REC hosted multi-stakeholder workshop on PRTRs in Belgrade
The Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Regional Environmental Center (REC) jointly organized multi-stakeholder workshop “Building an Operational Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)” in Belgrade on October 26. The event was held in the framework of the project “Support Establishment and Advancement of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) in Western Balkan Countries […]
Montenegro can have 17,500 new jobs in green economy by 2020
According to UNEP/UNDP report, Montenegro could open 17,500 new jobs in the next few years by investing in green economy, primarily in the tourism and related sectors. Total of 95 percent of new green jobs can be opened as a result of energy efficiency measures in construction and transportation. Green economy concept is already integrated […]
Umag is City of Future 2016
Umag, a coastal city in Istria, Croatia, won the City of Future 2016 Award at the the Smart Cities – Cities of the Future 2016 conference held by the Poslovni dnevnik and Vecernji list. From a total of five categories, the city of Umag won the award in the “Smarter Environment” category for its ten-year […]
Vranje to get wastewater collection facility
An investment agreement worth EUR 1.2 million was signed for a new wastewater collection system by representatives the Serbian local authority’s water supply company JP Vodovod and construction firm MPP Jedinstvo a.d., based in Užice-Sevojno, as the best bidder. According to the administration of the City of Vranje, the new systems are to prevent wastewater overflow […]
First Serbo-Albanian industrial waste management company to be launched
Ezo grupa, Belgrade company specialized in ecology and environmental protection, and Aleksandar Biberaj, its partner from Albania, signed the Memorandum for Serbo-Albanian joint-venture company for industrial and hazardous waste management and oil sludge recycling in Albania, Serbian media reported. According to document signed in south-east Serbia town of Niš, Serbian company will transfer technology and […]
Conference on water reforms and wastewater projects in Skopje
The National Water Conference, addressing the issue of water service reforms and their implications was organized by the Ministry of environment and physical planning and EPTISA, international consulting company in Macedonia’s capital Skopje. Addressing the conference audience, Minister Bashkim Ameti said that in 2016 Macedonia started the construction of three wastewater treatment plants, in Kičevo, Strumica and Radoviš, […]
EBRD opened Construction Supervision procurement for Visoko water supply project
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) opened the Construction Supervision procurement process for the water supply project in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cost Estimate for the assignment of supervision is EUR 0,25 million (exclusive of VAT),
German green expertize presented in Serbian Parlament
Second Parliamentary Forum for Energy Policy was held in the Serbian Assembly on October 14 in the presence of European and German Parliament representatives, who presented the best practices from Germany in the sustainable energy sector. The second meeting in a raw, organized in the form of public hearing, took place only a week after Forum’s founding meeting. MP […]
