APRA

The project aims to contribute to the improvement of environmental quality and reducing river littering in rural areas by supporting the introduction of the modern practice of waste management and environmental awareness raising through cross-boundary cooperation and cross-sectoral partnership in Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Romania. The project puts a special focus on anti-littering capacity building of rural areas. The project will facilitate the introduction of best practices of waste management based on the EU approaches in selected rural areas of Georgia, Armenia and Moldova. In particular, plastic and paper separation will be introduced and relevant experience will be created; separation/recycling will be introduced in tourist destinations located in rural areas; with the participation of stakeholders, there will be created the Municipal Waste Management Plans for the selected rural municipalities in Armenia, as well the Local Environmental Action Plans for the selected municipalities in Georgia; the capacities of the rural communities for the realization of 3R principle of waste will be increased, which will significantly reduce the anthropogenic impact on rivers, especially on small rivers. One of the main goals of the project is to raise the level of public awareness and education regarding river and marine litter problems, the importance of environmental protection, modern waste management practice. To that end, there will be used such tools as the implementation of anti-littering educational programs and information campaigns, information dissemination through mass media and electronic media, direct involvement and participation of citizens in environmental and Clean Up events. Different publications about river litter, waste management will be made for target groups. The project will facilitate cross-boundary cooperation in the BSB. In particular, there will be established the cross-border network with the participation of countries involved in the project, the memorandums of cross-sectoral partnership will be signed. Sister Cities Agreements between municipality involved in the project will be signed. A special focus will be put on the replication and capitalization of project results and achievements, for which the publications, meetings and electronic media will be used. Representatives of 7 target groups involved in the project will improve their knowledge and skills for anti-littering activities and environmental protection. Considerable attention will be devoted to anti-littering public awareness raise measures among young people. The project will involve 5 partners: Tskaltubo Municipality, as Lead Partner and Project Partners: Ungheni City Hall, REC Caucasus Armenia, Tehnopol Galati Association, Imereti Scientists’ Union “Spectri”. It should be noted that three partners have the partnership experience on the implementation of joint projects within the BSB Programs.