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C H A P T E R 8
P R I O R I T I S AT I O N O F I N F R A S T R U C T U R E P R O J E C T S — T H E P E I P L I S T S
FIGURE 27: Projects added to and removed from the national PEIP lists between 2007 and 2009
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S T R AT E G I C M O V E S
Albania Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Removed Added
Source: REC national PEIP lists
Croatia FYR
Macedonia
Kosovo (under
UNSCR 1244)
Montenegro
Serbia
merged due to new regional concepts; and a relatively high number of projects were
removed as not feasible. Two projects secured funding for implementation and
were therefore removed from the list. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia show
the highest net increase in the number of projects on the lists due to the fact that,
in this period, the respective governmental units increased their activities in the
area of technical assistance for the preparation of project documentation and prefeasibility
studies for water sector projects. In the case of Croatia, the number of
projects remained constant. A large number of projects were added, while an
equally large number of projects were removed due to the streamlining of projects
according to the Croatian Environmental Protection Operational Programme
(EPOP 2007–2009). In Serbia, many projects were added but very few were removed
in the 2007–2009 period.
Figure 26 illustrates how the air sector, which was already less significant in and
prior to 2007, had almost completely disappeared from the priority lists by 2009.
The role of air sector projects is discussed above.
The highest net increase in the number of projects between 2007 and 2009 is
in the water sector. However, this does not imply that water has a higher priority
than waste. All countries in the region are striving to achieve compliance in both