Water projects under The Cohesion Fund. The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management Water projects under The Cohesion Fund. The Polish example Kazimierz Kujda President of The Management Board

The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management has been already existing for 18 years. 2

Basic numbers after 18 years of activity (1989 - 2006) Number of realized contracts 14 000 Value of paid out grants 1,6 bln € Value of disbursed loans 3,1 bln € Total value of completed project 17,2 bln € 3

Beneficiaries Municipalities Public and private companies Institutions and offices Higher education schools and colleges Nursing homes Non-government organizations (foundations, associations) State administration Natural persons The legal status enables concluding civil contracts 4

Financing the environment protection by NFEP&WM By types By fields Loans Water management and waste water treatment Credits granted by banks from the National Fund’s resources Air protection Consortium credits Waste management Credits lines Protection of nature and landscape Investment subsidies Forestry Non-investment subsidies State monitoring of environment Credit refunds Preventing natural disasters Redemptions Mining and geology Equity investments Ecologic education Expertise and research 5

Financing pro-ecologic projects from foreign resources The Cohesion Fund from the perspective of the years 2004-2006 ERDF which is a structural fund for the period 2004- 2006 EEA (European Economic Area) Financial Mechanism and Norwegian Financial Mechanism Priority of the Operational Programme “Infrastucture and Environment” from the period of 2007- 2013 6

Financing environment protection from the National Fund resources and from the EU funds in the years 2000-2007 (mln €) EU funds 12 23 25 33 92 104 179 426 1009 NF resources 333 501 399 408 342 462 393 409 536 7

The ISPA Fund and The Cohesion Fund 2004 - 2006 8

Projects realized at present, co-financed by the Cohesion Fund including projects for the largest Polish cities improving the quality of environment for the whole country. water management and waste water treatment 79 projects waste management 8 projects air protection 1 project 9

Eligible costs, national input and the EU grant (mln €) Group of projects Eligible costs National resources EU grant EU subsidy (%) Signed MF/decisions 715 274 441 62 10 588 242 346 59 348 122 225 65 12 336 117 219 11 1 005 316 689 69 22 1 221 341 879 72 21 54 18 36 67 2 20 5 15 75 4 287 1 435 2 850 90 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Technical assistance TOTAL 10

Number of planned and concluded contracts (by group of projects) Number of planned contracts Number of concluded contracts total for works for services 115 70 45 107 63 44 131 76 55 110 62 48 90 43 47 46 88 50 38 71 40 31 215 141 74 178 106 72 255 162 93 161 87 14 6 8 9 2 7 97 1005 548 457 823 406 417 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Technical assistance TOTAL 11

Number of contracts concluded in the years 2001-2007 (cumulatively) * as of October 2007 823 524 301 204 94 39 10 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 services 9 32 64 123 187 306 417 works 1 7 30 81 114 218 406 12

Number of contracts concluded in the years 2006 and 2007 for works for services and deliveries total 2006 2007 5 16 6 23 11 39 3 9 13 8 17 7 10 14 4 12 21 35 19 15 25 28 42 26 33 22 31 24 44 79 188 93 111 172 299 January February March April May June July August September October TOTAL 13

Value of contracts (mln €) concluded in the years 2001-2007 (cumulatively) 3 409,3 * as of October 2007 1 863,7 1 119,9 827,7 260,1 41,6 1,7 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 services 0,8 11,5 39,9 74,8 99,9 154,2 188,4 works 0,9 30,1 220,2 752,9 1 020,0 1 709,5 3 221,0

Value of contracts (mln €) concluded in the years 2006 and 2007 for works for services and deliveries total 2006 2007 18,4 112,9 5,4 9,8 23,8 122,7 20,9 44,8 4,6 1,7 25,5 46,5 71,4 83,1 3,3 3,4 74,7 86,5 50,0 88,3 0,9 2,4 50,9 90,7 39,7 132,9 2,9 42,6 136,2 37,0 172,9 7,9 0,7 44,9 173,6 56,1 132,3 2,1 1,3 58,2 133,6 124,3 312,1 3,9 2,8 128,2 314,9 70,7 220,3 6,6 4,1 77,3 224,4 60,3 211,9 7,6 4,7 67,9 216,6 548,8 1 511,5 45,2 34,2 594,0 1 545,7 January February March April May June July August September October TOTAL 15

Funds disbursed by the Final Beneficiaries within the CF (mln €) in the years 2001-2007 (cumulatively) * as of October 2007 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 0,6 6,4 36,1 144,2 334,4 636,8 1 080,6 16

Contribution of the Cohesion Fund (mln €) in the years 2001-2007 (cumulatively) * as of October 2007 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 0,0 18,5 113,3 196,2 287,0 434,7 806,2 17

Contribution of the Cohesion Fund (mln €) in the years 2006 and 2007 month value 2006 2007 january 10,1 20,4 february 10,3 41,6 march 15,8 20,2 april 5,6 34,0 may 6,0 27,9 june 10,4 19,1 july 11,6 51,7 august 9,4 65,6 september 23,4 37,4 october 1,4 53,6 Total 104,0 371,5 18

Assessment of the Cohesion Fund absorption Eligible expenditures 4.287 bln € Until the end of October 2007 around 1.080 bln € was disbursed (around 25%) From EC to NBP around 0.806 bln € was transferred (28 %) 19

The number and value of concluded contracts Number of concluded contracts - 823 Including contracts for works - 406 Contracts finished - 218 Contracts in progress - 605 Contracts in progress for works - 327 The total value of concluded contracts - 3.4 bln € During next 3 months almost all contracts will be concluded 20

The projects preparations for the new financial perspective 2007-2013 21

The Infrastructure and Environment Operational Program Priority I: Waste Water Treatment Priority II: Waste management Priority III: Water resources management and flood control Priority IV: Public and private companies compliance with environmental directives Priority V: Nature protection ecological education Priority IX: Environmentally friendly energy infrastructure 22

Preparing of the projects for the new perspective 343 projects have been identified in I&EOP 286 projects belong to waste water treatment 57 projects belong to waste management Total investment cost 10 bln € Projects of the investment cost over 25 mln € are prepared by National Fund Projects with the cost lower than 25 mln € are prepared by regional funds 23

Projects under preparation in The National Fund Waste water treatment Number of projects - 112 Total investment cost - 5,7 bln € Waste management Number of projects - 27 Total investment cost – 1,4 bln € 24

Progress of projects preparation 10 projects have been implemented without financing decision Next 10 projects are ready to apply for the financing decisions The remaining projects are being prepared 25

Summary There are many ecological projects in Poland The main objective of these projects is fulfill requirements described in the Treaty of Accession There is a huge market for engineering services, new technologies and constriction works 26

Thank you for your attention We invite you to visit the National Fund ul. Konstruktorska 3a 02-673 Warszawa POLAND www.nfosigw.gov.pl