Predefined Project №3 Implementation of innovative measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change in municipalities in Bulgaria
National Trust Ecofund ·Bulgaria
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">"Implementing innovative measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change in municipalities in Bulgaria" is a predefined project run by the National Trust Ecofund in partnership with eight Bulgarian municipalities and the Norwegian association of regional and local authorities (KS). The main objective is to improve the capacity of local authorities to plan and identify creative and innovative urban planning solutions and to implement them to mitigate impacts and adapt to climate change.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project will focus on increasing the capacity of the targeted municipalities to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to respond to extreme weather events by applying more efficient and innovative measures. </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Through trainings and study visits to Norway, local authorities will be supported in assessing their strategic plans and programs - including already implemented climate actions, and will be facilitated in integrating the new knowledge and experience as to climate action and urban development.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The role of the National Trust Ecofund is to provide expertise and cooperate with the municipalities to review and assess their strategic plans as well as to elaborate innovative investment measures. The Norwegian partner will contribute at all stages of the project with the information regarding best practices and experiences in most recent innovative technologies for small scale infrastructure in cities.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The municipalities - Burgas, Kardzhali, Plovdiv, Ruse, Sliven, Sofia, Stara Zagora, Varna will be responsible for managing and implementing the relevant pilot investment actions. The Norwegian partner will contribute all the way through project implementation by sharing experience and best practice models for customizing the latest innovative technologies.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">More information about the campaign is available here: </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://adaptation.ecofund-bg.org/">https://adaptation.ecofund-bg.org/</a></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The KS partners from the Donor State provided an overview and report on the implementation of good practices and innovative solutions. The main topic was innovative solutions for preventing the heat island effect and disasters in urban areas due to climate change. An important stage in the development of the vision and understanding of the innovative solutions funded under this project were the study visits to Norway. The first group study trip included representatives of the municipal leadership of the eight partner municipalities - mayors / deputy mayors. The remaining two study tour groups included representatives of the partner municipalities together with NTEF staff and technical experts. These visits covered more practical and technical examples, but also visits to Norwegian municipalities. Another important stage of the project were the policy analyses for the eight municipalities. They were developed by the project teams of the eight municipalities, following the methodology, and supported through a series of meetings organized by NTEF experts and with the expert support of KS. The expert partners from the Donor Country contributed to the development of the terms of reference and technical specifications for the technical design of the eight innovative projects. They worked closely with and advised directly the assigned contractors. The Norwegian partners also participated in some of the publicity activities and contributed to the overall management of the project. The Bulgarian project partners relied heavily on the chance to learn about the innovative solutions already being implemented in Norway in this direction, as the Donor State partner had the most advanced experience in this area. In this sense, the project capacity building activities were crucial for the identification and development of specific investment measures for each of the partner municipalities.
Project partners
- Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities Donor project partner· Norway
- BURGAS MUNICIPALITY Project partner· Bulgaria
- MUNICIPALITY OF VARNA Project partner· Bulgaria
- Municipality of Kardzhali Project partner· Bulgaria
- PLOVDIV MUNICIPALITY Project partner· Bulgaria
- RUSE MUNICIPALITY Project partner· Bulgaria
- SLIVEN MUNICIPALITY Project partner· Bulgaria
- STOLICHNA OBCHTINA Project partner· Bulgaria
- STARA ZAGORA MUNICIPALITY Project partner· Bulgaria