The aim of the project is to improve education, as well as to improve urban public spaces in the studied area of Panciu, with implications for improving the quality of life of the population in general. This integrated approach to problems in the area proposed for analysis through this project, for educational services and non-modernised urban public infrastructure, was chosen due to the fact that several requirements and needs of the population can be solved simultaneously, between which there are interdependence relationships, thus contributing to the achievement of the development vision in accordance with the specific objective of Axis 13.1. The GENERAL objective of the project is to improve the quality of life of the population in Panciu City. According to the specific guide, the specific objective 13.1 of the Investment Priority 9b is to improve the quality of life of the population in small and medium-sized cities in Romania. In order to achieve the specific objective of this investment priority, the following types of investment are envisaged: Under Specific Objective 13.1, the following activities, within which the proposed project falls, are supported: A. Improvement of social, educational, cultural and recreational services This category includes eligible activities related to construction/extension/completion/modernisation/rehabilitation/equipment of buildings where social, educational, cultural and recreational activities are or will be carried out, namely: — Construction/extension/completion/modernisation/rehabilitation/equipment of the educational infrastructure for pre-preschool (growth) and pre-school early education (gardens), including by changing the initial use of buildings; B. Improvement of urban public spaces In this category are supported the following eligible activities related to the construction/extension/modernisation/rehabilitation of urban public infrastructure, namely: — Construction/extension/modernisation/rehabilitation of public roads within the administrative boundaries of the city/municipal ATU, regardless of the functional category – national road, county road, urban street, communal road, vicinal road, over which the applicant has a real right and the consent of the road manager, if applicable, according to the law, as well as of the tracks/pathways/for bicycles and/or pedestrians. In addition, all components of these public roads can be constructed/extended/upgraded/rehabilitated: roadway, cycle paths, pedestrian paths (trototy), bridges/passes, walkways, markings, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, tree alignments, technical channels for networks, etc. Given that the overall objective of the project will be achieved through a number of activities within which the proposed project fits, it is clear that the project in this way will contribute to the achievement of specific objective 13.1 of the priority