The fifth common committee monitoring the program joined Monday in Timisoara, western Romania. The event was attended by representatives at regional and central level and civil society representatives from Romania and Serbia, Romania’s Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism said in a press release Wednesday.
The committee selected the projects submitted under the second call for proposals launched on March 25, 2011 and ended on June 27, 2011, which had an EU funds-based budget of nearly EUR15.3 million. A total of 196 project proposals worth nearly EUR97 million were submitted.
“Considering the quality of the evaluated project proposals, the common monitoring committee decided to use the entire European allowance for the 2010-2013 period to finance 45 projects,” the press release also reads.
Of the 45 projects, ten projects worth EUR6.9 million were approved for Priory Axis 2 “Environmental Emergency Preparedness and Response,” following the launch of a thematic call dedicated to the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR).