BiH gets EUR 37 million loan for flood protection projects
The financing will help deliver infrastructure investments, such as dikes, dams, and water reservoirs, which support flood protection
Slovenia setting out to build nuclear waste storage
Slovenia will start building a storage for permanent nuclear waste disposal in the vicinity of the Croatian border, near the Krško nuclear power plant, in early 2018. It wishes to include Croatia in this project, whose representatives should give their final word on the issue in autumn. In the Slovenian town of Vrbina, close to […]
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, […]
H.E. Nicola Minasi, Ambassador of the Republic of Italy in BiH: Water management of high priority for Italian government
The Italian Government is working on many environmental protection issues that involve water management in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region. As part of that support, in cooperation with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC), the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea is providing financial support […]
UNECE publishes report on nexus assessment of Sava River Basin resources
Coordinating assessment of water, energy and agricultural needs among riparian countries is the key to sustainable development in the Sava River Basin. This is the main conclusion of the report “Reconciling Resource Uses in Transboundary Basins: Assessment of the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in the Sava River Basin” published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe […]
EBRD announces tender for Belgrade’s Sava Lake clean-up
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) opened a tender for a project to clean the Sava Lake bed and build a raw water pipeline in Belgrade, Serbia. The EBRD has offered a loan worth EUR 8.5 million for the first tranche of the Belgrade Water project to cover the cost of the primary […]
