The Cabinet approved the program to promote the green economy for 2018-2020 and the plan of action for implementing this. The program is designed to improve the country’s energy efficiency and the share of energy obtained from renewable sources of energy, to expand ecological farming and to increase exports of organic products, IPN reports.

Among other objectives are to promote the principles of green urbanism, to strengthen the public procurement system and to include ecological education and education for sustainable development in the programs of education institutions.

The program will be implemented at a cost of about 122.5 million lei. The money will be allocated from the state budget and through other financing mechanisms.