ECOREG

Partial results of the implementation of the projectfor the pilot County – Suceava and opportunities for regional expansion ECOREG

The main activities developed during the project • Project management • Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness • External audit • Introductory Seminar • Communication and dissemination actions at the beginning of the project (roll-up banner, website) • Identification of focal points • Interactive selection of focal points • Training in industrial ecosystems & biological theories of organizational systems

The main activities developed during the project 9. Visited companies as focal points of the project 10. Dissemination of the interim results at regional level 11. Participation at international events dedicated for ETAP and industrial symbiosis 12. Identification and characterization of entities capable of being interconnected 13. Integrating different sustainability tools tailored for industries and local specific 14. Technical visits to the selected relevant industries in UK 15. Networks to seek synergies with other projects / initiatives help 16. Pre-feasibility analysis of the flows that will be interconnected

Reported period 1st of February 2009 – 30th of October 2010

Project Team • Ministry of Environment and Forests (coordinating beneficiary) • International Synergies Ltd. Great Britain (partner beneficiary) • National Research Institute - Bucharest ECOIND Development for Industrial Ecology (partner beneficiary) • Ecological Group for Cooperation - GEC Bucovina (partner beneficiary)

Implementation Area Suceava County – pilot County Northeast Region

Activity 1 Project Management

1. Project management • Project management is an ongoing activity that takes place at all stages of the project. • It was established a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) at the focal area level - Suceava, with the local partner GEC Bucovina, and the Project Management Unit (PMU), organized within Consortium Coordinator - Ministry of Environment and Forests.

1. Project Management • Working arrangements are in communication (working meetings and conferences on Yahoo Messenger) to identify and resolve all operational issues arising during project implementation so that any failures are avoided. Mutual information are promptly and simultaneously by all partners.

1. Project management Management meeting – project team – Suceava, GEC headquarter, February 2009

1. Project management Project team meeting, after completing the Introductory Seminar Suceava, GloriaComplex, February 2009

1. Project management Two members of the project team from GEC Bucovina, with the project Manager from the Ministry of Environment and Forests participated in training regarding reporting requirements and implementation of the LIFE + program ( technical and financial reports), and issues relating to visibility requirements - Budapest, March 2009;

1. Project Management Project Manager presenting ECOREG application - LIFE + Training, Budapest, March 2009

1. Project management In April 2009, at INCD ECOIND partner headquarter from Bucharest, took place a team training of senior expert of the project, on the work of "facilitator", which carries out the project; was presented the UK experience ISL Carried out in the international program of industrial synergies and the British Government's national program - NISP;

1. Project management At GEC Bucovina headquarter, the project team organized and established the responsibilities for each team member for the organization of the first workshop of industrial symbiosis GEC Bucovina headquarter, Suceava, May 2009

1. Project management At the headquarter of GEC Bucovina - the project team is analyzing the deployment of the first workshop of industrial symbiosis, the extent participation of the invited companies, forms filled volume, the expected volume of synergies identified for each group of participating companies; the project team propose optimization measures of the organization of the following industrial symbiosis workshops ;

1. Project management The project team analyzes the results of the first industrial symbiosisworkshop , Suceava, GEC headquarter, May 2009

1. Project management In order to provide conciliation and validation of the resulting solutions from the synergies identified was organized a PAG (Project Advisory Group) meeting. PAG members have been contacted previously, they were presented the project objectives and mission of its members in implementing PAG. Establishing formal meeting held on 21 May 2009, at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Suceava.

1. Project management In the first session, each group member presented himself, then the company he represents. Participants of the project team presented the first results from processing the forms and the evaluation questionnaires completed by the participating companies in the first workshop of industrial symbiosis.

1. Project management Images from the inaugural meeting of the PAG - Environmental Protection Agency, Suceava, May 2009

1. Project management Each participant reported on the localities where they were traveling, on public institutions and companies visited, the results of steps. These meetings were held with technical character. Regularly at GEC Bucovina headquarter were held workshops for team members information on the progress of the project implementation, problems encountered, solutions identified and the action plan for the next period.

1. Project management ISL partners provided the Romanian team with a consistent set of examples of case studies that show concrete examples of implementation of the concept of industrial synergy in previous projects (NISP). They have been studied, both to understand the philosophy approach to project objectives and to identify concrete ways of implementing the examples in the UK, in practical situations in the area of implementation.

1. Project management Regularly (weekly, bi-monthly) are organized conferences by connecting all the team members on Yahoo, the mutual information regarding the progress of the activities is achieved and the members plan the activities to address the new steps of implementation. During the management meeting of the consortium held in July 2009, at the Ministry of Environment and Forests headquarter, the participants discussed specific aspects of finding new synergies and broaden the scope of the project and in other counties in Northeast Region .

Activity 4 Introductory Seminar

4. Introductory Seminar • Date: 26.02.2009 • Location: Suceava. • Number of participants: over 150 persons. • Objective: The official launch of the project, informing the representatives of business and public institutions on the project and expected results, presentation of the concept of industrial symbiosis, presenting British experience (NISP national program).

4. Introductory Seminar

4. Introductory Seminar Materials designed and distributed to participants: Invitation

4. Introductory Seminar Materials designed and distributed to participants: Presentation folder

4. Introductory Seminar ECOREG Poster

4. Introductory Seminar Participation diploma

Activity 5 Communication and dissemination actions at the beginning of the project

5. Communication and dissemination actions at the beginning of the project The ECOREG project site was published in April 2009 at: http://www.nisp-ecoreg.ro. It was developed by the consortium coordinator (Ministry of Environment and Forests). The website includes information about the project activities, press releases and media publicity activities, and also information on the concept of industrial symbiosis. An important section of the site is dedicated to successful case studies regarding the implemented synergies resulted from the industrial symbiosis workshops. On partner sites are posted information regarding the main events of the project ECOREG.

5. Communication and dissemination actions at the beginning of the project By participating on various events, team members had presented ECOREG application objectives, the implementation area, the beneficiaries and expected results. In May 2009, the team members from GEC Bucovina attended the International Symposium “Clean Water, Healthy People ", organized by the Center for Ecological Consulting Manchester, with the participation of European Environmental Bureau, based in Brussels. GEC Bucovina and ECA Galati are members of the European Environmental Bureau. With this occasion GEC Bucovina presented the ECOREG project, the objectives, the result and the sponsors.

5. Communication and dissemination actions at the beginning of the project The project team from GEC Bucovina viewing the ECOREG project website

5. Communication and dissemination actions at the beginning of the project The project presentation from the International Symposium “Clean Water, Healthy People , Galaţi, May 2009

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