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Priority 3. Sustainable and resilient programme area (PO2)

The Programme’s aim is to preserve and improve the condition of and access to the common natural treasures in the programme area. In addition, the Programme aims at implementing pilot activities and practical solutions for reducing the pollution. Joint actions by the institutions from both countries are needed for ensuring the quality of the ecosystem services with a focus on tackling pollution and fighting the loss of biodiversity. Under this priority, the Programme shall contribute to mainstream biodiversity action in the Union policies and to the achievement of the overall ambition, according to the Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 recital (11).

Under this priority, the programme has one specific objective:

Specific objective (vii):

Enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity, and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution.

This specific objective focuses on enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity, as well as green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution; also on developing innovative and sustainable strategies aimed at waste prevention and management in border areas. 

EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES:

NB! The activities must be considered in the context of the specific objective’s requirements.

  • Actions aimed at safeguarding, maintaining and restoring of ecosystems and protection and preservation of cross-border biodiversity and key species.
  • Data gathering and data-driven biodiversity monitoring, analysing methods of collecting data, designing, adapting methods.
  • Testing in field the best measures for protection and restoration of biotopes in bad status.
  • Restoration and management of species and habitats, including re-introduction of species (for example freshwater pearl mussel), and taking into account implementation of Prioritized Action Framework (PAF).
  • Tackling invasive alien species including promoting common practices between Estonia and Latvia and increased public awareness.
  • Establishment of innovative measures for collecting biomass from semi-natural grasslands, residue of forestry, agriculture (for energy, composting, soil structure improvement, secondary products, etc).
  • Small-scale pilot actions in urban areas for preserving biodiversity.
  • Innovative and best practice measures to increase pollinator and other native animal species richness in urban areas (biodiversity friendly grass management; insect hotels; hedgehog, bat and bird friendly gardens; ponds), raising awareness about nature-friendly urban green areas.
  • Joint actions for tackling the cross-border challenges in the programme area such as pollution in shared water bodies; research on and management cross-border green networks; developing nature objects for recreational purposes and sustainable nature tourism; consideration of biodiversity at different levels of planning; development and implementation of solutions for new infrastructure (animal tunnels, pass ways) to avoid fragmentation of animal populations. 
  • Development and implementation of nature-friendly approaches to manage the sides of roads and railways; creating new buffer zones and managing landscape elements important for species and habitats,
  • etc.

Please read the Programme Manual for more information on the specific objective's requirements

Potential Applicants and Beneficiaries

  • regardless of the legal type of the organisation, the ones that are actively dealing with environmental issues matching the focus of the programme priority;
  • public and other umbrella organisations that can facilitate finding the most relevant private companies.

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