1	Regional Conference on "Agricultural Sources Pollution Control in Danube, Baltic and Black Sea Riparian Countries" Bucharest, Romania September 30 - October 3, 2003
2	Agricultural Pollution Control Project WBTF 050327-RO ROMANIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTS, WATERS AND ENVIRONMENT
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7	Danube Basin
8	Transboundary Cooperation
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11	ROMANIA – GENERAL INFORMATION Area: 238,392 km2 Population: 22.7 mil. inh. Capital: Bucharest No. of Counties: 42 Large Cities: 7 Communes: 2,686 Agricultural Land: 14.9 mil. ha Forests: 6.4 mil. ha International Waters (Danube River): 1.075 km National Waters: 9,301 km
12	AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL - PROJECT AREA
13	Project Funding Total Project value: US$ 10.8 mil., out of which: US$ 5.15 mil. World Bank from GEF funds; US$ 1.86 mil. Government of Romania; US$ 0.29 mil. Calarasi County Council; US$ 1.0 mil. From the Governmental “Agricultural Support Services” Project; US$ 2.50 mil. In kind contribution of the direct beneficiaries.
14	Project Components Component 1: Activities in the Calarasi County (US$ 9.22 mil.) Manure Management Practices (US$ 5.20 mil.) Promotion of Environment-Friendly Agricultural Practices (US$ 2.47 mil.) Integrated Management of Boianu-Sticleanu Polder and Ecological Restoration of part of the Calarasi-Raul Polder (US$ 1.09 mil.) Strengthening Capacity in Calarasi County (Service for Water Management, Soil and Agro-chemistry Office and Public Health Directorate) to Monitor Soil and Water Quality and Environmental Impacts (US$ 0.46 mil.) Component 2: Strengthening National Policy and Regulatory Capacity (US$ 0.27 mil.) Component 3: Public Awareness and Replication Strategy (US$ 0.45 mil.) Component 4: Project Management Unit (US$ 0.86 mil.)
15	Main Actions Supported by the Project At the Local level Provision of Sub-grants for Beneficiaries to support: Adopting organic farming; Funds from the ASSP-Competitive Grant Scheme are leveraged to support organic farming projects in Calarasi County; Purchasing and installation of household level manure storage facilities; Promotion of Good Agricultural Practices through Testing and Demonstrating Programs; Training Beneficiaries in the field of Good Agricultural Waste Management Practices; Construction of 14 Commune Level Manure Management Facilities and procurement of related Equipment;
16	"Demonstration of a number of..." Demonstration of a number of improved agricultural practices, including integrated crop and nutrient management; Tree planting in erosion-prone locations in the terrace area and windbreaks or shelterbelts on privately-owned agricultural land; Agro-forestry on degraded lands and implementation of Code of Good Agricultural Practices on the arable land in Boianu-Sticleanu Polder; Design and implementation of a conservation management plan for the proposed Iezer Calarasi nature reserve; Studies for the ecological restoration of part (about 3,000 ha) of the Calarasi-Raul Polder; Specific laboratory and field equipment for the local agencies in charge with soil and water quality monitoring;
17	"Preparing a Code of Good..." Preparing a Code of Good Agricultural Practices for water and soil protection; Support for adoption of the EU Nitrates Directive and estimating the costs at the national level for voluntary and non-voluntary application of the CGAP in accordance with the provision of the EU Nitrates Directive. Support a number of public awareness activities to familiarize the population and help induce the behavioral changes necessary to the success of the Project in the seven selected communes and replication in the County area. Promote the Project as a possible model for replication in the Danube and Black Sea riparian countries.
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19	Financial information
20	Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects Effectiveness date: April 29^th, 2002 Financial Requirements accomplished – starting of disbursement: July 1^st, 2003 - GEF and GOR funds available; - Local support (Calarasi County Council) provided; - Communes and Local beneficiaries ready to involve in Project activities; => 1 year and a half of Project implementation
21	Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS GEF funds: US$ 836,500 GOR funds: US$ 670,000 Local contribution: US$ 62,500 Calarasi County Council Beneficiaries contribution: US$ 73,500 (communas, individual beneficiaries) TOTAL: US$ 1,642,500
22	Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects EXPENDITURES ON DISBURSEMENT CATEGORIES -US$-
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24	Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects
25	Actual Implementation – Financial Aspects EXPENDITURES ON PROJECT COMPONENTS -US$-
26	Achievements and looking ahead
27	General aspects regarding the inappropriate manure management in the Project area
28	So called “Manure Platform”
29	So called “Manure Platform”
30	Manure stored on the bank of a lake
31	So called “Manure Platform”
32	Component 1: General aspects regarding the manure management in the Project area
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34	"Direct leach into the soil" Direct leach into the soil, of the urine, from the livestock shelters. Groundwater contamination increase due to the dirty yard and roof waters, which leaches into the soil, near by the unprotected well heads.
35	Achievements Construction of two commune level Manure Storage Platforms in Ciocanesti and Vlad Tepes communes; 7 commune level Manure Storage Platforms under different construction stages;
36	Construction of commune level manure storage facilities
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40	Achievements About 900 individual household manure storage facilities constructed
41	Operated Individual Manure Storage Facilities
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43	General aspects regarding the degraded lands in Calarasi County Sloped terrain, exposed to erosion and with low agricultural potential; Unprotected water courses; Swamping tendency; Shore erosion. Alexandru Odobescu Commune
44	Awareness and Training on Agro-forestry Practices
45	Tree planting in Ciocanesti commune
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49	Training farmers for preparing project proposals under the ASSP –CGS Project
50	Soil and Water Monitoring Construction of a 76 piezometers’ network
51	Strengthening the National Policy and Regulatory Capacity Preparing and printing the Code of Good Agricultural Practices for soil and water protection Cost estimates of the implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive in Romania
52	The Recipe of a Smooth and Successful Implementation Optimal mixture of: Strong support of the central coordinating authority (Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Waters and Environment / Ministry of Public Finance) and the World Bank counterparts; Permanent contacts and substantial involvement of the local authorities (Calarasi Prefecture and County Council); Total commitment of the Project beneficiaries (Mayoralties and farmers); Timely and appropriate guidance from the National and Local Coordination Committees; GEF, GOR and Local funds available on timely basis; A knowledgeable and dedicated Project Implementation Team.
53	Looking ahead