24 new Green Belt in Slovakia

     Green Belt Program, which 3rd year called the Ekopolis Foundation, know new grantists. The foundation obtained 285 applications in amount of 313 818 EUR. 24 projects were supported. The partner of the program is Slovnaft, Plc.

     "The members of Advisory Board respected the criteria of the programs. For the most important criteria were considered: the participation in every phase of the project, advisable choice of the plants with regard to the locality, originality of the project, contribution for local community or target group," said Milan Hronec, program manager of Ekopolis Foundation.

The most qualitative are the projects of nature trails, which are interesting through their ideas and working out.
The project will be realized from March to September 2009.

5 projects will be realized in Košice County, 4 in Trnava County, 3 in Banska Bystrica County, 3 in Žilina County, 3 in Trenčin County and 3 in Prešov County. 2 projects were succesful in Nitra Country and 1 project in Bratislava County.