{"id":1216,"date":"2025-12-02T20:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternopil.agency\/projects\/interreg\/about-spf\/priority\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:04:53","slug":"priority","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ternopil.agency\/en\/projects\/interreg\/about-spf\/priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Small Project Fund under PRIORITY 1. ENVIRONMENT.  Specific objective 1.4. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Under this specific objective, the following activities will be supported in order to increase the involvement and participation of the inhabitants of the assisted area in cross-border cooperation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joint initiatives for the improvement of household waste management and residual waste treatment and promoting innovative solutions related to the transition to a circular economy;<\/li>\n<li>Promoting rational waste management (minimizing generation, promoting segregation, increasing recycling and repurposing) and raising awareness of challenges concerning environmental issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples of Entities that can obtain funding for the implementation of a small project:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Units of state, regional and local administration, associations of these units and institutions subordinate to them;<\/li>\n<li>Other public law entities (e.g., chambers, government administration bodies);<\/li>\n<li>Utility companies;<\/li>\n<li>Local environmental institutions;<\/li>\n<li>Housing associations, condominiums and associations of co-owners of multi-apartment buildings;<\/li>\n<li>Schools, vocational education and training (VET) institutions, units of higher education and research institutions;<\/li>\n<li>Non-governmental organisations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Example list of eligible cross-border activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organization of cross-border information-promotion activities (workshops, roundtables, printed materials, videos, etc.) to involve target group\/groups in the common solving of the environmental issues;<\/li>\n<li>Provision of new municipal waste selective collection points from both sides of the boarder;<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening of the capacity of municipal utilities responsible for waste sorting, collection, and storage through training and cross-border experience exchanges;<\/li>\n<li>Purchase of equipment for utility companies, such as containers, domestic trash bins, etc.;<\/li>\n<li>Creation of cross-border inter-municipal networks and working groups for peer exchange, e.g. through study visits, experience-sharing events, etc.;<\/li>\n<li>Installation of composting zones and educational information about waste selection (composters, educational stands, and organic waste containers, etc.) on the school&#8217;s territory and in permitted public spaces;<\/li>\n<li>Holding competitions for school students to determine the best way to reuse sorted household waste;<\/li>\n<li>Development of joint modules\/course dedicated to the circular economy, their integration into school or\/and university curricula; development of teaching materials or\/and manuals;<\/li>\n<li>Conducting of joint scientific research to examine the morphology of waste in order to reduce the volume of waste transported to dump sites on both sides of the border;<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of experience exchange mechanisms, development of new concepts, conduction of joint trainings, etc. under school\u2013university partnerships to raise awareness among young people about waste management;<\/li>\n<li>Launch of initiatives aimed at the private sector to raise awareness about waste selection;<\/li>\n<li>Mapping and revitalization of small illegal dump sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Small Project Fund under PRIORITY 1. 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