ROMANIA Reimbursable Advisory Services Agreement on the Cluj-Napoca City Urban Development Program (P172384) COMPONENT 1. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLUJ-NAPOCA IUDS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Output 1. Report on strategic planning, capital investment planning and management Chapter 8. Strategic context March 2021 DISCLAIMER This report is a product of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/the World Bank. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. This report does not necessarily represent the position of the European Union or the Romanian Government. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT The material in this publication is copyrighted. Copying and/or transmitting portions of this work without permission may be a violation of applicable laws. 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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report has been delivered under the provisions of the Reimbursable Advisory Services Agreement on the Cluj-Napoca City Urban Development Program and has been prepared under the guidance and supervision of Christoph Pusch (Practice Manager, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience for Europe and Central Asia) and Tatiana Proskuryakova (Country Manager, Romania and Hungary). The report has been prepared by a team under the coordination of Dean Cira (Lead Urban Specialist) and composed of Marius Cristea (Lead Urban Development Expert), Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu (Senior Urban Development Specialist), Oana Franț (Operations Specialist), Bianca Butacu (Operations Specialist), and George Moldovan (Information Assistant). Daniel David (Rector of Babeș -Bolyai University), Călin Hințea (Dean of College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș -Bolyai University), Horacio Terraza (Lead Urban Specialist), Gayatri Singh (Senior Urban Development Specialist), Sanjay Agarwal (Senior Social Development Specialist), Abdoulaye Gadiere (Senior Environmental Specialist), and Chifundo Chilera (Social Development Specialist), have served as peer reviewers of this work. The team would like to express its gratitude for the excellent cooperation, guidance, and timely feedback provided by the representatives of the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, especially Emil Boc (Mayor of Cluj-Napoca), Ovidiu Cîmpean (Director for Local Development and Project Management, Cluj-Napoca City Hall), Oana Buzatu (Director of Communications, Cluj-Napoca City Hall), Dalila Ciuclan (Adviser, Cluj-Napoca City Hall and the Cluj Center for Civic Innovation and Imagination), and the multitude of local and regional stakeholders that have contributed to the elaboration of this work. 1 CONTENTS 8. EUROPEAN, NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND COUNTY STRATEGIC CONTEXT ........................... 1 8.1. European strategic context .............................................................................................. 1 8.1.1. EU Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 ............................................................................ 1 8.1.2. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (sept. 2015) ......................................... 2 8.1.3. Urban Agenda for the EU (Amsterdam Pact, 2016)................................................. 3 8.1.4. New Urban Agenda (2016) ................................................................................. 5 8.1.5. European Urban Initiative (2021-2027) ................................................................ 6 8.1.6. URBACT program 2021-2027 .............................................................................. 7 8.2. National strategic context ................................................................................................ 7 8.2.1. Romania Urban Policy........................................................................................ 7 8.2.2. Romania's Territorial Development Strategy Polycentric Romania 2035. Territorial cohesion and competitiveness, development and equal opportunities for people ............... 8 8.2.3. Partnership Agreement and the Operational Programmes for the programming period 2021-2027 ...............................................................................................................10 8.2.4. Other national strategic documents....................................................................16 8.3. Regional strategic context ...............................................................................................17 8.3.1. North-West Regional Development Plan 2021-2027 (June 2020 draft) .....................17 8.3.2. Smart Specialization Strategy for the North-West Region (RIS 3) .............................18 8.4. County, Metropolitan and Local Strategic Context ..............................................................18 8.4.1. County Land Improvement Plan and Cluj County Spatial Development Strategy for the period 2020-2030 .....................................................................................................18 8.5. Table on the correlation between the investment priorities of IUDS Cluj-Napoca 2021-2030 and the objectives of the main policy documents at EU, national and county level ..............................20 2 8. EUROPEAN, NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND COUNTY STRATEGIC CONTEXT 8.1. European strategic context 8.1.1. EU Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 With three major priorities being established in the European Union cohesion policy for 2014 - 2020: smart growth, sustainable growth and inclusive growth, as well as 11 thematic objectives, for 2021-2027 five policy objectives are proposed: • A smarter Europe – innovative and smart economic transformation; • A greener Europe – low-carbon; • A more connected Europe – mobility and regional ICT connectivity; • A more social Europe – implementing the European pillar of social rights; • A Europe closer to citizens – sustainable and integrated development of urban, rural and coastal areas through local initiatives. Additionally, two horizontal issues are also being considered: Administrative capacity building and Cooperation outside the program area. In 2018 the European Commission published the proposal regarding the EU Cohesion policy legislative package (CP) 2021-2027. This package includes: • Regulation on the common provisions (CPR) - COM (2018) 375 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and establishing financial rules for such funds and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument; • Regulation on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and on the Cohesion Fund (CF) - COM (2018) 372 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund; • Regulation on territorial cooperation - COM (2018) 374 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by the European Regional Development Fund and external financing instruments; • Regulation on cross-border cooperation mechanism - COM (2018) 373 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context; • Regulation on the European Solidarity Corps - COM (2018) 440 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Solidarity Corps program and repealing the Regulation on the European Solidarity Corps and Regulation (EU) No 375/2014; 1 • Regulation on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) - COM (2018) 382 final Proposal for REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+); • Regulation on the CAP Strategic Plans - COM (2018) 392 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and No 1307/2013; • Regulation on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) - COM (2018) 390 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014; • Regulation on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) - COM (2018) 380 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF); • Regulation on Reform Support - COM (2018) 391 final Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the establishment of the Reform Support Programme. The Regulation on common provisions delivers a unique set of rules for 7 EU funds implemented in shared management, namely: European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund, European Social Fund Plus, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), Asylum and Migration Fund (AMIF), Internal Security Fund (ISF), and Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI). By reference to the current programming period, the CPR no longer covers the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). 8.1.2. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (sept. 2015) 2030 Agenda is an innovative plan, the first international agreement to recognise sustainable urban development as a fundamental precondition for the prosperity of cities. This agreement comprises 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 targets envisaged to be achieved by 2030: 1. No poverty – End poverty in all its forms everywhere. 2. Zero hunger – End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. 3. Health and well-being – Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. 4. Quality education – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. 5. Gender equality – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. 6. Clean water and sanitation – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. 7. Clean and affordable energy – Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. 8. Decent work and economic growth – Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. 2 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure – Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation. 10. Reduced inequalities – Reduce inequality within and among countries. 11. Sustainable cities and communities – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. 12. Responsible consumption and production – Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. 13. Climate action – Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. 14. Aquatic life – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. 15. Earth life – Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. 16. Peace, justice and efficient institutions – Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. 17. Partnerships to achieve goals - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development. 2030 Agenda for sustainable development is structured around the three pillars defined in the Brundtland Commission Report: 1. Social equity – whereby developing nations must be able to meet their basic needs in terms of employment, food, energy, water and sanitation; 2. Economic growth – at the level of developing nations, to approach the quality of life in the developed countries; 3. Environment – with the need to preserve and improve the resource base available by gradually changing the way technologies should be developed and used. 8.1.3. Urban Agenda for the EU (Amsterdam Pact, 2016) The main objectives of the Urban Agenda , as laid down in the Pact of Amsterdam, are: • it aims to realise the full potential and contribution of Urban Areas towards achieving the objectives of the Union and related national priorities in full respect of subsidiarity and proportionality principles and competences. • it strives to establish a more effective integrated and coordinated approach to EU policies and legislation with a potential impact on Urban Areas and also to contribute to territorial cohesion by reducing the socio-economic gaps observed in urban areas and regions. • it strives to involve Urban Authorities in the design of policies, to mobilise Urban Authorities for the implementation of EU policies, and to strengthen the urban dimension in these policies. By identifying and striving to overcome unnecessary obstacles in EU policy, it aims to enable Urban Authorities to work in a more systematic and coherent way towards achieving overarching goals. Moreover, it will help make EU policy more urban-friendly, effective and efficient. • it will not create new EU funding sources, unnecessary administrative burden, nor affect the current distribution of legal competences and existing working and decision-making structures and will not transfer competences to the EU level. 3 The Urban Agenda for the EU focuses specifically on three pillars of EU policy making and implementation : 1. Better regulation • It focuses on a more effective and coherent implementation of existing EU policies, legislation and instruments. EU legislation should be designed so that it achieves the objectives at minimum cost without imposing unnecessary legislative burdens • It will not initiate new regulation, but will be regarded as an informal contribution to the design of future and revision of existing EU regulation, in order for it to better reflect urban needs, practices and responsibilities. It recognises the need to avoid potential bottlenecks and minimise administrative burdens for Urban Authorities. 2. Better funding • It will contribute to identifying, supporting, integrating, and improving traditional, innovative and user-friendly sources of funding for Urban Areas at the relevant institutional level, including from European structural and investment funds (ESIF) (in accordance with the legal and institutional structures already in place) in view of achieving effective implementation of interventions in Urban Areas. • It will not create new or increased EU funding aimed at higher allocations for Urban Authorities. However, it will draw from and convey lessons learned on how to improve funding opportunities for Urban Authorities across all EU policies and instruments, including Cohesion Policy 3. Better knowledge • It will contribute to enhancing the knowledge base on urban issues and exchange of best practices and knowledge. Reliable data is important for portraying the diversity of structures and tasks of Urban Authorities, for evidence-based urban policy making, as well as for providing tailor-made solutions to major challenges. • Knowledge on how Urban Areas evolve is fragmented and successful experiences can be better exploited. Initiatives taken in this context will be in accordance with the relevant EU legislation on data protection, the reuse of public sector information and the promotion of big, linked and open data Under the Urban Agenda for the EU were identified the following thematic partnerships, each one drawing up action plans aimed at improving legislation, funding instruments and sharing knowledge through various actions, to contribute to the Union's long-term objectives of sustainable growth and social, economic and territorial cohesion. 1. Air quality 2. Housing 3. Inclusion of migrants and refugees 4. Urban poverty 5. Jobs and skills in the local economy 6. Circular economy 7. Digital transition 8. Urban mobility 9. Climate adaptation 10. Energy transition 11. Public procurement 12. Sustainable use of land 4 13. Safe public spaces 14. Culture / Cultural heritage 8.1.4. New Urban Agenda (2016) The New Agenda was adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. This document takes into account the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), setting out how cities should be planned and managed to best promote sustainable urbanisation. The Agenda represents a shared vision for a better and more sustainable future, one in which people have equal rights and access to the benefits and opportunities the cities can provide and in which the international community reconsiders urban systems and the physical shape of urban spaces to achieve this objective. The Agenda presents a paradigm shift based on the science of cities; it lays down standards and principles for planning, building, developing, managing and improving Urban Areas around the five main pillars of implementation: • National urban policies • Urban legislation and regulation • Urban planning and design • Local economy and municipal funding • Local implementation The New Urban Agenda incorporates a new recognition of the correlation between a between good urbanisation and a good development. As such, it highlights the links between good urbanisation and job creation, living opportunities and an improved quality of life, which should be included in every urban policy and strategy. The interlinked principles underlying the Agenda are: • Leave no one behind, by ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including the eradication of extreme poverty, by ensuring equal rights and opportunities, socioeconomic and cultural diversity, and integration in the urban space, by enhancing liveability, education, food security and nutrition, health and well-being, including by ending the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, by promoting safety and eliminating discrimination and all forms of violence, by ensuring public participation providing safe and equal access for all, and by providing equal access for all to physical and social infrastructure and basic services, as well as adequate and affordable housing. • Ensure sustainable and inclusive urban economies by leveraging the agglomeration benefits of well-planned urbanization, including high productivity, competitiveness and innovation, by promoting full and productive employment and decent work for all, by ensuring the creation of decent jobs and equal access for all to economic and productive resources and opportunities and by preventing land speculation, promoting secure land tenure and managing urban shrinking, where appropriate • Ensure environmental sustainability by promoting clean energy and sustainable use of land and resources in urban development, by protecting ecosystems and biodiversity, including adopting healthy lifestyles in harmony with nature, by promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns, by building urban resilience, by reducing disaster risks and by mitigating and adapting to climate change. 5 8.1.5. European Urban Initiative (2021-2027) This Initiative is a new tool that provides coherent support for cities, aiming to strengthen integrated and participatory approaches to sustainable urban development and provide a stronger link to relevant EU policies and cohesion policy investments. The Urban Initiative consists of the following three lines of actions related to sustainable urban development: a) support for capacity-development • To improve capacities of cities in the design of sustainable urban policies and practices in an integrated and participative way • To improve the design and implementation of sustainable urban strategies and action plans in cities o Cooperation networks of cities (action planning, implementation, transfer) o dedicated support to cities through thematic and country specific seminars/workshops o deployment networks and investment on transferability of innovative solutions with participations Sustainable Urban Development cities and MAs o Peer-to-peer exchange o E-learning solutions and active learning solutions o Pilot initiatives on governance o Methodological support for capacity building networks o Targeted support by experts (pool of experts) deployed through the networks o Benchmarking for integrated development b) support for innovative actions • develop transferable and scalable innovative solutions to urban challenges o Experimentation: investment projects as proof of concept o Capitalization: populating of registry of conditions for successful scale up and transfer UIA projects o Adaptation: confronting and combining evidence from other EU programs and initiatives c) support for knowledge, policy development and communication • To develop knowledge base in support of better policy design, implementation and urban mainstreaming • To ensure easier access to thematic knowledge and share know-how on sustainable urban development o urban data mining and classification o screening of Impact assessment and evaluation studies o urban research coordination and streamlining o information and knowledge sharing o National EUI contact points o communication and information dissemination at EUI level o Ensuring link between innovation, capacity building and policy development o Secretariat of the UAEU and intergovernmental work (if requested by Member States) This Initiative may support intergovernmental cooperation on urban issues, at the request of one or several Member States, 6 8.1.6. URBACT program 2021-2027 URBACT is a dedicated program for interregional urban cooperation , the only European territorial cooperation program that works exclusively for cities on integrated participative urban development. It will continue to target all cities in Europe working closely with their practitioners, decision makers and local stakeholders. Two complementary objectives are proposed. These are based on the mutually reinforcing program elements of capacity building, exchange and learning and knowledge capture. 1. To strengthen capacities of cities in Europe on integrated & participatory urban development • identify the changing support needs of cities against the background of change affecting urban areas across Europe? • complete its successful long term networks by short term collaborative activities • provide a more flexible capacity-building offer to meet cities’ needs • scale up its successful capacity-building activities and achieve wider reach across Europe • target specific support to cities with less capacity • diversify its offer to meet the needs of specific urban stakeholders • strengthen complementarities between capacity building work being undertaken at the EU and national levels 2. To bring knowledge and know-how from the ground to support cities and help inform the UAEU and any future multilevel urban policy platform • better mesh urban knowledge & know-how coming from cities involved in URBACT with policy driven demands • capture and transfer knowledge more flexibly in response to pressing urban challenges and debates at the EU level • support the forthcoming UAEU and, more generally, multilevel work on urban topics • Identify the most effective tools, current and future, in providing an EU wide knowledge platform for cities 8.2. National strategic context 8.2.1. Romania Urban Policy Vision: The urban areas in Romania are resilient, green, productive, competitive and inclusive, providing their residents with a high quality of life as well as economic opportunities. Local administrations are proactive, interactive, accessible and financially sustainable. They put the citizens first, by partnership and collaboration, to co-generate smart and innovative solutions to their main challenges. The Urban Policy identify a wide range of 24 policy objectives circumscribed to the 4 objectives in the Leipzig Charter: I. Green and resilient cities 1.1. Reduced urban hazards 1.2. Seismic resilience 1.3. Solid waste management according to EU directives 1.4. Reduced air pollution 1.5. Energy neutrality 7 1.6. Efficient mobility II. Competitive and productive cities: 2.1. Make available well-positioned land and buildings 2.2. Proper infrastructure 2.3. Skilled labor force 2.4. Quality of living spaces 2.5. Support innovation and start-ups 2.6. Promote strong partnerships III. Fair and inclusive cities: 3.1. Accessible services 3.2. Accessible housing 3.3. Proactively attract new residents 3.4. Ensure access to justice 3.5. Promote the role of the Community organizations and active citizenship 3.6. Overcome digital divide IV. Good governance: 4.1. Adequacy of administrative capacity 4.2. Operational efficiency 4.3. Promote participatory governance 4.4. Ensure financial stability 4.5. Strengthen vertical and horizontal integration 4.6. Digitization of administration Among the 24 objectives, the following 5 have emerged as a priority and as crucial directions for the Urban Policy, on account of their multiplier effect, their ability to generate multiple co-benefits, and their simultaneous contribution to several objectives: 1. Spatial sustainability 2. Ensure liveable and climate-smart cities by strengthening the green-blue infrastructure with the role of limiting and adapting to urban hazards 3. Strengthen economic activity by ensuring quality housing environments, improving employment opportunities and providing well-served business locations 4. Improve living conditions by expanding access to housing and public services 5. Increase administrative capacity and promote cooperation between jurisdictions and sectors 8.2.2. Romania's Territorial Development Strategy Polycentric Romania 2035. Territorial cohesion and competitiveness, development and equal opportunities for people The TDS establishes the strategic framework for substantiating Romania’s long -term territorial development, as required to support and guide the territorial development process at national level, to capitalize on the opportunities and the level of development for each territory. The Polycentric 8 Romania scenario follows, by reference to 2035, the development of the national territory at the level of nuclei of concentration of human, material, technological and capital resources (large/medium cities) and the efficient connection of these development areas with the European territories. 5 general objectives as well as related specific objectives were identified within the Strategy. 1. Ensure a functional integration of the national territory into the European space, by supporting the efficient interconnection of networks for energy, transport and broadband • Develop an efficient and diversified transport network capable of managing the flows of people and goods generated by economic exchanges between the national territory and the markets within Europe; • Develop and extend the port and airport infrastructures, as well as their connection with the national urban centers in order to strengthen Romania's position as a regional logistics hub; • Consolidate the transport energy transport infrastructure and connect it to the pan- European projects with regional and national impact. 2. Increase the quality of life by developing the technical and municipal infrastructure and the public services to ensure quality, attractive and inclusive urban and rural spaces • Ensure a complete equipment with public utility infrastructure of urban and rural localities; • Ensure increased accessibility in the territory and efficient connectivity between the big cities and the functional urban area; • Increase attractiveness of urban and rural spaces by improving the residential functions, developing quality public spaces and transport services adapted to the local needs and specifics; • Provide quality social services by ensuring a diversification of these services in the territory and by improving the access of the population. 3. Develop a network of competitive and cohesive localities by supporting the territorial specialization and creating urban functional areas • Develop specialized and smart urban centers to act as international poles and connect them efficiently to the EU urban network; • Encourage the development of the functional urban areas surrounding the cities with a polarizing role in the territory; • Strengthen the role of rural localities with polarizing potential to ensure increased accessibility of rural population to general services; • Support the development of the urban systems and the development axis in the territory, by ensuring territorially integrated interventions. 4. Protect the natural and built heritage and capitalize on the territorial identity elements • Protect the heritage and promote natural capital regeneration measures; • Protect and rehabilitate the built heritage to preserve national identity and increase the attractiveness of cultural spaces with great tourist potential: • Reduce the vulnerability of the areas subject to natural hazards; 9 • Ensure a balance in the development of the rural and urban environment, by protecting the agricultural land resources and limiting the expansion of the built-up area of localities. 5. Increase the institutional capacity to manage territorial development processes • Strengthen the capacity of multi-level governance structures and diversify the forms of cooperation between the public administration structures; • Strengthen the spatial planning tools and the institutions managing and planning the territory land development (or land improvement) processes); • Strengthen the capacity for cross-border and transnational cooperation and planning. Measures, actions and examples of projects for the urban areas, rural areas, mountain areas, cross- border areas and coastal area have also been defined. TDS institutes the following planning guidelines: • Encourage concentration of housing within the built-up areas of localities and limit urban development in areas that have not been equipped with technical and municipal infrastructure; • Encourage concentration of industrial activities in technology parks outside localities and limit their location within the built-up areas of localities; • Encourage construction in industrial areas already in use (brownfields) and forbid construction in green areas; • Encourage sustainable living in the historical centers of localities - cities; • Develop complementarity between urban and rural areas; • Encourage development using green energy and forbid construction of buildings operating on fossil fuels exclusively; • Take the necessary measures to reduce the negative effects of natural and industrial risks; • Encourage sustainable transport and the obligation to draft mobility plans; • Encourage quality planning and design and limit derogation from the urban and territorial development plans in force; • Encourage the involvement of citizens and communities in the elaboration of development strategies and the obligation to have public consultations on each of their stages. 8.2.3. Partnership Agreement and the Operational Programmes for the programming period 2021-2027 For the period 2021-2027 Romania proposes the following architecture of the operational for the implementation of the cohesion policy at national level, which (as of December 2020) are being negotiated with the European Commission: 1. Operational Programme “Sustainable Development” (OPSD) 2. Operational Programme “Transport” (OPT) 3. Operational Programme “Smart Growth, Digitisation and Financial Instruments” (OPSGDFI) 4. Operational Programme “Health” (OPH) 5. Operational Programme “Inclusion and Social Dignity” (OPISD) 6. Operational Programme “Education and Employment” (OPEE) 7. Regional Operational Programmes – implemented at the regional level (8 ROP) 8. Operational Programme “Technical Assistance” (OPTA) 10 The link between the national proposals and the five policy objectives of the Cohesion Policy established at EU level for 2021-2027 is detailed in the table below: Industry Specific objective National/regional investment priorities PO 1 – A smarter Europe Integrate the national RDI ecosystem in the European Research Develop research and Area innovation capacities and Create an attractive innovation system in industry for all types Research and adopt advanced of innovation (product, process, organizational and marketing) innovation technologies Support creation of new innovative companies and increase their survival rate Strengthen RDI in the health industry Increase the degree of digitization of public services for the Harness the benefits of Romanian society digitization for the benefit Digitization Digitization to increase safety and to improve the mobility and of citizens, companies transport services and governments IT and digitization solutions in health Facilitate access to funding for the SMEs, including by encouraging initial and early funding of start-up with high Boost growth and innovative potential Competitiveness competitiveness of SMEs Strengthen the competitiveness of Romanian economy Support creation of new companies and increase their survival rate Develop professional skills appropriate to the requirements of Smart Develop skills for smart the business environment in the context of a knowledge-based specialization, specialization, industrial economy industrial transition, and Support the administrative capacity of the structures within the transition, and entrepreneurship integrated regional and national mechanism of entrepreneurial entrepreneurship discovery PO 2 – A greener Europe Renovate public and residential buildings to improve energy efficiency Support measures for energy intensive industries to improve Promote energy their energy performance efficiency and reduce Improve energy performance in the energy intensive industries greenhouse gas emissions Support measures for ESCOs Improve energy efficiency in the field of district heating, and promote renewable energy for district heating and cooling Build the capacity of MA, project developers and the authorities Increase the share of renewable energy in the energy Energy consumption of buildings Promote renewable Measures to increase the adequacy of the national electricity energy network to increase the integration capacity for the renewable energy, variable in nature Smart equipment and systems to ensure the quality of electricity Implement digital solutions for fault isolation and energy Develop smart energy replenishment systems, networks and Digitize transformer stations and remote network control storage outside the TEN-E solutions - integrating stations in SCADA Increase the capacity available for cross-border trade Flood management Climate change, Promote adaptation to Reduce the impact of the manifesting drought and storms on the risks, water climate change, risk people, property and environment. 11 Industry Specific objective National/regional investment priorities prevention and disaster Measures for the risk management systems, including an resilience increased resilience at national level and a continuous adaptation to the operational reality. Measures to limit the negative effects of coastal erosion. Carry on with integrated actions for the development of water and wastewater systems, including by the additional consolidation and expansion of regional operators. Financing actions to strengthen the economic regulatory Promote sustainable capacity of the water and wastewater sector so as to make the water management. implementation of investment plans for compliance more efficient Continued investment in the management of the sludge from the wastewater treatment/drinking water treatment Expand waste management schemes at the county level, while improving the integrated waste management systems in place, to increase reuse and recycling, to prevent waste generation and diversion from landfills, in line with the needs identified in the NWMPs [Translator’s Note: National Waste Management Programmes] and CWMPs [TN: County Waste Management Promote the transition to Circular economy Programmes]. a circular economy Additional individual investments for the closure of landfills. Investments in strengthening the capacity of stakeholders, whether public or private, to support the transition to the circular economy and to promote circular economy actions/measures, including public awareness, waste prevention, separate collection and recycling. Investments in the Natura 2000 Network – Elaboration, review and implementation of management plans, measures to Improve the protection of maintain and restore the Natura 2000 sites for species and nature and biodiversity, habitats, as well as degraded ecosystems and services provided, of the green located outside the protected natural areas. Actions to complete Biodiversity infrastructure, especially the level of knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystems and in the urban conduct of scientific studies environment, and reduce Measures for the implementation of the green structure pollution Strengthen the administrative capacity of the authorities and entities managing the Natura 2000 network and other protected natural areas Equip the National Network for Monitoring Air Quality with new equipment so as to further comply with the requirements for data quality assurance and control and for the reporting by RO to the EC and procure the equipment for measuring the pollutants in ambient air, subject to the provisions of Directive Improve the protection of 2008/50/EC. nature and biodiversity, Implement measures aiming to increase air quality: of the green • measures for the improvement or replacement of Air infrastructure, especially individual (domestic) heating installations for urban in the urban dwellings/households with more efficient installations; environment, and reduce • fund heating systems for climate change mitigation pollution purposes, at economic agents as well as the centralized heat supply systems, at public authorities and/or other public entities (hospitals, educational units, etc.) or individual dwelling/household heating installations using natural gas. Contaminated Improve the protection of Remedies for contaminated sites, including restoration of sites nature and biodiversity, ecosystems 12 Industry Specific objective National/regional investment priorities of the green Regenerate degraded and abandoned urban spaces, functional infrastructure, especially reconversion of degraded/unused/abandoned vacant lands and in the urban have them reinserted in the social/economic circuit or as a land environment, and reduce reserve for future investments in cities, in order to create the pollution necessary conditions for sustainable urban development. Sustainable national, Develop regional and local rail and metro transport networks regional and local and access to central and global TEN-T transport, including mobility, resilient to combined solutions. climate change, smart Urban mobility and intermodal, including Reduce carbon emissions in county seat municipalities and in improved access to TEN-T municipalities and their functional area, by investments relying and improved cross- on sustainable urban mobility plans. border mobility PO 3 – A more connected Europe Develop the central and global TEN-T road transport networks Develop the central and global TEN-T rail transport networks Improve the short- and long-distance rail transport services by increasing transport capacity and reform measures Improve safety and security for all means of transport and implement the adopted strategy on road safety to reduce the death rate from road accident and to decrease their impact on the environment Investments in the port infrastructure and superstructure across Develop a TEN-T network the central and global TEN-T network, including access to ports, that is sustainable, multimodal investment in ports and for the improvement of resilient to climate cross-border connectivity change, smart, secure Investments in the development of intermodal terminals, and intermodal including in access and equipment Invest in modernizing cross-border crossing points across the Connectivity central and global TEN-T network and create new additional transport connections across the Danube, including measures to improve transit times, to include new services and operational procedures. Technical assistance to the main beneficiaries in the transport industry, in particular The National Railway Company and the National Road Infrastructure Management Company, other transport authorities, and the Ministry of Transport. Develop a sustainable Develop national road networks for access to central and global national, regional and transport TEN-T local mobility, resilient to climate change, smart and intermodal, including Develop rail networks for access to central and global transport improved access to TEN-T TEN-T and improved cross- border mobility Develop Broadband infrastructure - Investments in a very high improve digital capacity broadband network infrastructure, according to the Broadband connectivity results in the “National or regional broadband plan” (favorable condition) PO 4 – A more social Europe Improved access to the Develop the mechanism for multidisciplinary integration of labor market for all job employment, education, social services and health policies by Employment seekers, especially young harmonizing the legal framework among the services provided people, the long-term to the work force by the four industries 13 Industry Specific objective National/regional investment priorities unemployed, and New approaches to providing integrated employment services disadvantaged groups in tailored to the needs of the disadvantaged groups in the labor the labor market, inactive market (inactive people, people with disabilities, the long-term people, by promoting unemployed, people returning to the country, migrants, etc.), by self-employment and the personalized and tailored service packages. social economy Capitalize on the economic potential of young people (including NEETs) Provide the required labor force in the areas with deficits Promote entrepreneurship, support entrepreneurial initiatives and the social economy Facilitate access to employment for the disadvantaged people Modernize the labor market institutions and services so as to assess and anticipate the Develop a coherent and sustainable mechanism for aggregating required skills and to and integrating the information provided by various tools used provide personalized for anticipation purposes, and for using the results to meet the assistance in real time, skills needed in the labor market. aiming to ensure the mediation/placement (matching), transition and labor mobility. Promote a gender- Develop a coherent and sustainable mechanism for aggregating balanced participation in and integrating the information provided by various tools used the labor market and for anticipation purposes, and for using the results to meet the ensure a work-life skills needed in the labor market. balance Promote adaptation to change for workers, businesses and Create a healthy, safe, accessible and friendly work environment entrepreneurs, active and for employees, especially for those with special needs (from healthy aging, and a target group) healthy and adapted work environment that reduces health risks Improve the quality, Adapt the training programs in education and specialized effectiveness and training to market requirements, into key and digital skills relevance of the Increase the quality, effectiveness and relevance of the education and training education offer and services (at all levels) system for the labor A correlation between the needs of pupils and students, market to support the counselling, support, accompanying services acquisition of key skills, Improve teacher training to increase the quality and including digital ones effectiveness of the educational process Promotion of equal Increased access to quality and inclusive education and training. access to quality and (Initial and continuous) teacher training for an inclusive Education inclusive education and education training, the completion Draw up and provide support services to prevent and combat of studies and graduation, school dropout and early school leaving especially for the disadvantaged groups, starting with the education and care of Increased access to quality education (at all levels) and training preschool children, for the disabled people continuing with the general and vocational 14 Industry Specific objective National/regional investment priorities education and training and up to tertiary education Promote lifelong learning Increase participation in the continuous professional training and, in particular, flexible (education system) opportunities for Support transitions in education and the labor market, in the professional context of participation in lifelong training. development and Consolidate the participation of the public in lifelong learning retraining for all in terms and professional reconversion to facilitate transitions and of digital skills mobility on the labor market Promote the socio-economic integration of 700 marginalized communities, including Roma, by implementing integrated Promote the socio- measures economic integration of Improve the living conditions, including by providing social third-country nationals housing, setting up night shelters and emergency centers for and marginalized categories of marginalized people: Roma, homeless people, communities such as the poor single-parent families, victims of human trafficking or Roma domestic violence Socio-economic integration of the migrants Improve the equal and Measures to provide legal assistance for the mentally ill with or timely access to quality, without a legal guardian sustainable and Increase the integrated interventions for the social inclusion of accessible services; the homeless people modernize the social Prepare social service specialists protection systems, including promoting access to social protection; improve the Social inclusion Develop integrated services for children and teenagers with accessibility, effectiveness and autism disorders resilience of the healthcare systems and long-term care services Promote the social Improve access for all children to quality services integration of the people Social integration of specific groups facing exclusion facing poverty or social Encourage the active inclusion of older people by measures exclusion, including the designed to ensure active aging most disadvantaged people and children Support deinstitutionalization Reduce material deprivation by providing food and/or basic material assistance to the Approach material deprivation most disadvantaged people, including by accompanying measures. Improve the equal and Continue investing in regional/county hospitals and national timely access to quality, priority hospitals (as short-listed by the Ministry of Health), sustainable and based on prioritization criteria - Rehabilitation/Construction of accessible services; county hospitals and national priority hospitals and their Health modernize the social endowment with specialized equipment, and training and protection systems, development for human resources including promoting Increase access to quality healthcare services by supporting access to social measures aiming to prevent and control non-communicable protection; improve the diseases 15 Industry Specific objective National/regional investment priorities accessibility, Support the dedicated health programs such as mother and effectiveness and child programs, organ, tissue, and cell transplant programs, resilience of the mental health, rare diseases, prevention of dental problems healthcare systems and Increase access to primary healthcare at community level/Basic long-term care services healthcare in poor/marginalized/disadvantaged communities Develop and improve the emergency medical personnel training system. Provide qualified first aid and emergency healthcare Develop the home care services, long-term care and community services and infrastructure, especially for the older people and the disabled; support effective national active aging measures Increase access to quality healthcare services by supporting measures aimed at improving the capacities of diagnosis and surveillance of communicable diseases, their reporting, and the improvement of prevention and control measures. PO 5 – A Europe closer to citizens Promote integrated Investments in tourism – urban tourist resorts of national development in the interest Tourism, social, economic and Investments in cultural infrastructure heritage, culture, environmental fields, Investments in cultural heritage urban security cultural heritage and Investments for urban regeneration and the security of public security in urban areas. spaces Promote integrated Support for the ITI governance structures (Danube Delta and development in the local Valea Jiului) - support for the preparation and elaboration of social, economic, and territorial strategies environmental field, Support for the CLLD (ZUMs) governance structures – Integrated cultural heritage and preparation, management and animation territorial security, including in rural development and coastal areas and also by placing local Support for the IUDS – preparation, management and development under the animation responsibility of the community 8.2.4. Other national strategic documents To these a number of national sectoral strategic documents should be added, as presented in the table below: Sector Name of strategic document Magnet cities – Migration and commuting in Romania Metropolitan, urban and local Competitive cities - Remodeling the geographical economy of Romania development National Local Development Programme I and II Improved prioritization criteria for NLDP projects Romania’s National Strategy for Sustainable Development - 2013-2020- Sustainable development 2030 horizons Climate change National Strategy on Climate Change 2013-2020 (2023) National Waste Management Strategy 2014-2020 (2023) and National Environment protection Waste Management Plan National Strategy for Competitiveness 2014-2020 (2023) Economic development Romania’s National Export Strategy for the p eriod 2014-2020 (2023) Sectoral strategy in the field of culture and national heritage for the period Culture 2016-2022 Romania’s National Tourism Development Master Plan 2007 -2026 Tourism National Strategy for Ecotourism Development in Romania National Research, Technological Development and Innovation Strategy Research- innovation 2014-2020 (2023) 16 National strategy on social inclusion and poverty reduction 2015-2020 (2023) Strategy for Health 2014-2020 (2023) Strategy for Promoting Active Aging and the Protection of Elderly 2015- 2020 (2023) National Employment Strategy 2014-2020 (2023) Social inclusion and health The Romanian Government's Strategy for the Inclusion of Romanian Citizens Belonging to the Roma Minority for the period 2015-2020 (2023) National Strategy for the Protection and Promotion of Children's Rights 2014-2020 (2023) National Strategy “A society without barriers for people with disabilities” 2015-2020 (2023) Romania’s Education and Training Strategy for the period 2016-2020 (2023) National Strategy for Lifelong Learning National Strategy for Tertiary Education 2015-2020 (2023) Education, youth, sport Strategy for Modernizing Education Infrastructure 2017-2023 Strategy for Reducing Early School Leaving National Youth Policy Strategy for the period 2015-2020 (2023) National Strategy for Sports 2016 -2032 Strategy for Strengthening Public Administration 2014-2020 (2023) Governance Better Regulation Strategy 2014-2020 (2023) Energy Romania’s Energy Strategy 2016 -2030, including a 2050 perspective National Strategy for Romanian Digital Agenda (2023) Digitization National Infrastructure Development Plan – NGN (Next Generation Network) Romania’s General Transport Master Plan Transport Intermodal Transport Strategy in Romania 2020 (2023) Medium- and Long-term Agri-Food Development Strategy (2020-2030 Agriculture and rural horizon) development Multi-year National Strategic Plan for Aquaculture 8.3. Regional strategic context 8.3.1. North-West Regional Development Plan 2021-2027 (June 2020 draft) Regional priorities: • Priority 1 - A competitive region through innovation, digitization and dynamic enterprises • Priority 2 - A region with Smart cities • Priority 3 - A region with eco-friendly cities • Priority 4 - An accessible region • Priority 5 - An educated region • Priority 6 - An attractive region • Priority 7 – Technical assistance Specific objectives: • Develop research and innovation capacities and adopt advanced technologies • Boost growth and competitiveness of SMEs • Harness the benefits of digitization for the benefit of citizens, companies and governments • Promote energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. • Improve the protection of nature and biodiversity, of the green infrastructure, especially in the urban environment, and reduce pollution • Promote sustainable multimodal urban mobility • Develop a sustainable national, regional and local mobility, resilient to climate change, smart and intermodal, including improved access to TEN-T and improved cross-border mobility 17 • Improve access to quality and inclusive services in education, training and lifelong learning through infrastructure development • Favor integrated social, economic and environmental development at local level, and cultural heritage, tourism and security in urban areas • Favor integrated social, economic and environmental development at local level, and cultural heritage, tourism and security outside urban areas 8.3.2. Smart Specialization Strategy for the North-West Region (RIS 3) Vision: By 2034, the North-West Development Region shall become one of the most innovative regions in Central and Eastern Europe, capitalizing on the research-development-innovation activity to increase income, the number of jobs and the standard of living. Strategic objectives: • Alignment with European and global trends by adopting/creating and disseminating new technologies to transform economic activities, and a structural change of regional economy • Support development by innovation in the economic fields with a tradition in the region • Reduce the development gap compared to more developed regions, by adapting fast to the 4th industrial revolution (social and economic digitization) • Rational and efficient use of resources, according to circular economy principles • Innovative management of societal challenges The priority fields impacting regional economy are: • Agri-food • Cosmetics and nutritive supplements • Health • New materials • Advanced production technologies • ICT 8.4. County, Metropolitan and Local Strategic Context 8.4.1. County Land Improvement Plan and Cluj County Spatial Development Strategy for the period 2020-2030 Vision: By 2050, Cluj county will be the Romanian region with the best quality of life, as well as the most attractive destination for talent, entrepreneurs and investors from the territory delimited by the main capitals in Central and South-Eastern Europe: Budapest, Belgrade, Sofia, Bucharest and Kiev. With its smart economy based on an ecosystem that excels through learning, collaboration and openness, its cosmopolitan spirit and care for the well-being of each of its residents, this county will grow in harmony with the environment while encouraging civic pride. Strategic objectives and priorities: S.O.1: Ensure a smart economic growth based on talent, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, cooperation and openness to global markets and reach a GDP/capita comparable to the average one in the EU in terms of purchasing power equal. – 27 in 2030 • P.1.1. Attract new private investments and jobs in high-value-added sectors • P.1.2. Encourage and support entrepreneurship, especially among young people • P.1.3. Strengthen the competitive position of Cluj-based companies on the national and global markets, including by digitization 18 • P.1.4. Encourage horizontal and vertical cooperation of businesses and encourage associative structures • P.1.5. Develop applied research and promote technology transfer between the CDI and entrepreneurial sectors • P.1.6. Sustainable capitalization of county heritage to develop the tourism sector S.O.2: Reduce pollution, carbon emissions and the impact of climate change at county level so that by 2030 there is no exceeding of the maximum admissible pollutant thresholds. • P.2.1. Reduce air pollution and noise pollution • P.2.2. Reduction of pollution of water resources, conservation and sustainable use of same • P.2.3. Ensure an integrated waste management and promote the circular economy • P.2.4. Encourage production and consumption of renewable energy • P.2.5. Reduce pollution and soil degradation • P.2.6. Conservation of natural heritage, biodiversity and increasing planted areas • P.2.7. Improve the county's capacity to adapt and respond to the natural risks related to climate change and emergency situations O.S.3. Ensure the county’s connection to the major transport corridors as well as the global markets while promoting sustainable mobility on its territory to ensure direct access, within 3 hours, to any EU Member State, by 2030. • P.3.1. Ensure a fast connection between the county and the major transport corridors and the transport hubs in Europe • P.3.2. Increase people and goods mobility on the territory of the county, especially in the urban and metropolitan areas and the functional urban areas • P.3.3. Accessibility and increased safety in traffic • P.3.4. Ensure a connection between the county and the broadband infrastructure and services O.S.4. Ensure the access of people, including those from disadvantaged communities, to educational, medical, social, cultural-sporting, recreational and housing infrastructure, services and opportunities at standards similar to those in the EU-27, so that the share of the population living in marginalized urban and rural areas be decreased to a maximum of 1% of the total • P.4.1. Ensure sufficient, competent and flexible work force for the private and public sectors • P.4.2. Improve health and increase life expectancy of the population • P.4.3. Reduce the number of individuals belonging to vulnerable groups and/or living in disadvantaged/marginalized urban and rural communities • P.4.4. Ensure equal access to quality housing and related facilities • P.4.5. Develop and diversify creation and cultural consumption opportunities • P.4.6. Ensure financial and logistical support for the affirmation of grassroots and performance sports O.S.5. Support the consolidation of the magnet city role for the Cluj-Napoca Municipality and its metropolitan area, as well as the conurbations keeping the territorial balance and providing microregional services to other municipalities and cities in the county (including their functional urban areas) to reach an 80% urbanization by 2030 • P.5.1. Reduce congestion and emissions from motorized traffic in the urban areas, including functional metropolitan and urban areas • P.5.2. Increase accessibility to quality public spaces and green spaces in the urban areas, functional metropolitan/urban areas • P.5.3. Increase the energy performance of the built-up land in the urban areas 19 O.S.6. Increase the capacity of the local public administration to provide easily accessible, efficient and reliable public services, to plan and manage the development of local communities in a participatory and transparent manner and thus to attract at least EUR 3 billion in EU funding in the period 2021- 2030 • P.6.1. Strengthen the planning and analysis capacity across the local public administration of the county • P.6.2. Strengthen territorial cooperation, internal and external • P.6.3. Ensure a quality management for the local public administration, based on transparency, involvement and integrity • P.6.4. Strengthen the capacity of the local public administration to provide public services • P.6.5. Digitize the local public administration of the county and implement the “smart te rritory / city” concept The local strategic documents relied upon by IUDS are: • Digital Transformation Strategy for the Cluj-Napoca Municipality • Action plan regarding the social services managed and funded by the Cluj-Napoca Municipality for 2021 • Integrated Air Quality Plan for the Cluj-Napoca Agglomeration (2020-2024) • Action Plan to reduce noise levels in the Cluj-Napoca Municipality The elements of analysis and the draft projects in these documents were integrated in the IUDS content. 8.5. Table on the correlation between the investment priorities of IUDS Cluj- Napoca 2021-2030 and the objectives of the main policy documents at EU, national and county level1 Correlation with the Correlation with the Correlation with the Investment priority of IUDS EU Cohesion Policy objectives of the specific objectives of CLMP 2021-2030 objectives for 2021- Urban Policy of Cluj 2027 Romania O.S.3. Ensure the county’s connection to the major Investment priority 1.1: transport corridors as well as Improve the accessibility of the PO 1.4. Reduced air the global markets while Municipality and its pollution promoting sustainable Metropolitan Area to the major PO 3. A connected mobility on its territory to road, rail and air TEN-T Europe, with strategic ensure direct access, within transport network. transport and digital 3 hours, to any EU Member networks State, by 2030. O.S.5. Support the Investment priority 1.2: Traffic PO 1.4. Reduced air consolidation of the magnet decongestion/fluidization pollution city role for the Cluj-Napoca across the Municipality and its Municipality and its Metropolitan Area metropolitan area, as well as 1 The correlation of the IUDS priorities with those in the ROP Northwest and other operational programmes for the programming period 2021-2027, including PNRR, is detailed in the next chapter. 20 Correlation with the Correlation with the Correlation with the Investment priority of IUDS EU Cohesion Policy objectives of the specific objectives of CLMP 2021-2030 objectives for 2021- Urban Policy of Cluj 2027 Romania Investment priority 1.3: PO 2. A greener – no the conurbations keeping Encourage the use of clean carbon Europe, the territorial balance and PO 1.6. Efficient providing microregional public transport across the implementation of mobility services to other Municipality and its Paris Agreement and Metropolitan Area municipalities and cities in investments in the county (including their energy transition, functional urban areas) to Investment priority 1.4: renewable energy, reach an 80% urbanization Promote non-motorized trips in PO 1.6. Efficient by 2030 the Municipality and its and fighting against mobility Metropolitan Area climate change PO 2. A greener – no O.S.5. Support the carbon Europe, consolidation of the magnet implementation of city role for the Cluj-Napoca Paris Agreement and Municipality and its investments in metropolitan area, as well as PO 1.4. Reduced air Investment priority 1.5. energy transition, the conurbations keeping pollution Support multimodality across the territorial balance and renewable energy, PO 1.6. Efficient the Municipality and its providing microregional and fighting against mobility Metropolitan Area services to other climate change municipalities and cities in PO 3. A connected the county (including their Europe, with strategic functional urban areas) to transport and digital reach an 80% urbanization networks by 2030 PO 1. A smarter Investment priority 2.1: Europe, through Develop the capacity of PO 2.5. Support innovation, research-development- innovation and start- digitization, innovation and technological ups economic transfer in the public as well as PO 2.6. Promote transformation, and private sector to consolidate strong partnerships support of small and the metropolitan innovation medium-sized ecosystem O.S.1: Ensure a smart enterprises economic growth based on Investment priority 2.2: PO 2.1. Make talent, innovation, creativity, PO 1. A smarter Support the entrepreneurial available well- entrepreneurship, Europe, through ecosystem and the SMEs across positioned land and cooperation and openness innovation, the Municipality and its buildings to global markets and reach digitization, Metropolitan Area, especially PO 2.2. Proper a GDP/capita comparable to economic in the smart specialization infrastructure the average one in the EU in transformation, and fields, as established regionally, PO 2.5. Support terms of purchasing power support of small and to absorb new technologies, for innovation and start- equal. – 27 in 2030 medium-sized digitization and alignment to ups enterprises global trends PO 4. A more social PO 2.3. Skilled labor Investment priority 2.3. Europe, to achieve force Increase employment and PO 3.6. Overcome adaptability of the workforce to the European pillar of digital divide the realities of the future social rights and to economy support the quality of 21 Correlation with the Correlation with the Correlation with the Investment priority of IUDS EU Cohesion Policy objectives of the specific objectives of CLMP 2021-2030 objectives for 2021- Urban Policy of Cluj 2027 Romania jobs, education, skills, social inclusion, and equal access to the health system Investment priority 3.1: O.S.5. Support the PO 1.5. Energy Increase the energy consolidation of the magnet neutrality performance across the city role for the Cluj-Napoca PO 2. A greener – no collective housing complexes Municipality and its carbon Europe, Investment priority 3.2: metropolitan area, as well as implementation of PO 1.5. Energy Increase energy performance the conurbations keeping Paris Agreement and neutrality for public buildings and public the territorial balance and investments in lighting systems providing microregional energy transition, services to other renewable energy, PO 1.4. Reduced air municipalities and cities in Investment priority 3.3. Invest and fighting against pollution the county (including their in central heating system, climate change PO 1.5. Energy functional urban areas) to electricity and natural gas neutrality reach an 80% urbanization supply infrastructure by 2030 Investment priority 3.4: PO 2.2. Proper Promote a sustainable infrastructure development of water resources Investment priority 3.5: Conservation of natural PO 2.4. Quality living heritage, biodiversity, and PO 2. A greener – no spaces development of the green and carbon Europe, O.S.2: Reduce pollution, blue infrastructure implementation of carbon emissions and the Investment priority 3.6: Paris Agreement and PO 1.3. Solid waste impact of climate change at Support local and metropolitan investments in management county level so that by 2030 implementation of the energy transition, according to EU there is no exceeding of the integrated waste management renewable energy, directives maximum admissible system and circular economy and fighting against pollutant thresholds. Investment priority 3.7: Reduce climate change PO 1.4. Reduced air air pollution and noise pollution pollution Investment priority 3.8: Investments to increase PO 1.1. Reduced resilience to risks and climate urban hazards change, as well as the capacity of emergency response Investment priority 4.1: PO 4. A more social PO 3.1. Accessible O.S.4. Ensure the access of Develop quality educational Europe, to achieve services people, including those from infrastructure and services for the European pillar of PO 3.6. Overcome disadvantaged communities, pre-university education, social rights and to digital divide to educational, medical, university training, and lifelong support the quality of social, cultural-sporting, learning activities jobs, education, skills, recreational and housing 22 Correlation with the Correlation with the Correlation with the Investment priority of IUDS EU Cohesion Policy objectives of the specific objectives of CLMP 2021-2030 objectives for 2021- Urban Policy of Cluj 2027 Romania Investment priority 4.2: Invest social inclusion, and infrastructure, services and in the long-term healthcare and equal access to the opportunities at standards PO 3.1. Accessible care infrastructure and health system similar to those in the EU-27, services services, as well as in the so that the share of the prevention and early detection population living in of diseases marginalized urban and rural PO 3.1. Accessible areas be decreased to a services maximum of 1% of the total Investment priority 4.3: Carry PO 3.4. Ensure access out integrated socio-economic to justice interventions across the PO 3.5. Promote the marginalized communities and role of the develop a broad range of social Community and employment services for organizations and every person facing poverty active citizenship and exclusion PO 2.4. Quality living spaces Investment priority 4.4: PO 3.2. Accessible Implement an integrated housing housing policy across the PO 3.3. Proactively Municipality and its attract new residents Metropolitan Area PO 5. A Europe closer to citizens, by Investment priority 4.5: supporting the PO 3.1. Accessible Strengthen the infrastructure development services and the cultural and strategies run locally entertainment offer and the sustainable urban development in the EU PO 5. A Europe closer to citizens, by supporting the Investment priority 4.6. Invest PO 3.1. Accessible development in the grassroots and services strategies run locally performance sports and the sustainable urban development in the EU PO 5. A Europe closer to citizens, by supporting the PO 2.4. Quality living Investment priority 4.7. Invest development spaces in leisure and tourist facilities strategies run locally and the sustainable urban development in the EU 23 Correlation with the Correlation with the Correlation with the Investment priority of IUDS EU Cohesion Policy objectives of the specific objectives of CLMP 2021-2030 objectives for 2021- Urban Policy of Cluj 2027 Romania PO 4. A more social Europe, to achieve PO 2.3. Skilled labor the European pillar of force Investment priority 4.8. social rights and to PO 3.1. Accessible Support the youth sector and support the quality of services youth activities jobs, education, skills, PO 3.3. Proactively social inclusion, and attract new residents equal access to the health system PO 2. A greener – no carbon Europe, Investment priority 5.1: Urban implementation of regeneration of degraded or Paris Agreement and PO 2.4. Quality living abandoned public and private investments in spaces spaces and functional reconversion of vacant lands energy transition, for the community renewable energy, and fighting against O.S.5. Support the climate change consolidation of the magnet PO 5. A Europe closer city role for the Cluj-Napoca to citizens, by Municipality and its Investment priority 5.2: supporting the metropolitan area, as well as Protect, consolidate and development PO 2.4. Quality living the conurbations keeping restore cultural heritage spaces the territorial balance and objectives and buildings of strategies run locally providing microregional architectural value and the sustainable services to other urban development municipalities and cities in in the EU the county (including their PO 2.4. Quality living functional urban areas) to Investment priority 5.3. Set up reach an 80% urbanization spaces neighborhood centers in the PO 5. A Europe closer by 2030 PO 3.1. Accessible great collective housing to citizens, by services complexes and the new supporting the residential areas development strategies run locally PO 2.4. Quality living Investment priority 5.4: and the sustainable spaces Regulate the development and urban development PO 3.1. Accessible provide the support in the EU services infrastructure for the new residential neighborhoods PO 1. A smarter O.S.6. Increase the capacity Europe, through of the local public Investment priority 6.1: Digital innovation, administration to provide transformation of the local digitization, PO 4.6. Digitization of easily accessible, efficient administration and economic administration and reliable public services, implementation of the “Smart transformation, and to plan and manage the City” concept support of small and development of local medium-sized communities in a enterprises participatory and 24 Correlation with the Correlation with the Correlation with the Investment priority of IUDS EU Cohesion Policy objectives of the specific objectives of CLMP 2021-2030 objectives for 2021- Urban Policy of Cluj 2027 Romania PO 4.1. Adequacy of transparent manner and Investment priority 6.2. administrative thus to attract at least EUR 3 Develop human resources and capacity billion in EU funding in the skills in the local public period 2021-2030 administration PO 4.1. Adequacy of Investment priority 6.3. administrative Strengthen the capacity to plan capacity public and private investments Investment priority 6.4. PO 4.1. Adequacy of Improve the logistical and administrative technical facilities of local capacity administration and public PO 5. A Europe closer services to citizens, by PO 4.2. Operational supporting the efficiency Investment priority 6.5. Ensure development PO 4.4. Ensure the necessary funding for the strategies run locally financial stability public investment projects and the sustainable urban development in the EU PO 3.5. Promote the role of the Community Investment priority 6.6. organizations and Strengthen participatory active citizenship governance PO 4.3. Promote participatory governance Investment priority 6.7. PO 4.5. Strengthen Strengthening cooperation at vertical and metropolitan level, as well as horizontal integration integration into European and global networks 25