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the field of infrastructure; identifying projects available and eligible for future funding; and carrying out preparatory studies for specific projects, including institutional framework studies, demand and tariff studies, project feasibility studies and beneficiary assessments. The facilitation and structuring of project financing, the groundwork for project implementation and the identification of additional technical assistance are also provided. These facilities are established in countries where project preparation capacities are the weakest. The links between the facilities described below is continuous. Project preparation undertaken by the Environmental Project Preparation Facility (EPPF) is continued by the Infrastructure Project Facility (IPF) in 2008. The IPF is to become part of a broader Western Balkan Investment Framework with closer cooperation with IFIs in 2010. The Environmental Project Preparation Facility (EPPF) was launched by the EC in 2006 to run for 24 months, with an overall budget of EUR 1.8 million. All SEE countries were beneficiaries, with special emphasis on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania. The specific objective of the EPPF was to provide support in project preparation, to speed up IFI financing of priority pollution abatement projects, and to help overcome the constraints facing the environmental sector. All environmental sectors were eligible to receive financing from the EPPF. Other objectives included enhanced collaboration with IFIs in the identification of priority environmental investment projects and the transfer of knowhow in project development to SEE (IPF, 2008). During the implementation period, a total of 11 project preparation studies were completed, representing potential investments of around EUR 160 million. These project preparation studies included an assessment of the technical, environmental, social, financial, economic and institutional viability and sustainability of the projects, including consumer affordability and tariff strategies that would contribute to cost recovery from service beneficiaries without imposing undue financial burdens on them. The recommended proposed projects are therefore considered to be both sustainable and bankable. The final EPPF project pipeline is presented in Table 21. A large number of projects prepared by the EPPF are currently co-financed and undergoing implementation. The high success rate for funded projects is due to close collaboration with IFIs from the beginning of the process. Coordination with IFIs during the preparatory stages facilitates financing once project preparation has been completed. A positive example is the project “Small and Medium-Sized Towns Water and Wastewater Development” in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has been taken up by the IPF Municipal Window. The following municipalities will receive grant funding for project implementation, thus project preparation will translate into project implementation co-financed by a grant from the EC and a loan from the EIB generating some EUR 121 million in total project investment in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2010 and 2014: Bosanski Petrovac Water and Wastewater Development Project; Velika Kladusa Water and Wastewater Development Project; Orasje Water and Wastewater Development Project; Soroki Brijeg Water and Wastewater Development Project; Posusje Water and Wastewater C H A P T E R 7 F I N A N C I N G E N V I R O N M E N TA L I N F R A S T R U C T U R E I N V E S T M E N T S S T R AT E G I C M O V E S 175
176 C H A P T E R 7 F I N A N C I N G E N V I R O N M E N TA L I N F R A S T R U C T U R E I N V E S T M E N T S TABLE 21: EPPF project pipeline PROPOSED PROJECT TYPE/ PROJECT COMMENTS BUDGET EXPECTED BY INVESTMENT PREPARATION FOR FOLLOW-UP COUNTRY EBRD STATUS FEASIBILITY STUDY Serbia Belgrade Wastewater Completed A new mayor was elected in May EUR EUR Development Project – December 2008 and key personnel were 343,000 48 million Batajnica Wastewater 2007 appointed to the city administration. Development Discussions regarding loan commitment for the proposed project are under way. Croatia Pula Wastewater Completed The study made clear EUR EUR 35 Treatment Plant October recommendations for a sewerage 90,000 to 40 million Location Feasibility 2008 and sewage treatment strategy for EIB Study the town, which were accepted by the beneficiary. Loan negotiations with EBRD are under way. Republika Banja Luka Hot Water Completed Loan approved by EIB Board. EUR EUR Srpska, Bos- Leakage Prevention August Loan negotiations under way 198,000 22.8 million nia and and Environmental 2007 with beneficiaries. Herzegovina Enhancement Project Three Small and Medium-Sized Completed Loan agreement for EUR 60 million EUR EUR projects Towns Water and Waste- April signed by the EIB and the govern- 265,000 28 million for the Fede- water Development 2008 ment, and final on-lending agreeration of Project (Cluster 1 Bo- ments with municipalities under way. Bosnia and sanski Petrovac, Velika Herzegovina Kladusa and Orasje) Montenegro Review of Solid Waste Completed Study submitted and ToR out to EUR N/A Strategic Master Plan June tender for follow-on studies. 11,000 and Preparation of ToR 2008 Four projects Small and Medium Completed All project preparation reports EUR EUR for the Fede- Towns Water and Waste- December completed, and accepted 245,000 20–25 ation of water Development 2008 by beneficiaries. million Bosnia and Project (Cluster 2 Soroki Herzegovina Birjeg, Posusje, Bosanski Krupa and Tomislavgrad) Source: EPPF, 2009 S T R AT E G I C M O V E S Development Project; Bosanska Krupa Wastewater Development Project; and Tomislavgrad Water and Wastewater Development Project. A large number of the projects that could not be implemented in the framework of the EPPF have been transferred to other frameworks, such as the IPF. The activities carried out by the EPPF during its two-year existence were evaluated highly by all stakeholders (beneficiary countries, EC and IFIs), as it man-
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