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Romania relies on the European
Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) to achieve its
commitments to the European Union (EU) 2020 targets. The use
of the European Agriculture and Rural Development Fund
(EARDF) requires that at least 30 percent of the budget
allocated for rural development as part of the National
Rural Development Plan (NRDP) be spent on the environment
and addressing climate change. The forest sector rapid
assessment reviews key issues in the forest sector to
determine how the sector can contribute to mitigating and
adapting to climate change. The assessment reviews the
sector ministries measures for the 2014-2020 structural
operational programs (SOPs) and NRDP to determine whether
they are climate positive. The latter is an important
condition for using EU structural cohesion funds (SCF) for
2014-2020. The assessment identifies operational programs
and sector plans that can support the climate change
objectives and fulfill the EU ex ante conditionalities for
the SCF (2014-2020). The assessment also provides a basis
for refining the measures in order to respond to the climate
change requirement. The reimbursable advisory service phase
will involve more in-depth work on the sector, offering more
specific recommendations.
