One of the most important resources of the Latvian economy is peat. However, several existing problems have been identified in the Latvian peat sector, including in the areas of economy, regulatory framework, management of the peat sector, quality and preservation of geological information, recultivation. In order to successfully manage historically degraded peat areas, it is necessary to carry out an inventory of them, collecting available data and conducting further research on the development and use of the territory, leading to the possibility of recultivating these degraded peat extraction sites in order to return them to economic circulation. Objectives of the project: 1. to contribute to the rehabilitation of historical peat extraction sites (VKIVs) by obtaining and analysing data on the NKIVs in the target areas of the Just Transition Fund (JTF), their condition and possible forms of recultivation;2. to obtain and compile information on the use of peat in energy in heating services organised by local governments and possible solutions for the use of another renewable energy resource;3. to provide potential project applicants, local governments and private individuals with qualitative information for the preparation of project documentation for attracting JTF investments. During the project, research and inventory of NCAs owned by municipalities and private individuals will be carried out in order to get closer to their recultivation. A private person within the meaning of this project corresponds to the designation of the land owner as a ‘natural/legal person’, which is used in Annex 3 to the Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Peat 2020-2030. A study will be carried out on the use of peat for energy in heating services organised by local governments with the intention of directing local governments towards the use of another renewable energy resource. Within the framework of the project, potential applicants for recultivation projects, municipalities and private individuals will be provided with qualitative information for the preparation of project documentation for attracting JTF investments. The project deliverables developed will be used by the project applicants of the next implementation rounds of the measure as supporting materials (propagation plans, inventory results, alternative solutions for the transition from the use of peat in energy, socio-economic and ecosystem assessment of types of recultivation, assessment of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle climate and environmental objectives). The guidelines developed in the project on the recognition of NCAs as recultivated will be used to organise this process. The project activities are planned within the framework of the specific support objective 6.1.1 "Reducing the economic, social and environmental consequences of the transition to climate neutrality in the most affected regions" of the European Union Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027, measure 6.1.1.1 "Abandoning the use of peat in energy". Including the transformation pathways and measures foreseen in the programme, defined in accordance with the climate change planning documents – the National Energy and Climate Plan and Latvia’s strategy to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, as well as the Sustainable Use of Peat Guidelines 2020-2030. Key actions and measures: 1. training of project implementation personnel; 2. public information, education, communication and visual identity measures, including the preparation of information and educational materials on the recultivation of NCAs; 3. experience-sharing visits related to NCAs; 4. information, cooperation and education activities of spatial planning institutions, municipal employees and scientific institutions related to the recultivation of mineral extraction sites, as well as associations related to NCAVs; 5. measures on the abandonment of the use of peat combustion plants in energy; 6. advising local governments and providers of public heating services on the development of project documentation for the second project application selection round of the measure (documentation on greenhouse gas emissions from the existing peat combustion plant, documentation with calculations on greenhouse gas emissions from the alternative combustion plant and socio-economic criteria). Measures to ensure communication and visual identity requirements will be implemented in accordance with Articles 47 and 50 of Regulation 2021/1060 and legislation on the procedures by which institutions involved in the management of EU funds ensure the implementation of these funds in the 2021-2027 programming period. It is planned to publish on the official website of the project applicant and on social media sites, at least every six months, a short description of the project, proportionate to the amount of support, including its objectives and results, and an indication that the project has been co-financed with EU financial support. Documents and communi