The Romanian Ministry of Education said that a total of EUR 250 million, without VAT, has been allocated through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) for the purchase of electric minibuses for schools.

The ministry launched the call for projects for this acquisition on Thursday, May 18. The projects can be submitted exclusively online through the electronic platform proiecte.pnrr.gov.ro until June 13.

"This call's objective is to improve the transport conditions for students, especially students from small, isolated communities, by providing electric school minibuses, friendly to the environment and with low energy consumption," the Education Ministry said in the press release.

It also said that this measure aims to facilitate children's access to education and protect the environment "while also contributing to the European Union's objective of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030."

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