GEF Romania Integrated Nutrient Pollution Control Project

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The Romania Integrated Nutrient Pollution Control Project aims to support the Government of Romania to meet the EU Nitrates Directive requirements by (a) reducing nutrient discharges to water bodies, (b) promoting behavioral change at the communal level, and (c) strengthening institutional and regulatory capacity. The project will support four components: (i) a menu of investments focusing on Nitrate Vulnerable Zone-designated communes in ten river basins and eleven counties; (ii) capacity building within the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MESD) and their National Administration for Romanian Waters (ANAR), as well as other national, regional, and county agencies involved with the nitrates directive; (iii) broad public awareness and information campaign focused on investment replication and behavior change; and (iv) project management units.