Last updated: June 2024
The Ciric Entertainment Area is a bordering area of the city, located 6 km away from the city center. Before the Second World War Ciric did not exist on the map, being a hollow valley without a forest. Nowadays, being arranged as a recreational site, Lake Ciric is surrounded by a beautiful forest. The rehabilitation aimed at creating easy access to the area, to include it in the functional green area of the city and to increase the quality of life for Iasi's inhabitants (1, 2).
Recreational Area Ciric (2013)
Photographer: Ozolin Dusa, retrieved 08/15/2018 from the Cabinet Primar
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Blue infrastructure
- Lakes/ponds
- In-land wetlands, peatlands, swamps, and moors
- Parks and urban forests
- Large urban parks or forests
Key challenges
- Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
- Climate change adaptation
- Environmental quality
- Noise reduction
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Flood protection
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social cohesion
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Tourism support
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Creation of semi-natural blue areas, Management and improved protection of rivers and other blue areas
Project objectives
1. Creating, developing and upgrading the tourism infrastructure for capitalizing on natural resources and increasing the quality of tourist services in the Ciric area.
2. Increase the life quality of the inhabitants.
3. Increase green space accessibility.
4. Maintaining the water debit to avoid floods.
5. Protecting the flora and the fauna of the area.
6. Protecting the forest.
7. Strength community cohesion.
8. Reducing noise and cooling, and increasing longevity.
9. Maintaining the area as a destination for children's' summer camps (1,3,4),
Implementation activities
Within the investment the following objectives were implemented: seven car parks, with a total area of 6,516 sqm (650 places), a parking lot for coaches, an area of 893 sqm (six places), two bicycle parking spaces, 234 (80 seats), a parking lot for boats and hydro-cyclists, with an area of 480 sqm (40 seats), a multifunctional terrain consisting of two minifootball courts with artificial grass area and a multifunctional terrain (tennis, volleyball, handball, basketball), six tennis courts, a table tennis table, A mini-golf course, an area of inflatable structures, four berths and pontoons, a boat garage, four playgrounds, a children's pool, annexed buildings and a beach area set up on the left bank of the l The Ciric II needle, an adult swimming pool, Adjacent buildings and a beach area set up on the right bank of Lake Ciric II, outdoor networks (water supply network, rainwater sewerage network, sewage network (5)
Climate-focused activities
Climate change adaptation:
- Increase or improve urban vegetation cover to help reduce outdoor temperature
- Create or improve outdoor spaces to help people escape from urban heat
Main beneficiaries
- National-level government
- Local government/Municipality
- Citizens or community groups
- Young people and children
- Marginalized groups: Elderly people, Socio-economically disadvantaged populations (e.g. low-income households, unemployed)
Governance
Management set-up
- Government-led
Type of initiating organisation
- National government
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
This was a project that was lead by the municipality of Iasi with the support of the Romanian Government. The mayor of Iasi proposed this NBS and it was approved and later on financed by the EU (5)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Yes
(This NBS is a mentioned and approved as a part of the Local Council Decision Of the City of Iasi no. 450/2008 (regarding the approval of Master Plan "Creation and the development of the Ciric Tourist Area "and" the realization of the "Ciric Zone Agreement" project). (7))
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
Source(s) of funding
- EU funds
Type of funding
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
No
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Water management and blue areas
- Improved water quality
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Unknown
Type of reported impacts
Expected impacts, No impacts reported
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. Primaria Iasi, Zona de Agrement Ciric (no date), Available at Source link, (Accessed 23-8-2020)
2. Ministerul Dezvoltarii Regionale si Turismului, Zona de Agrement Ciric (2014), Available at Source link (Acessed 23-8-2020)
3. Info Iasi (2014), Proiectul de reabilitare a zonei de agrement Ciric a fost finalizat, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
4. Ziarul de Iasi, (2013), Se fac angajări pentru Complexul de agrement Ciric, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
5. Curierul de Iasi (2012), Zona de agrement Ciric: investiţie de 12 milioane euro, de la Uniunea Europeană, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
6. Municipiul Iasi, Planul Integral pentru Polul de Crestere, Iasi (2009-2015), Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
7. Municipiul Iasi, Consiliul Local, M I N U T A şedinţei ordinară din data de 29.07.2011 a Consiliului Local al Municipiului Iaşi, (2011), (Website not available in 2020)
8. PROIECTE REGIO NORD-EST, Zona de Agrement Ciric, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
2. Ministerul Dezvoltarii Regionale si Turismului, Zona de Agrement Ciric (2014), Available at Source link (Acessed 23-8-2020)
3. Info Iasi (2014), Proiectul de reabilitare a zonei de agrement Ciric a fost finalizat, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
4. Ziarul de Iasi, (2013), Se fac angajări pentru Complexul de agrement Ciric, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
5. Curierul de Iasi (2012), Zona de agrement Ciric: investiţie de 12 milioane euro, de la Uniunea Europeană, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
6. Municipiul Iasi, Planul Integral pentru Polul de Crestere, Iasi (2009-2015), Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
7. Municipiul Iasi, Consiliul Local, M I N U T A şedinţei ordinară din data de 29.07.2011 a Consiliului Local al Municipiului Iaşi, (2011), (Website not available in 2020)
8. PROIECTE REGIO NORD-EST, Zona de Agrement Ciric, Available at Source link (Accessed 23-8-2020)
Recreational Area Ciric (2015)
Photographer: Ozolin Dusa, retrieved 08/15/2018 from the Cabinet Primar
Recreational Area Ciric (2017)
Photographer: Ozolin Dusa, retrieved 08/15/2018 from the Cabinet Primar