Environment Minister Korodi targets 26sqm of green space per capita

Romania's Environment Minister Attila Korodi will table a bill that would stipulate 26 square meters of green space per capita to reach the European average.


Korodi called for action on this front citing Bucharest where the green areas stand at less than ten square meters per capita. There will be negotiations with each city to find solutions as there are cases where spaces for parks have been overrun by construction works.

The government approved in June to allot 25 million lei from the environment fund to finance projects regarding green spaces this year.

Korodi is attending on Thursday and Friday the Peninsula festival in Targu Mures, central Romania, where he is trying to rise environmental awareness among young people through the Green Peninsula program.

Romania to receive 270 million euros for environmental projects in 2007

Romanian Environment Minister Attila Korodi announced he will contract 270 million euros through the Sectoral Operational Program (SOP) to use by 2010 on waste management and water quality projects.


Some 15 such projects will be financed of which ten are part of a priority program to build 90 water filtering units that will soak up 60 percent of the total 29.3 billion euros in SOP funds.

Ten of the water management projects will be sent to the European Commission for approval by the end of July and another 15 projects regarding waste management will be sent by September, as under EU regulations any program exceeding 25 million euros requires approval.

Next year the ministry plans to send another 25 projects for approval. Some 15 projects within the priority axis are worth 1.5 bilion euros while the other ten total 500 million euros. Other 12 projects regarding water management are being prepared with help from the World Bank.

Under the SOP for Environment Infrastructure, 4.5 billion euros are available for Romania during 2007-2013 plus state and local budget co-financing of 1 billion euros. European finance come from the European Fund for Regional Development and the Cohesion Fund.