HEALTHEFF (ROBG-259)
“Increasing the efficiency of municipal health care in the border region Berkovitsa – Bailesti”
What’s the goal?
The objective of the project is to enhance the capacity for common cross-border cooperation in the field of health services in Berkovitsa and Bailesti Municipalities through creation of opportunities for the people living in the distant villages for access to adequate health care and supply of modern and innovative equipment for the municipal hospitals.
What’s the budget?
1,450,529.96 euro out of which 1,232,950.46 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead beneficiary: Municipality Berkovitsa (Bulgaria)
Beneficiary 2: City Hall Băilești (Romania)
When is it happening?
Start date: 17.05.2019
End date: 16.08.2022
Duration: 39 months
Where is it happening?
Berkovisa, Montana District in Bulgaria
Bailesti, Dolj County in Romania
How is it going to happen?
- 1 common policy in the field of health care; - 1 Common Study on morbidity in CBC area; - 2 Joint conferences for presentation of the study and discussion round tables; - 1 information exchange tool developed; - 1 health services network of stakeholders developed in the cross border area; - 2 experience exchange visits; - 2 Joint training seminars. |
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: 10 supported cross border mechanisms (agreements, networks, regulations, studies, policies, strategies, information exchange tools) to enhance cooperation capacity;
Programme results: increased level of coordination of the public institutions in the eligible area.
Project status (reflected in progress reports)
The project was finalized. The following results have been achieved within the project:
- A Joint Conference to present the prepared Morbidity study and round tables for discussions to promote the Handbook for healthy life was organized in Berkovitsa on 16-18 February 2022;
- A Joint training seminar for professional development of medical experts was organized in Berkovitsa on 09-11 May 2022;
- Elaboration of a Memorandum of Cooperation and Partnership on common policies, efforts and actions in health, accelerating the development and the realization of the potential of the municipalities of Berkovitsa (Bulgaria) and Bailesti (Romania), which can be found at the following link https://healtheff-robg.eu/ro/dokumenti/;
- Developing the health services network of stakeholders in the cross border area by signing cooperation declarations by representatives of NGO’s, other hospitals and health organizations in the CBC area;
- Developing of the Joint morbidity study in Montana – Dolj cross border regions available on the project website https://healtheff-robg.eu/en/documents/in 3 languages (English, Romanian and Bulgarian);
- The development of the facebook page of the project https://www.facebook.com/HealthEff-105221631368861/ and of the project website https://healtheff-robg.eu/en/;
- A Joint training seminar for professional development of medical experts was organized in Bailesti on 20-22 June 2022;
- A Joint Conference to present the prepared Morbidity study and round tables for discussions to promote the Handbook for healthy life was organized in Bailesti on 11-13 July 2022;
- An experience exchange visit in order to increase the awareness degree of the population regarding the prophylaxis activities was organized in Berkovitsa on 3rd of August 2022;
- An experience exchange visit in order to increase the awareness degree of the population regarding the prophylaxis activities was organized in Bailesti on 27-28 July 2022;
- Equipping the Municipal Hospital of Berkovitsa with the following equipment: mobile cardiology center, digital X-ray system, patient monitors, ultrasound system for general and abdomen examination, neonate transport incubator, autoclave, transport respirator and ultrasound nebulizer;
- Equipping the Municipal Hospital of Bailesti with the following equipment: fixed radiology equipment, the mobile radiology equipment, laparoscopic kit + accessories, anesthesia machine, surgical table, mechanical ventilation machine, fiber optic bronchoscopy, LED light lamp operating room and fetal morphology ultrasound;
- Achieving a level 5 (strongly appropriate) of coordination of the public institutions in the eligible area, after the implementation of the project.
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BC-TENT (ROBG-383)
“Better connected secondary and tertiary nodes to TEN-T core and comprehensive network through joint CBC measures”
What’s the goal?
The project main objective is to improve traffic conditions, safety and conductivity between secondary and tertiary nodes and core TEN-T infrastructure in the cross border area through the modernization of 5.087 km of local and regional roads of cross-border importance.
What’s the budget?
4,769,687.25 euro, out of which 4,054,234.14 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Veliko Tarnovo Municipality (Bulgaria)
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Territorial Administrative Unit Calafat Municipality (Romania)
Beneficiary 3 (B3): Future Today Association (Bulgaria)
When is it happening?
Start date: 10.12.2019
End date: 31.12.2023
Duration: 48 months and 22 days
Where is it happening?
Vidin, Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria
Calafat, Dolj County in Romania
How is it going to happen?
- Modernization of 5.087 km of local and regional roads of cross-border importance, which directly connect the secondary and tertiary nodes on both sides of the Danube to the basic TEN-T infrastructure;
- Coordinating the mechanisms for overcoming the new common challenges arising from the operation of the core TEN-T infrastructure on Pan European corridors 4, 8 and 9;
- Organizing awareness-raising activities with the support of NGOs for the safety of citizens in places where the heavy burden of road traffic meets the local population.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs:
- 5.087 km of reconstructed or modernized roads;
- 3 common mechanisms to facilitate the connection of secondary / tertiary nodes to the TEN-T infrastructure, namely: Elaboration of a traffic safety measures report, applying route guidance and implementation of an awareness raising campaign of safety.
Programme results:
- 85,854 cross-border population served by modernized infrastructure leading to TEN-T.
Project status
Current Project Status:
The implementation period of the project ended on 31.12.2023, but because of the delays registered at the investment activity of LB, the project was included on the list of non-functional projects. The new completion date of the project is 31.12.2024.
The investment objective of LB is divided in 3 sub-sites. The opening of sub-site no. 1is expected to take place on 16th of September 2024, while the construction works are foreseen to be finalized on 20th of December 2024. The construction works for sub-sites no. 2 regarding the street network and no. 3 with the 2 bridges are almost completed. Following the modernization of 1.4 km of road in Veliko Tarnovo, LB reported a number of 76,811 persons served by the modernized infrastructure for the Result indicator.
B2 finalized the construction works on his behalf and reported as achieved 0.51 km of modernized roads in Calafat. The reception at the end of the construction works on behalf of B2 took place on 21st of September 2023. In addition, B2 reported a value of 16,809 people served by the modernized Jiului Street for the Result indicator.
B3 finalized the implementation of 2 joint mechanisms to facilitate the connection of secondary/tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure, namely the awareness raising campaign on safety and the traffic safety measures mechanism. The report on traffic safety measures can be found at the following links:
1.https://www.vidin.tv/?p=13223
2.https://lachezara-tv.eu/bg/2023/06/01/
On 26.08.2024, respectively 29.08.2024, B3 organized 2 informative events entitled “Project ROBG-383 Horizons: A Journey Through Aims to Accomplishments” in Ruzhintsi and Veliko Tarnovo.
