Grants of EUR 13.3 million set for energy efficiency
The two entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina are about to obtain USD 15 million (EUR 13.3 million) from “green development” institutions for energy efficiency measures in buildings, according to Srebrenka Golić, minister for spatial planning, civil engineering and ecology of the Republic of Srpska. Speaking at a regional conference on energy efficiency in […]
New business sector emerging from energy efficiency technologies
Montenegro has been intensifying efforts to promote and help fund energy efficiency activities through the Directorate for Energy Efficiency, which stimulates consumers of energy: households, the public sector, firms and municipalities. Dragica Sekulić, who heads the body established by the Ministry of Economy, says the efforts focus on creating a long-term financing scheme with adapted […]
Summer school on renewables’ role in local development
The Regional Education and Information Centre (REIC) issued an invitation for its twelfth summer school in Fojnica, west of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo. This time the subject is ‘Renewable energy sources as driving force for local development’. Targeted participants are final year master students, PhD students and young professionals dealing with energy issues from […]
GIZ to promote renewable energy sources in BiH
The German government supports Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of renewable energy sources through various financial arrangements through the KfW Development Bank, said Operator za OIEiEK, authority for renewable energy sources and efficient cogeneration. Based on the requirements of governmental institutions in BiH, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has approved […]
Energy Community gathers 24 non-governmental organizations
The inaugural Energy Community Civil Society Day brought together 24 organisations from 11 countries at on June 21. Representatives of international financial institutions, academic institutions, government ministries as well as the European Parliament and Commission also took part. The Energy Community (EnC) said the aim of the event, which will be organized on an annual […]
Balkan countries must manage floods, droughts together
There are cooperation and communication mechanisms missing between neighboring countries, in order to take into account the transboundary nature of flood and drought risk at operational level, says Jelena Peruničić, Senior Manager at the regional German Development Cooperation (GIZ) project Climate Change Adaptation in Western Balkans (CCAWB). There is much to be done at the local […]
Green jobs potential in Macedonia
This article has been developed as per the assessment of the climate change mitigation potential within the Macedonian Intended Nationally Determined Contributions on Climate Change to the UNFCCC by a group of authors: Prof. Dr. Neven Duić, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Prof. Dr. Nataša Markovska, Research Center for Energy […]
Action plan for Belgrade won’t remain on paper
Citizens will be informed every year on the implementation of measures from the Assessment of Vulnerability to Climate Change and the Action Plan for Adaptation, Belgrade city manager Goran Vesić said at the presentation of the document. He underscored the authorities will not let the plan become a dead letter. Vesić reminded that Belgrade’s assembly […]