1. Danube Regional Project National Grants Update Szentendre, Hungary Nov. 4, 2003 Entela Pinguli

2. www.rec.org National Grants: Statistics Statistical Results of the National Grants selection in 11 countries: 60 Selected proposals 38 rejected proposals Ratio: Nr. Concept Papers/ Nr. Full Proposals/ Nr. Winners – 167/98/60 Available amount - 525.000 USD Requested amount - 864.194 USD Awarded amount - 479.091 USD

3. www.rec.org National Grants: Statistics Some other statistics of the National Grants selection Nr. of CP submitted per country (NGO interest): Max.: 27 (SCG) Min.: 6 (Romania) Nr. of Proposals per country: Max.- 8 (SK) with awarded amount of 45.000 USD Min.- 2 (BG and RO) Two Countries under-spent: BG - 13.470 USD (out of 50.000 USD) RO - 35.000 USD (out of 60.000 USD)

4. www.rec.org National Grants: Full Proposals by Country

5. www.rec.org National Grants: Awarded Proposals by Topic

6. www.rec.org National Grants: Topics by Country AgricultureIndustryMunicipalLand Use/ wetland BiH2140 BG2102 CR2230 CZ2121 HU3211 RO2010 SK2033 SLO1030 SCG3310 UA2101 MD1003 Total:22111811

7. www.rec.org National Grants: Topics In order of popularity… Agriculture: -Promoting best available practices (e.g. soil erosion prevention) -Reducing fertilizers/pesticides -Promoting eco-farming methods and sustainable agriculture -Alternative rural development Municipal: -Urban wastewater collection and treatment -Reed bed wastewater treatment plant -Some household waste management -Drinking water issues Industrial: -Promoting best available practices/technologies -Environmental management systems and cleaner production

8. www.rec.org National Grants: Topics Land use/Wetlands: -Planting of appropriate vegetation -Restoration of flood plain forests -Restoring abandoned lands -Protecting natural flood plains and wetland habitats Many projects focused on water management and policy issues… -Water Framework Directive -Public Participation -Monitoring and improvement of water quality

9. www.rec.org National Grants: Stakeholders Beneficiaries: Students, pupils, teachers, farmers, common people Partners: Municipalities, state authorities Observations: Stakeholders are well identified but the different approaches to target/involve them are weakly developed. The tasks and responsibilities are not well defined. Support letters from the Stakeholders are generally missing

10. www.rec.org National Grants: Evaluation Process Criteria: Nutrients - not addressed directly Sustainability of the results – must be measured after project is finalized Examples of multipliable approach - present Methods/approaches – typical NGO – no creativity/innovation

11. www.rec.org National Grants: Approach Local No watershed / transboundary No creative/ innovative “end of pipe” approach

12. www.rec.org National Grants: Methods CommonDiverse Awareness raising Info distribution Networking Public Participation Education / training Partnership Research Monitoring Campaigning (changing behaviour) Lobbying