EBRD’s tender for Plava Voda project in Bosnia and Herzegovina announced
An ambitious project to connect municipalities of Travnik and Zenica with newly built water supply facilities is at the heart of a tender announced by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on November 4. Bosnia and Herzegovina has applied for loan for the “Plava Voda Regional Water Supply Project” (PVRWSP) back in 2015. […]
EBRD announces tender for Belgrade’s Sava Lake clean-up
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) opened a tender for a project to clean the Sava Lake bed and build a raw water pipeline in Belgrade, Serbia. The EBRD has offered a loan worth EUR 8.5 million for the first tranche of the Belgrade Water project to cover the cost of the primary […]
EU glass recycling at record levels – FEVE
The recycling of glass has reached new, record levels across the European Union in 2014, according to data published by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE). The average rate of glass recycling in all 28 member countries of the European Union (EU) has reached a threshold of 74% for the first time. With 11.6 million […]
Lignite plant – major cause of massive air pollution in Tuzla
The air pollution in the industrial town of Tuzla, has been above legally allowed limits on 12 out of 20 consecutive days, according to joint measurements performed by CEE Bankwatch Network and the Tuzla-based environmental group Center for Ecology and Energy (Centar za ekologiju i energiju). The town in the north-eastern part of Bosnia and […]
Importance of local communities in the climate-smart development
Helping local communities in fighting against the adverse effects of the climate change is the main aim of a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project announced at a conference in Belgrade on October 26. The “Climate Smart Development at Local Level in the Republic of Serbia” conference was co-organised by the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture […]
Sweden donates EUR 2.8 million to Serbia to prepare for negotiations on Chapter 27
Serbia is to receive the support from the Kingdom of Sweden in the amount of EUR 2.8 million for the realization of the Phase 3 of the Environmental Accession Programme (ENVAP) which has been presented in Belgrade. The cooperation agreement on this program was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the […]
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 […]
