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Priority Environmental Investment Programme National Workshop Montenegro Priority Water Projects on the PEIP List Budva, 13 th May 2008. Ruslan Zhechkov, REC rzhechkov@rec.org This project is financed by the European Commission. Goals of the workshop.
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Priority Environmental Investment Programme National Workshop Montenegro Priority Water Projects on the PEIP List Budva, 13th May 2008 Ruslan Zhechkov, REC rzhechkov@rec.org This project is financed by the European Commission.
Goals of the workshop • Main beneficiaries: the PEIP list project proponents and other potential project proponents; • Discuss issues that will help make progress with the project implementation; • Review of the strategic context they operate in – EU and national level; • Overview of the national priorities in the sector; • Discuss reform of water utilities: reformed utilities have better chances of implementing viable projects; • Preparation of bankable projects
Priority Environmental Investment Programme (PEIP) in Brief • Supports national environmental investment planning in SEE; • Sectors – air, water, waste: key investment-heavy directives • Provides info to donor community and IFIs on environmental needs and priorities; status of environmental investment in the region; • Helps develop a pipeline of projects through formulating environmental problems into bankable projects; • Concrete activities: • Update of project lists; • National workshops; • Regional meetings; • Manuals;
Criteria for prioritization • Strategic – linked to EU acquis, priority from national point of view, regional impact • Geographical – hotspot, downtown • Health and environment – population impacted • Legal – settled ownership • Technical – degree of technological modernity • Social – public participation • Economic and financial – co-financing: the more the better • Project maturity – idea stage, feasibility study, implementation
Rehabilitation of Podgorica WWTP • First phase of this project (1.7 MEUR), which included the reconstruction of existing WWTP system, has been finished. • Total costs – 40 MEUR • Funds not secured for 2nd phase – 38.3 MEUR • Environmental impact – Skadar Lake • Feasibility study exists • Soft loan is foreseen;
Construction of sewage system in the town of Tivat, and expansion and reconstruction of sewage system in the town of Kotor • Split in 2; • Tivat part started; • Total cost – 16 MEUR; • Kotor – 5.5 MEUR KfW credit and 0.75 MEUR own resources; • Tivat - 2 MEUR KfW credit; • Funds not secured: Kotor (3.9 MEUR); Tivat (3 MEUR) • 70,000 will benefit; • Pressure on the Adriatic Sea
Construction of new wastewater facility and reconstruction of the existing sewage system in Niksic • Project scope expanded from upgrading existing WWT facility to to reconstructing the network and constructing new WWT facility as well; • Total cost – from 4.5 MEUR (network) to 16 MEUR (incl. new WWT); • 0.5 MEUR loan from EIB and 4 MEUR own funds for network; • Own resources total – 9 MEUR; • Funds not secured – 7 MEUR; • Positive effects on Skadar Lake; • Soft loan planned – 40% of total cost;
Proposed New Projects • Construction of waste water treatment plant in Pljevlja: Total Cost:7.35 MEUR. Not secured: 7.35 MEUR
Thank you. For more information: Ruslan Zhechkov rzhechkov@rec.org Tel.: +36-26-504-000