Strategic Moves - Regional Environmental Center for Central and ...
Strategic Moves - Regional Environmental Center for Central and ... Strategic Moves - Regional Environmental Center for Central and ...
Objectives Among the many pressures on the environment in South Eastern Europe (SEE) are the lack, or the inefficient operation, of environmental infrastructure in the water and waste sectors. The main purpose of this publication is therefore to provide an overview of environmental infrastructure investments in SEE that are linked to the implementation of the major heavy-investment EU water and waste directives. The publication relies extensively on the Priority Environmental Investment Programme for South Eastern Europe (PEIP), implemented over the period 2001 to 2009, and draws on the accumulated knowledge and on lessons learned in the framework of the programme. Since the 2005 REC publication Targeting the Environmental Investment Challenge in SEE, there have been significant changes in the region resulting from progress in the legislative and strategic frameworks; utility reforms; and efforts towards joining the European Union. Overall, there is sustained political commitment to the transposition and implementation of the environmental acquis. However, this is not always backed up by the necessary financial, administrative and institutional support. The present publication attempts to map and analyse changes in the legal and institutional environment that have a bearing on environmental financing. It also highlights positive examples in the region of the financing of environmental infrastructure. The ultimate objective of the publication is to contribute to the future development of environmental investments in the SEE region. It proposes a strategic and coherent approach to planning and developing environmental infrastructure projects, identifying obstacles and bottlenecks and, where possible, recommending ways to overcome them. This publication: • analyses the key national and regional constraints and challenges to environmental investments; • presents progress made in national environmental policy since the REC’s 2005 publication; • highlights macroeconomic indicators for SEE in order to illustrate the region’s potential for creating favourable conditions for environmental infrastructure development and financing; Introduction S T R AT E G I C M O V E S 31
32 I N T R O D U C T I O N S T R AT E G I C M O V E S • emphasises the implications of the key EU directives related to infrastructure investments; • illustrates country funding needs in relation to compliance with EU directives; • briefly presents enforcement-related problems; • provides an overview of institutional challenges to the countries in connection with environmental investments; • reviews the status of environmental infrastructure in SEE, as well as the status of utility reforms; • reviews levels of expenditure from national budgets, IFIs and bilateral donors; and • presents the updated lists of priority environmental infrastructure investment projects. Target This publication will primarily be of interest to: • decision makers responsible for strategic environmental investment planning in SEE, as a supportive tool presenting the regional context of investment planning; • donors and IFIs, for whom it can be an important tool to support the design of their assistance programmes for the SEE region; and • all other stakeholders interested in developing environmental infrastructure investment projects. Scope The present publication covers South Eastern Europe — that is, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (as defined under UNSCR 1244), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. All references to Kosovo in the text are understood as the territory defined under UNSCR 1244. Any abbreviations of the names of these countries in the text and tables are used for presentation purposes only and should always be understood as indicating the full names of the countries. Lessons learned from the new EU member states (EU-10), which joined in 2004, as well as from Bulgaria and Romania, which joined in 2007, are used in the text where relevant. The publication focuses on the period between 2005 and August 2009. The information presented has been distributed for consultation to a wide group of stakeholders, including focal points of SEE ministries of environment, in order to ensure that the information included is correct and up to date. The authors have concentrated on major public environmental infrastructure investments in the water and waste sectors, since this was the focus of the PEIP between 2007 and 2009. The majority of air-related investments fall within the scope
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I N T R O D U C T I O N<br />
S T R AT E G I C M O V E S<br />
• emphasises the implications of the key EU directives related to infrastructure<br />
investments;<br />
• illustrates country funding needs in relation to compliance with EU directives;<br />
• briefly presents en<strong>for</strong>cement-related problems;<br />
• provides an overview of institutional challenges to the countries in connection<br />
with environmental investments;<br />
• reviews the status of environmental infrastructure in SEE, as well as the status<br />
of utility re<strong>for</strong>ms;<br />
• reviews levels of expenditure from national budgets, IFIs <strong>and</strong> bilateral donors; <strong>and</strong><br />
• presents the updated lists of priority environmental infrastructure investment<br />
projects.<br />
Target<br />
This publication will primarily be of interest to:<br />
• decision makers responsible <strong>for</strong> strategic environmental investment planning<br />
in SEE, as a supportive tool presenting the regional context of investment<br />
planning;<br />
• donors <strong>and</strong> IFIs, <strong>for</strong> whom it can be an important tool to support the design of<br />
their assistance programmes <strong>for</strong> the SEE region; <strong>and</strong><br />
• all other stakeholders interested in developing environmental infrastructure<br />
investment projects.<br />
Scope<br />
The present publication covers South Eastern Europe — that is, Albania,<br />
Bosnia <strong>and</strong> Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (as defined under UNSCR 1244), the<br />
<strong>for</strong>mer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro <strong>and</strong> Serbia. All references to<br />
Kosovo in the text are understood as the territory defined under UNSCR 1244.<br />
Any abbreviations of the names of these countries in the text <strong>and</strong> tables are used <strong>for</strong><br />
presentation purposes only <strong>and</strong> should always be understood as indicating the full<br />
names of the countries. Lessons learned from the new EU member states (EU-10),<br />
which joined in 2004, as well as from Bulgaria <strong>and</strong> Romania, which joined in 2007,<br />
are used in the text where relevant.<br />
The publication focuses on the period between 2005 <strong>and</strong> August 2009. The<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation presented has been distributed <strong>for</strong> consultation to a wide group of<br />
stakeholders, including focal points of SEE ministries of environment, in order to<br />
ensure that the in<strong>for</strong>mation included is correct <strong>and</strong> up to date.<br />
The authors have concentrated on major public environmental infrastructure<br />
investments in the water <strong>and</strong> waste sectors, since this was the focus of the PEIP between<br />
2007 <strong>and</strong> 2009. The majority of air-related investments fall within the scope
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