air quality and mobility final proposal.pdf

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONEuro- Mediterranean Partnership

Urban air quality improvement through Air Quality andMobility Plans and the institutional strengthens of localadministrations on air quality.

October 2000

Short and Medium-Term

Priority Environmental Action

Programme (SMAP)

For Regional Projects

Country (ies) of the project location Cyprus, Lebanon, Morocco

European Commission

SCR/E/4 (LOI-41 Office 7/88)

Richard Grandville

rue de Genève 1

B-1049 Brussels

Belgium

Subject: Urban air quality improvement through Air Quality and Mobility Plans and theinstitutional strengthens of local administrations on air quality

Dear Sir,

Answering to your call for tender published in Official Journal of the EuropeanCommunities Nº C 185 of 4.7.2000, we are pleased to enclose an original and five copiesof a project proposal.

The expresion of interest is proposed by a partnership constituted by and between InstitutCatalà d’Energia (ICAEN), MEDCITES, Entitat Metropolitana del Medi Ambient Barcelona(EMMAB) and Direcció General de Qualitat Ambiental (DGQA); from the European Unionside, and Urban Community of Al Fayha, Urban Community of Tetuan and theMunicipalities of Limassol and Larnaka; as local partners.

ICAEN has been designated the leader of this partnership, and should this expression of interest beconsidered, will lead the corresponding proposal in representation of the Consortium. A copy of MEDCITIES,EMMAB, DGQA, and the corresponding local partners letter is enclosed, authorising ICAEN to act on thename and on behalf of the partnership, for the purpose of the submittal of this proposal.

To perform the services corresponding to this project, the partners will avail of the supportits own organisation and external experts and would contribute to enhancing the projectwith their experience.

We trust the our proposal offers the following strong points:

• The complementary of the organisations constituting the partnership: ICAEN is a publicenergy agency with a large experience in energy and environment projects in Spainand abroad, MEDCITIES is a network organisation formed by 28 Mediterranean citiesfounded by the METAP programme in1991, the Entitat Metropolitana de Medi Ambientde Barcelona is a local public administration composed of 31 municipalities of theMetropolitan area of Barcelona taking care of the water cycle, waste valorisation anddisposal and air control and Direcció General de Qualitat Ambiental, with greatexperience in air quality control plans and services.

• Local partners have start some initial steps to act in the environmental field: nationalauthorities in Cyprus, Lebanon and Morocco are developing national policies andprogrammes for urban air quality and mobility.

• A well integrated and diversified team of institutions, providing a large reservoir ofexpertise, work methodologies and practical project and field experience.

• Close co-operation and efficient relations with institutions and companies fromMediterranean Countries as well as continuity of action throughout this project,especially with regional authorities through decentralised co-operation.

We remain at your disposal for any clarification of additional information your may require.Such communications should be addressed to Daniel Satué, Head of International Unit-ICAEN- Tel. +34 93 622 05 00- Fax. +34 93 622 05 01.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel Satué

Head of International Unit

Barcelona, October 18th 2000

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONEuro- Mediterranean Partnership

Short and Medium-TermPriority Environmental Action

Programme (SMAP)For Regional Projects

Grant Application Form

BUDGET LINE B7-4100

Dossier No

(for internal use only)

Country (ies) of the project location countries to be selected from: Cyprus, Lebanon,Morocco,

(to be filled in by the applicant)

1. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE APPLICATION

2. THE APPLICANT

3. PARTNERS OF THE APPLICANT PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT

4. THE PROJECT

5. ANNEX 1. EXPERTS CVs

6. ANNEX 2. CERTIFIED STATUTES

7. ANNEX 3. ANNUAL REPORT

8. ANNEX 4. ACCOUNTS OF THE ORGANISATION

9. ANNEX 5. STATEMENTS OF ALL PARTNERS

10. ANNEX 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT

11. ANNEX 7. PRESENTATION OF THE PARTNERS

12. OTHERS

GENERAL FEATURES OF THE APPLICATION

Title of the Project

Urban air quality improvement through Air Quality and Mobility Plans and the institutional strengthens oflocal administrations on air quality.

Applicant

INSTITUT CATALÀ D'ENERGIA (ICAEN)

Frame-Programme- EURO-MED Partneship

Short and Medium-Term Environmental Priority Action

Programme (SMAP)

Budget Line-Legal Base B7-4100 MEDA Regulation 1488/EC/96

Overal total cost of the project: 2.673.906 EUR

Requested EC Contribut ion (EURO and %) 2.126.966 EUR

(79,46%)

A. THE APPLICANT

1. Identity

Full legal name

(bussiness name):

INSTITUT CATALÀ D’ENERGIA

Acronym (Where applicable): ICAEN

Legal status: Public Company

VAT registration number

(Where applicable):

Q5850020H

Official address: Avda. Diagonal, 453 bis àtic 08006 Barcelona

Contact person: Mr. Daniel Satué i Garrabou

Telephone nº: +34 93 622 05 00

Fax nº: +34 93 622 05 01

E-mail address: [email protected]

2. Bank details

(The bank must be in the country in which the applicant is registered)

Account name: INSTITUT CATALÀ D’ENERGIA, CCT

Bank account nº: 01825734320010005221

Bank code: 0182

SWIFT code: BBVAESMM

Bank name: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.

Bank address: Plaça Catalunya, 5 08002 Barcelona

Name(s) of signatory(ies):

Albert Mitjà i Sarvisé

Position(s) of signatory(ies):

General Manager

3. Description of Applicant

3.1. When was your organisation found and when did your organisation start its activities?

The Institut Català d’Energia (ICAEN) is a public corporation created by the Catalan Parliament throughLaw 9 of 3rd May 1991 (published in DOGC no. 1440). ICAEN, which has independent legal status, isattached to the Generalitat de Catalunya’s Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism. Its activities aregoverned by the private code of law.

ICAEN was created with the express, broad objective of becoming fully integrated into the socio-economicfabric of Catalunya in order to promote technologically-innovative projects in both the industrial and servicesectors, as well as in transport.

3.2. What are the main activities of your organisation?

The main activities of ICAEN are the folowing:

Promotion of energy efficiency and the rational use of energy: Development of energy-auditing programmes; introduction of environmentally-friendly, energy-efficienttechnologies; promotion of the use of renewable energy resources; research into lines of credit for projectimplementation. Over the 1991-1999 period, the Institut Català d'Energia carried out 768 energy and airpollutants emissions audits at 730 companies in different branches of Catalan industry, and co-operated with16 associations and other bodies representing the sectors audited.

Promotion of research and development in the field of energy technologies: Establishment of co-operation agreements with public and private sector organisations; participation inapplied research programmes.

Promotion of the training of professionals in the field of energy: Development of studies and proposals for the continuous training of professionals; organisation of trainingprogrammes in co-operation with universities and colleges.

Preparation of studies and proposals for energy legislation: Study and evaluation of energy resources; publication of reports and recommendations for the application ofspecific energy technologies; co-ordination of energy studies and projects.

International co-operation

Information, dissemination and consultancy regarding European Community programmes in the energy field.Promotion of the participation of Catalan firms in European Community energy programmes. Promotion ofthe transfer of energy technology between firms.

ICAEN will be supported in this project by its members of the partnership which main activities are thefollowing:

MedCities

Created in 1991, MedCities is a network of 27 Mediterranean coastal cities providing support to its membersto examine the problems and needs of these cities in the environmental field and trying to provide solutionsin the framework of a sustainable development.

From its creation MediCities has carried out environmental audits in 11 cities of the network: Gaza, Haifa,Lanrnaka and Limassol, Oran, Silifke, Sousse, Tanger, Tetuan, Tripoli and El Mina. Audits on urban

mobility have been also carried out in Sousse and El Mina. From these audits, most of these cities havestarted to define Environmental Plans and specific programmes to implement prioritari actions.

In particular, Urban Community of Al Fayha (Tripoli-El Mina, Lebanon), has implemented, as a result of anaudit in 1994, an Environmental Observatory and a pilot Air Quality Control Service, with the support ofLIFE programme and METAP-UNDP.

Direcció General de Qualitat Ambiental, DGQA (General Directorate of Environmental Quality)

Authority of the Regional Government of Catalonia with responsibilities on pollution prevention and controlin Catalonia, air quality and environmental certification (eco-labels, CE system of eco-management and eco-auditing).

DGQA has established an Air Monitoring and Control Service with the air to monitor the atmosphericpollution in Catalonia through a network of automatic and manual sensors. This Service also inspects theemission level of air pollutants in industrial sector to ensure the implementation of air quality regulations.

Entitat Metropolitana del Medi Ambient, EMMA (Metropolitan Environmental Agency, Barcelona)

EMMA created a control and protection service for the inspection and control over discharges by industriesin the Metropolitan area of Barcelona. Its Laboratory, equipped with the most advanced methods of chemicaland micro-biological analysis could examine a wide range of sources (effluent, sea-water, surface andsubterranean waters), the atmosphere and solids. EMMA is also working jointly with Barcelona Provincialcouncil in conducting municipal audits for Agenda 21 premises.

3.3. Provide a full list of the management board/committee of your organisation

4. Capacity to manage and implement projects

4.1. Experience with similar projects

Regional Action Programme: Energy and urban environment in the Mediterranean Countries.

Contracting party: European Commission - DG XVII - Synergy ProgrammeLocation: Morocco, Tunisia and EgyptPeriod: 1994-1996Participants: ICAEN, ADEME, OME, FEDARENE, ENERGIE CITÉS, APV, CRES, ENEA. AMEApplicant's role: Support to the project manager organisation (OME)Budget: 1.134.000 Euro

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE INSTITUT CATALÀ D'ENERGIA

INDUSTRY AREAConrad Messeguer i Sebastià

BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTAND RENEWABLE ENERGIES AREA

Joan Josep Escobar i Sánchez

PLANNING ANDSTUDIES AREA

Joan Esteve i Reyner

DIRECTORAlbert Mitjà i Sarvisé

COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION

Object:To create and support local energy teams in several Mediterranean cities (Rabat in Morocco, Ben-Arous in Tunisia and Alexandria in Egypt) for the promotion of energy efficiency and environmentalprojects.Results of the project:As a result of this project, permanent local teams have been created in each city with the assessmentand support of European experts. Some projects have been prepared in these cities related to theenergy efficiency improvement (public lighting, public buildings and households) and water andwaste management.The project also included the assistance from European experts to obtain financial resources forimplementing some investments. Specifically a pilot project of public lighting optimization in adistrict of Rabat was implemented as a result of this action.

Mediterranean energy information network (database).

Contracting party: European Commission - DG XVII - Thermie ProgrammeLocation: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Palestine, Israel and JordanPeriod: 1996-1999Participants: ICAEN, ENEA, ADEME, CCE, OME, CRESApplicant's role: Support to the project manager organisation (CRES)Budget: 416.000 Euro

Object:To create a tool for survey and monitor the development of energy sectors in the Mediterraneancountries, focusing the environmental impact of this activity.Results of the Project:The project gathered an important amount of data of the countries participating in the projectconcerning its energy production and consumption system. All the data were structured in an energydata-base and will be disseminated through an Internet Site. This data-base has been complementedby a Geographical Information System, developed in the framework of other project financed by theSynergy programme (EC-DG XVII).This project develops an information system to provide a consistent basis to define the maincharacteristics of the energy market in the Mediterranean countries and evaluate the possibilities andpriorities to promote new clean and efficient energy technologies in the Region.

A strategic energy action plan for the future entry of Cyprus and Malta into the European Union.

Contracting party: European Commission - DG XVII - Synergy ProgrammeLocation: Cyprus and MaltaPeriod: 1996-1997Participants: CRES, ICAEN, EDFApplicant's role: Support to the project manager organisation (CRES)Budget: 675.000 Euro

Object:The objective was to formulate an integrated resources plan for the future development of the energysector in Cyprus and Malta.Results of the Project:This project evaluates the current situation of the energy sector in each country and analyses thepossibilities to define, at local level, a integrated management of energy resources in order tooptimise the efficiency of the global energy system and minimise the environmental impact ofenergy production and consumption.A forecast of the energy offer and demand for each country were produced and some guidelines wereproposed to support an energy policy consistent with the objectives of the European Commission.

The final results of this project were presented at the local decision-makers in a conference held inCyprus in July 1999.

Master Plan for transport in the Metropolitan Area of Tunis, 1997-1999.

Contracting party: AECI (Spanish International Co-operation Agency)Location: TunisiaPeriod: 1998-1999Participants: ICAEN, ANER (Tunis), Ministry of Transports (Tunis)Applicant's role: project leaderBudget: 542.000 Euro

Object:The main aim of this project was to upgrade the Master Plan of Metropolitan Area of Tunisevaluating different scenarios from the environmental and energy point of view.Results of the Project:The project produced the following studies:- Analysis of current situation of the urban mobility in Tunis- Proposal of three scenarios for the future mobility in Tunis cityThe main issues were presented in a final seminar in Tunis (February 1999) with participation ofrepresentatives of all lo concerned local authorities (Municipality of Tunis, Ministry of Transport,Ministry of Infrastructures and Ministry of Industry) and local operators of public transport.Among the three scenarios presented (considering different forecasting of distributions betweenpublic and private urban transport in year 2016), the local authorities selected to develop the mostfavourable from the environmental point of view, i.e., a participation of 50% of public transport. Theagreement was supported by a Inter-ministerial Board held on July 1999.In a second phase of this project, a detailed evaluation of the investment activities proposed by theproject (creation of new parking areas, modernisation of traffic control system, creation of newrestricted bus-lanes, restructuration of the main public transport axes, tariffs integration in publictransport system, etc.) is being developed with the support of the AECI.

SUMMIT: Energy and environment simulation model of mobility in the cities

Contracting party: European Commission - DG XVII - SAVE ProgrammeLocation: Spain, Denmark and GreecePeriod: 1995Participants: BCN TECNOLOGIA, ICAEN, INTRA,UPC, CRES, ECDApplicant's role: Support to the project manager organisation (BCN TECNOLOGIA)Budget: 500.000 Euro

Object:The main aim of this project is to develop a software for local authorities and responsibles of urbantransport to help them on the analysis, planning and management of mobility, in order to improve theair quality in urban areas.Results of the project:After the development of SUMMIT project and its implementation in Barcelona and Granollerscities (Catalonia, Spain), Arhus (Denmark) i Thessaloniki (Greece), the software demonstrate itsflexibility and its capacity to run properly in the standard home-PC available in most municipalities.SUMMIT could be implemented in all kind of city, by different managerial levels and differentrequirements. From its application to the selected cities some specific results were obtained:- Development of mobility plans and comparison of different scenarios from the environmental

and energetic point of view.- Creation of computerised data-bases with information on urban mobility and its environmental

impact to help decision-makers- Proposals of measures to reduce fuel consumption, to reduce pollutants emissions and noise

level in urban areas, improving the quality of life of the citizens.

Minimisation of energy consumption by optimisation of buses in the urban transport sector

Contracting party: European Commission - DG XVII - SAVE ProgrammeLocation: Italy, SpainPeriod: 1996-1998Participants: TMB, ICAEN, ENEAApplicant's role: Support to the project manager organisation (TMB)Budget: 263.450 Euro

Object:Definition of a methodology to optimise the allocation of buses to each bus-line to minimise itsenergy consumption and environmental impact. The methodology was applied and tested in a sampleof bus-lines in Barcelona and Rome.The methodology was focused to optimisation of the three main variables and its combinations:- Technology of the vehicle: type of engine, type of gear-shift and type of reduction system- Total load of the vehicle: depending on the vehicle weight and number of transported passengers.- Characteristics of the bus-lines: bus-routes, slope of the bus-routes, number of bus-stops, number

of traffic lights, average speed,…Results of the project:After the analysis and evaluation of all these variables, 4 bus-lines patterns were defined and specificmeasurements of energy consumption of each one were gathered. From an statistical analysis anoptimal allocation of vehicles to each line was defined, improving the energy efficiency of thetransport system.This project was developed in co-operation with ENEA (Italy) who undertook, jointly with TMB(Public Transport Company of Barcelona) an ICAEN, the follow up and monitorisation of themethodology in order to be applied in several Italian and Spanish cities.

Strengthening of the local social basis for energy saving in the transport sector.

Contracting party: European Commission - DG XVII - SAVE ProgrammeLocation: Spain, Germany and NetherlandsPeriod: 1996-1999Participants: CEA, ICAEN, SOCIALDATA MÜNCHENApplicant's role: Support to the project manager organisation (CEA)Budget: 292.000 Euro

Object:To develop a mobility study in 3 University areas (Barcelona, München and Ede in Netherlands) inorder to identify access problems and propose some measures to improve the mobility.Results of the project:Some problems and proposed measures were common for the three university areas, but most ofthem were specific developed for each case. The proposed and implemented common measures werethe following:- Improving the public transport access, with an extension of existing bus-lines.- Improving internal mobility in the campus, through definition of specific ways for cycles and

pedestrians..- Promotion of car-pool, through the creation of a data-base to combine demand and offer of

private transportation of the students- Construction of new parking areas.

MEDIT: Methodology for efficient driving schemes in public transport.

Contracting party: European Commission - DG XVII - SAVE ProgrammeLocation: Italy, SpainPeriod: 1996-1997Participants: ATC BOLOGNA, ICAEN, ENEA, TMBApplicant's role: Support to the project manager organisation (ATC BOLOGNA)Budget: 257.500 Euro

Object:To define a training programme of bus drivers on economic driving. The project was developed inthree phases:1. Evaluation of fuel consumption of different buses with different drivers2. Training on efficient driving3. Evaluation of fuel consumption after trainingResults of the projected:After the courses in Barcelona, Rome and Bologna (Italy), the measured fuel saving ranged from 2 to5%, with an average of a 3%. For big bus fleets this implies an important economic saving and areduction of air pollutants emissions.

ANTARES: evaluation of energy impact of the measures to improve mobility in Barcelona

Contracting party: European Commission - DG XVII - THERMIE ProgrammeLocation: Barcelona, Bologna, Dublin, Leipzig and TouloussePeriod: 1995Participants: BCN TECNOLOGIA, ICAEN, ADEME, ATC BOLOGNA, SOCIALDATA,Applicant's role: Support to the project manager organisation (BCN TECNOLOGIA)Budget: 675.000Euro

Object:The aim of the ANTARES project is to implement measures for improving mobility and urbantransport to reduce energy consumption and air pollutant emissions. This project is complementedwith ENTRANCE and JUPITER projects developed in several European Union countries.ANTARES project was developed in Barcelona, Bologna, Dublin, Leipzig i Toulouse.Results of the project:In all the involved cities several measures were implemented, as pilot test, mainly to promote the useof public transport and restrict private transport. Specific measures applied in Barcelona were thefollowing:1. Access control systems for a private vehicles in a downtown area (La Ribera district)2. Actions to promote the modal shift (from private to public transportation):- Integrated ticket for parking and public transportation- Variable traffic signals with parking capacity information- Interactive information panels with transport public system3. Actions to improve the service quality public transport:- Traffic lights with systems to priorise buses circulation- Visual panels with information on the service in bus-stops.4. Installation of low energy consumption traffic lights

4.2.Resources

Detailed description of the various resources at the disposal of the applicant (maximum 3pages) including:− the annual income over the past three years, mentioning for each year the names of the

main financial contributors and the proportions of annual income contributed by them− the number of permanent and part-time staff by category

− major equipment and other physical means− other relevant resources

As public corporation ICAEN runs on an operating budget (to cover current on-going expenses) and aninvesting budget (to undertake direct equity participation in significant energy and environmental projects).Catalan Government provides 100% of the investing budget and a significant part of the operating budget(see next table to know the annual percentage of its contribution). The rest of the operating budget is coveredby specific services provided to local companies or organisations and by contract services with the EuropeanCommission.

Operating budget Investing budget

YearTotal (MEuro) Catalan Gov.

contribution (%)Total (MEuro) Catalan Gov.

contribution (%)1997 4,21 61% 2,9 100%1998 4,36 59% 2,17 100%1999 4,19 62% 1,14 100%

At 31 December 1999, the Institut Català d'Energia had a staff of 58 with 36 persons as permanent staff.

By professional category, the ICAEN workforce is broken down as follows: area heads (3), programme andunit managers (11), technicians (32), clerical workers (10) and receptionist (2) .

At the same date, ICAEN owned 26,2 MEuro on equity invested through its subsidiary companies(EFIENSA, EISSA and SAENSA) in 65 companies which have developed significant projects in the field ofenergy (mainly in CHP and renewable energy plants) and environment (sludge valorisation in sewagetreatment plants).

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5. Other applications submitted to European Institutions or EU Member States

5.1 Community or EU Member-State grants, procurements contracts or loans obtained directly or indirectly during the last three years:

Title of operation EC budget line Amount (EUR) Date of awardMaster plan for transport in the Metropolitan Area of Tunis (I Phase) AECI- Spanish Coop. Agency 542.000 1997UNESCO SUMMER SCHOOL: Solar electricity for rural and isolate areas THERMIE Programme 140.000 1997

Development of didactic material for formative activities in the field of solarenergy

ALTENER Programme 240.000 1997

Establishment of an infrastructure for the information and assistance service of therenewable energies professional association in Spain (Catalunya and Andalucía)and France

ALTENER Programme 159.500 1997

Plan de développement régional pour l'utilisation des ERs ALTENER Programme 462.000 1997

Evaluation of the projects of the World Solar Summit 1996-2005 THERMIE B Programme 200.000 1997

Renewable energy technologies export market summaries THERMIE Programme 97.100 1997

SOLMI (93): 85 installations solaires individuelles: Telemonitoring THERMIE Programme 1.214.285 1997

Definition of strategies for the dissemination of energy efficient technologies forbuilding retrofitting in urban areas

THERMIE B Programme 76.000 1997

Strategy for rural electrification in protected areas in the State of Pará (Brazil) THERMIE Programme 84.000 1997

Renewable energy startegy and technology application for regenerating towns(Restart)

THERMIE Programme 2.230.000 1997

Phase II of the Regional Action Plan “Urban Energy and Environment inMediterranean countries”

THERMIE Programme 1.800.000 1997

Implementation plan for the large scale development of Res in Crete-Greece ALTENER Programme 470.000 1997

Energy didactic package material for students Res information in museums and ALTENER Programme 200.000 1997

Co-operation programme for the use of solar energy and wind energy forelectrification of rural zones in Uruguay

URE Programme 618.972 1997

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Strategy for rural electrification with renewable energies in isolated areas ofEcuador

THERMIE B Programme 190.101 1998

Business seminars (Africa, Latin American countries) THERMIE B Programme 340.000 1998

DEFGH: Design of an Environmental Flag for Greener Hotels LIFE Programme 693.900 1998

Network of Organisation for the Promotion of Energy Technology (OPET) INNOVATION 117.207 1998

Minimisation of energy consumption by optimisation of buses in the urbantransport sector

SAVE Programme 263.450 1998

Promotion of joined investment (EU/Brazil) on electricity generation frombiomass in Brazil

THERMIE Programme 340.000 1998

Development of the solar thermal market in Brazil THERMIE B Programme 122.100 1998

Potentialities for Rational Use of Energy in Cuba THERMIE Programme 150.000 1998

Promotion of cogeneration in the hospital sector of Argentina THERMIE Programme 145.500 1998

Promotion of joined investment (EU/BRASIL) on electricity generation from THERMIE B Programme 340.000 1998

MED Build: Integration of Res in the Mediterranean buildings THERMIE B Programme 232.000 1998

Conference on energy and environment in the Mediterranean Hotel Sector THERMIE B Programme 185.000 1998

European Support to the development of the “Programa de abastecimiento a lapoblación rural dispersa en Argentina” (PAEPRA)

THERMIE Programme 236.920 1998

Argurelec: Demand Side management of electricity in Argentina ALURE Programme 1.155.650 1998

Energy conservation and drawing up of a local programme concerning the THERMIE B Programme 220.000 1998

Support to the Greek and Portuguese SME’s on natural gas use THERMIE B Programme 280.000 1999

Adoption of bioclimatic technologies by SMEs and building actors in THERMIE A Programme 196.100 1999

Assessment of the Development of renewable Energies Plan in Catalonia ALTENER Programme 120.000 1999

RES on Holidays ALTENER Progamme 266.000 1999

Increased application of cost-efficient solar-supported water heating though ALTENER Programme 225.000 1999

Creation de zones pilotes favorables au developpement des energies renovables ALTENER Programme 209.000 1999

Planificación Municipal para el suministro energetico en los departamentos deBeni y Pando

SYNERGY Programme 306.370 1999

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5.2 Grant applications submitted (or due to be submitted) to European institutions or EU Member States in the current year:

Title of operation EC budget line Amount (EUR)Information System on Air Control in Urban Areas LIFE Programme 450.000

Simplified model for energy consumption desegregation in service buildings, formediterranean countries

SAVE Programme 615.000

ENV Decision Transport V Framework Programme 850.000Key Markets Instruments to export 350.000 PV systems acording CTO objectives ALTENER Programme 488.000

PV in schools: teaching the Sun ALTENER Programme 186.952

ALTEREDUC: Design, production and turning on of a permanent expositionabout RES and an information centre for the public

ALTENER Programme 370.000

Education, training and information on RES in the Euroregion ALTENER Programme 149.500

Integrating renewables into the wider urban area of the Athens 2004 OlympicGames: the municipality of Maroussi


COOL-SUN: Solar cooling in the hotels and industrial buildings ALTENER Programme 255.000

Solar Millennium Congress ALTENER Programme 240.000

Local plan to support the RES entrance in the energy balance of Poble NouDistrict


BARCELONA RENOVABLE 2004 ALTENER Programme 1.070.184

Implementation and development of alternative energy.Extraction of biogas fromthe solid urban waste organic fraction


Definition of an Energy Agency for Cuba SYNERGY Programme 293.780

Mobile Laboratory for Renewable Energy Sources Teaching and Dissemination inArgentina “MAESTRA”

SYNERGY Programme 300.000

Definition of a Strategy for Rational use of energy in the Building sector inVietnam


Energy Management Training courses in the Caucasus industrial sector SYNERGY Programme 117.250

Eduaction, Formation et developpement de la main-d’oeuvre sur les technologiesdes energies renouvelables dans les pays de la partie sud de l’Afrique


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Combined project on Multi-Users Solars Hybrids Grids (MSG) V Framework Programme 3.810.843

Master plan for transport in the Metropolitan Area of Tunis (II Phase) AECI-Spanish Coop. Agency 270.455

Optimisation of transport systems for sustainable citizen V Framework Programme 502.830

Business Seminar in the Mediterranean Area and the Gulf Countries V Framework Programme 367.890

Course on sustainable energy for local administrators TEMPUS 561.737

District heating system with residual heat from an MSW treatment plant in mataro(Spain)

LIFE Programme 1.150.000

PAPER- Pyrolitic advancedprocess for energy and recycling V Framework Programme 5.735.000

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B. PARTNERS OF THE APPLICANT PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT

Partner 1 Partner 2 Partner 3 Partner 4 Partner 5 Partner 6 Partner 7

Full legal name(business name)

Mediterranean CoastalCities Network(MEDCITIES)

Generalitat deCatalunya. Departamentde Medi Ambient

Entitat metropolitanadel Medi Ambient.

Al Fahyaa, UrbanCommunity

Municipality ofLimassol

Municipality of Larnaca Communauté Urbainede Tétouan

Nationality Spanish (AllMediterraneanCountries)

Spanish Spanish Lebanon Cyprus Cyprus Morocco

Legal status Local AdministrationsNetwork

Regional Government Local Administration Local Administration Local Administration Local Administration Local Administration

Official address Medcities. GeneralSecretariat. Carrer 62,núm 16-18. 08040Barcelona (Spain)

Diagonal, 52508029 Barcelona

Carrer 62, núm.16-1808040 Barcelona

City Hall of Tripoli

Tripoli (Lebanon)

Town Hall. Arch.Kyprianos st.

3600 Limassol

Town Hall. AthenonAvenue

6300 Larnaca

Pl. Adala

Tetouan

Contact person Mr. Joan Parpal,General Secretary

Mr. Guillem MassaguéDirector ofEnvironmental QualityService

Mme. Mercè AcevesHead of EnvironmentalLaboratory

Mr. Samir Chaarani,President

Mr. Abdallah AbdelWahab, TechnicalServices

Mr. DemetriosKontides, Mayor

Mr. Edwin Josephides,Elected

ResponsibleEnvironment

Mr. GeorgiosLycourgos, Mayor

Mr. ElephteriosEmbedoklis, TechnicalServices

Mr. Mohamed ElKharraz, President

Mr. Moad Morarec,Vice-presid.

Telephone nº (+34) 93 223 5151 (+34) 93 419 3085 (+34) 93 633 0913 (+961) 6 433 589

(+961) 6 201 785

(+357) 53 62 694

(+357) 55 35 758

(+357) 465 3333 (+212) 97 00 157

Fax nº (+34) 93 223 5128 (+34) 93 419 7630 (+34) 93 633 0650 (+961) 6 431 009

(+961) 6 200 474

(+357) 53 55 497

(+357) 53 65 758

(+357) 465 3384 (+212) 99 65 732

E-mail address [email protected] [email protected]

[email protected] [email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected] [email protected]

[email protected]

Number of staff 6 70 8 15 Many Many 25

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Partner 1 Partner 2 Partner 3 Partner 4 Partner 5 Partner 6 Partner 7

History of co-operation whit theapplicant (or whitMedcities)

Sousse Mobility PlanProject (1999-2000)

•EnvironmentalObservatory in Tripoli(Lebanon)•Air Quality ControlLaboratory in Tripoli(Lebanon)•Collaboration withICAEN in Wind EnergyMaster Plan

EnvironmentalObservatory in Tripoli(Lebanon)Air Quality ControlLaboratory in Tripoli(Lebanon)Collaboration withICAEN in BARNAGEL(local Energy Agencyof Barcelona)

• EnvironmentalObservatory (1999-2000)• Air Quality ControlService (1999-2000)• Identification MissionMobility Problems(1999)• Environmental Auditand Strategy (1992-93)

• Program PLISEcitizen information andawareness (1999-2000)• Environmental Auditand Strategy (1992-93)

• Environmental Auditand Strategy (1998-99)

• Environmental Auditand Strategy (1994-95)

• Strategic Urban Plan(1997-98)

• Landfill upgrading(1998-2000)

• Citizen AllianceProposal (2000)

Role andinvolvement inpreparing theproposed project

• Main role in thepreparation of theprogramme proposal.

• Supported thepreparation of theprogramme proposal.

• Supported thepreparation of theprogramme proposal





Role andinvolvement inimplementing theproposed project

• Project Vice-co-ordination• Member of Co-ordination Committee• Co-ordination of airquality issues• Relations whitMunicipalities• Tendering, buying anddelivering air laboratoryequipment• Participation in theAwareness Campaignco-ordination• Indicators

• Member of Co-ordination CommitteeTechnical responsible ofair issues• Advising and traininglocal team of air issues• Participating inseminar air issues.Database and indicators

• Member of Co-ordination Committee• Advising and traininglocal technicians of airlaboratory• Participating in airquality analyse issues.

• Preside and support toLocal Committee• Maintenance ofrelations with NationalAuthorities• Participation inredaction of UrbanMobility plan• Participation inredaction of Long-termplan• Improvement inEnvironmentalObservatory and AirQuality Control Service• Campaign of citizenawareness andparticipation•Capacity buildingimprovement at localand regional level• Participation innetworking

• Preside and support toLocal Committee• Maintenance ofrelations with NationalAuthorities• Participation inredaction of UrbanMobility plan• Participation inredaction of Long-termplan• Creation ofEnvironmentalObservatory and AirQuality Control Service.Provide of the room• Campaign of citizenawareness andparticipation•Capacity buildingimprovement at localand regional level• Participation innetworking

• Preside and support toLocal Committee• Maintenance ofrelations with NationalAuthorities• Participation inredaction of UrbanMobility plan• Participation inredaction of Long-termplan• Creation ofEnvironmentalObservatory and AirQuality Control Service.Provide of the room• Campaign of citizenawareness andparticipation•Capacity buildingimprovement at localand regional level• Participation innetworking

• Preside and support toLocal Committee• Maintenance ofrelations with NationalAuthorities• Participation inredaction of Long-termplan• Creation ofEnvironmentalObservatory and AirQuality Control Service.Provide of the room• Campaign of citizenawareness andparticipation• Capacity buildingimprovement at localand regional level• Participation innetworking

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C. THE PROJECT

1. Description

1.1. Title

Urban air quality improvement through Air quality and mobility long term plans and the institutionalstrengthening of national and local administrations on air quality

1.2. Location

This project will be implemented in the Urban Community of Al Fayha, made up of the municipalities of Tripoli, El-Mina and Al-Beddawi(Lebanon), in the Urban Community of Tetuan (Morocco), and the municipalities of Limassol and Larnaka (Cyprus). All the MEDCITIESEnvironmental Audits and Strategies carried out in these towns with the support of METAP and the EC recommended that steps should be takento deal with increasing problems of air pollution and mobility. The project will also promote Regional activities of knowledge networking anddissemination of results.

1.3. Summary (maximum 20 lines)

This proposal for a three-year regional programme has been designed and will be implemented in some MedCities urban hot spots in collaborationwith key regional, national and local partners.

The overall objective of this programme is the town’s air quality improvement. To achieve it, long-term Air Quality Plans will be drawn up andimplemented in the four towns to reduce polluting emissions from the industrial, domestic, service and transport sectors. In two of them, Larnakaand Limassol, a Mobility Plan will be implemented with the aim of reducing one of the principal causes of urban air pollution. In another, El Fayha,a co-ordination plan will be implemented together with an on-going Mobility Plan. In Limassol, Larnaka and Tetuan an Air Quality Service will becreated with laboratory analysis of air pollution, as already exists in El Fayha.

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The Air Quality Plan will start with assessment of the general situation of air quality, the levels of pollution and its causes. It will follow with the inspection of themain polluters and the promotion of individual agreements to gradually reduce their impact. Papers will be produced on Air Pollution policies of regulation,authorisation and control in order to facilitate definition by the National and Local Partners of the long term strategies of the town’s Air Quality Plan. An economicanalysis of the planned measures will also be carried out. Finally, a Draft Air Quality Plan will be produced, with a Programme of Actions and an institutionalfollow up framework.

The Urban Mobility Plan will include an audit of the present situation, elaboration and evaluation of variants, definition of the main directionalcirculatory arteries, the lay out of the main public transport lines, the definition of a network for pedestrian and bicycles, parking and goodsdistribution and the management principles for the main cross-roads. A Short-term Action Plan will be also proposed and a Co-ordinatingCommission on Urban Mobility will be consolidated.

The programme will also promote the improvement of urban air quality through the installation, in the selected cities, of a Local Air Quality Service. A small teamof technicians will be selected and trained in the fields of air quality policies, regulations and inspections of polluters’ sites, methods of measuring pollution levelsof emissions and of outside air, and laboratory techniques for analysis of samples. This Service will be supported with the establishment of a MunicipalLaboratory for analysing samples in three of the towns. The project will install the equipment needed to take samples, to monitor emissions from stationary andmobile sources, and to measure the air quality in the street.This project will also improve the recently created Air Quality Service and the laboratory of the U.C. of Al-Fayha.

Concerning urban air quality and mobility, the programme will work to promote public participation and the establishment of awareness-raisingprogrammes at local and national levels.

The MedCities network will create a sub-network for Urban Air Quality and Mobility with the participation of the other partners. This will allowdissemination and exchanges of experiences between all the cities and partners.

Finally, the project will create a set of indicators and a Data Bank.

1.4. Objectives (maximum 1 page)

The overall objective of the project is to improve the town’s air quality. To achieve it, the proposed objectives are:

A) Elaboration of long-term plans to reduce polluting emissions in the selected cities.

With the aim of reduce the polluting emissions form industrial, domestic, service and transport sectors, these long-term plans will include theinventory of pollutants emissions, elaboration of maps of the sources, redaction of Gradual Plans for Emission Reduction and the proposal of the

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best available technologies for the main polluters. A monitoring committee, that will verify the plan effectiveness with the support of the Air QualityService and laboratory in the correspondent municipalities, will supervise all these activities.

B) Elaboration and implementation of an Urban Mobility Plan for the improvement of vehicular traffic and the reduction of transportemissions.

These Mobility Plans will include diagnosis of the present situation, elaboration of variants for the definition of the main directional circulatoryarteries, the laid out of the main public transport lines, the definition of a network for pedestrian and two-wheeled vehicles, parking and goodsdistribution and management principles for the main cross-roads. A Short-term Action Plan will be also proposed and a Co-ordinating Commissionon Urban Mobility will be consolidated.

C) Development of an institutional strengthening programme for the cities to identify, improve and control the air quality in their urbancentres, building (or reinforcing if it already exists) an Air Quality Service with a laboratory for analysis of atmospheric pollutants.Definition of indicators and creation of a Data Bank.

The Air Quality Service will offer the cities an administrative and technical tool for the implementation of air quality policies and programmes. Tocarry out its mission, the Service will be provided with an analytic laboratory to measure the emissions' sources and outside air quality. It willdevelop and apply pollution control and measurement technologies for stationary and mobile sources of air pollution. A capacity-buildingprogramme will be implemented.

D) Capacity Building.

The Project is based on sharing the knowledge and experiences of all the local, subnational and national partners, the awareness raising andtraining of planners, politicians and administrators on policies, principles and practices for achieving local air quality and efficient and sustainableurban mobility. Almost all the project activities have a capacity building component. This will also include promoting participatory methods to bringnon-traditional stakeholders into the decision-making process. It will also include the development of a user-friendly tool to be applied and modifiedby the countries within the regions.

E) Encouragement of participation and awareness-raising programmes at local level concerning urban air quality and mobility.

The project will organise one public workshop and will launch one awareness-raising campaign in each town. The activities will be decided by thelocal monitoring committee and will be implemented in co-operation with the correspondent National Authorities.

F) Creation of a network for promotion and co-operation in the building of technical capacities, the exchange of information, and theparticipation and training of experts and technical staff.

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To achieve this objective, the MedCities network will create a sub-network for Urban Air Quality and Mobility with the participation of the otherpartners. It will disseminate their results to MedCities members and to the Mediterranean Commission of Sustainable Development family.

With the aim of exchanging experiences and information between all the cities, the project will include the creation of a specific website, which willbe linked to the specific MedCities website for public information (PLISE).

1.5. Justification (maximum 3 pages).

The protection of the atmosphere is a broad and multidimensional endeavour involving various sectors of economic activity. The options andmeasures described in such international agreements as the 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the 1987 MontrealProtocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer as amended, the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change and the more recent1997 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, are recommended for consideration and, as appropriate,implementation by governments and other bodies in their efforts to protect the atmosphere.

Atmospheric pollution, whatever its cause, along with water and waste, is the other problem that must be tackled. The Environmental Audits madein 11 MedCities Towns1, in the majority of countries, have identified atmospheric pollution as one of the problems that must be dealt with as apriority.

Low energy efficiency, old and highly polluting vehicle fleets, heavily polluting industries and consumption of high sulphur fuel oils are severelydegrading urban air quality. The costs of poor urban air quality include the impairment of public health, the degradation of historical sites andcultural property, the degradation of ecosystems and reduction in amenity values.

The emission of air pollutants in the urban areas of the Mediterranean Region is increasing from day to day. The growth, urbanisation andindustrial development of coastal areas as a result of the relocation of industries from developed countries and motorization are intensifyingpollutants in the cities.

1 Tangier and Tetuan (Morocco), Oran (Algeria), Sousse (Tunisia), Gaza (Palestinian Authority), Haifa (Israel), Tripoli - El Mina (Lebanon), Limassol and Larnaka (Cyprus), Silifke(Turkey) and Tirana (Albania).

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Vehicle fleets account for about 90 per cent of total regional lead emissions, 80 per cent of CO and HC emissions, 40 per cent of NOx emissions,10 per cent of particulate emissions and 5 per cent of SO2 emissions. Even if the share of some of these emissions appears relatively low, theimmediate human exposure is high, since traffic emissions are often concentrated in large urban areas without proper traffic management, causingunnecessary congestion and increased air pollution.2

Over the next few years, these phenomena will continue to increase because the factors that cause them are difficult to slow down and it issometimes not advisable to do so. Transport pollution will increase by more than 60 per cent unless action is taken to replace obsolete vehicleengine technology, increase fuel efficiency and improve urban air quality.2

Similar air quality problems.

Although the cities show some differences as regards weather conditions, they all share a Mediterranean climate, which produce similaratmospheric problems. This fact produces similar atmospheric trends between them.

• The largest proportion of air pollution comes from mobile sources and is located in the centre of the town. In Larnaka there is also apetrochemical industry that adds another source of pollution to the mobile sources.

• The main phenomenon are the episodes of photochemical smog produced in summer. Automobile traffic has increased considerably in recentyears. However, in Larnaka there are also industrial pollution episodes in other seasons.

• Larnaka, Limassol and Tetuan do not have an Air Quality Service and Laboratory

• The public transportation system is limited in all four towns.

• Old age of the vehicle fleet in Al Fayha and Tetuan.

Improving environmental management in the urban air quality aspect will require a well designed and focused technical assistance program to build-upmanagerial and technical capacity at both national and local levels. It will also require informing the public of environmental risks and involving them in prioritysetting and decision-making.

Know-how transfer.

2 World Bank Document: Middle East and North Africa Environmental Strategy. “Towards Sustainable Development”. February 17, 1995

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The project will have the opportunity of using the following experiences of the partners:

• Air laboratory management: Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.

• Air Quality Long Term Plans and control of polluting sources: The Catalan Regional Government’s Department of Air Quality.

• Urban Mobility Plans: Energy Institute of the Regional Government.

• Creation and initial steps of an Air Quality Service and Laboratory: Al Fayha Urban Community.

• National policies and programmes for Urban Air Quality and Mobility: National Authorities of Cyprus, Lebanon and Morocco.

1.6. Detailed description of the activities.

The programme is designed for intervention and implementation with six immediate objectives:

A) ELABORATION OF LONG-TERM PLANS TO REDUCE POLLUTING EMISSIONS IN THE SELECTED CITIES.

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ACTIVITIES:

A.1)-Regional training mission to Barcelona by 3 people (1 national and 2 local technicians) from Larnaka, Limassol, Tetuan andUrban Communityof Al-Fayha.

During this of training mission, the technicians official will be instructed in the elaboration of Long-Term Plans to reduce polluting emissions. It willtake place together with the training of the future laboratory technicians and the training of the future head of the Air Quality Service (See objectiveC).

A.2) One week training mission by two people from Barcelona to the 4 cities. Creation of the local monitoring committee.

Two people from Barcelona will go to these cities to train the municipal official responsible in drawing up inventories of emissions. The respective local monitoringcommittees will also be set up, with local and national representatives and the participation of local officers, stakeholders, etc. The Mayor or the President of theUrban Community will chair this committee.These local monitoring committees will be constituted by a head-director and official responsible for the municipal areas with powers in the areasaffected by the project: industry, transportation, environment, health, and civil protection.

These committees will supervise the correct implementation of the long-term plans. They will establish the terms of references of the plans, withthe help of the Air Quality Department (of the Catalan Regional Government) and the Assistant General Co-ordinator.

A,3) Diagnosis of the present situation.

The diagnosis will be carried out according to the following steps:

A.3.1) Inventory of emissions.

→ Inspection of the main single industrial sources in the zone. Determination of:

• Number of channelled sources of atmospheric emissions. Height and diameter of these sources.

• Type and consumption of the fuels used (Ton/year).

• Type of raw material used (Ton/year).

• Ton/year of end product.

→ Evaluation of the mobile, services and housing sectors. Estimate of:

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• ADT (Average Daily Traffic) in significant zones.

• Standard emissions of mobile sources related with the age of the fleet and the quality of the fuels used.

• Estimate of the main magnitudes of the services and housing sectors in the town.

• Individual analysis of the main focus services and estimate of the average emissions factors of the services and housing sectors.

→ Emissions quantification.

• Emitted pollutants: SO2, CO, NOx, VOC, PS..

• Ton/year emitted per pollutant and main pollutant source.

• Ton/ year emitted per pollutant and sector.

A.3.2) Draw up maps of the sources and emission levels for each pollutant.

A.3.3) Identify from all the sources studied the ones that are most significant for each town’s air quality.

The Air Quality service and Laboratory teams will work together in checking the estimates from the measurements at the emission point and theambient air. This work could start when the objective C is finished (See Objective C)

A.4) Elaboration of the Long-Term Plan.

This will consist of the following steps:

• Elaboration of a set of policies to reduce the pollutant emissions in all the sectors. Analysis within the local committee and definition ofthe long term air quality objectives and the long-term policies to apply in order to reach these objectives.

• Elaboration of individual protocols for selected industrial, services and housing activities.

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• Proposal and negotiation of Gradual Plans for Emission Reduction and adoption of the best available technologies provided that they areeconomically viable.

• Economic Viability of the long-term plans.

• Determination and time planning of the correctives measures to be implemented.

A.5) Establishment of a Monitoring plan.

This will be proposed by the Local Committee and managed by the Air Quality Service (see objective C), which will be responsible of:

Management of a monitoring network for external air quality.

Quantification of the air emission levels of the main pollutants.

Information processing.

Development over time.

A.6) Establishment of the Long-Term Plan monitoring programme .

• Monitoring/Verification of the plan’s effectiveness.

The Project will propose the creation in each town of an Air Quality Committee with the participation of National and Local Authoritiesrepresentatives, according to the wishes of the corresponding National and Local Authorities.

• Definition of indicators and creation of a Data Bank.

After the definition of the method and analysis of the information, enabling us to characterise urban air quality, it will be necessary to draw up aprogramme to bring up to date the indicators for providing the cities with a monitoring instrument for the urban air quality and its sustainability.

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The General Co-ordinator and the Assistant ViceGeneral Co-ordinator at the Air Quality Department (of the Regional Government of Catalonia)and the mobility consultant will predefine the indicators.

In each city, the local monitoring committee will adapt these indicators and will analyse them with the stakeholders in a small workshop session.

These indicators will be entered into a Data Bank. The Data Bank will file and manage measured data. If there is a Geographic Information System(GIS), it will also be introduced in the Bank as a management tool. If the city does not have such a tool, the European Partners or the NationalAuthorities will try to provide one.

B) ELABORATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN URBAN MOBILITY PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ANDTHE REDUCTION OF TRANSPORT EMISSIONS ACCORDING TO THE SITUATION OF THE CITY. DEFINITION OF INDICATORS ANDCREATION OF A DATA BANK.

ACTIVITIES

For solving transport problems in the area of study will be the municipal area.

B.1) Regional training mission of 3 people (1 national and 2 local technicians) from Larnaka and Limassol to Barcelona.

During this training mission the technicians will be instructed in the elaboration of urban mobility plans. Other activities will be:

• Constitution of the local monitoring committees in mobility.

• Presentation of the work methodology, project’s steps and modalities of co-ordination.

B.2). Data-gathering.

The inventory of the information involves:

• Collection of the necessary information, including that relating to socio-economic issues.

• Consultation and analysis of the different studies already carried out and relating to this project.

• Definition and drafting of inventory questionnaires and provisions for their treatment and analysis. This includes:

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→ Automatic vehicle count on the main arteries carried out by the local administration .

→ Directional counts (at rush hours in the morning and in the afternoon) and diagrams on movement within the network.

→ Elaboration of Origin/Destination (O/D) questionnaires, which will give us a better knowledge about the spatial distributionof movements, and establishment of the O/D matrix.

→ Parking questionnaires for defining the parking areas inside and outside the existing network, and evaluation of theparking demand according to different aspects, especially occupation, rotation...

→ Questionnaires relating to pedestrian and two-wheeled vehicles with the objective of finding out their condition as regardsmobility.

• Report of the central network characteristics for modelling the network.

B.3) Diagnosis of the present situation.

This section includes analysis of:

• The vehicle count results and the questionnaire illustrated by load diagrams.

• The used capacities depending on the structure and limitations of the traffic.

• The occupation rate, user types and utilisation of the car parks (short, medium and long term) as well as the fixing of a Supply/Demand balance for each area and period of time.

It will be necessary to size up the Supply/Demand matrixes relating to public and private transportation.

This section will close with the elaboration of a working diagnosis of the present-day transport systems in the studied perimeter in order to identifythe main malfunctions and to provide solutions, taking into consideration the social, environmental and economic objectives of sustainabledevelopment. It will be necessary to reduce costs relating to transport, energy consumption and pollution without forgetting the needs of thepopulation regarding mobility.

B.4) Elaboration of variants.

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According to the diagnosis and the consultations of the monitoring committee, the different organisation variants of urban mobility will bedeveloped with the use of a simulation model. This will allow us to resolve the problems noted, especially:

• Schematic gauging of the network.

• Network hierarchization.

• Definition of the directional circulation and establishment of the corresponding plans.

• Organisational proposal for public transportation.

• Definition of main pedestrian mobility.

• Elaboration of traffic simulation in the network by using simulators to test the proposed variants.

• Location of the parking areas inside and outside the network.

B.5) Evaluation of the variants taking into account energetic and environmental criteria..

Each variant will be verified from the viewpoint of environmental and energy considerations. The objective is to study the best solution to improveurban air quality, reduce CO2 emissions in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol and reduce energy consumption. Consideration will also be givento the use of alternative fuels and vehicles . It should also be noted that quality of life in a city, from the viewpoint of transportation, implies thesearch for economic solutions to increase public transport and private mobility whilst minimising environmental impact.

The information obtained from the control air quality stations will be used for ascertaining which of them are imputable to transport, and this willthen be compared with the limit values fixed by national legislation and, in some cases, the WHO and EU limits.

Starting with the preceding results, it will be possible to estimate the energy consumption for transport, separating public and private transportneeds. With the same information we can determine the pollutant load produced by transportation.

The evaluation of the proposed variant will be done with a multi-criteria analysis with the objective of identifying the best solution for theorganisation of urban mobility.

This evaluation will include, amongst others, aspects relating to energy, the economy and reductions in noise and atmospheric pollution. It will bedone with the help of a traffic simulator and a SUMMIT model (created by ICAEN under the SAVE European project) based on the establishmentof energy and environmental balances in present-day and future situations (for the different variants).

This multi-criteria evaluation of the proposed variants should be done in order to guide the official responsible in choosing the variant which willachieve the desired objectives and needs. The multi-criteria evaluation will be represented in a graphic diagramme to show the best alternative.

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B.6) Creation of a Data Bank (Sustainable urban mobility), definition of indicators and creation of a monitoring committee.

After the definition of the method and analysis of the information that will allow us to characterise mobility, it is necessary to draw up a programmeto bring up to date the indicators for providing the cities with a monitoring instrument of the phenomenon of mobility and its sustainability.

B.7) Detailed study of the chosen variant.

Once the monitoring committee has chosen a variant, it should be studied in detail in relation with all the transport models and throughout theperimeter of the area selected.

This implies amongst other things:

• Definition of the main directional circulatory arteries and the establishment of the corresponding plans.

• Definition of the lay-out of the main public transport lines.

• Definition of a network for pedestrian and two-wheeled vehicles (Bicycles and autocycles).

• Definition of a parking and goods policy.

• Gauging of the network depending on the different models of transport.

• Definition of the management principles for the main crossroads.

• Identification of the different actions to program in the network.

• Evaluation and elaboration of a report on traffic flow in the network to achieve the viability of the proposed solution.

B.8)Programming of the interventions.

This part of the project consists of programming, together with the Municipality, the interventions defining its priorities according to a Cost/ProfitAnalysis including environmental and social aspects. It will be necessary to define, for each intervention, the actors, cost evaluation and financialsources, differentiating, in each case, the costs payable by the State and by the Municipality respectively.

B.9) Short-term Action Plan.

With the objective of the quick implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the Urban Mobility Plan (UMP), it will be necessary toidentify those measures which require only small investment for their rapid implementation.

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C) DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING PROGRAMME FOR THE CITIES TO IDENTIFY, IMPROVE AND CONTROLTHE AIR QUALITY IN THEIR URBAN CENTRES. BUILDING (OR REINFORCING, IF IT ALREADY EXISTS) AN AIR QUALITY SERVICE WITHA LABORATORY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS. DEFINITION OF INDICATORS AND CREATION OF A DATABANK.

ACTIVITIES

**The Air Quality Service will offer the cities a better vision of the state and tendencies of urban air quality. To carry out its mission, the Service willbe provided with an analytic laboratory.

C.1) Regional training mission to Barcelona for 3 people (1 national and 2 local technicians) from Larnaka, Limassol and Tetuan, and two peoplefrom the Urban Community of El-Fayha..

Apart from building the Air Quality Service and the laboratory for controlling and measuring air quality, the programme states that it will alsonecessary to provide training in another MedCities member city, specifically one week and a half in Barcelona for 3 persons (1 national and 2 localtechnicians) from Larnaka, Limassol and Tetuan, and 2 from the Urban Community of El-Fayha.

The training visit will have three objectives. The first and second objectives are for Larnaka, Limassol and Tetuan. The third one is for all the cities.

a) Training of the future laboratory technicians in analytical methods and use of the analysis equipment. This will take place at theEnvironmental Laboratory of the Environmental Entity (Metropolitan Area of Barcelona).

b) Training of the future head of the Air Quality Service and the national official with competence in this area, in:

− The analytical methods and the equipment for measuring stationary (industry, service and domestic sector) and mobile pollutantsources.

− External air quality measuring equipment.

− The elaboration of the monitoring programmes and policies -.

These activities will be done at the Catalan Regional Government’s Air Quality Department.

c) During this week and a half training visit, the technicians and national official will be also instructed in the elaboration of Long-term Plansto reduce polluting emissions (See Objective A). This will also take place at the Catalan Regional Government’s Air Quality Department.

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C.2) Tender, purchase and delivery of the analytical equipment for measuring ambient air and pollutant sources (stationary or mobile).

In a parallel direction of the first training session in Barcelona, MedCities will carry out the acquisition of equipment for the collection of samplesand analysis of atmospheric pollutants in emission situations. This equipment will consist of:

• Isokinetic sampler.

• Chimney gas analyser.

• Vehicles exhaust gas analyser.

• 2 high volume samplers.

• Spectrophotometer.

• Reflectometer.

• Precision Balance.

• Atomic absorption.

• Miscellaneous (reactive, filters, volumetric glass, equipment.

The Vice-General Co-ordinator from the "Mancomunidad de Municipios del Área Metropolitana de Barcelona" (Metropolitan Area of BarcelonaAssociation of Municipalities), with the help of the Catalan Regional Government Air Quality Department and the Environmental Laboratory, willdeal with drawing up the specifications for the tenders selecting and purchasing the products and equipment and consigning this to the towns.

C.3) Start-up of the Laboratory and training mission by two people from Barcelona to Larnaka, Limassol, Tetuan and the Urban Community of Al-Fayha.

Once the analytical equipment has arrived and has been installed in the Air Quality Laboratory, two people from Barcelona will go to these citieswith the aim of:

A)

− Checking the equipment (verifying that all the needed materials and instruments have been received by the city).

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− Developing training sessions for the municipal technicians that will work in the Laboratory on:

− The analytical methods and the pollution measurement equipment for stationary (industry, service and domestic sector) andmobile sources.

− The measurement equipment for external air quality.

B)

− Improving the Air Quality Service installed in the Urban Community of El-Fayha.

Directed by the local monitoring committee, a plan of measurements will be established in accordance with the needs of the Long-Term Plans.

C..4) Definition of indicators and creation of a Data Bank.

After the definition of the methodology and the analysis of the information, which will allow us to characterise urban air quality, it will be necessaryto draw up a programme to bring up to date the indicators for providing the cities with a monitoring instrument for the urban air quality situation andits sustainability.

The General Co-ordinator and the Vice-General Co-ordinator will predefine the indicators in co-operation with the Air Quality Department (CatalanRegional Government) and the mobility consultant.

In each city, the local monitoring committee will adapt these indicators and will analyse them with the stakeholders in a small workshop session.

These indicators will be entered into a Data Bank. The Data Bank will file and manage measured data. If there is a Geographic Information System(GIS), it will also be introduced in the Bank as management tool. If the city does not have such a tool, the European Partners or the NationalAuthorities will try to provide them with one .

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D) CAPACITY BUILDING.

ACTIVITIES

These activities will involve awareness raising and training for planners, politicians and administrators of policies, principles, programmes andpractices.

D.1) At project level

D.1.1. Regional Seminars.

The regional seminars will take place in the context of the 4 Regional Workshops (Inaugural Workshop, 2 Follow-up Workshops and the Final Workshops).These Regional Workshops will be divided in two parts. The first one will be devoted to the presentation of the project objectives, the methodology,the programme, the implantation grade of the project in the cities...The second part will be devoted to the Regional Seminars.

In the Inaugural Workshop, its Regional Seminar (1RS) will focus on the General Policies of the Air Quality and the Mobility and on the Air QualityServices. The Seminar participants will be representatives of national authorities (2 per country), local authorities (2 per town), other partners (1per partner) and 4 members of the project team. In addition, up to 6 experts could attend the capacity building Seminars.

The next Regional Seminars (the second and the third) will be focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of the project. The contents of thesecond Regional Seminar will be related with the long-term plans to reduce polluting emission and with the Air Quality Service. The third one willbe devoted to capacity building for the elaboration of urban mobility plans.

In the Final Workshop will take place the last Regional Seminar (the forth one). It will be an open public-private participation Seminar devoted topresenting the public-private initiatives of the project, and a participatory approach with representatives of the private sector for the identification offuture public/ private actions related with the Project results.

D.1.2. Training missions

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For the implementation of the Urban Air Quality Service in Larnaka, Limassol and Tetuan and the elaboration of long-term plans for reducing airpollution in Larnaka, Limassol, Tetuan and Tripoli it will be necessary to establish training activities in Barcelona. These activities will allow thetraining of municipal technicians and politicians (national and municipal) in all aspects relating to the improvement of urban air quality (Seeobjectives A and C).

As in the other case, to ensure the correct implementation of the Urban Mobility Plan in Larnaka and Limassol, municipal technicians andpoliticians responsible will come to Barcelona for one-week training activities (See objective B).

Over the three-year duration of the project, different training documents will be created before activities start up. These documents will be drawnup by the different partners participating in the programme with the collaboration of the municipal monitoring committees.

D.2) At local level

An ad hoc capacity building afternoon dealing with the issues considered opportune will be organised as part of all follow up missions to the townsin co-operation with the local follow up team. This session will be managed by the mobility consultant or the experts on air quality from the CatalanRegional Government and the Barcelona Metropolitan area.

D.3) Creation of a "virtual" e-mail and a “website”

With the aim of exchanging experiences and information between all the cities, the partners and the co-ordinators, a "virtual" e-mail service will becreated.

With the aim of exchanging experiences and information between all the cities, the project will include the creation of a specific website which willbe linked to the specific MedCities website for public information (PLISE).

E) ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION AND AWARENESS-RAISING PROGRAMMES AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELSCONCERNING URBAN AIR QUALITY AND MOBILITY.

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These activities will include awareness raising and training for planners, politicians and administrators on policies, principles, programmes andpractices.

E.1) At Regional Level.

The MedCities network will create a sub-network for Urban Air Quality and Mobility, with the participation of the other partners. It will disseminatetheir results to the MedCities members and to the Mediterranean Commission of Sustainable Development family.

With the aim of exchanging experiences and information between all the cities, the project will include the creation of a specific website, which willbe linked to the specific MedCities website for public information (PLISE).

E.2) At Local Level.

→ Public Information Campaigns: aimed at raising awareness of and increasing knowledge about urban air quality (as regards mobilesources and the commercial and domestic sectors) and urban mobility. These campaigns will facilitate the flow of comprehensiveinformation through the media, education system, research and academic institutes, etc.

Public awareness modules and material will be prepared for application throughout the region to increase public knowledge concerningthe negative impacts of traffic pollution, pollutant emissions from mobile and stationary sources, etc.

→ Public-Private Partnerships: to bring together government, private business and civil society to pool their resources and skills to addressthe urban environmental challenges as regards urban air quality.

At the Final Workshop (see Objective D), the last day will be an open public-private participatory workshop with the objective of studyingfuture actions.

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F) CREATION OF A NETWORK FOR PROMOTION AND CO-OPERATION IN BUILDING CAPACITIES, THE EXCHANGE OF DATAINFORMATION, AND THE PARTICIPATION AND TRAINING OF EXPERTS AND TECHNICAL STAFF.

ACTIVITIES

F.1) At Regional Level.

− Meetings of the Project Monitoring Committee in the Regional Workshops

It will be created a Project Monitoring Committee (with the participation of one representative of each partner) for monitoring the implementation ofthe objectives and activities. They will meet in the 4 general Workshops that will take place in the three-project.

Two Regional Workshops (Inaugural and Final) and two Regional Monitoring Workshops will be made annually in the selected cities along thethree-year proposed project. All the workshops will have a capacity building seminar about project’s issues.

The creation and first meeting of the Project Monitoring Committee will take place in the Inaugural Workshop in Barcelona. It will be presented theobjective's project, the methodology and the programme.

In this Inaugural Workshop will be appointed the place (the organising city will change every time) and the dates of the 2 next Regional MonitoringWorkshops the Final Workshop. It will be established the general management Plan of the project.

In the 2 next Regional Monitoring Workshops, the Project Monitoring Committee will discuss the implantation level of the project in the cities. Thefirst two days will be focused on the political, technical and financial state of the project and in the each local Montoring Committee, reports. TheNational or/and Local representatives of the Local Monitoring Committees will explain their experiences, problems and lessons learned to the restof participants with the objective of exchanging information and improving the implementation of the different project's objectives.

The Final Workshop will present the conclusions of the three-year programme. A Final Evaluation Report will be presented and discussed.

− Creation of the website.

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This programme will create a network for promotion and co-operation with the aim of facilitating regionally co-ordinated responses to trans-boundary sustainable development challenges in the region, such as capacity building, urban air quality and urban mobility.

This interactive “virtual network” will facilitate and co-ordinate knowledge providing information to users in a timely, efficient and highly responsivemanner via the Internet. The Website will incorporate a number of themes, including localising sustainable development, to facilitate activeknowledge networking and to encourage regional dialogue among the municipalities and national authorities involved in the project.

This network will be co-ordinated, as appropriate, with other environmental networks and databases currently developed/proposed in the region(e.g. MedCities network, PLISE...)

− Establishment of a Project Co-ordinating Committee.

A General Co-ordinating Committee will be created for monitoring the implementation of the objectives and activities. When the project iscompleted, this Committee will become a MedCities Sectorial Committee for of Air Quality and Urban Mobility Plans. The documents elaboratedwill be disseminated to the MedCities members and to the Mediterranean Commission of Sustainable Development family.

F.2) At Local Level.

To carry out the programme, a Monitoring Committee will be set up in each city with the participation of competent National and Localadministrations, local actors and other interest groups. The project will identify the possibilities of creating one (or two) Local Follow up Inter-administration and Participatory Committees for Air Quality (and Urban Mobility). Synergies will always be sought with other existing co-ordinatingbodies, as the Al Fayha Environment Observatory .

1.6.1. Methodology (maximum 3 pages).

1. Role of partners.

Project implementation not only will be governed by the contract between the applicant and the EU: the partners will also sign a convention between them thatwill specify the roles and responsibilities of each.

The management structure will be as follows:

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A Project Monitoring Committee, with the participation of one representative of each partner. It will have a formal meeting once a year in theRegional Workshops, and will take decisions using e-mail conferences.

Four Local Monitoring Committees, one per beneficiary town, chaired by the Mayor or the President, will be created. These will be composed ofrepresentatives of the town, of the corresponding National Authorities, and local stakeholders. It will meet every time that there is a Project missionin the Town.

The managerial structure will be composed of a General Co-ordinator, Mr. Daniel Satué, from the Catalan Energy Institute, and an AssistantGeneral Co-ordinator, Mr. Joan Parpal, General Secretary of MedCities. They will be advised by Mr. Guillem Massaguer, from the CatalanEnvironment Ministry, and the consultant for the Mobility Plan

In each beneficiary town, the managerial structure will be composed of Monitoring Local Committee, selected by the town and the local team,made up, at least, of the head of the Air Quality Service, the head of the Laboratory and the local consultant for the Mobility Plan.

As was mentioned in Point 1.5.2 Know-how transfer, the technical know how responsibilities of the partners will be:

• Air laboratory management: Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.

• Air Quality Long Term Plans and control of polluting sources: Department of Air Quality .

• Urban Mobility Plans: Regional Government Catalan Energy Institute.

• Creation and initial steps of an Air Quality Service and Laboratory: Al Fayha Urban Community. The Urban Community of Tetuan has a SewageLaboratory at the University of Tetuan, that will form the nucleus of its new Air Laboratory

• National policies and programmes for Urban Air Quality and Mobility: National Authorities of Cyprus, Lebanon and Morocco.

• Local circumstances: Urban Community of Tetuan and El Fayha, Municipalities of Larnaka and Limassol.

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2) Methods of implementation, procedure for internal evaluation and co-operation with other organisations involved in the project.

This project has three main objectives:

• Elaboration of long-term plans to reduce polluting emissions in the selected cities.• Elaboration and implementation of an Urban Mobility plan for the improvement of vehicular traffic and the reduction of transport

emissions depending on the city’s situation. Definition of indicators and creation of a Data Bank.

• Development of an institutional strengthening programme for the cities to identify, improve and control the air quality in their urbancentres. Establishment (or reinforcement, if it already exists) of an Air Quality Service with a laboratory for the analysis of atmosphericpollutants. Definition of indicators and creation of a Data Bank.

These action-focussed objectives are complemented by other three horizontal instrumental objectives: Capacity building implementation, Encouragement ofparticipation and awareness raising, and Building up a Regional follow-up network with dissemination and knowledge sharing:

To achieve these objectives the methodological implementation will be carried out as follows:

• The elaboration of long-term plans will be carried out under the supervision of the Catalan Regional Government Air Quality Department.

• The elaboration and implementation of Urban Mobility plans will be supervised by the Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN) of the Catalan RegionalGovernment, who are currently completing the implementation of an Urban Mobility plan in Tunisia together with the Spanish Agency for Co-operation.

• The Air Quality Service and the laboratory for the analysis of atmospheric pollution will be implemented with the help of the Catalan RegionalGovernment Air Quality Department and the Environmental Laboratory of the Environmental Metropolitan Area. The experiences obtained fromthe implementation of the Air Quality Service in Tripoli last year (within the framework of the METAP Regional Capacity Building) will be appliedas part of this action.

A) Methodology: Elaboration of long-term plans to reduce polluting emissions in the selected cities.

Throughout the duration of the project, 4 people from the Air Quality Department (Regional Government of Catalonia), experts in this field, willprovide training and advisory services to the local teams constituted by the head of the respective municipal service, the municipal officialresponsible and one senior technician. These will form the local monitoring committee that will elaborate the long-term plan.

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We can differentiate 5 steps:

1) Collection of data and elaboration of maps (if it is possible, we will use the GIS). It is expected that the lack of information relating toindustry and the commercial and domestic sectors together with the mobile sources will be remedied by the Urban Mobility plan team.With all the information it will be possible to start building up the Data Bank.

2) After the identification from amongst all the sources studied of the one with the greatest pollutant potential, individual protocols for eachindustrial activity will be drawn up over one year, and the Gradual Plans for Emission Reduction will be drafted.

3) Over this period, we will continue to compare the initial emission information with that obtained from the laboratory of analysis that will beinstalled and working by this time. This will allow us to establish some indicators.

4) Elaboration of the plan. Depending on the inputs that the national authorities provide, the different Gradual Plans will be implemented,using the experience of the Air Quality Department (Regional Government of Catalonia). If suitable, this proposal will include a helpsystem for emission focus at national level.

The following actions will be proposed:

• Awareness campaigns addressed to mobile sources.

• Voluntary labels.

• A regulation proposal for emission standards at national level.

• Technical inspections of vehicles.

5) The long-term plan will establish the specific proceedings that the Air Quality Service will carry out. These will include: emissionmeasurements, definition and treatment of indicators, maintenance of the Data Bank and dissemination of the results.

B) Methodology: Elaboration and implementation of Urban Mobility plans.

The Urban Mobility Plans have as their main objective the improvement of vehicular traffic and the reduction of transport emissions.

To achieve this objective, a number of local technicians, forming the local monitoring committee, will be trained and advised by the Catalan EnergyInstitute (ICAEN), the Metropolitan Institute of Transport and a Spanish consultant. All three have great experience in the elaboration andimplementation of this type of plan.

For the elaboration of the plan it is necessary to:

1) Collect the available data relating to the distribution of movement, public transport users, public parking demand... With all thisinformation it will be possible to make a diagnosis of the traffic situation in these towns. A local consultant, paid by the Municipality, willbe responsible for this. The local or national authorities will provide the necessary equipment for implementing the measures.

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2) According to the results of the diagnosis, the local monitoring committee, together with the partners, will elaborate different organisationvariants for urban mobility. Each variant will be verified from the viewpoint of environmental and energy considerations. This will bedone with the help of a traffic simulator and a SUMMIT model (model created by ICAEN under the SAVE European project). This multi-criteria evaluation of the proposed variants should be done in order to guide the official responsible in choosing the variant which willbest achieve the desired objectives and needs.

3) Once the local monitoring committee has chosen a variant, it should be studied in detail with all the transport models and throughout theperimeter of the area selected.

4) With the chosen variant, the Municipality will plan interventions, defining the actors, cost evaluation, financial sources, alwaysdifferentiating the cost imputable to the Estate and to the Municipality.

With the objective of a quick implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the Urban Mobility Plan, it will be necessary to identify themeasures that require only small investment for prompt implementation.

C) Methodology: Development of an institutional strengthening programme. Building an Air Quality Service with a laboratory for the analysis ofatmospheric pollutants.

For the establishment of the Air Quality Service in the selected cities, some local technicians will be trained in Barcelona by the Air QualityDepartment (Regional Government of Catalonia) and by the Environmental Laboratory. People from these institutions will train and advise the localtechnicians over the three-year project duration.

Parallel to the training sessions in Barcelona, MedCities will carry out the acquisition of the equipment for the collection of samples and analysis ofatmospheric pollutants. The Assistant General Co-ordinator of the "Mancomunidad de Municipios del Área Metropolitana de Barcelona"(Metropolitan Area of Barcelona Association of Municipalities), will be responsible for tender specifications, selection of the products andequipment to be acquired, and their consignment.

When the analytical equipment has arrived and has been installed in the Air Quality Laboratory, two people from Barcelona will go to these citieswith the aim of starting up the equipment and organising training sessions for the municipal technicians who will work in the Laboratory.

The Air Quality Service, apart from managing the laboratory, will also participate in the elaboration of the long-term plans for reducing pollutingemissions.

Once the three-year project has finished, and with the aim of continuing with the activities of the Air Quality Service, a financing system will beproposed, based on the polluter pays principle or on the funds transfer from National Authorities.

These three objectives will be complemented with:

− Awareness raising programmes at national and local level.

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− Public information campaigns. These campaigns will facilitate a flow of comprehensive information through the media, education system,research and academic institutes, etc.

− Creation of a sub-network for Urban Air Quality and Mobility, with the participation of the other partners.

− Dissemination of the results to the MedCities members and to the Mediterranean Commission of Sustainable Development family.

− Creation of a specific website, linked to the specific MedCities website for public information (PLISE).

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1.6.2. Work Programme.

A) Elaboration of long-term plans to reduce polluting emissions in the selected cities.

A.1 REGIONAL TRAINING MISSION TO BARCELONA BY 3 PEOPLE (1 NATIONAL AND2 LOCAL TECHNICIANS) FROM LARNAKA, LIMASSOL, TETUAN AND URBANCOMMUNITY OF AL-FAYHA.

ObjectivesBecause of in the three main objectives it is necessary to make a training mission in Barcelona (after theinaugural session), it has been decided that it will be done jointly3.The main objective of this training mission (9 days) is to instruct the technicians:• The elaboration of long-term plans to reduce polluting emissions.• The elaboration of urban mobility urban plans.• Development and institutional strengthen programmes: building (or reinforcing if it exists) an Air Quality

Service and a laboratory of analysis of atmospheric pollution.It will include theoretic and practical examples of inventory of emissions (inspection andquantification), elaboration of maps, redaction of the plan...

Activities to be carried out to achieve the results on Elaboration long-term plans.It will include:• Theoretical explanations about the types of emissions, types of pollutants, principal emission

sectors, the characteristics and dynamics of the urban atmospheric pollution, the elaboration andredaction of long-term plans, establishment of corrective measures... It will be done in the AirQuality Department of the Regional Government of Catalonian.

• Theoretical lessons about the principles, impacts and recent trends of the automobiles’ pollutioncontrol. They will visit the Service of Pollution Control of the Municipality of Barcelona.

• Theory and practice for the control of stationary sources. Visits with the inspectors of the AirControl Service to some industries.

3 See the work Programmes of the objective B and objective C.

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• Explanation of the GIS system of on-line air quality control.

• Explanation of the most important legislation about atmospheric pollution (European, Spanish,Catalan and municipal laws).

• Training in the data’s collection process.

Expected results

After this training visit it is expected that the responsible of elaborating the long-term plan in the cities,will have the enough information and experience for starting on the collection of the available data.

Resources involved

To carry out this activity the next resources will be involved:

• 3-4 people of the Air Quality Department (of the Regional Government of Catalonian) will train andadvise the technicians and politics.

•Technicians of the Service of Pollution Control of the Municipality of Barcelona.•The General Co-ordinator assistant will supervise the activities.Analytical equipment for the measures in these institutions.

Preparation of documents.

Time schedule

m(4) + 2. In the 2nd month will take place the jointly training visit in Barcelona (1MAP, 1MAL and1MM)5

A.2 ONE WEEK TRAINING MISSION BY 2 PEOPLE FROM BARCELONA TO THE 4 CITIES. 4 m = month of contract signature. It will be considered as month 0. m + 1(month) = inaugural workshop. The first month after the contract signature will take place the First Regional Workshop (1RW).5 MAP = Mission Air Planning (long-term plan).MAL = Mission Air Laboratory (and also Air Quality Service).MM = Mission Mobility.

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CREATION OF THE LOCAL MONITORING COMMITTEE.

Objectives

• Training sessions of the local responsible in the collection of data in-situ.

• Creation of the local monitoring committee in each visited city.

Activities to be carried out to achieve the results

• Explanation of the mechanisms and the tools for doing the inventory of emissions, the emissions’quantification and the diagnostic of the situation.

• Checking the collection of data.

• Establishment of the local monitoring committee6. It will monitor the right implementation of thelong-term plan. They will establish the terms of references of the plan with the help of the 2technicians that will have come for the Air Quality Department of the Regional Government ofCatalonia.

• Produce the programme for the next steps.

Expected results

• Give to the technician the enough information for the starting on of the diagnostic of the situation.Complementation of the Barcelona training mission.

• Train municipal staffs and enhance local expertise.

• Create the Local Monitoring committee6 and make the first meeting.

• Follow-up of the activity.

Resources involved

2MAP = Training visit of two technicians of the Air Quality Department.

Meeting of the local monitoring committee.

Time schedule

m +3 = 2MAP (2nd training mission in the beneficiary cities). It will take place the 3rd month.

6 The local monitoring committee is constituted by: the Mayor, local elected representatives, focal point, laboratory head, national responsible and selectedstakeholders.

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A.3 DIAGNOSIS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION

Objectives

• Definition of the current situation of each city in terms of: emission sources, emitted pollutants,identification of main pollutant sources...


• Inventory of emissions: inspection of the main punctual industrial sources; emissionsquantification.

• Elaborate maps of the sources and emissions levels for each pollutant.

• Identify from all the sources studied the ones with bigger pollutant potential.

The Municipality should facilitate all the information recollected and treated.

Expected results

• Diagnostic of the present situation of the urban air quality with the aim of knowing the mostimportant pollutant sources (stationary and mobile). From the 8 th month it will be possible to checkthe collected data with the ones measured in the Laboratory.

Resources involved

Local team works7.3 MAP = One week mission of 1 technicians of the Air Quality Department of the Regional Government ofCatalonian with the objective of:

• Studying the situation of the cities according with the information obtained.

• Training sessions about the elaboration of long-term plans, specifically, in the elaboration ofindividual protocols and the redaction of the Gradual Plans for Emission Reduction.

• Meeting with the monitoring committee for starting up the elaboration of long-term plan.

Time schedule

m + 2 = Starting on the diagnostic of the situation.

7 The local team is constituted by: focal point, plan technician, laboratory head, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant and secretary. Participation of nationaltechnicians.

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m + 3 = 2MAP

m + 10 = Conclusion of the diagnostic and 3MAP..

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A.4 ELABORATION OF THE LONG-TERM PLAN

Objectives

Elaboration of the long-term plan taking into account the dates obtained from the analytical laboratory,which will be working since the 8th month.


• Co-ordination with the Air Quality Service and the Laboratory for establish a programme ofmeasures.

• Elaboration of a set of policies to reduce the pollutant emissions in all sectors. Analysis inside thelocal committee and definition of the long term air quality objectives and the long-term policies toapply in order to reach the objectives.

• Elaboration of individual protocols for selected industrial, services and housing activities.

• Proposal and negotiation of Gradual Plans for Emission Reduction and adoption of the betteravailable technologies provided that they are economically viable.

• Economic Viability of the long-term plans.

• Determination and time planning of the corrective measures to implant.

• Bring about the debate with the participant of different sectors and interest groups in the localmonitoring committee.

Expected results

• Redaction of the Long-term plan to carry on in the city.

• Follow-up of the activity.

Resources involved

4MAP = One-week mission of 2 technicians of the Air Quality Department (of the Regional Government ofCatalonian) with the objective of:

• Making a monitoring of the plan’s process elaboration: state of the individual protocols, the

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Gradual Plans....

• Training sessions about the elaboration of individual protocols, Gradual Plans for EmissionReduction...

• Meeting with the monitoring committee for advising them in the elaboration of long-termplan.

5MAP = One-week mission of 2 technicians of the Air Quality Department (of the RegionalGovernment of Catalonian) with the objective of:

• Final evaluation of the individual protocols, the Gradual Plans for Emission Reduction andthe time planning for the corrective measures to implant.

• Training sessions on the elaboration and establishment of surveillance plans(measurements and risks)and on the definition of indicators.

Local team works.

Time schedule

m + 11 = Start on the elaboration of the long-term plan.

m + 16 = 4MAP.

m + 22 = Conclusion of the elaboration and 5MAP.

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A.5 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONITORING PLAN

Objectives

Once the laboratory (see objective C) will be working, it will be necessary the installation of a smallvigilance network representative of the zone. It will be done with the objective of quantificate the airemissions levels of the main pollutants. With this information (after being treated and studied its timeevolution), the technician will be able to establish the surveillance plan.


• The Municipality should facilitate all the information recollected and treated.

• Bring about the debate with the participation of different sectors and interest groups in the local-follow up committee.

Expected results

• Elaboration of the surveillance plan.

• Implication of the responsible.

Resources involved

Local team works.6MAP = One week mission of 1 technician of the Air Quality Department of the Regional Government ofCatalonian with the objective of:

• Studying the situation of the cities according with the information obtained.

• Training mission definition of indicators and creation of a Data Bank.

• Meeting with the local monitoring committee for the redaction of the provisional final of long-term plan.

Time schedule

m + 23 = start on the surveillance plan.m + 28 = conclusion of the surveillance plan and 6MAP.

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A.6 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LONG TERM PLAN MONITORING PROGRAMME

Objectives

The main objective of this step is to verify the plan effectiveness through the elaboration of a programto bring up to date the indicators for providing the cities with a follow-up instrument of the urban airquality.


• Elaborate a programme to bring up to date the indicators.

• Introduce the indicators in a Data Bank.

• Establishment of the monitoring programme that the Air Quality Service and the Laboratory willcarry out.

• The local monitoring committee should adapt the indicators proposed (by the General Co-ordinator, the Vice-General Co-ordinator, the Air Quality Department and the mobility’s consultant)and contrast them with the stakeholders in a small workshop session.

• After defining the indicators, they should be introduced in a Data Bank.

Expected results


• Approbation of the proposed long-term Plan by the municipal, regional and national authorities.

• Public presentation of the proposed long-term Plan.

• Proposition for creating in each town of a Air Quality Committee, participated by the National andLocal Authorities representatives, according with the wills of the correspondent National and LocalAuthorities.

Resources involved

7MAP = One week mission of 1 technician of the Air Quality Department of the Regional Governmentof Catalonian with the objective of approving the proposed long-term Plan within the local monitoringcommittee.

Meeting of the local monitoring committee6.

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Works of the local team7

Time schedule

m + 5 = pre-definition of the indicators by The General Co-ordinator and the General Co-ordinatorassistant with the Air Quality Department and the mobility's consultant.

m + 10 = The local monitoring committee approbation of the proposed indicators in a small workshopsession.

m + 2 to m + 36 = creation and maintenance of the Data Bank.

m + 29 = starting on the elaboration of the monitoring programme.

m + 34 = conclusion of the elaboration of the monitoring programme and 7MAP.

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B) Elaboration and implementation of An Urban Mobility Plan for the improvement of vehicular traffic and the reduction of transportemissions according to the situation of the city. Definition of indicators and creation of a Data Bank.

B.1 REGIONAL TRAINING MISSION OF 3 PEOPLE (1 NATIONAL AND 2 LOCALTECHNICIANS) FROM LARNAKA AND LIMASSOL TO BARCELONA.

ObjectivesBecause of in the three main objectives it is necessary to make a training mission in Barcelona (after theinaugural session), it has been decided that it will be done jointly8.The main objective of this training mission (9 days) is to instruct the technicians:• The elaboration of long-term plans to reduce polluting emissions.• The elaboration of mobility urban plans.• Development and institutional strengthen programmes: building (or reinforcing if it exists) an Air

Quality Service and a laboratory of analysis of atmospheric pollution.

Specific objectives• Presentation of the work methodology, project’s steps and modalities of co-ordination.

• Presentation of the present situation of each city.

Training sessions for the technicians.

Activities to be carried out to achieve the results on Elaboration and implementation ofMobility Urban Plans.

Each city will be responsible of collecting the available information and documents for the project. Allthese papers should be presented during this training mission.

8 See the work Programmes of the objectives: A and C.

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Expected results• Starting on with the structure and logistic of the project.

• Sensitisation of the responsible.

Resources involved

• Co-ordination and organisation.

• Travel and accommodation of the participants (3 per town).

• Training programme.

Time schedule

m9+ 2. In the 2nd month will take place the jointly training visit in Barcelona (1MAP, 1MAL and 1MM)10

9 m = contract signature. It will be considered like month 0. m + 1(month) = inaugural workshop. The first month after signing the contract will take place the First Regional Workshop (1RW).10 MAP = Mission Air Planning (long-term plan).MAL = Mission Air Laboratory (and also Air Quality Service).MM = Mission Mobility.

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B.2 DATA-GATHERING

Objectives

The inventory o the present situation involves the next steps:

• Collection of the necessary information including those related with socio-economic items.

• Consultation and analysis of the different studies done related with this project.

• Definition and realisation of inventory questionnaires as well as their treatment and analysis.

• Report of the central and the peripheral network characteristics for modelling the network.


After the definition of the local monitoring committee, it will assume the co-ordinator role of collectingthe next information:

Territory

The aim is to divide the territory into uniform areas on the basis of characteristic data (inhabitants,employment, number of beds, vehicles, growth forecasts,...). The division obtained in this manner willallow us to define the specific weigh of the different poles o attraction and to characterise themovement between the different areas.

Movements

In order to study the different movement flows within the area under study, an Origin/Destination(O/D) study should be done, which would collect information about the movement's reasons. Theresults of the survey will allow us to establish the plan of the lines of desire.

Individual traffic

In order to characterise individual traffic, a counting campaign will be done to take account of thepercentages of the different modes used and the variations. This counting will be done by sections on

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the main highways, and will be also done in each direction on the main cross-roads, in order tocapture the movements. This stage of the study requires a plan to be defined for the counting posts.At the end of this stage, a plan of the traffic loads should be drawn up.

Urban public transportation

It is necessary to make a questionnaire about the number of passengers that use public transport,with the objective of collecting information about the Origin/Destination of the movements, its motivesand the service quality.

Parking and deliveries

For drawing up a parking policy, an analysis of the parking supply and demand in the centre townmust be done, in order to be able to determinate its characteristics and therefore draw up a parkingbalance sheet. Related with the demand, it would be useful, apart of the data on car rotations, togather data on the drivers' availability for paying the parking.

A traffic plan also demands the definition of the ways to manage the system of town' s supply. In orderto know how it works, we must analyse the offer and the demand of the deliveries operations in thetown centre.

Environment and energy

The information obtained form the air quality stations will be used for knowing which of them areimputable to transport, and then they will be compared with the limit values fixed by nationallegislation and, in some cases, the OMS and UE values.

Starting with the precedent results it will be possible to esteem the energy consumption for transport,separating the public and private transport needs.

Elaboration of a model for the main network

With the collected information, it would be possible to model and gauge the traffic situation. It willinclude the public and private traffic.

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Expected results

• Technology transfer.

• Definition of indicators adapted at the urban movement sustainability.

• Definition of the methodology for following-up the indicators.

Resources involved

2MM = Mission of two European partners in Larnaka and Limassol with the next objectives:

• Start up the local monitoring committee.

• Examination of the situation.

• Organise the works for the data collection.

• Identification of the local consultant.

• Training sessions.

3MM =Mission of two European partners in Larnaka and Limassol with the next objectives:

• Meeting with the local monitoring committee for knowing the grade of implementation.

• Control the works of data collection.

• Training sessions.

Consultant works.

Time schedule

m + 2 = starting the collection of data.

m + 3 = 2MM

m + 7 = 3MM

m + 8 = conclusion of the collection.

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B.3 DIAGNOSIS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION.

Objectives

This section includes the analysis of:

• The recount results and the questionnaires illustrated by diagrams of load.

• The used capacities depending on the structure and limitations of the traffic.

• The occupation rate, user types and utilisation of the car parks (short, medium and long time), aswell as the fixing of a Supply/Demand balance for each area and period of time.

It will be necessary to size up the Supply/Demand matrixes related with public and privatetransportation.

This section will closed with the elaboration of a working diagnostic of the present-day transportsystem in the studied perimeter in order to identify the main malfunctions and to provide solutions,taking into consideration the objectives of the sustainable development: Social - Environment –Economic. It will be necessary to reduce the costs related with transport, energy consumption andpollution without forget the mobility needs of the population.

The environmental and energetic evaluation will be done with the help of a traffic simulator and aSUMMIT model (model done by the ICAEN in the SAVE European project).

The information obtained form the air quality stations will be used for knowing which of them areimputable to transport, and then they will be compared with the limit values fixed by nationallegislation and, in some cases, the OMS and UE values.

Starting with the precedent results it will be possible to esteem the energy consumption for transport,separating the public and private transport needs.


The Municipality with the support of the local consultant should facilitate all the information gathered

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and treated.

Expected results

• Diagnostic of the present situation of the urban air quality with the aim of knowing the transportimpact.

• Definition, in each municipal monitoring committee, of a corrective strategy according to sustainabledevelopment criteria.

• Strengthen of the network for the starting up common experiences.

Resources involved

4MM = mission of 2 European partners in Larnaka and Limassol, with the objective of:

• Meeting of the local monitoring committee for the presentation of the diagnostic and for debatingabout the corrective strategy.

• Training session about the elaboration of variants.

Time schedule

m + 9 = Starting on the diagnostic of the situation.m + 14 = Conclusion of the diagnostic and 4MM.

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B.4 ELABORATION OF VARIANTS

Objectives

The objective of elaborating variants is to identify the organisational modality of the urban movementswith less impact on the environment and by acting on their components.

Network

The hierarchy of the network must be established in first place, with the aim of rationalising the trafficby compartmentalising the town. After that, it will be necessary to define the traffic plan (direction ofthe traffic flow) based in the circulatory moderation together with the exploitation modalities of themain cross-roads (different level crossings, roundabout, traffic lights with a regulation and co-ordination plan).

The new network will be tested with the SUMMIT model, with the objective of put to the test thesustainable development objectives: Social, Environment and Economy, because of it should reducethe expenses due to transport, energy consumption, and pollution without forget the mobility needs ofthe population.

Public transport network

The objective is to provide the citizens with a valid alternative to the private movement, through aquality public transport service. With the demand data, it is necessary to define the design models ofthe public transport lines, as well as the localising principles of the bus stops and the segregationnecessities for reporting the general traffic (in the same place).

Parking and deliveries

In order to define a sustainable strategy, it is essential to elaborate a parking policy that studies, by

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one hand, the possibility of building exchange parking in the outskirts of the cities and by the other,the parking regulation in the centre town as well as the creation parking in structure.

Starting from the parking balance it will be necessary to define the offer, the more convenientemplacements and the exploitation characteristics (time zone, fares and controls).

The distribution of the merchandises in the city is an indispensable aspect for its working. Forreducing the conflicts with the general traffic is essential to define the management modalities of thedelivery zones, in terms of emplacements and regulation, as well as the distribution routes.

Definition of a pedestrian network

After defining the poles of attraction for the pedestrian movements, the main itineraries have to beestablished, as well as the principles the principles for their management. In particular, it will benecessary to improve the movement conditions in terms of safety and comfort.

Definition of a network for bicycles and two-wheeled vehicles.

The bicycle is also a transport system that deserves to be developed. The main itineraries as well asthe principles for their management have to be established.

The high number of two-wheeled vehicles in the south Mediterranean requires an analysis about theviability of the routes reserved to bicycles and two-wheeled vehicles.


Bring about the debate with the participation of different actors and interest groups in the localmonitoring committee.

Expected results

• Generation of organisation variants for the urban movements.

• Sensitisation of the responsible to achieve the sustainable development.

Resources involved

5MM = mission of European partners in Larnaka and Limassol (during 3 days), with the objective of:

• Meeting of the local monitoring committee for the presentation of the variants.

• Training sessions on evaluation of variants taking into account different aspects.

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Consultant works.

Time schedule

M + 15 = starting on the elaboration of variants.M + 17 = 5MM.

M + 21 = conclusion of the elaboration of variants.

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B.5 EVALUATIONS OF THE VARIANTS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ENERGETIC ANDENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA.

Objectives

Each variant will be verified from the viewpoint of environmental and energetic considerations. Theobjective is to study the best solutions to improve the urban air quality, reduce CO2 emissions,according with the Kyoto Protocol and reduce the energy consumption.

The evaluation of the proposed variants will be done with a multi-criterial analysis with the objective ofidentify the best solutions for the urban moving organisation.

This evaluation will include, amongst other, the aspects related with energetic economy and acousticand the reduction of atmospheric pollution. It will be done with the help of a traffic simulator and aSUMMIT model (model done by the ICAEN in the SAVE European project), based on theestablishment of energetic and environmental balances in the present-day and future situations (forthe different variants).

This multi-criterial evaluation of the proposed variants should be done in order to guide theresponsible to choose the variant that will achieve the objectives and needs searched. The multi-criterial evaluation will be represented in a graphic standard form.



Expected results

• Evaluation of the organisation variants for the urban movements.


Resources involved

6MM = mission of European partners in Larnaka and Limassol (during 3 days), with the objective of:

• Meeting of the local monitoring committee for the presentation and for discussing the evaluations.

Consultant works.

• Training sessions on defining indicators, creating a Data Bank and studying the chosen variant.

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Time schedule

m + 15 = start on the evaluation of variants.m + 21 = 6MM and conclusion of the evaluation.

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B.6 CREATION OF A DATA BANK (SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY), DEFINITION OFINDICATORS AND CREATION OF A MONITORING COMMITTEE.

Objectives

It will be created a Data Bank (Sustainability of the urban movements) and will defined the indicatorsas well as the monitoring programme.

After the definition of the methodology and the analysis of the information that will allow us tocharacterise the mobility, it is necessary the elaboration of a programme to bring up to date theindicators providing the cities with a follow-up instrument of the mobility phenomenon and itssustainability.



Expected results


• Definition of the indicators adapted to the sustainability of the urban movements.

• Definition of the monitoring methodology of the indicators.

Resources involved

Consultant works.

Time schedule

The creation of the Data Bank will last nearly 2 years (from 2nd to the 21st month).

M + 2 = start on the creation of the Data Bank.

M + 21 = terminate of creation the Data Bank and definition of the indicators.

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B.7 DETAILED STUDY OF THE CHOSEN VARIANT

Objectives

Once the monitoring committee has chosen a variant, it should be studied in detail in relation with allthe transport models and in all the perimetric area selected.

This implies amongst others:

• Definition of the main directional circulatory arteries and the establishment of the correspondingplans.

• Definition of the laid out of the main public transport lines.

• Definition of a network for pedestrian and for two-wheeled vehicles (bicycles and autocycles).

• Definition of a parking and merchandise policy.

• Gauging of the network depending on the different models of transport.

• Definition of the management principles for the main cross-roads.

• Identification of the different actions to program in the network.

• Evaluation and elaboration of a report about the traffic flow in the network to achieve the viability ofthe proposed solutions.



Expected results

• Consensus in the organisation of the urban movements.

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Resources involved

7MM and 8MM = 2 missions of European partners in Larnaka and Limassol (during 3 days), with theobjective:

• Meeting of the local monitoring committee for presenting and discussing about the chosen variant.

Consultant works.

Time schedule

M + 22 = start on the detailed study of the chosen variant.M + 25 = 7MM

M + 30 = 8MM and conclusion of studying the chosen variant.

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B.8 PROGRAMMING OF THE INTERVENTIONS

Objectives

Consist on the programming, together with the Municipality, the interventions defining its prioritiesaccording with a Cost/Profit Analysis that includes the environmental and social aspects. It will benecessary to define for each intervention the actors, cost evaluation, financial sources, alwaysdifferentiating, the costs imputable to the State and to the Municipality.



Expected results


Resources involved

9MM = mission of European partners in Larnaka and Limassol (during 3 days), with the objective:

• Meeting of the local monitoring committee for presenting a proposition of program and fordiscussing about the intervention programming.

• Meeting of the local monitoring committee for the final presentation of the interventionprogramming.

Consultant works.

Time schedule

m + 31 = start on the programming of the interventions.m + 32 = 9MM

m + 34 = conclusion of the interventions’ programming.

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B. 9 SHORT-TERM ACTION PLAN

Objectives

With the objective of a quick implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the MobilityUrban Plan (MUP), it will be necessary to identify the measures that needs and small investment forits quick implementation.



Expected results


Resources involved

10MM = mission of European partners in Larnaka and Limassol (during 3 days), with the objective:

• Meeting of the local monitoring committee for presenting the short action plan.

• Meeting of the local monitoring committee for the final presentation of the short-term action plan .

Work consultant.

Time schedule

M + 31 = start on the elaboration of the short-term action plans.M + 34 = 10 MM and conclusion of the elaboration of the short-term action plans.

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C. Development of an institutional strengthening programme for the cities to identify, improve and control the air quality in their urbancentres. Building (or reinforcing if it exists) an Air Quality Service with a laboratory of analysis of atmospheric pollutants. Definition ofindicators and creation of a Data Bank.

C.1 REGIONAL TRAINING MISSION FOR 3 PEOPLE (1 NATIONAL AND 2 LOCALTECHNICIANS) FROM LARNAKA, LIMASSOL, TETUAN AND URBAN COMMUNITY OFAL-FAYHA.

ObjectivesBecause of in the three main objectives it is necessary to make a training mission in Barcelona (after theinaugural session), it has been decided that it will be done jointly11.The main objective of this training mission (9 days) is to instruct the technicians and national responsible in:• The elaboration of long-term plans to reduce polluting emissions.• The elaboration of urban mobility plans.• Development and institutional strengthen programmes: building (or reinforcing if it exists) an Air Quality

Service and a laboratory of analysis of atmospheric pollution.It will include theoretic and practical examples of inventory of emissions (inspection andquantification), elaboration of maps, redaction of the plan...

Activities to be carried out to achieve the results on development of an institutionalstrengthening programme.

The training visit will carry out the next activities:

• Training of the future laboratory technicians in the analytical methods and in the equipment ofanalysis. This will take place in the Environmental Laboratory of the Environmental Entity(Metropolitan Area of Barcelona).

• Training of the future responsible of the Air Quality Service and the national responsible, withcompetence in this area, in:

− The analytical methods and the pollution measurement equipment of stationary (industry,service and domestic sector) and mobile sources.

− The measurement equipment of the outsider air quality.

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− The elaboration of the programmes and policies to monitor.

These activities will be done in the Air Quality Department of the Regional Government of Catalonian.

Expected resultsAfter these training session it is expected the responsible of implementing and managing the AirQuality Service and the laboratory of analysis will have the enough knowledge for starting on theworks required in their cities.

Resources involvedTo carry out this activity the next resources will be involved:

• 3-4 people of the Air Quality Department will train and advise the technicians and politics.

• 1 person of the Environmental Laboratory will also participate in the training activities.

• The General Co-ordinator assistant will supervise the activities.

Time schedule

m12+ 2. In the 2nd month will take place the jointly training visit in Barcelona (1MAP, 1MAL and 1MM)13

C.2 TENDER, PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF THE ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT FOR

12 m = contract signature. It will be considered like month 0. m + 1(month) = inaugural workshop. The first month after signing the contract will take place the First Regional Workshop (1RW).13 MAP = Mission Air Planning (long-term plan).MAL = Mission Air Laboratory (and also Air Quality Service).MM = Mission Mobility.

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MEASURING AMBIENT AIR AND POLLUTANT SOURCES (STATIONARY OR MOBILE).

Objectives

One of the most important services that the Air Quality Service will carry out will be the managementof the laboratory of analysis of atmospheric pollutants. With the measurements obtained by thislaboratory it will be possible to redefine the long-term plan with more actualised and accurateinformation. This information will also help in the elaboration of the Mobility Urban Plans.


In a parallel direction of the first training session in Barcelona, MedCities will carry out the acquisitionof the equipment for the collection of samples and analysis of atmospheric pollutants in emissionsituations. This equipment will consist on:

• Isokinetic sampler.

• Gas analyser in chimney.

•Vehicles analyser.

• 2 high volume sampler.

• Spectrophotometer.

• Reflectometer.

• Precision Balance.

• Atomic absorption.

• Miscellaneous (reactive, filters, volumetric glass, equipment).

Expected results

• Purchase of the necessary equipment and products for the analytical laboratories.

• Encourage technology transfer, know-how and best practices among Mediterranean cities.

Resources involved

The Vice-General Co-ordinator of the "Mancomunidad de Municipios del Área Metropolitana deBarcelona" with the help of the Air Quality Department (of the Regional Government of Catalonian)and the Environmental Laboratory will make the specification of the tenders, the shopping's selectionof products and equipment and the consignment.

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Time schedule

m + 2 = start on the acquisition of the equipment.m + 6 = delivery the purchased equipment to the cities.

The laboratory will start working between the 7th and the 9th month.

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C.3 START UP THE LABORATORY AND TRAINING MISSION BY TWO PEOPLE FROMBARCELONA TO LARNAKA, LIMASSOL, TETUAN AND THE URBAN COMMUNITY OF AL-FAYHA.

Objectives

The objective of this visit is to start on the laboratory of pollutant analysis in Larnaka, Limassol andTetuan and improve the one installed in the Urban Community of Al-Fayha.


Once the analytical equipment has arrived and has been installed in the Air Quality Laboratory, twopeople from Barcelona will go to these cities to:

• Start on the equipment (verifying that all the needed materials and instruments have arrived to thecity).

• Develop training sessions of the municipal technicians that will work in the laboratory about:

− The analytical methods and the pollution measurement equipment of stationary (industry, serviceand domestic sector) and mobile sources.

− The measurement equipment of the outsider air quality.

Directed by the local monitoring committee, it will be established a plan of measurements related withthe needs of information of the Long-Term Plans.

Expected results

After the visit of the trainers it is expected that the laboratory will start on with the measures.

Resources involved

• Technicians of the Environmental Laboratory (of the Regional Government of Catalonia)

• Technicians of the Air Quality Department (of the Environmental Entity of Barcelona).

• Local monitoring committee6.

• Local team (Air Quality Service and laboratory)7.

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Time schedule

m + 7 to m + 9 = start up working the laboratory.

m + 9 = 2MAL.

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C.4 DEFINITION OF INDICATORS AND CREATION OF A DATA BANK.

Objectives

After the definition of the methodology and the analysis of the information, it is necessary theelaboration of a programme to bring up to date the indicators for providing the cities with a follow-upinstrument of the urban air quality situation and its sustainability.



Expected results


• Definition of the indicators adapted to urban air quality situation.

Definition of the follow-up methodology of the indicators.

Resources involved

• The General Co-ordinator and the Vice-General Co-ordinator with the Air Quality Department andthe mobility's consultant will predefine the indicators.

• In each city, the local monitoring committee will adapt these indicators and will contrast them withthe stakeholders in a small workshop session.

• Works of the local team jointly with the support of national technicians.

Time schedule

m + 5 = pre-definition of the indicators by The General Co-ordinator and the General Co-ordinatorassistant with the Air Quality Department and the mobility's consultant.

m + 10 = The local monitoring committee approbation of the proposed indicators in a small workshopsession.

m + 2 to m + 36 = creation and maintenance of the Data Bank.

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D. Capacity building.

D. CAPACITY BUILDING.

Objectives

Its main objective is to involve the awareness raising and training for planners, politicians andadministrators on policies, principles, programmes and practices.


D.1) At project level

D.1.1. Regional Seminars.

The regional seminars will take place in the context of the 4 Regional Workshops (Inaugural Workshop, 2Monitoring Workshops and the Final Workshops).These Regional Workshops will be divided in two parts. The first ones will be dedicated to thepresentation of the objectives’ project, the methodology, the programme, the implantation grade of theproject in the cities...

The second part of them will be dedicated to the Regional Seminars.

In the Inaugural Workshop, its Regional Seminar (1RS) will be made about the General Policies of theAir Quality and the Mobility and about the Air Quality Services. The Seminar participants will berepresentatives of national authorities (2 per country), local authorities (2 per town), other partners (1per partner) and 4 members of the project team. It could be added until 6 experts for the capacitybuilding Seminars.

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In the next Regional Seminars (the second and the third) will be dedicated to the theoretical andpractical aspects of the project. The second Regional Seminar will be related with the long-term plansto reduce polluting emission and with the Air Quality Service. The third on will be a Seminar oncapacity building for the elaboration of mobility urban plans.

In the Final Workshop will take place the last Regional Seminar (the forth one). It will be an openedpublic-private participation Seminar. It will be an exposition of the public- private initiativesexperiences of the project, and a participating approach with representatives of the private sector forthe identification of future public/ private actions related with the Project results.

D.1.2.Training missions.

For the implementation of the Urban Air Quality Service in Larnaka, Limassol and Tetuan; theelaboration of long-term plans for reducing air pollution in Larnaka, Limassol, Tetuan and Tripoli it willbe necessary the establishment of training activities in Barcelona. These activities will allow thetraining of municipal technicians and politicians (national and municipal) in all the aspects related withthe improvement of urban air quality (See objectives A and C).

As in the other case, for the right implementation of the Mobility Urban Plan in Larnaka and Limassol,municipal technicians and politicians responsible will come to Barcelona for one-week trainingactivities (See objective B).

During the three-year project will be created different training documents that will be done before thestarting up of the activities. These documents will be redacted by the different partners participating inthe programme with the collaboration of the municipal monitoring committees.

D.2) At local level

In every follow up missions to the towns it will be organised by the project managers, in collaborationwith the local tea follow up team an ad hoc capacity building afternoon about the issues consideredopportune. The consultant of Mobility or the experts in Air Quality from the Regional Government of

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Catalonian and the Barcelona Metropolitan area will manage it.

D.3) Creation of a "virtual" e-mail and a “webSite”.

With the aim of exchange experiences and information between all the cities, the partners and the co-ordinators, it will be created a "virtual" e-mail.

With the aim of exchange experiences and information between all the cities, the project will includethe creation of a specific website, which will be linked with the specific Medcities’ website for publicinformation (PLISE).

Expected results

• Bring about the debate with the participation of different sectors and interest groups in the localmonitoring committee.

• Strengthen links among local authorities in the Mediterranean.

• Strengthen regional co-operation, information dissemination and experience exchange in urban airquality and sustainable urban mobility.

• Identify public-private partnerships in urban air quality improvement.

• Co-operative agreements and partnership among international organisation, regional networksand municipalities for improve urban air quality.

• Investigation of mechanisms for creation of public-private partnerships and capital investments forfurther co-operation.

Resources involved

1RS14 = The participants to the first Seminar will be representatives of national authorities, local authorities,other authorities and members of the project team. It could be added until 6 international experts for thecapacity building Seminar.2RS and 3RS = their participants will be representatives of national authorities, local authorities, otherauthorities and members of the project team.

4RS = the participants to the last Seminar will be: national authorities, local authorities, otherauthorities, members of the project team and representatives of the private sector for the identificationof future public/private actions.

14 RS = Regional Seminar.

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Time schedule

Regional Seminar.

1RS = m15 + 1 = First Regional Seminar (1RS) in the 1RW (Regional Workshop).

2RS = m + 12 in the second Regional Monitoring Workshop.

3RS = m + 24 in the third Regional Monitoring Workshop.

4RS = m + 36 Final Workshop.

Training Missions.

MAP (Mission on air long-term plan) MAL (Mission Air Laboratory) MM (MissionMobility).

1MAP = m + 2 1MAL = m + 2 1MM = m + 22MAP = m + 4 2 MAL = m + 9 2MM = m + 3

3MAP = m + 10 3MM = m + 7

4MAP = m + 16 4MM = m + 115MAP = m + 22 5MM = m + 17

6MAP = m + 28 6MM = m + 21

7MAP = m + 34 7MM = m + 24

8MM = m + 29

9MM = m + 32

10MM = m +34

Creation of the Website:

m + 6 to m + 8 = creation of the website

m + 9 to m + 36 = maintenance works.

15 m = contract signature. It will be considered like month 0.

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E. Encouragement of participation and awareness-raising programmes at national and local level concerning with air quality andmobility.

E. ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION AND AWARENESS-RAISING PROGRAMMES ATLOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL CONCERNING URBAN AIR QUALITY AND MOBILITY.

Objectives

Promote participation, public awareness and stakeholder involvement at the local, national andregional levels.


E.1 ) At Regional Level.

MedCities network will create a sub-network for Urban Air Quality and Mobility, with the participationof the other partners. It will disseminate their results to the Medcities’ members and to theMediterranean Commission of Sustainable Development family.

With the aim of exchange experiences and information between all the cities, the project will includethe creation of a specific website, which will be linked with the specific Medcities’ website for publicinformation (PLISE).

E.2) At Local Level.

→ Public Information Campaigns: aimed at raising awareness towards and enhanceknowledge of urban air quality (related with mobile sources and commercial and domestic sectors)and urban mobility. These campaigns will facilitate the flow of comprehensive information through themedia, education system, research and academic institutes, etc.

It will be created public awareness modules and material will be prepared for application throughout the regionto increase public knowledge concerning the negative impacts of traffic pollution, pollutant emissions frommobile and stationary sources... The campaign will rely on the most effective communication means, such as

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local radio, TV, newspapers, public hearings, special events, etc.

→ Public-Private Partnerships: to bring together government, private business and civilsociety to pool their resources and skills to address the urban environmental challenges in urban airquality.

In the Final Workshop (see objective D), the last day will be an opened public-private participationworkshop with the objective of studying future actions.

→ Public Presentation: of the project’s results will be undertaken by the Municipality. Thepresentation will be made to municipal and national decision-makers, potential donors, other local andnational stakeholders, media, NGOs and public associations, with the objective of gathering publicsupport and proposing concrete next steps for implementation.

Expected results

• Create local level consultative mechanisms with all involved actors, including local levelauthorities, local expertise, international experts, industry and others as appropriate.

• Increase public awareness of air quality problems and solutions.

• Commitment and support of public and local authorities to develop identified actions.

• Development of regional Guidelines for Urban Air Quality Improvement.

Resources involved

Public Information campaign = in its elaboration and dissemination will participate Project Co-ordinator Committee (See objective F), the local monitoring committees and national authorities.

It will also participate NGO’s, private sector, media, public associations and the general population ofthe region.

Public-private partnerships = they will participate in the local monitoring committees, in the individualsagreements (See objective A), in the Final Workshop.

Public presentation = municipal and national decision-makers, potential donors, other local andnational stakehholders, media, NGOs, public associations and the general population.

Time schedule

Public information campaigns and dissemination.

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They will start after the elaboration of the plans.

m + 23 = it will start on the different public information campaigns.

m + 35 = conclusion of the public information campaigns.

Public-private partnershipsm + 36 = it will take place in the Final Workshop.

Creation of the webm + 6 to m + 8 = creation of the website


Public Presentationm + 36 = in the Final workshop will take place the public presentation of the project’s results.

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F. Creation of a network for promotion and co-operation in the building capacities, the exchange of data information, and theparticipation and training of experts and technical staff.

F. CREATION OF A NETWORK.

Objectives

Develop an efficient network for strengthening regional co-operation, information dissemination andexperience exchange in urban air quality improvement.


F.1) At Regional Level

• Meetings of the Project Monitoring Committee in the Regional Workshops.

It will be created a Project Monitoring Committee (with the participation of one representative of eachpartner) for following-up the implementation of the objectives and activities. They will meet in the 4general Workshops that will take place in the three-project.

Two Regional Workshops (Inaugural and Final) and two Regional Monitoring Workshops will be madeannually in the selected cities along the three-year proposed project. All the workshops will have acapacity building seminar about project’s issues.

The creation and first meeting of the Project Monitoring Committee will take place in the InauguralWorkshop in Barcelona. It will be presented the objective's project, the methodology and theprogramme.

In this Inaugural Workshop will be appointed the place (the organising city will change every time) andthe dates of the 2 next Regional Follow up Workshops the Final Workshop. It will be established thegeneral management Plan of the project.

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In the 2 next Regional Follow- up Workshops, the Project Monitoring Committee will treat theimplantation grade of the project in the cities. The first two days will be focused in the political,technical and financial state of the project and in the each local follow up Committee, reports. TheNational or/and Local representatives of the Local Monitoring Committees will explain theirexperiences, problems and lessons learned to the rest of participants with the objective of exchanginginformation and improving the implementation of the different project's objectives.

The Final Workshop will present the conclusions of the three-year programme. A Final EvaluationReport will be presented and discussed.

• Creation of the WebSite.

This programme will create a network for promotion and co-operation with the aim of facilitatingregionally co-ordinated response to trans-boundary sustainable development challenges in the region,such as capacity building, urban air quality and urban mobility.

This interactive “virtual network” will facilitate and co-ordinate knowledge providing information tousers in a timely, efficient and highly responsive manner via the Internet. The Website will incorporatea number of themes, including localising sustainable development, to facilitate active knowledgenetworking and to encourage regional dialogue among the municipalities and national authoritiesinvolved in the project.

This network will be co-ordinated, as appropriate, with other environmental networks and databasescurrently developed/proposed in the region (e.g. MedCities's network, PLISE...)

• Establishment of a General Co-ordinating Committee.It will be created a Project Co-ordinator Committee16 for following-up the implementation of theobjectives and activities. When the project will be finished, this Committee will become a SectorialCommittee of Medcities in terms of Air Quality and Mobility Urban Plans. The documents elaborated

16 It is composed by a General Co-ordinator, Mr. Daniel Satué, from the Catalonian Institute of Energy; the Vice-General Co-ordinator, Mr.Joan Parpal, General Secretary ofMedcitites. They will be advised by Mr. Guillem Massaguer, from the Catalonian Ministry of Environment and the consultant for the Mobility Plan.

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will be disseminated to the MedCities’ members and to Mediterranean Commission of SustainableDevelopment family.

F.2)At Local Level.

To carry out the programme, in each city will be created a Local Monitoring Committee with theparticipation of competent administrations, implicated local actors and other interest's groups.

Also, during the three-year programme, it will be specific visits to these cities (Larnaka, Limassol,Tripoli and Tetuan) for working on the achievement of the programme's objectives.

Expected results

• Encourage technology transfer, know-how and best practices among these cities.

• Link all project participants on an ongoing basis.

• Regional exchange of expertise through networking among MEDCITIES member towns andMCSD family.

• Regional Seminars to build capacity for integrated air quality management and to compare anddiscuss experiences in the project areas.

Resources involved

Project Monitoring Committee: with the participation of one representative of each partner.

Local Monitoring Committees: one per beneficiary town and leaded by the Mayor of the President. Itwill be composed by the elected representatives of the town, the correspondent National Authoritiesand some local stakeholders.

Project Co-ordinator Committee: It is composed by a General Co-ordinator, Mr. Daniel Satué, fromthe Catalonian Institute of Energy; the Vice-General Co-ordinator, Mr.Joan Parpal, General Secretaryof Medcitites. They will be advised by Mr. Guillem Massaguer, from the Catalonian Ministry ofEnvironment and the consultant for the Mobility Plan.

Time schedule

Meetings of the Project Monitoring Committees

m17 + 1= first meeting of the project monitoring committee in the Inaugural Workshop.

17 m = contract signature. It will be considered like month 0.

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m + 12 = second meeting of the project monitoring committee in the second Regional Workshop.

m + 24 = third meeting of the project monitoring committee in the third Regional Workshop.

m + 36 = final meeting of the project monitoring committee in the Final Workshop.

Creation of the WebSite

m + 6 to m + 8 = creation of the website


Establishment of the Project Co-ordinator Committee

m+ 1 = establishment of the project co-ordinator committee in inaugural Workshop.Creation of the local monitoring committees

m + 1 = creation of the local monitoring committees.

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1.6.3. Duration and recapitulative summary of the Workprogramme.

TIMESCHEDUL

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SPECIFICOBJECTIVES

ACTIVITIES EXPECTED RESULTS INDICATORS OFACHIEVEMENT

Month 0 Contract signature

Month 1

Objectives D and F

Inaugural Workshop:

• D1: First Regional Seminar (1RS).

• F1: First meeting of the ProjectFollow-up Comittee.

• Agreement in projectmanagement.

• Bring about the debate.

• Strengthen links andregional co-operation.

• Training documentsprepared.

• Regular realisation ofRegional Seminars.

• Number of stakeholdersattending workshop.

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Month 2 Objectives A, B, C,D

• A1, B1 and C1: Training mission of 3people from Larnaka, Limassol,Tetuan and Urban Community of Al-Fayhaa in Barcelona.

• Training missions 1MAP18(A1,D2),1MM(B1,D2) and 1MAL(C1,D2).

Starts on the activities:

• A3: diagnostic of the situation. It willfinish the 10th month.

• B2: collection of data. It will finish the8th month.

• C2: acquisition of the laboratory’sequipment. It will finish the 8th month.

• A6, B6 and C4: start on the creationof the Data Bank.

• 1MAP and 1MM: know-how transfer for startingon the collection of datain the towns.

• 1MAL: know-how transferon analytical equipmentfor measurement.

• A3: Definition of thepresent situation in eachtown.

• B2: Technology transfer.

• C2: purchase theequipment, technologytransfer.

Definition of the indicatorsadapted to the urban airquality situation.


• Number of teams hiredand trained in thepartners’ towns.

• Realisation of theindicators.

• Creation of the databank.

• Co-operation betweenAir Quality Service andthe long-term plansresponsible.

• Establishment of theTerms of Reference.

• Quality of the DataBank.

18 MAP: Training Mission on Air Plan.MM : Training Mission Mobility.MAL : Training Mission Laboratory.

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Month 3

B.

Objective A,D

Objective B,D

• Related with the activities A2 andD2,it will take place the 2MAP withthe aim of instructing the technicians.

• Related with the activities B2 and D2,the 2MM will be carried out.

• Train the municipal Staff.

• Create local follow-upcommittee.

• Training mission in A3.

• Start up the local follow-up committee.




Month 5 Objectives A and C • A6 and C4: pre-definition of theindicators by the General Co-ordinator, Vice-General Co-ordinator,Air Quality Dpt. And mobility’sconsultant.

• Establishment of themain indicators of urbanair quality.

• Creation of the DataBank.

Month 6

Objective C • C2: delivery of the purchasedequipment to the cities.

• D3, E1 and F1: start on the creation

• Encourage technologytransfer, know-how andbest practices amongMediterranean cities.

• Exchange experiences

• Terms of Referencedone.

• Arrival of the equipmentto the towns.

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Objective D,E and F. of the webside. It will be finished bythe 8th month.

and information betweenall the cities, partners andco-ordinators.

• Creation of a virtual e-mail.

• Number of networkusers.

• Availability of electronice-mail.

• E-mail forums and chatscreated.

Month 7

Objective B and D

Objective C

• In the activities B2 and D2 will becarried out the 3MM: controlling theworks of data collection.

• C3: Start on working the laboratory ofanalysis. It will last 2 months.

• Examination of thesituation.

• Identification of the localconsultant.

• The laboratory will startproviding data from themeasures.


• Air Quality Service anLaboratory on-going.

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Month 8

Objective B • B2: conclusion of the collection dataprocess.

• Study and treatment ofthe collected data.

• Creation of the DataBank.

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Objective D,E and F

• D3, E1 and F1: conclusion of thecreation of the WebSite.

• Strengthen regional co-operation, informationdissemination andexperience exchange inurban air quality andsustainable urbanmobility.

• Number of networkusers.

• Availability of electronice-mail.

Month 9

Objective B

Objective C and D

Objective D,E and

• B3: start on the diagnostic of thepresent situation related with urbanmobility. It will last until the 14th

month.

• In the activities C3 and D2, it will becarried the training mission 2MALwith the aim of verifying that theneeded materials and instrumentshave arrived and developing trainingsessions.

• D3, E1 and F1: start on themaintenance of the webSite. It will

• Knowledge of thetransport impact.

• Strengthen of the networkfor starting up commonexperiences.

• The laboratory shouldstart working.

• Strengthen regional co-operation, information

• Definition of theindicators related tourban mobility.

• Trained documentsprepared.

• E-mail forums and chats

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F last until 36th month. dissemination.

• Exchange experiencesand information betweenall the cities, the partnersand the co-ordinators.

created.

• Number of externaltowns connected.

• Web utilisation.

Month 10 Objective A • A3: conclusion of the diagnostic ofthe situation.

• Reliable data of the cities’situation.

• Actualisation of the DataBank.

TIMESCHEDUL

E

SPECIFICOBJECTIVES


Month 10 Objective A and C • A6 and C4: the local follow-upcommittee will approve the proposedindicators (see month 5) in a smallworkshop.

• Definition of theindicators adapted to theurban air quality situation.

• Know-how transfer.

• Indicators and databaseon-going.

Month 11 Objective A • A4: start on the elaboration of thelong-term plan. It will finish the 22nd

month.

• Set of policies, individualsprotocols, industrialagreements...

• Redaction of the long-

• Public presentation ofthe long-term plan.

• Approbation of the long-term by the local,

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term plan. regional and nationalauthorities.

Month 12 Objective D and F Second Regional Workshop

D1: Second Regional Seminar: relatedwith the long term plans to reducepolluting emissions and with the AirQuality Service.

F1: Second meeting of the ProjectFollow-up Committee.




• Number of stakeholdersattending workshop.

• Rate of attendance tothe Seminars.

Month 14 Objective B and D • B3: conclusion of the diagnostic ofthe towns’ situation related with theirmobility.

• B3 and D2: the training mission 4MMwill be done, with the aim ofpresenting the diagnostic, debatingcorrective strategies...

• The Municipality shouldfacilitate all theinformation recollectedand treated for definingthe corrective strategy.


Month 15 Objective B • B4 and B4: start on the elaborationand evaluation of the variants. It willlast until the 21st month.

• Generation oforganisation variants forthe urban movement.

• Sensitisation of

• Elaboration of theReport.

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responsible.

TIMESCHEDUL

E

SPECIFICOBJECTIVES


Month 16 Objective A and D • A4 and D2: the training mission4MAP.

• Folllow-up the Activity A4. • Training documentsprepared.

Month 17 Objective B and D • B4 and D2: the training mission 5MM • Follow-up the activity B4(Elaboration of variants).


Month 21

Objective B

Objective B and D

• B4, B5 and B6: conclusion of theelaboration and evaluation ofvariants; and conclusion of the DataBank related to Sustainable UrbanMoving.

• B5 and D2: the training mission 6MM.


• Generation oforganisation variants forthe urban movements.

• Sensitisation theresponsible.

• Know-how transfer.

• Definition of indicators.

• Indicators and data bankongoing.


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Month 22

Objective A and D

Objective B

• A4: Conclusion of the elaboration ofthe long-term plan.

• A4 and D2: training mission 5MAP.

• B7: start on the detailed study of thechosen variant. It will finish the 30th

month.

• Final evaluation of thelong-term plan.

• Consensus in theorganisation of the urbanmovements.

• Sensitisation of theresponsible.

• Public presentation ofthe long-term plan.

• Approbation of the long-term plan by the local,regional and nationalauthorities.

• Approbation of thechosen variant by thelocal monitoringcommittee.

Month 23

Objective A and E

Start on:

• A5: the establishment of thesurveillance plan. It will finish the 28th

month.

• E2: public information campaigns. Itwill finish the 36th month.

• Elaboration of thesurveillance plan.

• Increase publicawareness of air qualityproblems and solutions.

• Standards and norms forpollutant emissionsprepared and delivered.

• Realisation ofcampaigns.

• Public and NGO´sparticipation.

TIME SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES EXPECTED RESULTS INDICATORS OF

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SCHEDULE

OBJECTIVES ACHIEVEMENT

Month 24

Objective D and F

Third Regional Workshop:

• D1: third Regional Seminar: it will beon capacity building for theelaboration of mobility urban plans.

• Bring about the debate. • Rate on attendance tothe Seminars.

Month 24

Objective D and F

Third Regional Workshop:

• F1: third meeting of the Project Co-ordination Committee.




• Rate of attendance tothe Seminars.

• Number of stakeholdersattending to theworkshop.

Month 25

Objective B and D

• B7 and D2: training mission 7MM. • Bring about the debate.

• Follow-up the activity B7.


Month 28

Objective A and D

• A5: conclusion of the elaboration ofthe surveillance plan.


• Implication of theresponsible.


• Standards and norms forpollutant emissionprepared and delivered.

• Training documents

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prepared.

Month 29

Objective A

• A6: start on the elaboration of thefollow-up programme of the long-termplan. It will finish the 34th month.


• Introduction of theindicators in the DataBank.

• Indicators and data bankon going.

Month 30

Objective B and D

• B7: conclusion of the detailed studyof the chosen variant.

• B7 and D2: training mission 8MM.

• Consensus in theorganisation of the urbanmovements.

• Sensitisation of theresponsible.

• Approbation of thechosen variant by thelocal monitoringcommittee.


TIMESCHEDUL

E

SPECIFICOBJECTIVES

ACTIVITIES EXPECTED RESULTS

• Number of actions carryout.

Month 31

Objective B

• B8 and B9: start on the programmingof interventions and the short-termaction plans.



• Number of actions carryout

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Month 32

Objective B and D

• B8 and D2: training mission 9MM. • Implication ofresponsible.

• Follow-up the activity B8.


Month 34 Objective A and D.

Objective B and D.

• A6: conclusion of the elaboration ofthe follow-up programme.


• B8 and B9: conclusion ofprogramming the interventions andthe short-term action plan.

• B9 and D2: training mission 10MM.

• Approbation of theproposed long-term planby the municipal, regionaland national authorities.

• Public presentation of theproposed long-term Plan.


• Right implementation ofthe monitoringprogramme.


• Public participation tothe long-term planpresentation.

• Public presentation ofthe mobility urban plan(MUP).

• Approbation of the MUPby local, regional andnational responsible.

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TIMESCHEDUL

E

SPECIFICOBJECTIVES

ACTIVITIES EXPECTED RESULTS

• Number of actions carryout.

Month 36 Objective A and C.

Objective D,E andF.

• A6 and C4: conclusion of themaintenance of the Data Bank.

• D3, E1 and F1: conclusion of themaintenance of the website.

• Final Workshop

D1: Last Regional Workshop.

E2: The last day will be an openedpublic/private participation workshop withthe objective of studying future actions.

F1: last meeting of the Project MonitoringCommittee. Presentation of theconclusions of the three-yearprogramme.

• The Locals Air QualityServices will continue themanagement of the DataBank after the end of theproject.

• Presentation of the FinalEvaluation Report.

• Link all projectparticipants on anongoing basis.

• Indicators and data bankon going.

• Number of network users.

• Number of stakeholdersinvited to take par inforums and attending tothe workshops panels.

• Number of sustainablePublic-PrivatePartnerships.

• Rate of attendance to theFinal Workshop.

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• Number of non-participating towns withwhich lessons wereshared.

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1.7.Assumptions and Risks.

Possible risks that could affect the project and hinder the successful implementation ofthe planned activities include:

1. Lack of political commitment from central governments to support the project items.

2. Insufficient and/or inadequate human, financial and technical resources to fullyimplement programme activities.

3. Institutional barriers on free and unlimited exchange of information pertaining topolluters control.

4. Lack of, or poor co-ordination and political support from relevant sectoral ministriesand departments for integrated planning and management.

5. Jurisdictional disputes and lack of legislation outlining fiscal and administrativemunicipal power and authority.

6. Lack of information on mobility issues.

7. Socio-political instability in beneficiary countries or changes in the politicalresponsible after and election process leading to disruption of programme activities.

8. Failure to transfer knowledge from European experience to beneficiary countries.

9. Lack of adequate stakeholder representation in the Local Agenda 21 planningprocess and in the local committees.

10. Failure in matching the plans of air quality and urban mobility.

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1.8.Duration and Project Timetable (include a Work Calendar in annex).

Months

Activities

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

1RW19 Inaugural Workshop

1RS Regional Seminar

F1 Meeting Project MonitoringCommittee.

A1 Training mission in BCN

B1 Training mission in BCN

C1 Training mission in BCN

1MAP Training mission in BCN

1MM Training mission in BCN

1MAL Training mission in BCN

A3 Diagnostic situation

B2 Collection data

C2 Acquisition equipment

A6 Create/maintain DataBank

B6 Data Bank Mobility

C4 Create/maintain DataBank

2MAP Training mission

2MM Training mission

A6 Predefine indicators

19 RW: Regional Workshop.RS: Regional Seminar.MAP: Training Mission in Air Planning (long-term plans).MM: Training Mission in Mobility.MAL: Training Mission in Air Laboratory.

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C4 Predefine indicators

D3 Creation WebSite

E1 Creation WebSite

F1 Creation WebSite


C3 Start on Laboratory

B3 Diagnostic situation

D3 Maintain WebSite

Months

Activities

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

E1 Maintain WebSite

F1 Maintain WebSite

A6 Approve propose.indicator.

C4 Approve propose.indicator

A4 Elaboration long-term plan

2RW Regional WorkShop


F1 Meeting Project MonitoringCommittee


B4 Elaborate variants

B5 Evaluate variants




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B7 Detail study chosen variant

A5 Surveillance plan

E2 Public inform. campaigns

3RW Regional Workshop


F1 Meeting Project MonitoringCommittee



A6 Follow-up programme


B8 Program interventions

B9 Short-term action plan




4RW Final Workshop


F1 Last meeting Pr.Commit

E2 Public/private participat

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2. Expected results.

It is expected that this three-year programme will improve the urban air qualitythrough the different activities proposed.

The specific objectives are expected to result in the following general outputs:

AT LOCAL LEVEL

• Elaboration and implementation of long-term plans to reduce polluting emissions inLarnaka, Limassol, Tetuan and in the Urban Community of Al-Fayhaa after aprocess of co-ordination with National Authorities and stakeholders’ participation.

• Elaboration and implementation of mobility urban plans in Larnaka and Limassolafter a process of co-ordination between National Authorities and stakeholders’participation.

• Creation of the Air Quality Service in Larnaka, Limassol and Tetuan with alaboratory of analysis of atmospheric pollutants. Creation of a capacitated team.

• Local level consultative mechanisms with all involved actors, including local levelauthorities, local expertise, international experts, industry and others as appropriate.

• Increased public awareness of urban air quality and urban mobility problems andsolutions.

• Trained municipal staff and enhanced local expertise. The technicians and politicsresponsible of elaborating and implementing the plans (Mobility Urban Plan andLong-Term Plan) and managing the Air Quality Service (together with the analysislaboratory) will have the enough information and experience to continue workingafter the project has finished.

• Review of all urban air quality and mobility studies and data available in the selectedcities. With all this information, in each city will be created a Data Bank managed bythe Air Quality Service.

• Assessment and feasibility studies of most appropriate and variable options.

• Investigations of mechanisms for creation of public-private partnership and capitalinvestments for further elaboration.

• Creation of a networking tool for the permanent municipal knowledge transfer.

AT NATIONAL LEVEL

• Promote decentralised environmental management and enhance local expertise inintegrated aspects of urban air quality.

• Test for public/private partnership initiatives of the air quality improvement, mainlywith the polluters from the industrial and service sectors.

• PROMOTE PARTICIPATORY METHODS TO BRING NON-TRADITIONALSTAKEHOLDERS INTO DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, AND WILLENHANCE CO-ORDINATION, INTEGRATION AND INFORMATION SHARINGAMONG VARIOUS INVOLVED SECTORS.

• Promote the public awareness of air quality in pilot cities.

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AT REGIONAL LEVEL

• Creation of a network between the partners that will be a new regional tool forimproving one of the main causes of urban environmental degradation. The networkof the partners will be linked with the other Medcities’ towns, with the METAP andwith the Mediterranean Commission of Sustainable Development family.

• Best practices to be implemented in other towns in the Mediterranean Region.

• Creation of a system of indicators and Data Base that will be useful for all theRegion.

• Awareness documentation for Regional dissemination.

• Strengthening the links among local authorities in the Mediterranean.

• Strengthening the regional co-operation, information dissemination and experienceexchange in integrated urban air quality improvement.

• Promoting participation, public awareness and stakeholder involvement at regionallevel.

2.1.Benefits and estimated impact on target group (maximum 2 pages).

Benefits:

The project will:

a). Improve the urban air quality through the adoption of an appropriate planningprocess on air quality and mobility (only in two towns), based on communityparticipation in the plans’ elaboration.

b) Strengthen the capacity of national and municipal institutions to plan, design,implement, operate and manage urban air quality improvement, creating local AirQuality Services with a Laboratory for the air analysis., through the capacity building ofmunicipal politicians and local and national public officers.

c) Improve the governance through the co-ordination in Planning and thedecentralisation in Air Services and Mobility public management.

d) Create a system of indicators and database to measure objectively the air and themobility situation and a surveillance system of Plan’s follow up.

e) Facilitate the public awareness in the Project’s issues and thev private participationimn the planning and management of the air quality improvement.

f) Create a permanent network between the partners to exchange and disseminateexperiences and knowledge

The following groups constitute direct beneficiaries of the program:

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1. Municipality’s politicians, staff and officials of national and localgovernments. Primarily middle and high management staff at the localadministration. Also some national staff from the correspondent ministries. Duringthe program, this group will undergo training sessions focusing on urban air qualitymanagement, long-term planning and mobility urban planning.

2. Private sector businesses. The programme’s freer, easier access to professionalknowledge and information as well as the envisaged partnerships with the publicsector is expected to greatly benefit this group. Private firms will be encouraged totake leading part in development initiatives by utilising their qualified labour andfinancial resources throughout individual progressive plans of the quality of theirenterprises’ air emissions. They will also sensitise and train through theirparticipation in the elaboration of the Air Quality and Mobility Plans.

The indirect beneficiaries of the program is:

1. The general population of the town. The proposed project aims at building andstrengthening existing regional, national and local capacities to improve urban airquality. As such, its activities will impact the living conditions of the generalpopulation of these Cities. Their ability to voice their needs, influence decisionmaking processes, access improved environmental resource (i.e. air) and enjoy abetter environmental conditions, are some of the benefits that will be within thereach of the region’s inhabitant. The public awareness campaigns will awarenessthe population for a responsible behaviour in mobility and air quality. ( automobilesmaintenance and driving properly).

2.2.Publications and other outputs - dissemination of results (maximum 1 page).

Initiatives undertaken through this project are designed to give effect toapproaches and systems in order to foster Urban Air Quality Improvementthroughout the region. The dissemination of results is therefore integrated to theachievement of this long-term objective.

We can distinguish between the next types of disseminating the results:

• Partners and beneficiaries will have access to a proposed network. The network willbe web-based and will be designed on existing and developing electronic networksserving environmental professionals and to wider community in the region. Projectdata, information, activities and results will be communicated through the network. Itwill be a web-forum for discussion, expert referral, best practices/comparativeexperiences and queries. To maximise dissemination and information exchange withnon-participating municipalities, the electronic services will not be limited and willprovide free access to regional and global municipalities.

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• The annual regional workshops will provide valuable case study information and thedevelopment of methodologies, tools and processes customised and adapted tomeet the needs of particular municipalities.. This annual workshop, which will beheld in a different country each year, will become a key element in creation north-south, south-south and north-south-south dialogue on the range of urban air quality.

• Final Workshop will be attended by representatives of local and nationalgovernments in the partners’ countries, NGOs, private sector and media will byconducted by partner’s staff and present experiences and lessons learned in thevarious countries throughout the program. Based on the presentation, a FinalEvaluation Report will be produced in English and translated to Arab, to bedisseminated globally.

• Public Presentations of the Plans and the project’s results will be undertaken by theProject in each beneficiary town. The presentation will be made to municipal andnational decision-makers, potential donors, other local and national stakeholders,media, NGOs and public associations, with the objective of gathering public supportand proposing concrete next steps for implementation.

2.3. Sustainability of activity after end of co-financing (maximum 3 pages).

• Once the three-year project has finished, and with the aim of continuing with theactivities of the Air Quality Service, it will be proposed a financing system based onthe polluter-paid principle or on the funds transfer principle from NationalAuthorities.

• During the project will be created a General Co-ordinator Committee for followingup the implementation of the objectives and activities. When the project will befinished, this Committee will become a Sectorial Committee of Medcities in terms ofAir Quality and Mobility Urban Plans to develop symilar activities in other towns andCountries. The documents elaborated will be disseminated to the Medcities’members and to the Mediterranean Commission of Sustainable Developmentfamily.

• Upon completion of the programme, the partners will continue to provide throughthe networking strategic support and capacity building assistance in the areas ofurban air quality improvement along with guidance and training to national andmunicipal authorities that had participated in the programme.

• The Website created will continue to be used as a communication tool forknowledge networking between the Cities, the partners and also with otherorganisations.

2.4. Socio-cultural aspects. Community empowerment - maximum 1 page).

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• The Air Quality and Mobility Plans will be a tool of participation of the communityorganisations. The planning processes will be open and participation favouring. Theinterested communities, as the directly affected by a main pollutant focus, will havethe opportunity to dialog with the Municipality in an framework of objectivity andstrategic improvement of air quality.

• The web will permit the communities to query and know the evolution of theindicators system. The model of the PLISE, (Public Information Service onEnvironment and Sustainable Development) of Medcities will be followed andimproved. It is already created in Limassol.

• The existing Environment observatory of El Fayha will integrate the results of theproject as enrichment of its actual information system to the local and nationalauthorities and main stakeholders.

• The Plan’s objectives of better quality of the air and the better mobility will improve,on the medium and long term, the life quality of the communities’ members.

2.5. Monitoring and Evaluation (Indicators, methods used, internal review andexternal evaluations planned - max. 1 page).

The programme will be monitored and evaluated by partners by the progress indicatorssystem that will be distributed among the partners regularly. Every Local and GeneralFollow up Committees will evaluate and report to the partners the project advancementthrough:

(a) The progress of project implementation; (b) the achievement of project objectives;and (c) the completion with the EU procedures and financial rules.

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LOGICAL FRAMEWORK

INTERVENTION LOGIC INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT SOURCES AND MEANS OFVERIFICATION ASSUMPTION / RISKS

PROJECT GOALS

TO IMPROVE THE URBANAIR QUALITY IN THESELECTED CITIES.

• Integration of environment,economic and social aspects inurban air quality and mobilityplanning..

• Co-operation between Nationaland Local Authorities in theplanning processes

• Air quality regulations, “Polluterpay” and “User Pay” conceptsintroduced.

• Air Quality and Mobility

• Plans Follow-upCommittees (general andmunicipal).

• Progress Reports.

• National and municipalnew regulations.

PROJECT PURPOSES (I)

To elaborate Long TermPlans to reduce airpolluting emissions in thepartner Cities

• Agreement of Plan Proposal bythe corespondent Authorities.

• Individual agreements with mainpollutants

• Appropriate legal andinstitutional frameworksdeveloped.

• Technical and managerialcapacity for urban air qualitymanagement reinforced.

• Final and Progressreports.

• Progress report.

• Final and Progressreports. Officialregulations proposals

• Air Quality Service andLaboratory on going.Progress report.

• Set of indicators created

• Collaboration of nationalauthorities and policy makers indevelopment of policy and legalinstruments.

RISKS:

• Lack of collaboration betweenlocal and national authorities.

• Weak political support.

To elaborate the Mobility • Agreement of Mobility Plan • Final and Progress • Collaboration of national

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urban Plan in Larnaka andLimassol

proposal by the corespondentAuthorities

• Short term Action Plan proposalagreement by the correspondentauthorities

reports

• Final and Progress report

• Set of indicators created.

authorities and policy makers indevelopment of the MobilityPlans.

RISKS:

• Lack of collaboration betweenlocal and national authorities.

• Lack of prioritisation of themobility’s infrastructures by theNational Authorities.

PROJECT PURPOSES (II)

To strengthen the LocalAdministration by thecreation of an Air QualityService with and aLaboratory for the airquality analysis.

• Air Quality Service andLaboratory on going

• Equipment installed

• Official accord of creationby the Local Authority.

• Reports of the Air QualityService and theLaboratory

• Government’s support.

RISK:

• Lack of competencies to act.

To build the capacity ofthe local politicians, andhigh staff s, andgovernmentrepresentatives on theproject issues.

• Training documents prepared.

• Regular realisation of Regional,Seminars, Barcelona Trainingmission and local missionstraining sessions.

• Regular realisation of Reg. andLocal Committees.

• Progress and finalReports.

• Quality of the Plans,pollutants inspectionsand Laboratorymeasures.

RISK:

• Not adaptation of the Europeanexperiences to the beneficiarycountries reality circumstances

To enhance publicawareness

• Contents of the campaign madefor every country and town

• Progress reports • Lack of financial resources to areal impact.

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• Realisation campaigns RISK:

• Contents not adapted to thelocal mentalities

To create a networkingtool for exchange ofexperiences, capacitybuilding and managementof the programme

• E-mail forums and chats andweb created.

• Regular realisation of follow upcommittees and of reporting.

• Extension to other towns,countries and internetknowledge managementfacilities.

• Indicators and databaseongoing

• Progress reports.

• Web utilisation.

• e- mail conferences andchats made.

• Number of external townsconnected.

RISK:

• LACK OF GOODMAINTENANCE OF THENETWORK.

• Not sufficient communicationbetween partners.

• Insufficient dissemination to theexternal towns


EXPECTED RESULTS (I)

4 Long term Air qualityPlans for El Fayha,Limassol, Larnaka andTetuan created

• Public presentations of theProposal

• Individual agreements

• Progress Reports

• Media’s news

• No adverse national policyexists.

• Weak political support fromrelevant Ministries anddepartments for local airplanning and management.

2 Mobility Plans for

• Public presentation of the • Progress Reports • Lack of national support

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Limassol and Larnaka proposal.

• Action Plans made

3 new Air Quality Servicesin Lim. Larn. and Tetuanand the improvement

of the existing in ElFayha.

• Ongoing of the Air Services andthe Laboratory

• Progress reports

• Air Quality Service andLaboratory reports

• Lack of competencies for focusinspections

• Insufficient economic resourcesfor the running costs of the AirQuality Service and laboratory

A set of indicators anddatabase ongoing as atool of surveillance of AirQuality and Mobility andof the follow up Plans’surveillance.

• Proposal of indicators made bythe General Co-ordinationcommittees

• Indicators approved by the LocalCommittee

• Progress report

• Surveillance Committeecreated

• Lack of consensus in theindicators definition.

• Lack of political commitmentwith the follow up.

Air Quality and Mobilityimprovement Policiesassimilated byMunicipalities’ Politiciansand Nationalrepresentatives. Localteams capable to makewith the expert advisingthe Air Quality andMobility Plans, the AirQuality Service and theLaboratory Management.

• Presence of NationalRepresentatives in LocalCommittees.

• Policy definition for the LongTerm Plans.

• Quality of the Local team work

• Progress Reports.

• Policy documents madeand approved in LocalCommittees.

• Local Missions Reports

• Lack of political commitment atNational Level

• Lack of political interest in LongTerm Policies’ knowledge.

• Inappropriate skills of the localteam.

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EXPECTED RESULTS (II)

General populationsensitised of generalcontains and responsiblebehaviour for a good airquality and mobility.

• Quality of the Awarenesscampaigns /campaigns done

• Media news.

• Queries received aftercampaigns

• Lack of resources to guarantythe social impact.

• Canals of dissemination weak

• Cultural gap too high.

Private sector committedand participating with theAir Quality improvement.

• Individual agreements signed.

• Stakeholders participation in theLocal Committees and PublicPresentations.

Number of agreement/pollution emissions.

• Participation of EconomicAssociations and NGOs

• Vacuum policy from polluters.

• No sufficient pressure fromNational or Local authorities onpolluters

• Lack of consensus betweenindustrials and environmentalist

Ongoing good networkingbetween partner and withthe Regional and Globalknowledge managementresources.

• E-mail network and webongoing

• Links agreements with externaltowns and internet - knowledgeproviders

• Number of entrances inthe web

• Number of e-mailconferences.

Number and quality ofagreements with internetproviders

• Information channels too narrowinside each partner.

• Lack of website maintenance

National authoritiesdecentralising Air Qualitypublic planing andmanagement.

• Agreement in the GeneralPlanning policy

• Regulation changes initiatives

• Document of policiesacceptation

• Number of initiatives

• Lack of National commitment indecentralisation

• Lack of political communicationbetween the Municipalresponsible and the

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Government

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ACTIVITIES

Elaboration of Long-Term Plans.

Week training visit inBarcelona.

Week training visit in thetowns.

• Creation of the Data Bank. • Qualified national co-ordinators.

• Active participation of keyinstitutions and stakeholders.

• Country support and activeparticipation of institutions incharge of Urban Air Quality.

Diagnosis of the presentsituation.

Elaborate maps of thesources and emissionlevels for each pollutant.

Identify the ones withbigger pollutant potential

• Supervision Reports.

• Evaluation Reports.

• National Co-ordinatorreports

The high RISKS to achievingdesired results are:

• Lack of access to informationnecessary to complete capacityassessments.

Elaboration of the long-term plan.

Establishment ofsurveillance plan.

Establishment of thefollow-up programme.

• Right implementation of thelong-term plan.

• Reduction of the pollutantemissions.

• Failure to adequately integratedelivery of initiatives prepared atthe regional level with country-specific priority.

• Institutional resistance toadoption of recommendationsprepared at the regional level

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INTERVENTION LOGIC MEANS REQUIRED SOURCES AND MEANS OFVERIFICATION PRECONDITIONS/CONDITIONS

INAUGURAL WORKSHOP

30 people/ documents to beapproved: Partners’ agreement/Time schedule/Financial controlrules/ Networking reports andmonitoring system

Progress reportPPCC:: SSoooonn ccoonnttrraaccttiinngg wwiitthh EECC

CC:: AAnnyy

Training Mission inBarcelona

18 people: 12 for the 4 towns and 6National representatives. (4 for AirQuality and 2 for Mobility)/ Trainingdocuments. Air Quality andLaboratory facilities/ Training docs.

Progress report

PC: National Governmentcommitment to participate in LocalTeams

C: Any

Diagnosis of the Air Qualityfor the Long Term Plans

Local Monitoring Committees andTeams / European experts/National representativesInformation gathering/

Main focus inspections/ StartLaboratory measures/ Trainingdocs.

Missions and LocalCommittees reports.

PC: Any

C: Information available. Politicalauthorisations for the inspections/Polluters co-operation

Data gathering for theMobility Plans.

Local Monitoring Comm. andTeams / European and localconsultants/ Vehicle counting/National representatives/Information gathering/ Focusinspections/ Start Laboratorymeasures/ Training docs.

Missions, Consultants andLocal Reports.

Contract of the consultantsand the vehicle count.Company.

PC: Any

C: Information and Mappingavailable

Acquisition and delivery ofAQ equipment for Limassol, General Vice Coord./ AQ Tech Number of applicants/

Purchasing official acts/PC: Any

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Larnaka and UC of Tetuan. Man/

Focal Points/Lab. Tech. Mang./Local Lab. Respons./ Terms ofReference for tendering/Valorisation and purchasing/ Exportprocess/ Works in Local Lab

Export documents/ Works’project and officialagreement

C: Inflation in equipment prices/Import tax free

Indicators Set and DataBank creation andmaintenance

GVC/AQTM/LMC/ LT/Computers/Indicators proposal/ Indicatorsagreed list/ Databank software/Training docs.

Indicators list/ AQ Serviceand Laboratory documentsto the for the DataBank/Databank ongoing andreporting.

PC: Any

C: Information available

Web and E-mail networkingcreation and Maintenance.

Project Monitoring Comm. / ProjectManagement Comm./ LMCs/ LTs/Computers/ Internet Connections.

Number of web visits and e-mail conferences andforums.

PC: Internet lines capacity on localsites.

C: Time agreement for chats andforums./ Web maintenance/ Emailsystem leadership

Start up of LaboratoriesEuropean Expert/ Local Lab. Resp./Lab. Team/ Equipment/ Civil Lab.Works

Purchasingacceptance/Laboratorystarting reports

PC: Any

C: Good supplies and maintenanceprivate system on beneficiaryCountries/ Sufficient budget to buyconsumables for the partner towns

Diagnosis of mobility for theMob .Plans

General Coordinator/ MobilityEuropeans and Local Consultants/Vehicle counting company/LMCs/

Results of trafficmeasurements/ Diagnosticreport from Acceptance by

PC: Availability of vehicle countingcompany/

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LTs/ Measuring traffic flowsequipment/ Training docs.

LMCs C: Availability of information ofPublic transport, vehicles age andused fuels

Elaboration of AQ LongTerm Plans

VGC/AQTM/ LMCs/LTs/ AQS/ LabTeam/ Private Sector/ Nationalrepress/Training documents

Plan Policy agreement withNational Auths./ Number ofindividual agreements/planProposal accepted by LMCs/Public Presentation impact

PC: Any

C: National Governmentsdecentralisation willingness/ Privateparticipation.

Second Regional Workshop. 20 people/ Progress Project Report/Training documents. Monitoringquestionnaire/ Training docs

Workshop report/ Numberand quality of participants/Monitoring Questionnaireresults/ Media impact

PC: Any

C: Local Political circumstances

Mobility Plan VariantsElaboration, evaluation andselection

GC/E& LMC/ LMCs/ LTs/ SoftwareSummit/ Transport Companies,Stakeholders, NGOs, NationalAuthorities/ Training docs,

Consultant proposalsaccepted by LMCs/ ProgressReports/ Public ConsultationResult/ National acceptanceof proposal

PC: Any

C: Availability of GIS/ NationalGovernment commitment/ Privatesector implication

Monitoring Programme ofAQ Plans

VGC/ AQTM/ LMCs/ LTs/AQS/Laboratory/ Data Base/ Trainingdocs.

Surveillance PlanAcceptation by LMC /Municipal approval of aSurveillance Programme

PC: Any

C: Availability of maintenancebudget

Public AwarenessCampaigns

GC/ VGC/ LMC/ LTs/ NationalAuth./Private Sector/ NGOs/LocalCommunication Agencies/Awareness Materials/ Printing

National commitment/Mediaimpact/ LMTSreport/Progress report

PC: Any

C: Too technical campaign/Weakness of disseminationchannels system/

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Company/ Media

Third Regional Workshop 20 people/ Progress Project Report/Training documents. Monitoringquestionnaire/ Training docs.

Workshop report/ Numberand quality of participants/Monitoring Questionnaireresults/ Media impact

PC: Any

C: Local Political circumstances

Mobility Plans Programmeand Short Term Action Plan.

GC/E& LMC/ LMCs/ LTs//Transport Companies,Stakeholders, NGOs, NationalAuthorities. Training docs

Consultant proposalsaccepted by LMCs/ ProgressReports/ Nationalacceptance of proposal

PC: Any

C: Availability of financial resourcesfor the Plan Proposals/ Lack ofNational commitment/ PublicTransport offer sectors notconsensus

Final Workshop

30 to 40 people/NationalAuthorities/ International donors/Global and Local Private Sector/Final Project Report/ AQ andMobility Plans/ Public Privatepartnership improvementdocuments/Monitoringquestionnaire/ Training docs.

Media impact/ Final Rapportacceptance/ Internationaldonors and Private Sectorparticipation and pre-agreements

PC: Any

C: Political circumstances/ Projectsex- appeal

GC: General Coordinator

VCG: Vice-general coordinator

LMC: Local Monitoring Committee

LT: Local Team

EMC: European Monitoring Committee

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AQTM: Air Quality Team Monitoring

AQS: Air Quality Service

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3. Breakdown ofCosts

Cross-

references

Details of elegiblecosts (1)

Unit No. of Rate per Total

to the Work

Programme

Units Unit EURO

A. Personnel

Expatriate Staff Costs (including settlementcosts)

Senior ExpertsA 1-6/C1-4/D1-2/F2 Air Technical Manager Environment Catalonian Ministry days 188 250 47000

C1-4/D1-2 Laboratory Manager Environment Metropolitan AreaBarcelona

days 64 200 27200

Project Managers

All General Co-ordinator ICAEN days 180 300 49200

A/C/D/F General vice coordinator days 108 300 32400

SeniorStaff

A1-6/D1-2/F2 Air quality specialists days 310 150 46540

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Administrative assistantAplicant

All Administrative assistant Aplicant days 540 120 64800

Administrative assistants Co-applicants

A/C/D/F Administrative assistant Medcities days 140 120 16800

A/C/D/F Administrative assistantEnvironment Catalonian Ministry days 270 120 32400

Local Staff Costs

Senior Staff co-aplicants

A1-6/C/E/F2 Laboratory responsible El Fayha days 360 87.5 31500

A1-6/C/E/F2 Laboratory responsibleLimassol

days 330 100 33000

A1-6/C/E/F2 Laboratory responsibleLarnaka

days 330 100 33000

A1-6/C/E/F2 Laboratory responsible Tetuan days 360 87.5 31500

A2-6/C Laboratory assistant El Fahya days 660 45.5 30000

A2-6/C Laboratory assistant Limassol days 600 62.5 37500

A2-6/C Laboratory assistant Larnaka days 600 62.5 37500

A2-6/C Laboratory assistant Tetuan days 660 45.5 30000

A1-6 Air Planinig Thecnic El Fayha days 660 45.5 30000

A1-6 Air Planinig Thecnic Limassol days 660 62.5 41250

A1-6 Air Planinig Thecnic Larnaka days 660 62.5 41250

A1-6 Air Planinig Thecnic Tetuan days 660 45.5 30000

Project managers co-aplicants

All Focal point El Fayha days 180 71.7 12900

All Focal Point Limassol days 180 100 18000

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All Focal Point Larnaka days 180 100 18000All Focal Point Tetuan days 180 71.7 12900

Administrative assistants co-aplicants

All Administrative Assistant El Fayha days 720 31 22500

All Administrative assistant Limassol days 600 50 30000

All Administrative Assistant Larnaka days 600 50 30000

All Administrative AssistantTetuan

days 720 31 22500

A1-6/C Non qualified assistant ElFayha

days 660 25 16500

A1-6/C Non qualified assistantLimassol

days 660 50 30000

A1-6/C Non qualified assistantLarnaka

days 660 50 30000

A1-6/C Non qualified assistant Tetuan days 660 25 16500

Consultants

B/D1-2/E/F1-2 Regional Mobility consultant man/day 910 516.8 470640

B2-9/D2/F2 Local mobility consultans man/day 273 270.1 73737

B2-3 Traffic flow meassurements Limassol and Larnaka company one (or two) 48019 48019

B. Equipment and RunningCosts

Material andEquipment

Equipment (percountry)

C2 Air Lab. & Air Quality Services equipament Lim. Larn. & Tet. town 3 120000 360000

Consumables (per

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country)

C3/A3 Air Lab. Consumables in El Fayha provision 1 20000 20000

Works

C2 Laboratory insidearrengements

Cyp. Towns 2 15000 30000

C2 Laboratory insidearrengements

Tetuan 1 5000 5000

Programme RunningCosts

Office (Programme ImplementationCenter)*

All Computer per town computer 4 3000 12000

All Web creation and mantenance provision 1 30000 30000

Translation andinterpretation

All Translations/ Interpretation day 250 200 50000

Per diem

A/C2 Missions Air Quality in beneficiary countries dayxman 224 average 40140

B Missions Mobility in beneficiary countries dayxman 156 104 16220

D1/F1 Regional Workshops dayxman 400 average 68000

D2 Regional trainig mission dayxman 132 200 26400

All Project co-ordinators dayxman 168 average 26890

C2 Reception Air equipment in Lar. Lim. and Tet. dayxman 42 average 6720

Travel Expenses

A/C2 Missions Air Quality in beneficary countries return 32 average 30100

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B Missions Mobility in beneficiary countries return 18 1000 17000

D1/F1 Regional workshops return 170 average 88000

D2 Regional training mission return 18 average 18000

All Project Co-ordinators return 24 average 26400

C2 Reception Air equipments in Lim. Larn. andTet.

return 6 average 6000

Local Transports

B2-9 Car in Cyprus provision 2000

Seminars, conferences, andworkshops

D1/F1 Regional workshops Workshop 4 5000 20000

Information

Printing Costs (Awareness campaings)

E Periodicals, Brochures, Newsletters Provision 40000

Advertising, Dissemination and Press Releases(Awareness campaings)

E Creation and dissemination materials Provision 40000

Monitoring - Evaluation- Audit

Certified public auditor costs Provision 1 20000 20000

Contingency(Maximum 5%)

0

Overhead Costs (Maximum 7%)

100000

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TOTAL PROJECTCOSTS

2673906

Beneficiarycontribution

ICAEN 120000

MEDCITIES 51000

Catalonian Environment Ministry 152940

Barcelona Metropolitan Environment Entity 27200

U. C. El Fayha 12900

Limassol Municipality 99000

Loarnaka Municipality 66000

U. C. Tetuan 17900

TOTAL Beneficiary Contribution 546940

Requested Contribution 2126966

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BUDGET CALCULATION DETAILS

Travel and per diem

Travel prices go and return from or to Barcelona:

Lebanon: 1100 EUR

Cyprus: 1000 EUR

Tetuan: 700 EUR

The average prices are:

- 1100 euros/return for the Regional Workshops and the Co-ordinators travels (More short travels))

- 1000 euros/return for the Regional training and the Reception of the Air Equipment’s Missions

- Using the prices for each country from the table above and applying to 8 missions per country for the

Air Quality

The perdiem calculation is based in the official rate of the annex C of the application form for the consultant

missions in Cyprus, and in the real costs of the towns, according with Medcities experience for the others.

Those are:

Cyprus Annex C: 104 EUR

Tetuan and El Fayha: 150 EUR

Limassol and Larnaka 170 EUR

Barcelona 200 EUR

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The dayxman calculations are:

Air missions: 6 missions of one man and one of two for each town. Duration of each mission: 7days.

Mobility missions: 9 missions of two man to Limassol and Larnaka, one after the other. Duration: 10 days.

Regional Workshops: 4 Reg. Worksh. of 30 people. Duration: 5 days.

Regional training mission: 12 people for Air issues and 6 for Mobility. Duration: 4

days for the firsts and 4 days for the mobility.

Project Co-ordinators missions: “3 missions to each 4 towns of the Project Co-ordinator and

Viceco-ordinator. Duration: 7days

Reception Air Equipment: One mission of two people to Larn. Lim. and Tet. Duration: 7 days

The average calculation are:

Air missions: Applying the perdiem of the table above to each town.

Regional workshops: 170 euros/day

Project co-ordinators and Reception aur equipment missions: 160 EUR/day

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4. Expected sources of funding

Amount EUR Percentatge of total %Direct revenue from the project 0 0%Applicant's financial contribution 120.000 4,50%Commission contribution requested soughtin this application

2.126.966 79,46%

Contribution from other EuropeanInstitutions or EU Member States

231.140 8,64%

Contributions from other organisations:Name: Conditions:U. C. El FayhaLimassol MunicipalityLarnaka MunicipalityU. C. Tetuan

12.90099.00066.00017.900

0,48%3,70%2,47%0,67%

TOTAL FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS 546.940 20,45%Contributions in kindOVERALL TOTAL 2.673.906 100,00%

5. Other information

5.1. Auditor

Name: AUDIT BCN, S.AStreet, number: Av. Diagonal, 453, 7ºPostal code, City: 08036 BARCELONACountry: Spain

Phone nº: +34 93 363 81 80Fax nº: +34 93 363 81 82

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6. Annexes to be provided

ANNEX 1. EXPERTS CVs

ANNEX 2. CERTIFIED STATUTES

ANNEX 3. ANNUAL REPORT

ANNEX 4. ACCOUNTS OF THE ORGANISATION

ANNEX 5. STATEMENTS OF ALL PARTNERS

ANNEX 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT

ANNEX 7. PRESENTATION OF THE PARTNERS

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