Regional Grants Projects Funded - Round Two (Total: USD 177,830)   Barriers and Bridges: Barriers to Waste, Nutrients and Chemicals, Bridges for Communities, Sectors and Information USD 28,000 NGOs: Leader: HOLOCEN Nature Protection Association, Hungary Partners: SILVANUS Ecological Association, Romania; Dialogue for the Communities Public Welfare Association, Hungary Project Leader: Laszlo Stoll, Hungary   Project Summary: The objective of this project is to encourage co-operation between local educational instutions; nature protection and environmental institutions; civil organizations; and authorities and municipalities along the Hernad River in Hungary and the Sebes-Koros River in Romania, in order to uncover problems and search for joint solutions to achieve the main targets of the Water Framework Directive. The overall goal is to reach the appropriate ecological water conditions by 2015. Strengthening NGO Participation in EU Water Framework Directive Implementation in the Sava River Basin USD 49,882 NGOs: Leader: Green Action, Croatia Partners: Center for Environmentally Sustainable Development (CESD), Bosnia and Herzegovina; Society of Bird Research and Nature Protection (DPPVN), Slovenia; Danube Environmental Forum Serbia and Montenegro Project Leader: Irma Popovic, Croatia   Project Summary: This project's goal is to increase public participation in the management planning for the Sava River Basin, as well as to push national water policies towards Water Framework Directive implementation. NGOs from each of the four Sava countries - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia - are taking action together to ensure that NGOs, and the people and issues they represent, take part in the development of a ‘Sava River Basin Management Plan’. The plan is now being developed by the governments of each of the four countries under the coordination of the newly created Sava River Basin Commission. The countries agreed to make the plan to fulfil EU laws requiring European countries to improve water quality by 2015. Cross-Sectoral Cooperation for Good Water Quality Management on Lower Danube Farms USD 29,970 NGOs: Leader: Association for Integrated Rural Development, Bulgaria Partners:Romanian Ornithological Society Project Leader: Yuliya Grigorova, Bulgaria   Project Summary: The overall goal of this project is the reduction of water pollution caused by agriculture in the Lower Danube basin. The project is based on two model farms, one in Pleven County, Bulgaria and the second in Braila County, Romania. Awarness is being raised among farmers in Bulgaria, Romania, and elsewhere in the Danube Basin of the connection between their agricultural activities and water pollution. They are also learning more about best agricultural practices to reduce negative impacts on water resources. Project results will be used to promote changes to national policies, to make sure that agricultural and water protection policies are linked, and that EU legilation, including the Water Framework Directive and Common Agricultural Policy are applied properly. Preserving the Water by Promoting Diapers Friendly for Earth and Baby USD 35,000 NGOs: Leader: Association Storky, Slovenia Partners: RODA - Parents in Action, Croatia Project Leader: Spelca Morojna, Slovenia   Project Summary: The scope of this project is to promote the ecological, health and financial advantages of using washable re-usable diapers and environmentally friendly washing agents in order to preserve waters and the natural environment in Slovenia and Croatia. Best Agricultural Practices on My Farm USD 34,978 NGOs: Leader: Black Sea NGO Network, Bulgaria Partners: Earth Friends, Romania; Eco Counselling Center Cahul, Rep. Of Moldova Project Leader: Emma Gileva, Bulgaria   Project Summary: The goals of this project are: To encourage, with the involvement of NGOs and the media, compliance with existing and emerging national legislation on agricultural pollution control policies in Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova and to support these policies through the sharing of best agricultural practices and information on the EU WFD and the DRPC; and to support the qualitative reorientation of agricultural production in the target regions of the three countries towards sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions, leading to the reduction of eutrophication from farming.

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