Financial instruments for Natura 2000 implementation – Workshop 23.11.2006, Predeal TWINNING RO2004/IB/EN/09 1 Dipl.-Ing. Marianne Badura Financial resources

Financial instruments for Natura 2000 implementation – Workshop 23.11.2006, Predeal

TWINNING RO2004/IB/EN/09

1Dipl.-Ing. Marianne Badura

Financial resources for the Financial resources for the Natura 2000 NetworkNatura 2000 Network

An Overview on the possibilities to finance the An Overview on the possibilities to finance the implementation of the Natura 2000 networkimplementation of the Natura 2000 network

Overview on financing possibilities for the implementation

of the Natura 2000 Network

at European level




Financial resources for the Financial resources for the Natura 2000 NetworkNatura 2000 Network

An Overview on the possibilities to finance the An Overview on the possibilities to finance the implementation of the Natura 2000 networkimplementation of the Natura 2000 network

Contents of the presentation

Agro-Environmental schemes financed by EAFRD (Axis 2) – direct compensation to farmers- Structure of compensation payments- Overview on situation in Romania

Support of sustainable land use according to the objectives of the Habitats and Birds Directive by different European programmes:- Leader+ (new axis 4 of EAFRD)- LIFE +- INTERREG (EFRD)- 7th Research Framework Programme




Financial support for the development of rural areas – Connection to EU Structural Funds 2007-2013

EAFRD (German:

ELER)

Axis 1

Competitive-ness

Agriculture/Forestry

Axis 2

Environment Landscape

Axis 3

Quality of life Diversifi-

cation

Environment

Unfavourable Areas

Natura 2000

Diversifi-cation

Infrastruct.Services

Rural Development

Human- Invest-resources ment

Education

Social Funds(ESF)

Employment

Regional Development Concepts

Regional Developm.

(EFRE)

Competitive- developmentness infrastructure manufacturingeconomy

Cities / Rural areas - relationship

Regional Development ConceptsLEADER Axis 4(Integrated Regional Development Concepts)




Institutional Framework in Romania for compensation regulations:

MEWM. (through NEPA, REPA, LEPA and NEG): Implementation of the European Network of Protected Areas Natura 2000 in Romania.

M.A.P.D.R. (through the Management Authority for the PNDR 2007-2013): drawing up the technical fiche of the measure „Natura 2000 payments and other payments

related to Directive 2000/60/EC” and „ Agro-Environment Payments”” drawing up the technical fiche of the measure “Natura 2000 payments for forests and the

„Forest-Environment Payments”

A.P.I.A. (Agentia de Plati si Interventie pentru Agricultura): organizes the Integrated System for Management and Control (IACS) and finalizes the

LPIS (Land Parcel Identification System) implements the PNDR measure regarding the compensation measures for agricultural and

forest lands located in areas designated as Natura 2000 sites draws up the measures implementation and control procedure ensures the administrative control ( crossed control) and on field inspection

Financing Natura 2000 – Compensation of farmers

Source: presentation of Andrei-Ştefan BĂLAN, MAPDR




Legal Framework in RomaniaLegal Framework in Romania::

European Union:

Directive 79/409/CE on wild birds preservation Directive 92/43/CEE on natural habitats and wild flora and fauna

preservation The Bern Convention, ratified on 1979 – Preservation of wild life and of

natural habitats from Europe

Romania:

Law 13/1993 ratifying the Bern Convention Law 462/2001 for validating the EGO 236/2000 on the status of the

natural protected areas, preservation of habitats and wild flora and fauna





Regulation1698/2005 - FEADR (ELER)The support granted through Axis 2 will be targeted on the measures indicated in Article 36 :

(a) Measures regarding the sustainable use of the agricultural surface through:i. payments for naturally handicapped areas for farmers of mountainous regionsii. payments for farmers from areas with a natural handicap, other than those from

mountainous regions; iii. Payments for Natura 2000 and payments related to WFD (Directive 2000/60/EC)iv. Payments for agro-environmental measuresv. payments for the welfare of animalsvi. support for the unprofitable investments

(b) Measures targeting at the sustainable exploitation of forest areas through:i. First afforestation of agricultural landii. First installment of agro-forestry systems on agricultural landiii. First afforestation of non-agricultural landiv. Natura 2000 paymentsv. payments for woodlands and environmentvi. reconstruction of the woodland potential and implementation of some prevention actions;vii. support for the unprofitable investments.




Conditions for the measures targeting at the sustainable use of agricultural land

Article 38 –Natura 2000 and Directive 2000/60/EC related payments

The support stipulated in Article 36(a) (iii) will be granted yearly and for each hectare of agricultural land to the farmers in order to compensate the assumed costs and the lost income as a result of the disadvantages from the areas stipulated in the directives 79/409/EEC, 92/43/EEC and 2000/60/EC.The support will be restricted to the maximum amount of money stipulated in the Annex. For the payments related to Directive 2000/60/EC, further detailed rules will be established, stipulating also the maximum amount of money that can be granted, according to the procedure from Article 90 (2).

Conditions for measures targeting at the sustainable exploitation of forests Article 46 –Natura 2000 payments

The support envisaged in Article 36(b)(iv)will be ensured yearly for each hectare of woodland, to the private owners or their associations, in order to compensate the costs and the income lost as a consequence of the restrictions resulted from implementing the Directive 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC in the respective area. The support will be established between the minimum and the maximum amount provided in the Annex.

Regulation1698/2005 - FEADR (ELER) - Articles 38 + 46




Conditions for the measures targeting at the sustainable use of agricultural land

Article 50 – Eligible sites

Agricultural zones within designated Natura 2000 sites according to the Directives 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC and (agricultural) areas within the catchment area of management plans of river basin areas according to the Directive 2000/60/EC will be eligible for payments according to Article 36 (a) (iii).

Designated Natura 2000 sites in forest areas according to the Directives 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC will be eligible for compensation payments as stipulated in in Article 36(b) (iv).

Regulation1698/2005 - FEADR - Article 50




Proposed measures – PNDR 2007-2013Axis 2 –Improving of the environment and rural areas

Measure Sub-Measure Action

Code Name Code Name Code Name

2.1.1. Mountainous Area (LFA – mountainous area)

LFA ZMBelonging to the villages totally located in the mountainous region

LFA PZMBelonging to the villages partially located in the mountainous region

2.1.2.Other zones influenced by natural handicaps (LFA

– other zones than the mountainous zone)

LFAS Impaired by significant handicaps

LFASP Impaired by specific handicaps

2.1.3.Agricultural terrains located within Natura 2000

sites

2.1.3.P Sites designated as SPA

2.1.3.H pSCI sites





2.1.4.

Agro-environment

Measures

2.1.4.AE

Ecological Agriculture AE1 Vegetables

AE2 Arable land

AE 3 Orchards and fruit-bearing shrubs

AE 4 Pastures and hay fields

AE 5 Certified animals

2.1.4.P

Areas with extensively used meadows

P1 Mowing

P2 Depasturage

P3 HNV Zones – from the National Network of Protected Areas

2.1.4.A

Agricultural lands where are applied measures for the preservation of the water resources

A1 Strips without chemical substances

A2Strips with grass

2.1.4.S

Agricultural lands where are applied measures for the preservation of soil (areas affected by erosion)

S1 Successive crops

S2Transformation of the degraded arable land into pastures

2.1.4.B

Agricultural lands where are applied measures for preserving the biodiversity

B1 Strips with grass on the arable lands

Proposed measures – PNDR 2007-2013Axis 2 –Improving of the environment and rural areas





Eligibility conditions

The eligibility conditions for a farm The eligibility conditions for a farm : : Use of an agricultural land with a surface equal or larger than 1 hectare. This surface cannot be formed of plots of land smaller than 0,3 hectares. Maintaining the above mentioned agricultural land in a good agricultural and

environmental condition (GAEC)

GAEC (GAEC (OrderOrder MWFRDMWFRD nono. 221/2006 . 221/2006 for defining the good agricultural and for defining the good agricultural and environmental conditions in Romaniaenvironmental conditions in Romania

“Within the Single Area Payment Scheme (SAPS), the good agricultural and environmental conditions will apply, defined as it follows :

1. growing of weeding plants on tillable land, with a slope higher than 12 % is forbidden;2. elimination of the encroachment of the unwanted vegetation and of the weeds from

the arable lands;3. elimination of the unwanted vegetation, of the shrubs and bushes from the

permanent pastures;4. protection of permanent pastures – maintaining the areas covered with permanent

pastures at the level registered on 1st of January 2007.””


More information on pdf-document of NPDR: www.mapdr.ro




Leader+ (new axis 4 of EAFRD)

Financial support for regional activities of rural development Basis: Leader Action Groups ( built by municipalities, local associations, district governments, etc.)“Leader approach” for activities within Axis 2 or 3 increases the share of project financing

Integrated Rural Development Concepts

Networking possible within transnational Leader projects (contact agency in Brussels)

Examples: Shop(s) for sale of regional agricultural products with eco-labelling in the catchment area of a National park or Natura 2000 area




Modifications within the LIFE programme

- LIFE Environment will be continued within the pilot eco-innovations of the CIP (Competitiveness + Innovation Programme for entrepreneurs)

- LIFE Third Countries will be continued within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy Programme

- LIFE+ will be focussed on nature conservation, technological innovations will be eligible only in exceptional cases

- Programme period will be adapted to Structural Funds Period 2007-2013

- Programme will be delegated mainly to the (New) Member States – who will be responsible for it in Romania?

- Former LIFE – themes will be eligible also under the 7th RFP and EAFRD

LIFE III LIFE +




Possible themes within LIFE+

- „Best-practice“ and pilot measures for the support of nature conservation and biodiversity (e.g. Lynx iberico)

- Innovative or pilot actions which support the European Environmental politics (e.g. water management, chemicals, climate change, etc.)

- Information and communication measures

LIFE III LIFE +




• Strengthening of the most important trans-european ecological structures and cultural resources

• Conservation and sustainable management of landscape and ecological diversity of Europe

• Conservation, valorisation and economic use of Europe’s cultural heritage

• Exploitation of ecological and cultural values of a region for developing a regional identity for the people and to find an adequate position within all European Regions

• Project examples: EuRoB, Idequa, Hermes

Territorial agenda for Europe (TAEU) with 6 thematic priorities to be approved in May 2007 in Leipzig, Germany upon an informal meeting of European ministers as theoretical basis for the new Objective

Priority 06 of TAEU: Valorization of ecological and cultural heritage

INTERREG Objective “Territorial co-operation”





Modification of thematic focus: 4 thematic priorities (deducted from Structural Funds Regulations)

P01: INNOVATION

P02: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and RISK PREVENTION

P03: ACCESSIBILITY

P04: SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Upgrading of programme INTERREG IV to

Objective „Territorial Co-operation“

(higher financial volume, spending of funds according to strategic approaches)





Cooperation Space for Objective „Territorial Co-operation“(Former INTERREG Strand B – Transnational Cooperation)

Romania is part of co-op. spaceCADSES South – with possibility oftaking part in projects of the other co-operation spaces (up to 20% of project volume)




• Water management, e.g. protection and management of river catchment areas

• Energy efficiency

• Risk prevention, e.g. prevention of fire, droughts, floods

• Environmental protection, e.g. protection and maintenance of natural heritage (socio-economic development, sustainable tourism)

• Project examples for Central Europe: „Green technologies, eco-innovations, improvement of soil and air quality, integrated flood management“

Examples for PRIORITY 02: „Environment and Risk prevention“





PRIORITY 04: Sustainable urban development – Partnerships between cities and rural areas

• Building and strengthening of partnerships between cities and rural areas

• Safeguarding of sufficient potential of services

• Improved use of potentials and development possibilities of rural areas by joining infrastructure, economy and political activities to urban areas

• Example: Recreational potential of the Land Brandenburg for the capital city of Berlin


Berlin




Framework conditions:

● Most important financial instrument of the EU for research topics

● 3rd financial fund of the EU (50,5 billion EURO without EURATOM)

● Not only for research, but also for implementation, pilot activities and meetings, seminars, etc.

● Administrations are very appropriate as project partners as they are users of European policies (not only for furnishing data)

7th Research Framework Programme




New conditions compared to 6th RFP

● Programme period has been adapted to Structural Funds period from 2007 – 2013.

● Project volume can be smaller than during 6th RFP.

● Simplified structure due to 4 Sub-Programmes

Co-operation – 32,4 Mrd EURO

Ideas – 7,5 Mrd EURO

People – 4,75 Mrd EURO

Capacities – 4,09 Mrd EURO




Sub-programme „Co-operation“

● „core piece“ of the 7th RFP

● all activities with transnational or cross-border character

● Key idea: Sustainable development

● Supported activities: networking projects, common technology activities, co-ordination of national programmes, international co-operation

Priority 6 of sub-programme “Co-operation”: Environment (including climate change) (1,890 billion Euro)




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Financial instruments for Natura 2000 implementation – Workshop 23.11.2006, Predeal TWINNING RO2004/IB/EN/09 1 Dipl.-Ing. Marianne Badura Financial resources