Objectives and Description. 1.1 General objectives The overall objective of the “Special Programme” is to assist Slovakia’s preparation for membership of the EU in relation to the nuclear and energy sectors especially by facilitating the preparation and implementation of Slovakia’s early closure commitment and the short-term priorities of the Accession Partnership in these areas. This will be achieved through support to the first phase of decommissioning of the Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power Plant, and measures consequential to the decision of the early closure of the plant required for the necessary restructuring, upgrading and modernisation of the energy production, transmission and distribution sectors, and improving energy efficiency. The “Special Programme” contributes to the international efforts to share the financial implications of the early closure and decommissioning of the Bohunice V1 NPP with the Slovak authorities.
Objectives and Description. 1. The objective of the Traffic Management Systems is to facilitate access to project and corporate financing in order to support “projects of common interest” as defined in Article 3 of the TEN-T Regulation that have a component consisting of the deployment of the “
Objectives and Description. The overall objectives of the programme are: • To promote good neighbourliness and stability in the CEEC border regions by funding projects which will yield tangible benefits to the regions and communities on both sides of the border; • To promote co-operation between border regions in both countries, helping these regions to overcome the specific development problems which may arise, inter alia, from their position within the national economies, in the interest of the local communities and in a manner compatible with the environment protection; • To promote the creation and further development of co-operation networks on either side of the border and establishment of links between these links and wider Community networks. The specific project purposes and results are reflected in the following priority areas: • To develop transport infrastructure and accessibility by rehabilitation of access roads to the border point Nikopol-Turnu Magurele (projects BG 2004/016-783.01.01 and RO 2004/016-784.01.01) and by improving the access to the border crossing point in Rast (project RO 2004/016-784.01.02); • To improve and implement joint management of ground transboundary water in the Dobrudja/Dobrogea Area (projects BG 2004/016-783.01.02 and RO 2004/005-784.01.03); • Setting up of a flexible mechanism to finance the so called “small-scale and people-to-people projects” within socio-economic development field (local economic development, training and employment measures, improvement of the flow of information and communication, cultural exchanges, support for media etc) with a cross-border impact (projects BG 2004/016-783.01.03 and RO 2004/016-784.01.04) In order to prepare a pipeline of mature projects and to improve programming and project management skills in the field of cross-border co-operation programmes, Bulgarian financed activities include a project preparation facility (project BG 2004/016-783.01.04)
Objectives and Description. The 2003 Phare External Border Initiative for Bulgaria has been designed following bilateral discussions between the Bulgarian authorities and the European Commission’s representatives. The objectives of the 2003 Phare External Border Initiative for Bulgaria are: • to improve cross-border co-operation at local level between Bulgaria and Serbia & Montenegro, FYROM and Turkey; • to support the further development of the economic potential of the border regions; • to pave the way for the future (2004-2006) Phare CBC/Neighbourhood programmes between Bulgaria and (i) Serbia & Montenegro (ii) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and (iii) Turkey. It focuses on 3 projects:
Objectives and Description. The objective of the Preparation Installment is to assist the Recipient to carry out the Readiness Preparation Activities, so as to support the Recipient design a socially and environmentally sound national strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and to develop a reference scenario of emissions from deforestation and degradation that takes into account national circumstances. The Readiness Preparation Activities consist of the following parts: Part 1: Support to the Coordination of the REDD+ Readiness Process and Readiness Preparation Activities Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Strengthen the capacity of the REDD+ Technical Working Group through, inter alia, the provision of training to the staff of the said institution and the provision of specialized input and technical guidance to national REDD+ coordination processes. Support the communication activities related to national REDD+ coordination, including overseeing development of a national communication strategy for REDD+, through, inter alia, the recruitment of a communication specialist. Support the coordination functions of the REDD+ management structures. Support to the implementation of the Readiness Preparation Activities, including the carrying out the fiduciary and procurement activities and the external audits, and the development of a monitoring and evaluation framework. Part 2: Contribution to the Design of the National REDD+ Strategy Preparation of the national REDD+ strategy and a strategic environmental and social assessment. Formulate the national REDD+ strategy on the basis of the results of a series of analytical studies, the results of the strategic environmental and social assessment process, inputs received from a multi-stakeholder consultative process and the Voluntary Partnership Agreement. Conduct a strategic environmental and social assessment in accordance to terms of reference satisfactory to the World Bank, which will cover the following: (i) analysis of the initial social and environmental situation around the deforestation issue within the Recipient’s territory, including an analysis of the candidate REDD+ strategy; (ii) analysis of potential impacts of the business as usual scenario (without REDD+ activities); (iii) analysis of the potential social and environmental risks of the preliminary REDD+ strategy, including the draft investment strategy for the Forest Investment Program. Prepare an environmental and social management framework t...
Objectives and Description. 2.1 This Management Scheme is made pursuant to the Tokelau Arrangement for the management of the South Pacific Longline Fishery. The objective of this Management Scheme is to enhance the management of longline fishing vessel effort in the waters of the Parties by encouraging collaboration between all Parties, and:
Objectives and Description. 1. The objective of the Universal is to facilitate access to project and corporate financing by using Union funding as leverage in order to contribute to overcoming deficiencies of the European debt capital markets, including market imperfections, sub-optimal investment situations or particular investment needs constituting a barrier for obtaining financing on reasonable conditions, as further described for each Financing Category in the relevant Schedule.
Objectives and Description. 1. The objective of the Cleaner Transport is to facilitate access to project and corporate financing
Objectives and Description. 1. The objective of the Connecting Infrastructure is to facilitate access to project and corporate financing in order to support ‘projects of common interest’ as defined in Article 3 of the TEN-T Regulation or Article 2 of the Energy Regulation or Article 2 of the Telecommunications Regulation. ‘Projects of common interest’ as defined in Article 3 of the TEN-T Regulation include, without limitation:
Objectives and Description. 1. The objective of the TF is to catalyse investments in areas of policy focus with high risk in order to contribute to overcoming deficiencies of the European debt capital markets, including market imperfections, sub-optimal investment situations or particular investment needs constituting a barrier for obtaining financing on reasonable conditions, as further described for each Financing Category in the relevant Schedule.
