Tender to be called in early 2018 for water supply project in BiH
Public Company Plava Voda will publish a tender for consultant services on the Plava Voda water supply project in January/February and for works in March 2018, the company said in a statement. The Project has a total estimated cost of EUR 30 million and will require the procurement of the construction of water intake structures […]
Green entrepreneurship panel: How to become a (green) millionaire
Open Regional Fund for SEE Europe – Project Biodiversity (ORF BD) is organizing a panel discussion about green entrepreneurship – How to become a (green) millionaire? The panel will take place in Belgrade on November 15, as part of the 8th Green Fest. Green start-ups and entrepreneurship have become an increasingly interesting topic both in […]
CO2 emissions from new cars to be 30% lower, proposes European Commission
The European Commission (EC) proposed yesterday new targets for the EU fleet-wide average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and vans to help accelerate the transition to low and zero emission vehicles. The average CO2 emissions from new cars and vans will have to be 30% lower in 2030, compared to 2021. The new targets […]
GGE puts into operation environmentally friendly biomass boilers in school in Pirot
Regional energy services company GGE and the City of Pirot have officially put environmentally friendly and efficient biomass boilers in the elementary school “8. septembar” into operation, as a part of the first public-private partnership (PPP) for heating energy supply in Serbia. The City of Pirot last year announced a public tender in order to […]
Red light for gas power plant at Peruća, new focus on renewable energy
Previously planned gas-fired power plant at Peruća Lake in Croatia has been cancelled after Dalmatia county assembly found itself under the attacks from politicians and NGO’s, concerned about the environmental effects. Instead, a new focus has been cast on renewable energy – water, sun and wind. This is the main conclusion of the special session […]
Waste separation is becoming mandatory in Croatia
In Croatia, separate collection of waste will be mandatory in the future. The Decree on the management of municipal waste came into force on 1 November. Local governments now have a three-month period to decide on how to implement it. Fines for non-compliance are foreseen for everyone: citizens, municipalities, cities, and the state itself. The […]
Republic of Serbia has its future law on climate change drafted
The Twinning project Establishment of a mechanism for implementation of Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR) is completed after two and a half years. One of its most important results is that a future Serbian law on climate change has been drafted. At the project‘s closing conference, minister of environmental protection of Serbia Goran Trivan said that the adaptation to […]
Green economy: the right step towards sustainable future
Green economy is now important part of the economy and we need to switch to more sustainable, holistic way of doing it. Partnerships and networking are basic steps in that direction, and even thought the main responsibility is on the governments it is necessary to include younger generations in the whole process. That is, altogether, […]