Region/EU
Energy Community endorsed five new pieces of acquis in gas and electricity
23 January 2018 - The Energy Community Permanent High Level Group has formally adopted two new pieces of acquis...
Energy Community initiates dispute settlement procedures, three Contracting Parties failed to unbundle DSOs
19 January 2018 - The Energy Community Secretariat opened preliminary dispute settlement procedures against Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina and Ukraine...
EC adopts Europe-wide strategy to fight plastic pollution
17 January 2018 - As a part of the transition towards a more circular economy, the European Commission (EC)...
Conference on financing energy efficiency on February 1, in Bucharest
17 January 2018 - Financing energy efficiency in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria is the title of the conference to...
Switching to more market-based schemes for renewables in Contracting Parties’ interest
16 January 2018 - Janez Kopač, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, speaks in an interview for the Balkan...
Energy Community adopted EU’s Recommendation on integrated National Energy and Climate Plans
12 January 2018 - The Contracting Parties of the Energy Community have to start preparation of integrated National Energy...
Public-private partnership: EIB is interested in PPP projects in Serbia
11 January 2018 - In 80% of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Europe the public sector pays compensation to...
Energy Community Regulatory Board named new chief and defined tasks for 2018
10 January 2018 - The Energy Community Regulatory Board (ECRB) elected Giorgi Pangani as its President for the years...
EU launched project to assist Paris Agreement implementation in Western Balkans and Turkey
09 January 2018 - European Commission published contract notice for the support to the implementation of the 2015 Paris...
Horizon 2020 call for smart cities and energy systems, renewable fuels projects
05 January 2018 - The European Union published calls under the 2018-2020 Horizon Work Programme for project proposals focusing...
Public-Private Partnership: Regional expertise for local projects
26 December 2017 - Ankica Barbulov, Director at GGE ESCO, spoke about the potentials and importance of public-private partnership...
GIZ ORF-EE to Focus on Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Urban Mobility in SEE
23 December 2017 - The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE), active since 2008...
Serbian section of Trans-Balkan Electricity Corridor put into operation
22 December 2017 - The Power system operator Elektromreža Srbije (EMS) put into operation the 68 km long Serbian...
GIZ ORF-EE holds First South-East Europe Parliamentary Forum in Vienna
22 December 2017 - The 1st South-East Europe Parliamentary Forum was organized within the GIZ ORF-EE project Regional Cooperation...
Projects for market coupling and cross-border balancing in Western Balkans launched
21 December 2017 - On 19 and 20 December, regional projects for technical assistance to support day-ahead market coupling...
Energy Community Ministerial Council sets vision for post-2020 climate and energy policy
15 December 2017 - The Energy Community Ministerial Council launched a process aimed at setting targets for renewable energy,...