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Programme EE02 “Integrated Marine and Inland Water Management” Krista Tõnisson
Ministry of the Environment of Estonia
Foreign Financing Department/ PO
November 2017
Introduction
1. Experiences with EEA 2009-2014 Programme
EEO2 “Integrated Marine and Inland Water
Management”
2. Bilaeral experiences
Estonia
• Estonia is a small country (45
227 km²), which is located in
Northern Europe, on the eastern
coast of the Baltic Sea.
• Estonia’s neighbours are
Russia in the East, Latvia in the
South, Sweden in the West and
Finland in the North.
• Its land border is 645 km long
and marine border is 1242 km
long.
EEA Grants and Norway Grants 2009-2014 in Estonia
The overall objectives of the EEA Grants are the following:
to contribute to the reduction of economic and social disparities in the
European Economic Area
to contribute to the strengthening of bilateral relations between Donor
states and the beneficiary states
EEA Grants 21,3 million euros + Norway Grants 23,7 million euros = 45 miljonit eurot
EEA and Norway Programmes in Estonia 2009-2014EEA Programmes Norway Programmes
Integrated Marine and Inland Water
Management 6 900 000 Euros (MoE)
Green Industry Innovation 6 000 000 Euros
(MoEAC)
Funds for Non-governmental Organisations 2
300 000 Euros (Open Estonia Foundation)
Public Health 8 912 000 Euros (MoSA)
Children and Youth at Risk 6 505 000 Euros
(MoER)
Domestic and Gender-Based Violence 2 000
000 Euros (MoSA)
Conservation and Revitalisation of Cultural
and Natural Heritage 4 510 000 Euros (MoC)
Gender Equality and Promoting Work-Life
Balance 2 000 000 Euros (MoSA)
Scholarships 600 000 Euros (MoER) Bilateral Research Cooperation 3 000 000
Euros (MoER)
EEA 2009-2014 Programme “Integrated Marine and Inland Water Management”
The objective of the Programme is to achieve good
environmental status in Estonian marine and inland waters.
The expected outcomes were establishing environmental
targets and management plans for marine and inland waters;
improving environmental information of impact, status and
trends; developing strategy and measures for adapting to
climate changes.
Programme Operator: Estonian Ministry of the Environment
(MoE)
Donor Programme Partner: Norwegian Environmental Agency
Programme “Integrated Marine and Inland Water Management”
Programme budget: 7 615 053 euro
EEA contribution: 6 900 000 euro
Estonian co-financing: 715 053 euro
Implementation scheme: pre-defined and open callprojects
Grant rate for open call projects: maximum 85-90%
Grant rate for pre-defined projects: 100%
Grant amount for projects: from 170 000 euros
Approval of the programme: 22.12.2012
Signing of the programme contract: 28.03.2013
Outcomes - outputs
Established environmental targets and management plans for marine and inland waters1) Pre-defined project: Developing the programme of measures for the Estonian marine area
in compliance with the requirements of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, includingfeasibility study on using LNG as an alternative ship fuel to reduce pollution (EstonianEnvironmental Research Centre)
2) Open call projects:
- Inventory and development of monitoring programme for nature values in Estonian marine
areas (NEMA) (Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu)
- Assessment for ecosystem based management of marine environment on the basis of sea
bottom and sediments of the Gulf of Finland (Geological Survey of Estonia)
- Development of relevant criteria and monitoring methodology of favourable conservation
status of the coastal (terrestrial) habitats in Estonia. (Institute of Ecology of Tallinn University)
Call was open 30.08.2013 – 04.11.2013
Eligibility control and expert assessment: 05.11.2013 – 21.03.2014
Signing project contracts with projects: 29.05.2014 – 11.08.2014.
The eligibility period for projects: May 2014 - 30.04.2016.
Improved environmental information on impact, status and trends
1) Pre-defined project: The development of data-modelling system and the decision supporttool for the integrated marine and inland water management (Estonian EnvironmentalResearch Centre)
2) Pre-defined project: Implementation of the INSPIRE Directive (Estonian Land Board)
Open call projects:
- Development of methods for assessment and mapping of ecosystem services of marine and
inland waters (Peipsi Centre for Transboundary Cooperation)
- Restoring of estuarine and habitats in Lõve river (NGO Laidevahe Loodus)
- Restoration of habitats of freshwater pearl mussel (Environmental Board)
Call was open 30.08.2013 – 04.11.2013
Eligibility control and expert assessment: 05.11.2013 – 21.03.2014
Signing project contracts with projects: 29.05.2014 – 11.08.2014.
The eligibility period for projects: May 2014 - 30.04.2016.
Developed strategies and measures for adapting to a changing climate
1) Pre-defined project: The elaboration of Estonia’s draft National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and
action plan (Estonian Environmental Research Centre)
2) Open call Projects:
Baseline studies for the elaboration of the assessment of the impact of climate change and suitable
adaptation measures were conducted within the framework of three different projects and one procurement
in the following fields:
- Planning, land use, human health and rescue capability
- Natural environments and the bio-economy
- Infrastructure, buildings, energy and energy supply
- Economy and society (public procurement)
Call was open 12.08.2014 – 13.10.2014
Eligibility control and expert assessment: 14.10.2014 –16.12.2014
Signing project contracts with projects: January-February 2015
The eligibility period for projects: 01.01.2015-31.08.2015.
Results• Developed a marine strategy for the Estonian marine area in accordance with the
requirements of EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, consisting of regionally
coordinated cost-effective monitooring programme and programme of measures for managing
pressures in marine environment. The prepared marine strategy shall help to improve the
policy management systems for marine and inland water bodies.
• An operational water moddeling system was created that improves the availability of data
related to the condition of, pressure imposed by various sources on and impact of measures
with respect to marine and inland surface water, and allows decisions to be made based on
the aforesaid data.
• Estonia’s Draft National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan was elaborated
• The criteria and reference values of favourable statuses were defined and monitoring and
assessment methodology were elaborated and tested for marine and costal habitat types with
respect to the EU Habitats Directive.
• The favorable condition of the freshwater mussel habitat was improved by reducing the
sediment load, hunting beavers, increasing the permeability of the river for host fish and
restoring the natural character of the river section.
Bilateral relations
The cooperation between the PO and DPP has been very good and
efficient.
The DPP has been a great support during the preparation of the
programme and also during the implementation of the programme.
Valuable comments were presented to all documents and relevant
contacts provided for bilateral events.
Within thirteen projects (covering four predefined and nine open call
projects), a total of twelve partnership contracts were signed with the
institutions of donor countries, one project had two donor country partners,
and two projects had none at all.
Of the twelve donor country partners, eleven were from Norway and one
was from Iceland.
Fund of Bilateral Relations and ManagementCostsBilateral fund:
Opening event 20.06.2013
Partner days before the open calls
Expert meetings before signing projects partnership agreements, exchange of
experiences
Study trip to Norway in May 2015
Closing event 08.03.2017
Communication activities in two languages (In Estonian and in English)
Management costs:
Personnel costs
Inforamtion days
Communacation activities in Estonian
Cooperation commitee meetings
Good Practices Direct contact with Project Managers
Before signing the Project Contract we had meetings with
Project Managers
Direct contact with NFP
Direct contact with FMO (Barbro Thomsen)
Good relations with Programme Partner (Norwegian
Environmental Agency)
Contacts with other POs
Changes experiences with ohter POs
Problems - bottlenecks
Finding Partners from Donor States
Finding experts to assess the projects
To get correct documents from Project Partners
Too much bureaucracy with diferent funds (management costs,
bilateral fund, complementary fund)
Too thin time schedule for implementing the projects
Modifications
Leftovers
Programme: Climate Change Mitigationand Adaptation (EE-CLIMATE)Programme objective: Climate change mitigated and vulnerability to climate
change reduced
Programme grant: 6 000 000 euros
Programme co-financing: 1 058 824 euros
Programme Operator: Ministry of Environment (MoE)
Donor programme partner: Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA)
Programme areas: (PA 13) Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; (PA 11)
Environment and Ecosystems
Bilateral ambitions: 75 000 euros shall be allocated to the programme from the
fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral
Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme
9 May 2017 in Tallinn
