An amount of 2.6 billion euros from the Cohesion Policy is expected to enter the country in the coming period, Minister of Investments and European Projects Marcel Bolos announced on Thursday evening.
"Key discussions in Brussels: 2.6 billion euros from the Cohesion Policy will enter the country soon. As you know, we are currently engaged in extremely important technical discussions on two fronts: the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and the Cohesion Policy. One of the meetings was with Sofia Alves, Director of DG Regio, and her team, who appreciated Romania's sustained pace in recent months - both in absorbing European funds and in implementing the assumed reforms. For the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy, things are already moving in the right direction: we recently submitted a payment request for 2.1 billion euros, and soon we will send another request worth 500 million euros," the minister wrote on his Facebook page.
He pointed out that he brought forward several important proposals, which the Commission agreed to analyse, in order to better align European investments with Romania's real needs. The proposals include: additional allocations for healthcare infrastructure, especially for oncology, interventional cardiology, and the national blood transfusion system; a pilot waste management project in Bucharest (Districts 1 and 6), with potential to be replicated across the entire capital; extended funding for water and sewage networks in localities with under 2,000 inhabitants, in line with new EU directives; and environmental pilot projects, such as reinforcing the Eforie cliff or automated waste collection in Bistrita.
"Romania is now defining its priorities for the crucial years ahead. We have available funds, European support, and clear priorities. What follows is the period in which we must prove that we know how to turn European money into completed projects, not just ones that get started," Marcel Bolos said.
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