According to the Bank’s website, the project concerns the construction and refurbishment of a number of facilities on the university campus of the Grigore T. Popa Medicine and Pharmacy University of Iasi.

The project will finance the construction, extension, renovation and rehabilitation of university premises in Romania. The main objective is to provide better learning conditions for students, as well as improved working and research conditions for university staff, by creating additional capacity in academic and research buildings and by renovating existing spaces that are no longer fit for purpose. These investments are also aimed at adapting infrastructures to new technologies, providing additional or modernised student accommodation, improving accessibility for people with disabilities, and also improving the energy efficiency of buildings. All building construction and renovation projects will be energy efficient and will follow energy efficiency standards. The final beneficiaries for this project are current and future students, as well as university staff.

One existing building concerned is classified on the List of Historical Monuments (LMI) as a grade B architecture monument, and/or included in a protected area as per PUG/RLU. According to the city of Iasi PUG (RLU sheet-Territorial Reference Units) 2 buildings are located in the CP zone (Central area located within the perimeter protection of historical and architectural urban values).

As the project concerns construction and refurbishment works in an urban area within or close to the existing facilities, no significant environmental impact is expected.

Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy is a public university-level medical school located in Iasi, Romania. Named in honor of the scientist Grigore T. Popa, it is classified by the Ministry of Education as an advanced research and education university.

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