stand building expenses;
Expenditures related to public relations: press conferences, seminars and meetings;
Audit expenditures;
Non – recoverable VAT.
b. Development and consolidation of domestic tourism by supporting tourism
promotion of specific tourism products and destinations and specific marketing
activities.
-
-
-
-
Expenditures for carrying out studies regarding the development of domestic
tourism and the state of the domestic and international tourism market;
Expenditures related to the promotion of new tourism destinations in Romania
and new specific forms of tourism: creation of catalogues, brochures, flyers,
photos, slides, internet, audiovisual materials, CDs, videotapes, DVDs, television
shows, creation/promotion of periodic events and the signalling of the event;
Expenditures related to public relations: press conferences, seminars, meetings etc;
Administrative expenditures (for a maximum of 10% of the eligible value of the
project): postal expenses for the deliver of printed materials, billboard mounting
expenses, telecommunication, authorization fees;
Expenditures related to participation at tourism fairs, exhibitions and events, both
domestic and abroad, for the promotion of internal tourism: travelling and
accommodation expenses, exhibit transportation expenses, space rental and stand
building expenses;
Expenditures related to authorized translations;
Non-recoverable VAT.
c. Setting up/Rehabilitation of Tourism, Information and Promotion Centers (TIPC)
-
-
Expenditures with obtaining of approvals, agreements and authorizations;
Expenditures with rehabilitation of buildings;
Expenditures with ensuring of necessary site utilities;
Expenditures with design and technical assistance;
Other expenditures (building ground organization; building and equipment works
related to the building ground organization; expenses related to the building ground
organization; fees, taxes, legal fees; various and unexpected expenses);
Expenditures with acquisition of IT equipment (hardware and software), for the
integrated IT network and the website;
Expenditures with services, maintenance and consultancy related to the setting up
and updating of the website and the integrated TIPC IT network;
Expenditures with advertising;
Non-recoverable VAT.
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II.5.3.5. Use of ERDF / ESF cross-financing
Not applicable
II.5.3.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
TOTAL
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
13.323.263
16.307.674
17.801.114
21.133.716
22.467.223
26.787.610
32.535.334
150.355.934
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
11.324.774
13.861.523
15.130.947
17.963.659
19.097.140
22.769.469
27.655.034
127.802.546
National public contribution
State
Local
Other
Total
budget
budgets
public
sources*
1.998.489
0
0
1.998.489
2.446.151
0
0
2.446.151
2.670.167
0
0
2.670.167
3.170.057
0
0
3.170.057
3.370.083
0
0
3.370.083
4.018.141
0
0
4.018.141
4.880.300
0
0
4.880.300
22.553.388
0
0
22.553.388
Private
contribution
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution )
II.5.3.7. Grant size
Operation a)
Not applicable
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary
/ applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support
granted,
out of which:
- State budget
- Local budgets
Operation c)
Not applicable
Not applicable
100%
0
Operation b)
50.000 –
350.000 Euro
343.000
Not applicable
98%
2
85%
85%
85%
15%
0%
13%
0%
15%
0%
Not applicable
100%
0
II.5.3.8. Eligible beneficiaries
For Operation Creation of a positive image of Romania as a tourism destination by defining
and promoting the national tourism brand, attracting business investors and other strategic
partners in order to develop the tourism industry and to increase its attractiveness the
eligible beneficiary is the relevant directorate within Ministry for Small and Medium
Enterprises, Trade, Tourism and Self Employed.
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For Operation Development and consolidation of domestic tourism by supporting tourism
promotion of specific tourism products and destinations and specific marketing activities
the eligible beneficiaries are NGOs dealing with tourism activity according to their statute
or/and partnership between such entities.
For Operation Setting up/Rehabilitation of Tourism, Information and Promotion Centers
(TIPCs)
the eligible beneficiary is the relevant directorate within Ministry for Small and Medium
Enterprises, Trade, Tourism and Self Employed in partnership with local authorities.
II.5.3.9. Applicants
Not applicable
II.5.3.10. Target groups / Target areas
Not applicable
II.5.3.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2015
I.5.3.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
II.5.3.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility criteria
Operation Creation of a positive image of Romania as a tourism destination by defining
and promoting the national tourism brand, attracting business investors and other strategic
partners in order to develop the tourism industry and to increase its attractiveness:
 The project must fall under the eligible areas within the Regional Operational




Program, the WTTC Country Report and the Tourism Development Master Plan
for 2007-2013;
The costs of the project are within the financial limitations set out for the respective
project type;
The schedule for payments made by the beneficiary to the contractor must not
extend beyond 30 June 2015;
The project is in accordance with the eligible activities within priority axis 5;
The applicant must be eligible within priority axis 5;
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 The applicant must demonstrate the administrative capacity (own or through
delegation) of project implementation.
 Selection criteria
 The project must be sustainable after the cessation of financing;
 Prior experience in brand development for products and/or promotion materials;
Operation Development and consolidation of domestic tourism by supporting tourism
promotion of specific products and specific marketing activities.
 Eligibility Criteria








The eligible applicants are NGOs that carry out, according to their charter, activities
in the field of tourism and have managed projects in the field of tourism;
The project must fall under the eligible areas within the Regional Operational
Program;
The project has a feasibility study and the required approvals;
The project applicant must prove the financing capacity;
The costs of the project are within the financial limitations set out for the respective
project type;
The schedule for payments made by the beneficiary to the contractor must not
extend beyond 30 June 2015;
The project is in accordance with the eligible activities within priority axis 5;
The applicant must demonstrate the administrative capacity (own or through
delegation) of project implementation.
 Selection Criteria


The impact of the project on tourism development in the area and the use of existing
resources (the extent to which the project contributes to the increase in the number
of tourists)
Job creation;
Operation Setting Up/Rehabilitation of Tourism Information and Promotion Centres
(TIPC).
 Eligibility Criteria


The project must fall under the eligible areas within the Regional Operational
Program, the WTTC Country Report and the Tourism Development Master Plan
for 2007-2013;
The project partner proves his ownership of the building;
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







The project has a feasibility study and the required approvals;
The costs of the project are within the financial limitations set out for the respective
project type;
The schedule for payments made by the beneficiary to the contractor must not
extend beyond 30 June 2015;
The project is in accordance with the eligible activities within priority axis 5;
The applicant must be eligible within priority axis 5;
The applicant must demonstrate the administrative capacity (own or through
delegation) of project implementation.
Adequate size of the centres (at least 100 m2 );
Minimum number of staff: at least 3 persons.
 Selection Criteria


The impact of the project on tourism development in the area and the use of existing
resources (the extent to which the project contributes to the increase in the number
of tourists / TIPC visitors / website visitors);
Job creation;
II.5.3.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Promotional
campaigns for
advertising the
tourism brand at
national and
international level
National Tourism
Information and
Promotion Centres
supported
0
-
10
0
-
10
0
-
1 mil.
0
-
1.5
mil
Result indicators
Tourists visiting the
Information and
Promotion Centres
Web site visitors
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Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Input indicators
Expenditures for
promotional
campaigns for
advertising the
tourism brand at
national and
international level
(euro)
Expenditures for
promotional
campaigns of
domestic tourism at
national and
international level
(euro)
Expenditures for
setting up of TIPCs
(euro)
Output indicators
NGOs supported
(number)
Result indicators
Impact indicators
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Input indicators
Output indicators
Result indicators
Impact indicators
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2014
2015
II.5.3.15. Horizontal themes
 Sustainable Development
All projects must observe national legislation in the field of environmental protection. Also,
projects that implement environmentally friendly solutions will be financed. These include:
use of ecological materials, alternative energy sources, equipment with efficient
energy/water consumption, and increase of grass plot surfaces, promotion and
dissemination of an environmentally friendly lifestyle, and preservation of the tourism,
natural and cultural heritage.
Tourism promotion activities will focus on the natural heritage, the preservation of national
tourism resources and of a clean environment, so as to follow the principles of sustainable
development.
 Equal Opportunity
The operations respect the principle of equal opportunity for women, men, youths and
persons with disabilities. During the period of building works, all physical obstacles must
be eliminated in order to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities, therefore
fulfilling the requirements set out by the legislation regarding public buildings and
constructions. The implementation of the before mentioned principle shall be monitored.
II.5.3.16. State Aid
Not applicable
II.5.3.17. Categorisation of interventions
Operation Creation of a positive image of Romania as a tourism destination by defining
and promoting the national tourism brand, attracting business investors and other strategic
partners in order to develop the tourism industry and to increase its attractiveness:

Code
Priority theme
Priority theme
Tourism
55

Promotion of natural assets
Form of finance
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Territorial dimension
Code
Territory type
00
Not applicable
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Operation Development and consolidation of domestic tourism by supporting tourism
promotion of specific products and specific marketing activities.

Code
Priority theme
Priority theme
Tourism
55

Promotion of natural assets
Form of finance
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Territorial dimension
Code
Territory type
00
Not applicable
Operation Setting Up/Rehabilitation of Tourism Information and Promotion Centres
(TIPCs).

Code
Priority theme
Priority theme
Tourism
57

Assistance to improve tourism services
Form of finance
Code
Form of finance
01
Non-repayable aid

Code
01
Territorial dimension
Territory type
Urban
II.5.3.18. Intermediate Bodies
Intermediate Body Directorate within Ministry for Small and Medium Enterprises, Trade,
Tourism and Self Employed.
II.5.3. 19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
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II.6 Priority axis 6 - Technical assistance to support ROP implementation
II.6.1. Key Area of Intervention 6.1 - Support for the implementation, overall
management and evaluation of the ROP
II.6.1.1. Description
Efficient implementation of the Structural Funds, especially in the first programming period
needs the active involvement of the bodies designated to implement the Regional
Operational Programme.
This key area of intervention will support the preparatory, selection, evaluation, control,
audit and monitoring activities arising during the implementation of the ROP, including the
preparation, selection, evaluation, control, audit and monitoring of projects.
Both the Managing Authority and the Intermediate Bodies will need to build their
capacities for personnel management and training in order to meet the demands for ROP
management. TA will finance the training program and if necessary exchange of
experiences with other EU countries. This key area of intervention is targeted to make
available the contractual staff and the expert support necessary for the smooth
implementation and overall management of the ROP.
Moreover, the procurement and installation of office equipment required for ROP
implementation will be of a great importance. Through the Technical Assistance
Operational Programme, the Managing Authority and the intermediate bodies will be
provided with the necessary IT equipment for SMIS.
This technical assistance priority axis will cover all the cost of the Monitoring Committee
for the Regional Operational Programme and all other committees related to the
implementation of the ROP.
II.6.1.2. Indicative operations






Support to MA and Intermediate Bodies (including staff costs) for tasks related to
different phases of the ROP implementation including project identification and
development, preparation, selection, appraisal, monitoring, evaluation, control and
audit
Procurement and installation of IT (other than SMIS) and office equipment required
for the management and implementation of the programme
Support to ROP Monitoring Committees and other committees especially involved in
the implementation of the ROP, related to the organisation and logistics
Evaluation of the ROP including on-going evaluations
Elaboration of studies for ROP
Expenditures on salaries of other staff and experts involved in tasks connected with
preparation, selection, appraisal, monitoring control and audit of the programme.
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

Organization of seminars and training sessions building skills capacity for MA/IB
staff
Support for preparation of ROP for the next programming period
II.6.1.3. Eligible activities











Support to MA and Intermediate bodies (including staff costs) for tasks related to
different phases of the ROP implementation including project identification and
development, preparation, selection, appraisal, monitoring, evaluation, control and audit
Procurement and installation of IT equipment (other than OPTA) for the management
and implementation of the programme
Procurement and installation of office equipment required for the management and
implementation of the programme
Organization and servicing the ROP Monitoring Committee and ROP other committees
Evaluation of the ROP, including future programming period
Appraisal of implemented project (including on-going checks)/ on the spot checks
Elaboration of studies for ROP
Financing human resources involved in tasks connected with preparation, selection,
appraisal, monitoring control and audit of the programme.
Training sessions building skills capacity for MA/IB staff
Impact studies for annual implementation reports
ROP preparing activities for the next programming period
II.6.1.4. List of eligible expenditures
1. Consultancy
Are included the expenditure for:
a) payment of consultancy services for elaboration of market studies, evaluation
and surveys
b) payment of consultancy services in structural fund management
2. Technical asssistance
Are included the expernditure for:
a) technical assistance from the experts
3. Technological and informatic equipments.
Are included the expenditure for procurement of technological and informatic
equipments.
4. Endowments
Are included the expenditure for assets procurement, that accordingly to the law are
fixed assets or inventory objects: furniture, independent equipments with long life cicle.
5. Expenditure for project implementation
1. expenditure with human resources: salaries of IB staff
2. per diem, accomodation, transport
3. audit expenditure;
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
translation expenditure;
administrative costs: postal services, communications, birotica;
reprezentation expenditure, protocol (catering);
publicity costs: broshures, bulletins, manuals, posters, etc;
multiplication costs;
expenditures for organising seminars, conferinces, etc: renting the rooms, utilities
(phone);
II.6.1.5. Use of ERDF cross-financing
Not applicable.
II.6.1.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
TOTAL
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
7,638,640
12,359,050
17,435,450
16,677,950
18,643,430
17,704,902
19,695,528
110,154,950
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
5,728,980
9,269,288
13,076,588
12,508,463
13,982,573
13,278,677
14,771,646
82,616,212
National public contribution
State
Local
Alte
Total
budget
budgets
surse
publice*
1,909,660
0
0
1,909,660
3,089,763
0
0
3,089,763
4,358,863
0
0
4,358,863
4,169,488
0
0
4,169,488
4,660,858
0
0
4,660,858
4,426,226
0
0
4,426,226
4,923,882
0
0
4,923,882
27,538,737
0
0
27,538,737
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution )
II.6.1.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
 State budget
II.6.1.8. Eligible beneficiaries



ROP Managing Authority
ROP Intermediate Bodies
Other structures involved in ROP management
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3.000 – 5.000.000 Euro
Not applicable.
3.000 – 5.000.000 Euro
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
75%
25%
25%
Private
contribution
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
II.6.1.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.6.1.10. Target groups / Target areas

ROP Managing Authority, ROP Intermediate Bodies, other structures involved
in ROP management for the activities connected to the ROP implementation;
II.6.1.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013
II.6.1.12. Type of call for project applications
Open call with rolling submission
II.6.1.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Eligibility criteria







The project must be in compliance with the eligible fields of intervention financed
under Regional Operational Program
The projects applicants prove the quality of structures involved in ROP
management
The financial costs of the project respect the financial limits provided;
The payments done by the beneficiary to the contractor must not exceed 30 June
2015;
The project is in compliance with the eligible activities of the priority axis 6.
The applicant must be eligible within the priority axis 6;
The applicant must prove the administrative capacity for the project
implementation
 Selection criteria




The justification of projects’ necessity;
The estimated results of projects’ implementation;
Correlation with other ROP implementation stages;
Complementarity with other technical assistance projects financed from public
funds.
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II.6.1.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Indicative targets (Ţinte indicative)
2009 2010 2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output indicators
Evaluation and other
studies undertaken
(no)
Participants at
training seminars
(MA, IB) (no)
40
500
Result indicators
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2013
2014
2015
Input indicators
Output indicators
Result indicators
Impact indicators
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
Input indicators
Output indicators
Result indicators
Impact indicators
II.6.1.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
The field of interventions will contribute to better implementation of the sustainable
development principles.
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
Equal opportunities
The fields of interventions will contribute to the monitoring of implementation of equal
opportunities policy.
II.6.1.16. State Aid
Not applicable.
II.6.1.17. Categorisation of interventions

Cod
85
86

Cod
01

Cod
00
Priority theme
Priority theme
Technical assistance
Preparation, implementation, monitoring and inspection
Evaluation and studies; information and communication
Form of finance
Form of finance
Non-repayable aid
Territory type
Territory type
Not applicable
II.6.1.18. Intermediate Bodies
Not applicable.
II.6.1.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
II.6.2. Key Area of Intervention 6.2 - Support for the publicity and information
activities of the ROP
II.6.2.1. Description
The Council Regulation No. 1083/2006 states that the Managing Authority is responsible
for creating awareness on ROP actions, and in particular for informing potential
beneficiaries, trade and professional bodies, the economic and social partners, bodies
promoting equality between men and women and non-governmental organisations about
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the opportunities afforded by the assistance and for informing the general public about the
role played by the Community in the assistance concerned and its results. It is aimed to
improve the knowledge about the impact of ROP interventions on the Regional
Development, and to analyse specific aspects of the ROP interventions at the regional and
national level.
The operations will be implemented through the Communication Action Plan.
II.6.2.2. Indicative operations



Development of information system of ROP content for all interested actors
Preparation and dissemination of information and publicity materials (current official
ROP documents, guidlines, bulletins, brochures, posters, objects with EU logo, ROP
logo)
Organizing conferences, fora, road-shows, workshops, training for potential
beneficiaries.
II.6.2.3. Eligibile activities








Preparation and dissemination of information and publicity materials (current official
ROP documents, manuals of procedures, brochures, folders and other publications)
Preparation and publication of press materials
Designing and managing of web-site/ development and maintenance of web
Organisation of seminars, events
Preparation and dissemination of publicity materials (objects, bulletins, posters, etc)
Organisation of conferences, fora, road-shows, workshops, training for ROP
beneficiaries.
Evaluation of the information and publicity activities and results achieved
Disseminating „best practices” in order to promote the proper, and efficient utilization
of public funds;
II.6.2.4. List of eligible expenditures
1. Consultancy
Are included the expenditure for:
c) payment of consultancy services for elaboration of market studies, evaluation
and surveys
d) payment of consultancy services in structural fund management
2. Technical asssistance
Are included the expernditure for:
a) technical assistance from the experts
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3. Expenditure for project implementation
1. per diem, accomodation, transport
2. translation expenditure;
3. reprezentation expenditure, protocol (catering);
4. publicity costs: broshures, bulletins, manuals, posters, etc;
5. multiplication costs;
6. expenditures for organising seminars, conferinces, etc: renting the rooms, utilities
(phone);
II.6.2.5. Use of ERDF cross-financing
Not applicable.
II.6.2.6. Indicative financial allocation
- commitments, Euro Year
TOTAL
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
TOTAL
680,000
3,464,200
3,487,100
3,418,500
3,374,500
3,454,600
3,472,800
21,351,700
EU
contribution
(ERDF/CF/
ESF/)
510,000
2,598,150
2,615,325
2,563,875
2,530,875
2,590,950
2,604,600
16,013,775
National public contribution
State
Local
Alte
Total
budget
budgets
surse
publice*
170,000
0
0
170,000
866,050
0
0
866,050
871,775
0
0
871,775
854,625
0
0
854,625
843,625
0
0
843,625
863,650
0
0
863,650
868,200
0
0
868,200
5,337,925
0
0
5,337,925
*) It will be specified what kind of public sources are involved (i.e. NGO’s contribution )
II.6.2.7. Grant size
Value of the projects
Maximum value of the grant
Eligible value of the projects
Maximum size of grant to total eligible cost
Minimum eligible contribution of the beneficiary /
applicant
Community contribution to the support granted
National public contribution to the support granted,
out of which:
 State budget
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3.000 – 5.000.000 Euro
Not applicable.
3.000 – 5.000.000 Euro
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
75%
25%
25%
Private
contribution
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
II.6.2.8. Eligible beneficiaries



ROP Managing Authority
ROP Intermediate Bodies
Other structures involved in ROP management
II.6.2.9. Applicants
Not applicable.
II.6.2.10. Target groups / Target areas


ROP Managing Authority, ROP Intermediate Bodies, other structures involved in
ROP management for the activities connected to the ROP implementation
posible applicants of of investments project financed under ROP, economic, social
and profesional associations, general public (information and publicity activities).
II.6.2.11. Indicative period of projects submission
2007-2013
II.6.2.12. Tipul de cerere de propuneri de proiecte
Open call with rolling submission
II.6.2.13. Project eligibility and selection criteria
 Eligibility criteria







The project must be in compliance with the eligible fields of intervention
financed under Regional Operational Program
The projects applicants prove the quality of structures involved in ROP
management
The financial costs of the project respect the financial limits provided;
The payments done by the beneficiary to the contractor must not exceed 30 June
2015;
The project is in compliance with the eligible activities of the priority axis 6.
The applicant must be eligible within the priority axis 6;
The applicant must prove the administrative capacity for the project
implementation
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 Selection criteria




The justification of projects’ necessity;
The estimated results of projects’ implementation;
Correlation with other ROP implementation stages;
Complementarity with other technical assistance projects financed from
public funds.
II.6.2.14. Monitoring and evaluation indicators
Programme Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Output
Information and
publicity activities
undertaken according
to communication
plan (%)
Participants at
training seminars
(beneficiaries) (no)
100%
1500
Result
Increased level of
awareness among the
general public and
potential beneficiaries
on the financing
opportunities
available under the
ROP
20%
Additional Indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
Input indicators
Output indicators
Result indicators
Impact indicators
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2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Environmental indicators
Indicator
Baseline
value
Baseline
year
2007
2008
2009
Indicative targets
2010 2011 2012
2013
2014
Input indicators
Output indicators
Result indicators
Impact indicators
II.6.2.15. Horizontal themes

Sustainable development
The field of interventions will contribute to better implementation of the sustainable
development principles.

Equal opportunities
The fields of intervention will contribute to the monitoring of implementation of equal
opportunities policy.
II.6.2.16. State Aid
Not applicable.
II.6.2.17. Categorisation of interventions

Cod
86

Cod
01

Cod
00
Priority theme
Priority theme
Technical assistance
Evaluation and studies; information and communication
Form of finance
Form of finance
Non-repayable aid
Territory type
Territory type
Not applicable
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2015
II.6.2.18. Intermediate Bodies
Not applicable.
II.6.2.19. Body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries
MDPWH - Certifying and Payments Programmes Directorate
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III. FINANCIAL PLAN
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IV. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS
IV. 1. The main organisms involved in ROP’ management and implementation:
1) The Managing Authority for the Regional Operational Programme has been
established within the structures of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and
Housing, having the responsibility of management, administration and implementation of
ROP financial assistance .
The functions of the ROP Managing Authority with regard to the management and
monitoring of the European Union’s funded operations under the Operational Programme
are defined under the relevant Articles of the EC Regulations, and are detailed under the
GD No. 128/2006 published in the Official Journal No. 90/31.01.2006, modifying the GD
No. 497/2004 regarding the setting up of the institutional framework for coordination,
implementation and management of structural instruments.
2) The ROP Intermediate Bodies are set up within the Regional Development Agencies and
the National Authority for Tourism. An RDA is a non-governmental, non-profit body, of
public utility, with legal personality, that functions in the field of regional development; the
RDA is organised and functions according to the provisions of Law no. 246/2005 regarding
the approval of the Government Ordinance no. 26/2000 with regard to associations and
foundations and of Law 315/2004 regarding regional development in Romania, with the
subsequent modifications and amendments.
The National Authority for Tourism is Intermediate Body for ROP Key area of intervention
“Promoting the tourism potential and setting-up the needed infrastructure in order to
increase Romania’s attractivity as tourism destination”.
3) Monitoring Committee of the Regional Operational Programme (MCROP) is a
national structure, based on partnership, without legal status, having decisional and
strategic role in the implementation process of the Reginal Operational Programme.
MCROP has the role to ensure eficacity and quality of the programme implementation.
Within the MCROP there will be approved the selection criteria of the operations (projects)
financed under ROP. Moreover, is analyzed the implementation status and indicators
achievement, taking the corrective measures, including funds reallocation between the
priority axis. The regulation for organization and function of MCROP is foreseen in annex
of GD…/… regarding the set up of MCROP.
4) The Regional Committees for Strategic Assessment and Correlation (RCSAC) are
organisms set up on partnership principles, at the level of each development region. The
Regional Committee for Strategic Assessment and Correlation is organized and act as an
organism without legal status, in order to evaluate the level of projects contribution at
achieving objectives of the regional development strategies (deliberative role), as well as to
correlate at the regional level the projects financed from public funds (consultative role).
The regulation for organization and function of RCSAC is foreseen in the Governmental
Decision…/….
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5) Certifying Authority is set up within the structure of Ministry of Economy and Finance
and has responsibility on certifying the expenditure and paying requests from all the
Operational Programmes, before these are sent to the Commission, according to the article
61 of the General Regulation nr. 1083/2006.
6) The competent body for receiving the payments from the European Commission for
ROP is the Certifying and Paying Authority within the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
7) The body responsible for making the payments to the Beneficiaries is the Paying
Unit within the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing.
8) The Audit Authority for all Operational Programmes was designated an associated
body to the Court of Accounts. The Audit Authority is operationally independent from all
the Managing Authorities, as well as from the Certifying and Paying Authority.
IV.2. Principles for projects submission, selection and evaluation
The basic principles for the projects selection system are partnership and transparency
principles. Moreover, the system is characterized by:
-
Simplicity
Avoiding duplication of tasks
Flexibility
Minimum duration
IV.3. The phases of evaluation and selection process of the projects financed under
ROP
The projects evaluation system includes many phases and depending on their
accomplishment the role and tasks of the bodies and structures involved at national and/or
regional level are based on clear and coherent procedures and provisions.
The selection process listed below presents in detail the phases already accomplished by the
financing applications of all types of applicants and is being applied for all ROP fields of
intervention.
1. Administrative conformity checking of the financing applications (FA)
 The applicant submits the FA to the registration office of the Intermediary Body
(IB) and receives an unique registration number
 IB checks the administrative conformity checking (e.g. the existence and form of all
the necessary documents according to Applicant Guide)
 IB can request clarifications/completitions for the FAs
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 FAs which are not in compliance with are rejected and the applicant is informed
about the rejection and the grounds
 FAs which comply with are accepted in order to check the eligibility and the
applicant is informed about the acceptance of the FA
2. Eligibility checking of the financing applications
 IB checks the eligibility of the FA on the basis of the specific eligibility criteria for
each field of intervention. It will be checked the applicant eligibility, the activities
eligibility and the project expenditures eligibility.
 IB can request clarifications for the FA
 The FAs which are not eligible are rejected and the applicant is informed about the
rejection and the grounds
 The FAs which are eligible are accepted for the technical and financial evaluation
and the applicant is informed about the acceptance of the FA
3. Technical and financial evaluation of the FA
 It is accomplished by independent evaluators contracted by the Managing Authority
and are paid from the funds allocated within the technical assistance priority axis
 Technical and financial evaluation envisages mainly: operational and financing
capacity of the applicant, the need and utility of the project, technical and financial
fesability and financial sustainability of the projects
 FAs will be scored according to the technical and financial evaluation grid
 FAs that obtain a score equal or above 60, are accepted as feasible projects,
following to be evaluated from the strategic point of view by RCSEC. The applicant
is informed about the acceptance of the FA.
 FAs, which obtain a score below 60, are rejected and the applicant is informed
about rejection and grounds.
4. Strategic evaluation of FAs
 It is accomplished by the Regional Committee for Strategic Evaluation and
Correlation
 The RCSEC receives the list of the accepted FAs following the technical and
financial evaluation (which obtained a technical economic score above 60), together
with each FA summary and also the report on the technical and economic
evaluation of these FAs
 The RCSEC analysis the projects from strategic point of view, assessing the manner
in which the FAs/projects respond to regional development strategies, realizing in
the same time the ROP correlation with the other operational programmes
 The RCSEC, through the secretariat ensured by the IB, elaborates the list of the
projects recommended to be financed and also the list of the rejected projects,
together with the justification
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 The applicant is informed about the deadline since they have to submit the technical
project (in case of projects which include works execution)
5. Preliminary contracting stage and the financing decision
a.
For projects which include the execution of works
 The applicant is informed about the deadline to submit the technical project
 The independent evaluators analyze the technical projects to see if they comply with
the information enclosed in feasibility study. If the technical projects are not
completed,
the
applicants
are
requested
to
submit
further
modifications/completions.
 IB will carry out on the spot checks and will verify the eligibility documents and the
construction authorization, etc.
 The Managing Authority decides if the project will be financed
 The IB drafts and signs the financing contract with the applicant.
b.
For projects which do not include the execution of works.
 IB will carry out on the spot checks and will verify the eligibility documents and the
construction authorization, etc.
 The Managing Authority decides if the project will be financed
 The IB drafts and signs the financing contract with the applicant.
IV. 4. Procedure for modifying the framework document for ROP implementation
The framework document is modified in accordance with any change made as a revision/
actualization of the Regional Operational Programme.
Any other modification of the framework document will be initiated and done by the
Managing Authority, by consulting the Monitoring Committee of the Regional Operational
Programme.
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