Šabac hosted BiH delegation: regional exchange of experience and best practices points towards better energy efficiency of SEE region countries
Delegation from Bosnia and Hercegovina visited Šabac, an administrative center in western Serbia, to learn about experiences of local government in implementation of energy efficiency policy and sustainable energy development. Šabac as regional role-model Šabac has not been chosen by accident to host a delegation from BiH: this city is distinguished as a Serbian leader […]
GIZ ORF-EE facilitates regional cooperation of SEE parliamentarians in energy efficiency and climate protection
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), funded by the German Government, in spring 2017 is entering its new phase with the focus on pertinent energy efficiency matters in South-East Europe (SEE), yet with an extended emphasis on climate protection. According to Jasna Sekulović, ORF-EE Manager, the Public Dialogue on […]
Energy Community Secretariat : WB6 countries making progress in sustainability
The six Western Balkans (WB6) countries have achieved progress in a number of measures of the Sustainability Charter, but there is also room for improvement, the Energy Community Secretariat assessed in its “WB6 Sustainability Charter Monitoring Report”. The six Western Balkans countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, signed a Sustainability Charter […]
Ljubljana to refurbish public building supported by private partners
The City of Ljubljana agreed a public-private partnership (PPP) with a consortium comprising GGE d.o.o. and Petrol d.d. for the energy retrofitting of public buildings in the municipality. In the largest deal of its kind so far in Slovenia in the field of energy services, 49 buildings will be totally or partially refurbished by the […]
EU funds back sustainable energy development in Slovenia
The Ministry of Infrastructure in Ljubljana placed invitations for projects of energy rehabilitation of buildings in the public sector and for co-financing of wind power endeavours and small hydropower plants. The total amount of financial support for sustainable energy development will reach EUR 25.7 million. Slovenia will select contractors and beneficiaries of the European Cohesion […]
Swiss Government supporting Serbian local governments in energy efficiency makeover
Swiss government signed with the Ministry of energy and mining and four local governments a donation agreement worth CHF 8.9 million for the improvement of energy efficiency of 24 public buildings in Serbia, mostly schools. This money will be spent for the woodwork replacement on windows and doors, facade refurbishment and heating systems improvements. Four […]
Belgrade energy efficiency endeavours supported by UNEP
Siniša Mali, the Mayor of Belgrade, met with Harald Egerer, Head of UNEP Vienna SCC office. They discussed two initiatives that Serbian capital joined several months ago with the aim to improve energy efficiency in buildings and district heating. During the meeting in Vienna, Mali and Egerer discussed the implementation of two UNEP’s initiatives: BEA (Building […]
Serbia’s first public-private partnership for heat energy supply
First public-private partnership (PPP) contract in Serbia for the supply of heat energy for public buildings has been signed in Pirot. The contract signed by the city of Pirot and GGE ESCO company also envisages replacement of heating oil boilers in four local schools with the ones using biomass . The value of the deal is […]