Republic of Croatia Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction

1. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Experience in Implementation of IPA Projects in Croatia Brussels, 28 November 2008

2. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Legal Basis in Waste Sector •Waste Management Strategy of the Republic of Croatia (Official Gazette, No. 130/05) – 2005 • Waste Management Plan of the Republic of Croatia for period 2007- 2015 (Official Gazette, No. 85/07) – June 2007 • Waste Law (Official Gazette, No. 178/04, 111/06, 60/08) • County Waste Management Plans prepared in accordance with National Waste Management Plan and Waste Law (obligation of 21 counties in 2008) • Commission Decision on Environmental Protection Operational Programme (EPOP) 2007-2009 – adopted September 2007

3. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Environmental Protection Operational Programme (EPOP) 2007-2009

4. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction PRIORITY AXIS 1 – Developing waste management infrastructure for establishing an integrated waste management system in Croatia (1) List of priority projects(Waste Sector): 1. CWMC Marišćina (Primorje - Gorski Kotar County) 2. CWMCLećevica (Split –Dalmatia County ) 3. CWMCKaštijun (Istria County) 4. Remediation and closing down of the Sovjak pit, (Primorje-Gorski Kotar County) 5. CWMC Dubrovnik-Neretva County 6. CWMC Zadar County

5. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction PRIORITY AXIS 1 – Developing waste management infrastructure for establishing an integrated waste management system in Croatia (2) List of priority projects: 7. CWMC Virovitica-Podravina 8. Regional WMC North-West Croatia (4 Counties) 9. Regional WMC East Slavonia 10. CWMC Karlovac County 11. CWMC Brodsko-Posavska 12. CWMC Sisak-Moslavina County

6. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Progress on financing of priority projects in Solid Waste Sector: •for 3 out of 12 Solid Waste Project applications were submitted for IPA co-financing • other project- preparation advancing, although in different stages of preparation

7. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction PRIORITY AXIS 2 – Protecting Croatia’s water resources through improved water supply and integrated wastewater management systems (1) List of priority projects (Water supply and wastewater Sector): 1. Slavonski Brod - Waste water treatment & water supply 2. Knin – Drniš - waste water treatment & water supply 3. Osijek - Waste water treatment 4. Vukovar - Waste water treatment 5. Bjelovar-Bilogora - water supply 6. Koprivnica-Krizevci - water supply 7. Nova Gradiska - waste water treatment

8. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction PRIORITY AXIS 2 – Protecting Croatia’s water resources through improved water supply and integrated wastewater management systems (2) List of priority projects (Water supply and wastewater Sector): 8. Djakovo - waste water treatment 9. Sisak - waste water treatment 10. Vrbovec - waste water treatment 11. Krapina - waste water treatment 12. Velika Gorica - waste water treatment 13. Samobor - waste water treatment 14. Dugo Selo - waste water treatment

9. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Progress on financing of priority projects in Water & Wastewater Sector: •for 2 out of 14Water & Wastewater Projects applications were submitted for IPA co-financing • other projects - preparation advancing, although in different stages

10. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction

11. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction

12. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Sources of financing Projects under Priority Axes 1 (Solid Waste): IPA, Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, Local budget, IFI Projects under Priority Axes 2 (Water Supply & Wastewater Sector): IPA, State Budget, Local budget, IFI, Water fees

13. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Applications under Priority Axes 1 Measure 1.1-Establishment of new waste management centres at county/ regional levels 3 Major Projects in Waste Sector: •Marišćina Waste Management Centreof the County Primorje -Gorski Kotar – application resubmitted in September 2008 • Kaštijun Waste Management Centre for the County of Istria – application is about to be resubmitted in December 2008 • Lećevica Waste Management Centre for the County of Split –Dalmatia – application will be resubmitted in 2009

14. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Applications under Priority Axes 2 Measure 2.1. Establishment of modern watersupply systems and networks Measure 2.2 Construction of WWTP for domestic and industrial wastewaters andupgrading of sewerage network 2 Projects in Water Supply & Wastewater Sector: •Slavonski Brod – application resubmitted in September 2008 • Knin-Drniš- the project has to be split into one major project + one minor project

15. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Experience with IPA (1) • Progress: • IPA III B – Regional development – Environment: - for management and implementation of the EPOP – conferral of management powers to the Operating Structure transferred on 29 October 2008 • Financing Agreement signed on 10 November 2008

16. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Experience with IPA (2) • Difficulties: • Project maturity: • Project preparation started 10 years ago – different demands • Adjustment of project documentation to recent legal framework (EIA, project design…) • Different bodies responsible for issuing different permits (local, national) – quality? • Inconsistencies between National and County waste management plan – quality of input data • Land ownership problem

17. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Experience with IPA (3) - poor input – poor output: • feasibility study - inconsistent, does not prove the sustainability of the described system – project immature • Feasibility study needs to be revised • Do not merge major and minor project (< 10 mil) – define the objective better - Lack of Capacity and professional experience for the project preparation and project appraisal: final recipients, consultants / national authorities

18. Republic of CroatiaMinistry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Thank you for your attention! Mladen Glavočević, B. Sc. Econ. Head of Section for Project Implementation Tel. + 385 1 3782 178 Fax + 385 1 3717 122 E-mail: mladen.glavocevic@mzopu.hr