Applications for Energy Community Summer School open until March 31
The third Energy Community Summer School will take place in Split, Croatia, from August 25 to September 1. Application deadline is March 31. No tuition fee is required. The 2018 Summer School’s focus is on energy sectors in transition, in particular in South Eastern and Eastern Europe, The Energy Community – organizer of the event, has […]
Several PPP projects in the pipeline
Arranging projects to strengthen energy efficiency includes calculating anticipated costs and comparing the cost-effectiveness of investor involvement, drawing loans and securing funds from the budget, Mayor of the City of Pančevo Saša Pavlov has said. In an interview for the Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model publication, he announced that the city government has […]
Electrica to invest EUR 190 million in energy efficiency and quality of services
Electrica Group, leader in electricity distribution and supply in Romania, has announced its plan to invest over EUR 190 million (RON 900 million) this year in rehabilitation and upgrade of the distribution networks. The goal of this year record investment is to increase the quality of service by 40 percent and energy efficiency and to reduce […]
International Energy and Investment Days in Novi Sad on March 1-2
Seventh International Energy and Investment Days will be held in Novi Sad on March 2-3, with the focus on topical issues in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, construction and environmental protection. This biggest Forum for international and local projects is the only Forum in Vojvodina of the kind is organized by Central […]
ASK GIZ – interactive Q&A Platform on energy efficiency and climate protection
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (GIZ ORF-EE) has launched the interactive Q&A Platform in December 2017, providing everyone interested in the topics of energy efficiency and climate, a channel to receive relevant expert advice and share their own ideas with the Fund’s team. The initiation of the Q&A Platform […]
Step by step to development goals – PPP’s activity chart
Author: Slađana Sredojević, Public-private partnership (PPP) Consultant, Association of Serbian Banks The improvement of energy efficiency (EE) both in terms of production and consumption has been recognized as one of key elements of the energy policy of the Republic of Serbia (RS), in accordance with the Energy Development Strategy of the Republic of Serbia until […]
Municipalities to be motivated for PPPs through trainings
The public-private partnership (PPP) model is under-utilized due to a dearth of information about its advantages and insufficient experience for the implementation of PPP projects. Through training and education for local services, we will motivate municipalities to consider cooperation with the private sector, said Zorana Mihajlović, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport […]
Building owners, local mayors are heroes of energy efficiency
Government and regulators are responsible for empowering decision makers on the local level as well as for clarifying how to engage with private energy service companies (ESCO) to establish public-private partnerships (PPPs) in energy efficiency, says Toivo Miller from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), adding concrete investments in the field are done […]