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Introduction The PEIP was funded by the European Commission Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (CARDS) regional programme. The PEIP was implemented in three periods: 2001 to 2002; 2003 to 2005; and 2007 to 2009. The overall objective of the programme was to reduce pressure on the environment in the SEE region through assistance to national governments and municipal authorities in planning strategic environmental investments, preparing environmental investment projects, and identifying donors for the realisation of projects in the air, water and waste sectors. Through the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP), SEE countries are moving towards the harmonisation of national legislation with the EU environmental acquis, and are implementing new legislation according to prescribed schedules. In the environmental sector, this requires serious capital investment into infrastructure. This presents a particular challenge for SEE countries as they lack readily available investment capital and market-based financing mechanisms. The nature of PEIP support PEIP support to environmental investment planning The programme facilitates a process of strategic environmental investment planning by national environmental authorities through identifying and prioritising necessary and relevant projects and by providing institutional strengthening and capacity building. The programme covers the air, water and waste sectors, which represent the priority environmental investment needs in the region. The programme also provides valuable information1 to the donor community2 , including: • background information on environmental and institutional needs and priorities; • the status of environmental investment planning in the region; and • a pipeline of priority environmental infrastructure projects in a strategic framework (see Annex 5). The PEIP approach The PEIP methodology included projects prioritised according to regionally agreed criteria for SEE. This has enabled a long-term process of compliance with the EU acquis and of environmental improvement in the region by providing a regional framework for investment planning and good practices. The programme introduced a multi-stakeholder approach to investment planning, involving all key players. This regional approach is particularly important when looking at the contributions of the SEE region to European environmental pressures and, more generally, to pressures on a global scale. S T R AT E G I C M O V E S 39
40 C H A P T E R 1 T H E R O L E O F T H E P R I O R I T Y E N V I R O N M E N TA L I N V E S T M E N T P R O G R A M M E F O R S E E S T R AT E G I C M O V E S Components of PEIP assistance The assistance provided within the PEIP from 2001 focused on the following objectives: • Identification and prioritisation of investment infrastructure projects, in line with EU requirements. • Development of environmental infrastructure project concepts. • Provision of assistance to formulate environmental problems into bankable investment project proposals. • Facilitation of dialogue between project proponents and financing organisations. • Facilitation of exchanges of information and experiences between environmental financing experts from SEE and other European countries. • Drafting of manuals on investments in the water and waste sectors. Assistance provided by the PEIP team Assistance provided in the period 2001 to 2002 Assistance provided to the ministries focused on: • identifying regional priority environmental sectors — agreed as the reduction of sulphur-dioxide emissions; municipal waste generation and treatment, and sewage treatment; • compiling a set of hotspots, comprising 143 locations with multiple, priority environmental problems; and • analysing national environmental priorities, providing an overview of SEE countries’ policy responses and their relation to the regional environmental priority sectors and hotspots. Development of the PEIP methodology During this period the team developed a methodology for compiling lists of priority environmental investment projects. The methodology included a system of criteria, a project identification form, and a prioritisation exercise. As a result, 79 high-priority projects were identified. Assistance provided in the period 2003 to 2005 The PEIP team targeted investment challenges while assisting the countries’ capacity-building efforts to: • identify investment projects in line with EU requirements; • formulate project concepts to be presented to interested financial institutions; and • identify appropriate institutions willing to finance investment projects.
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Introduction<br />
The PEIP was funded by the European Commission Community Assistance<br />
<strong>for</strong> Reconstruction, Development <strong>and</strong> Stabilisation (CARDS) regional programme.<br />
The PEIP was implemented in three periods: 2001 to 2002; 2003 to<br />
2005; <strong>and</strong> 2007 to 2009. The overall objective of the programme was to reduce<br />
pressure on the environment in the SEE region through assistance to national governments<br />
<strong>and</strong> municipal authorities in planning strategic environmental investments,<br />
preparing environmental investment projects, <strong>and</strong> identifying donors <strong>for</strong><br />
the realisation of projects in the air, water <strong>and</strong> waste sectors.<br />
Through the Stabilisation <strong>and</strong> Association Process (SAP), SEE countries are<br />
moving towards the harmonisation of national legislation with the EU environmental<br />
acquis, <strong>and</strong> are implementing new legislation according to prescribed schedules.<br />
In the environmental sector, this requires serious capital investment into<br />
infrastructure. This presents a particular challenge <strong>for</strong> SEE countries as they lack<br />
readily available investment capital <strong>and</strong> market-based financing mechanisms.<br />
The nature of PEIP support<br />
PEIP support to environmental investment planning<br />
The programme facilitates a process of strategic environmental investment planning<br />
by national environmental authorities through identifying <strong>and</strong> prioritising<br />
necessary <strong>and</strong> relevant projects <strong>and</strong> by providing institutional strengthening <strong>and</strong> capacity<br />
building. The programme covers the air, water <strong>and</strong> waste sectors, which represent<br />
the priority environmental investment needs in the region. The programme<br />
also provides valuable in<strong>for</strong>mation1 to the donor community2 , including:<br />
• background in<strong>for</strong>mation on environmental <strong>and</strong> institutional needs <strong>and</strong> priorities;<br />
• the status of environmental investment planning in the region; <strong>and</strong><br />
• a pipeline of priority environmental infrastructure projects in a strategic framework<br />
(see Annex 5).<br />
The PEIP approach<br />
The PEIP methodology included projects prioritised according to regionally<br />
agreed criteria <strong>for</strong> SEE. This has enabled a long-term process of compliance with<br />
the EU acquis <strong>and</strong> of environmental improvement in the region by providing a regional<br />
framework <strong>for</strong> investment planning <strong>and</strong> good practices. The programme introduced<br />
a multi-stakeholder approach to investment planning, involving all key<br />
players. This regional approach is particularly important when looking at the contributions<br />
of the SEE region to European environmental pressures <strong>and</strong>, more generally,<br />
to pressures on a global scale.<br />
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