Smart Village Forum discusses the “Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan”.
We debate what funding opportunities there are and what kind of investments are planned in the next period.
The Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) has been finalized and approved. What is the funding set out in the NRRP intended to achieve? What can we do? What are the investments of interest to local communities? Is there a chance for mayors to receive funding? In what areas?
These are the questions that mayors are asking themselves and that we are trying to answer during the second edition of the Smart Village Forum, from June 29 to July 4, 2022.
Of the €29.2 billion, 41% is earmarked for the green transition and the fight against climate change, and 21% for the digitization of Romania. The projects in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan are divided as follows:
– 1630 km of water networks built;
– 2470 km of sewerage networks constructed;
– connection of 88,000 households to water and sewerage networks.
– 45,000 hectares of forest planted;
– 2900 ecologically reconstructed grassland habitats.
– 55% recycling target by 2025;
– 553 air pollution monitoring devices.
– 434 km of motorway built;
– 52 power stations built;
– 625 hectares of forestry curbs; implementation of a new “polluter pays” charging system;
– 200,000 new cars in the fleet by 2026;
– 311 km of modernized railways;
– 110 km of electrified railway;
– 206 km of modern centralized railways;
– 12.7 km of new metro network;
– 32 new metro trains.
– 1000 – 1500 blocks of flats renovated for energy efficiency;
– 2000 rehabilitated public buildings.
– 400 km of methane gas and other low carbon distribution network;
– Completion of commissioning of at least 100MW (200MWh) electricity storage capacity.
– Connecting ministries into a single network;
– 8.5 million citizens with electronic ID cards;
– 300,000 civil servants digitally trained.
– High-speed internet in 790 villages.
– increase in revenue collected by 3% of GDP;
– 600,000 cash registers connected to ANAF IT system;
– limited special pensions;
– new pension system with automatic indexation.
– 3,000 funding contracts under the state aid scheme for digitization of SMEs;
– 280 financing contracts under the de minimis scheme for stock exchange listings;
– 500 vouchers granted under the Business Support Scheme.
– 140,000 sq m built for social housing;
– 880,000 sqm built of housing for education and health specialists in rural areas;
– 420 electric buses with charging stations and 50 trams (in county municipalities);
– 6500 new electric vehicle charging stations.
– 30 castles, 95 churches and monasteries, 20 villages with traditional architecture enhanced;
– 3 castles, 11 churches and monasteries, 3 restored Roman fortifications;
– 15 certified green tourist destinations;
– 10 national and international screenings of Romanian films.
– 200 community centres built or renovated with new facilities and staff;
– 3000 primary health care clinics equipped and renovated, especially in villages;
– 26 newborn intensive care units, including newborn transport ambulance;
– 30 rehabilitated/modernized/expanded/endowed outpatient clinics;
– 10 mobile medical units.
– 50 new schools;
– 1800 green minibuses to transport pupils;
– 75,000 classrooms equipped with furniture;
– 20,000 places for recreation and reading;
– 20,000 newly created accommodation places on university campuses;
– 1175 SMART LABs;
– 140 crèches (day-care nurseries) launched and operational;
– 10 dual learning centres.
This investment is intended to be a support for Romania to emerge stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic. At least that’s what a statement from the Commission says, we’re still hoping.