Ploiești City Hall, as a Partner, together with the Prahova County Territorial Administrative Unit, as a Beneficiary, alongside two more Partners, the Bucharest Technical University and the University of Iceland, are implemeting the project ’’Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan Development in Prahova County (AtenuareClimPh)’’
The Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests is Programme Operator for the Programme “Environment, adaptation to climate change and ecosystems” – RO-Environment, financed by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area EEA 2014-2021.
Ploiești City Hall organized on Thursday, November 17, 2022, a workshop with the aim of consulting interested decision-makers, to define the issues and solutions for adapting to climate change with impact both at the local and regional level.
The general objective of the project is to increase the capacity of Prahova County, with an emphasis on Ploiesti Municipality, to face the challenges caused by climate change and the need for adaptation, as well as the need to mitigate their effects, by integrating knowledge about this phenomenon at the local level and raising awareness among the local administration and community, thus reducing the adverse effects of pollution.
The total value of the project is 605,000.00 lei, of which the total non-refundable eligible value from the EEA FM (85%) is 514,250.00 lei and the non-refundable eligible value from the national budget (15%) is 90,750.00 lei, and the period of implementation is 12 months.
The results of the project under implementation will lead to the realization of a Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan for the municipality of Ploiești.
The event was attended by representatives from the Prahova Environmental Protection Agency, S.C. Transport Calatori Express S.A. Ploiesti, Ploiesti Autonomous Directorate of Public Services, Bucharest Polytechnic University and Ploiesti City Hall.
