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The Ministry of Environment has already distributed nearly 600 million euros from the EU through the Slovakia Program

by AI | 12.Dec 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The Ministry of Environment managed to distribute almost 600 million euros from the EU within the Slovakia Program.

Director of the Slovak Environmental Agency Juraj Moravčík on the drawing of EU funds for the environment sector. Photo: TASR

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Bratislava – The Ministry of Environment (MŽP) of the Slovak Republic has allocated almost 600 million euros from EU funds within the Slovakia Program. At the same time, over the past year, the pace of paid contributions for the renovation of family houses from the “Obnov dom” program, financed from the national Recovery and Resilience Plan approved by the EU, has accelerated 28-fold. The communication department of the environmental sector informed TASR about this.

According to the environmental department, 31 calls for applications totaling over 1.2 billion euros, representing roughly two-thirds of the allocation assigned to the department, have been announced so far under the Slovakia Program. The MŽP currently has over 390 million euros contracted, with projects worth over 200 million euros in the contract signing phase.

The Slovak Environmental Agency (SAŽP), according to the environmental department, has accelerated disbursement, streamlined processes, and strengthened its workforce in assessing and evaluating applications, while also reducing the number of contractors.

According to the MŽP, the average waiting period for the payout of financial contributions dropped from 12 months to four months. According to the head of SAŽP, Juraj Moravčík, the number of contracted projects also increased significantly.

“While by the end of last year, just over 4,000 contracts were processed, we currently have five times more contracts processed in the register, approximately 20,000 contracts. Moreover, the number of payment requests in the second half of 2024 increased by 60 percent compared to the first half. For example, in November, we paid almost 400 payment requests every week,” said Moravčík.

According to the MŽP, the goal of the “Obnov dom” program is to energetically improve more than 25,000 family houses by the end of 2026. “The number of applications received currently approaches 80 percent of the total planned number. SAŽP aims to pay up to 6,000 applications by the end of the year, while it plans to meet the goals of the Recovery and Resilience Plan and pay another 7,000 payment requests by the end of April 2025,” concluded the environmental sector. (November 12)

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