EUR 266 million from Cohesion Fund for water infrastructure projects in Romania
Total of EUR 266 million from the EU Cohesion Fund will be invested in four major water infrastructure projects in Romania, the European Commission announced. EUR 47 million will be invested in the county of Botosani, in the north-east, to expand, modernize and clean the existing drinking water and wastewater treatment system, the European Commission […]
Danilovgrad Municipal infrastructure project – invitation for tenders
Danilovgrad’s public utility company Waterworks and Sewerage (Vodovod i kanalizacija) is inviting sealed tenders from contractors for the construction of wastewater treatment plant in this town in the central part of Montenegro. The project includes design works and construction of wastewater plant in Danilovgrad. The wastewater is proposed for design capacity 6,000 population as well […]
Tourist destination Zlatibor kicks off wastewater treatment plant project
The construction of wastewater treatment plant at mountain Zlatibor, a popular tourist destination, is expected to start in July. The project should solve issue of wastewater disposal in this part of Western Serbia, local authorities announced. The project is at the stage of building permit drafting , expropriation of land is already underway, and construction […]
UNECE’s Drina nexus project points to untapped cooperation potential in hydropower
Synchronised operation of power plants along the Drina and its tributaries could markedly increase production downstream, according to an integrated resource assessment. A multi-country electricity system model was developed for the three countries sharing the river basin as part of a comprehensive intersectoral or nexus project covering water, energy, food and environment. Montenegro, Bosnia and […]
EBRD updated GPN for Gradačac water supply project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) updated the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for a project to rehabilitate water supply system in Gradačac, in Bosnia and Hercegovina. The proposed project will require the procurement of the following goods, works and services: reconstruction and expansion of water supply system, reconstruction and expansion of sewerage system […]
Water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus and benefits of cooperation in the Western Balkans
Project: Greening economic development in Western Balkans trough applying a nexus approach and identification of benefits of transboundary cooperation Funded by: Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia Lead executing agency: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Overall term: 2016-2017 CONTEXT Development plans in Bosnia and Herzegovina, […]
Belgrade Mayor announced partnership with Chinese Poly Group for wastewater plant
Belgrade Mayor Siniša Mali announced the construction of a wastewater treatment plant just outside the city. Mali said a deal had been reached on the project with the Chinese company Poly Group during a visit by a Serbian delegation to Beijing. Poly Group will complete the construction of a wastewater collector and a pipeline to […]
EUR 25 million loan for upgrading Sarajevo water supply network
The reconstruction of the water supply network in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is financed with a EUR 25 million sovereign loan provided to the Sarajevo Canton Water and Wastewater Company by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The loan agreement was signed today on the final day of the EBRD 2017 Annual […]