Belgrade to “do its part” to enable launch of works under Vinča landfill project by next spring

The City of Belgrade will “do its part” within legal deadlines to enable launching construction by the spring of 2019 under a EUR 333 million public-private partnership (PPP) project to remediate the Vinča landfill – Serbia’s biggest environmental problem – and build modern waste management facilities, City Manager Goran Vesić said. Vesić was speaking while […]

Waste May 29, 2018

Public-private partnership: EIB is interested in PPP projects in Serbia

In 80% of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Europe the public sector pays compensation to a private partner and the concession model has been less often used, said Dubravka Negre, Head of European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Regional Representation for the Western Balkan. Following is her interview for Improving Energy Efficiency through Public-Private Partnership Model publication. […]

Belgrade to introduce new waste treatment tax for Vinča PPP project

The City of Belgrade payments to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) established by a consortium of Suez and Itochu will be substantially funded by new, waste treatment tax while the prices of power and heat to be produced at a future waste-to-energy facility are guaranteed under long-term agreements with public power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) […]

Waste December 6, 2017

Vinča PPP signed to solve biggest environmental problem in Serbia, region

Following an international tender, an agreement on a public private partnership (PPP) was signed by the Belgrade city authorities and a consortium of the French Suez groupe and Japanese Itochu I-Environment to implement a 25-year project to develop a system to treat municipal waste of Belgrade. The agreement calls for closing and remediation of one […]

Waste September 30, 2017

Minister Trivan announces running a tight ship on environmental fee payments and PPP agreement for Vinča

Minister of Environment of Serbia Goran Trivan announces consistent environmental fee collection not paid regularly by many domestic and foreign companies, as well as the beginning of the public-private partnership between the City of Belgrade and the French-Japanese consortium to rehabilitate the Vinča landfill next year. In an interview with the Beta agency, Trivan stated […]

Consortium Suez-Itochu only bidder for Vinča landfill rehabilitation project

One offer from the French-Japanese consortium Suez-Itochu has been received for public-private partnership contract for the rehabilitation of Vinča landfill near Belgrade, the city authorities announced. Opening of the bids for the public-private partnership contract for the treatment and disposal of municipal waste at Vinča landfill was held on July 13, and only one bid […]

Waste July 14, 2017