Sweden’s assistance helps access to EUR 100 million
The Government of Sweden financed the Environmental Infrastructure Support Programme (EISP) in Serbia with over EUR 4 million. One of the most important results of cooperation is providing necessary infrastructure for prepared projects to be financed from the European Union’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) mechanism with EUR 100 million this year, according to a […]
Waste management plan undergoing public consultation
The Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection published the plan for waste management through 2020 for public consultation, ending on June 30. The document improves the policy in line with the concept of circular economy with collection, recycling and composting, according to minister Slaven Dobrović. He added this way Croatia will be able to meet […]
China may finance incinerator, wastewater treatment
During the state visit of China’s president Xi Jinping, who brought a big business delegation to Serbia, domestic officials said the partners from the most populous country were presented with the possibility to invest in environmental protection. Energy minister Aleksandar Antić told government-controlled news agency Tanjug that the city of Pančevo, located northeast of capital […]
Residential project to include green roofs
Karpoš a.d. launched construction works at Aleksandrija, residential project with 20,000 units in the Macedonian capital. The urbanistic endeavour is the first to transform an idle area of a former industrial complex, on 150,000 square metres, portal Build.mk reported. The gross surface in the project is 500,000 square metres, where designers applied environmentally friendly and […]
Four fifths of construction waste is recyclable
There is a hidden resource for new industrialization. Participants at a round table at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (PKS) said 80% of construction waste can be reused in building, mostly in civil engineering. Experts, professionals and representatives of responsible ministries, associations and institutions agree recycling of the material would affect the […]
Fourth Forum for Green Ideas picks projects for awards
Trag Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Erste Bank selected three best ideas based on principles of sustainable development. The projects won USD 5,000 (EUR 4,400) each. Dragojle Božić from Užice, Slavica Ilić from Šabac and Ana Kolović from Belgrade will receive grants for this year’s business ideas within the national Forum for Green Ideas. Nine […]
Serbia to ratify Paris Agreement by middle of next year
Stana Božović, state secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, said Serbia may soon adopt a law about cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and that the Paris climate treaty should be ratified by mid-2017 at the latest. Apart from that, work on the strategy of the fight against climate change will soon start, she […]
Winners of the EUSEW Awards 2016
The winners of EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) Awards 2016 for innovative energy projects were revealed at the Awards ceremony in Brussels on June 14. For the first time, this included a Citizens’ Award, chosen online by thousands of members of the public. The ceremony marked the end of the first day of 2016 EUSEW Policy […]