Project List Alvaro Diez Santaclara Eng v21092016

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SELECTION OF PROJECT REFERENCES – ÁLVARO DÍEZ SANTACLARA

Regional Housing Programme in Four Western Balkan Countries (BIH, HR, MNE, SRB) –

Technical Assistance for Formulating the Feasibility Reports and for Implementing the

Country Housing Projects

Donor: European Commission

Budget: € 8,955,440

Project Description: The overall objective of the project is to assist the four Partner Countries in (1)

the preparation of the specific Country Housing Projects within the joint Regional Housing Programme,

and (2) in their subsequent implementation so as to provide sustainable housing solutions in line with

international best practices and to the benefit of those most in need. The Regional Housing Programme

targets close to 74,000 people or 27,000 households and foresees three eligible housing solutions:

•Provision of flats and houses through building, reconstruction, renovation or purchase; •Provision of

construction materials; •Accommodation in social welfare institutions.

Direct assistance is provided through two phases: Phase I – Support to the preparation of four specific

Country Feasibility Reports. Phase II: Support to Implementation of the Country Housing Projects in

the Four Partner Countries: •Support to the Establishment of the PIUs – organisation and structure,

recruitment of management and staff, etc.; •Production of a CHP Implementation Manuals and

Templates; •Building the capacity of PIUs and Implementing Institutions – Training in Financial

Management, Procurement, Contract Administration and Monitoring; •Assisting the PIUs in the

Development of Designs – Preparing standardised templates for design briefs and tenders, review of

designs, ensuring compliance with the Client’s requirements; •Supporting the PIUs in drafting tender

dossiers and contract documentation for Supply and Works contracts; •Supporting the PIUs in

Supervision Activities; •Provision of Detailed Information and Data for Reporting on CHPs’ Progress

with Agreed Key Impact Indicators; •Project Management and Backstopping.

Serbia, Higher Education Teaching Infrastructure Programme – Support to the PIU of the

Ministry of Science in the Implementation of the R&D Infrastructure Initiative

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 3,630,000

Project Description: The Ministry of Science and Technological Development had signed a 200 million

Euro loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB), a 35 million Euro loan with the Council of Europe

Development Bank (CEB) and a 22 million Euro loan with the European Commission for the

implementation of the R&D Infrastructure Investment Initiative, which together with National co-

financing of around 195 million Euro, created a facility of over 400 million Euro that aimed to enhance

the R&D capabilities in Serbia. With the purpose of ensuring the best possible use of these funds, the

Government of the Republic of Serbia made the decision to establish a limited liability company that

will act as the main Project Implementation Unit (PIU) carrying out all duties in connection to the

preparation, publication, evaluation and award processes of all tenders, the co-ordination of activities

and administrative support to the awarded contractors, the management of the disbursement process,

and the provision of progress reports to the IFIs.

EPTISA acted as the main technical advisor to the Ministry of Science and Technological Development

in the implementation of the R&D Infrastructure Investment Initiative and provided support to the PIU

in the tendering and construction of all the related buildings and facilities. The purpose of this contract

was to ensure that EU and EIB standards and best practices were respected through support to the PIU

in the implementation of the EIB R&D Infrastructure Initiative.

Serbia, Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 1,410,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to contribute to a sustainable

development in Serbia by enhancing capacities in the energy sector to use renewable energy sources

and efficient usage of resources according to EU standards. The project aimed to build capacities in the

energy sector, leading to the implementation of the rational use of energy and increased use of

renewable energy sources and CHP production.

The project comprised the following components: Part A: Study of Geothermal Potential in Serbia; and

Part B: Promotion of CHP generation and energy efficiency.


Serbia, Municipal Infrastructure Support Programme (Phase I)

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 4,000,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to strengthen the capacities of local

governments for a better management of the municipal infrastructure services, and the capacity of

municipalities to program and absorb EC investment funds for new and rehabilitated assets with

regards to municipal infrastructure. The project comprised the provision of assistance to different local

governments aiming to enhance the management of environmental, economic and social infrastructure

services and to implement investments in new and/or rehabilitated assets to achieve EC environmental

standards, promote economic growth, and provide for social needs.

The project was organized around the following components: •Policy dialogue and support to public

utilities transformation; •Improved municipal infrastructure programming and project preparation;

•Supervision and monitoring of five works contracts for water supply, wastewater treatment and solid

waste infrastructure.

Kosovo, Institutional Support for Environmental Management to Ministry of Environment

and Spatial Planning

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,522,588

Project Description: The objective of the project was to assist the Ministry of Environment and

Spatial Planning in Kosovo in defining and establishing the strategies, policies and procedures required

for managing, implementing and enforcing the Kosovo environmental policy, as well as enabling the

gradual harmonization towards the EU’s Environmental Acquis.

The activities carried out throughout the project included: •Institutional strengthening and capacity

building to the environmental management authorities; •Training of public officials on environmental

management; •Approximation of environmental legislation; •River basin management plan and

strengthening of monitoring networks and water information systems; •Preparation of a solid waste

management plan for the entire territory of Kosovo; and •Procurement support.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Capacity Building in the Water Sector

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 2,351,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this Contract was to develop administrative capacities in

the field of water management in line with the environmental acquis and international obligations and

to improve environmental infrastructure. The purpose of this contract was to: •Support the

transposition and implementation of EU water-related Directives, and •Improve the management of

water resources of the Sava River basin by developing the country’s administrative capacity and so

enable the designated authorities to prepare a River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) in line with the

existing legislation, environmental acquis and the international obligations of BiH.

Project Activities: •Assistance in the full Transposition and Implementation of Water-Related EU

Directives; •Preparation of the Sava RBMPs; •Preparation of the Water Tariff Policy Framework;

•Preparation of the Long-Term Capacity-building Plan; •Review of the current Water Information

System and preparation of an Action Plan for enhancement of the existing or the establishment of the

new System; •Project Management and Backstopping.

FYR Macedonia, Improvement of Management of Transboundary Water Resources

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,000,000

Project Description: Vardar River and Dorjan Lake are water resources shared by the fYR Macedonia

and Greece but, as for the date when this project started, there were no formal agreements or

arrangements on water management between both countries. The project was designed to assist the

fYR Macedonia, main beneficiary country, in entering into joint efforts with Greece to improve

cooperation on river basin planning and water management. The project objective was to improve the

quality of the water resources shared by Greece and the fYR Macedonia so as to progress towards

compliance with the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD).

Types of services provided: •River basin management; •Production of a Joint River Basin Management

Plan in line with the requirements of the EU WFD; •Transboundary water resources management.


Serbia, Municipal Infrastructure Support Programme (MISP 2)

Donor: EU – IPA 2008

Budget: € 11,685,600

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was strengthening capacities in Serbia, as

required as candidates for EU Membership, to develop and implement policy reforms on the

decentralisation of local government, leading to improved local governance, better management of

municipal infrastructure services, and the capacity of municipalities to program and absorb EC

investment funds for new and rehabilitated assets.

The purpose of this contract was to achieve: •Improved institutional and regulatory framework for

municipal infrastructure services and support for Public Utility Companies transformation; •Improved

municipal infrastructure programming and project preparation; •Implementation of selected municipal

infrastructure projects.

Albania, Technical Assistance and Training for the Improvement of Public Services at the

Local Government Level

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 999,000

Project Description: Business licensing was perceived both by the Albanian Government and the

domestic and foreign businesses as one of the issues impeding a healthy business environment in

Albania, in particular since its complexity and uncertainty at local level created space for corruption.

The project’s purpose was to develop Albanian integration and investment climate by providing

transparency, legal certainty and streamlining of procedures concerning the issuing of licenses for

economic operators and economic activity.

The project consisted of the following components: •Fact finding and analysis for diagnosis of existing

licensing systems on regional/local level; •Preparation of new transparent licensing procedures for the

fields of transport and construction, which account for the main part of licenses given in Albania;

•Implementation of this simplified, transparent and systematised licensing system including training of

staff in the new procedures and establishment of “One-Stop-Shop” in each of the 25 local

governments’ offices; •Increasing the transparency of licensing; •Developing human capacities for

license administration at the local level, and dialogue on redistribution of tasks between governments

at different levels, especially between central and local government; •Establishment of road map for

future development of licensing at local level.

Kosovo, Further Institutional Support to Solid Waste Utilities

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,450,230

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to provide further institutional support

to solid waste utilities in Kosovo, in order to offer to the citizens and enterprises/public institutions a

stable solid waste service at affordable prices.

The project consisted of the following components: Organisational and operational support focusing on

efficiency gains through an improved organisation of daily operations and improved management;

extended rural service coverage and enhanced customer service; improved asset maintenance

procedures; strengthened customer services and compliance with the Regulatory Office regulations;

financial management support focusing on the development of financial self-sustainability, cost

recovery, improved billing and collection, financial control systems and development of business

planning.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Strengthening of Environmental Institutions and Preparation for

Pre-Accession Funds

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 1,920,400

Project Description: The objective of this contract was to strengthen the technical, administrative

and IPA-compliant programming capacities of the institutions involved in environmental management

in BiH for ensuring the implementation of soft and infrastructure measures for achieving the EU

environmental standards.

The intervention was divided into the following tasks: •Institutional Support; •Legislative

approximation and policy-making; •Implementation of International Obligations; •Environmental

Monitoring System Support and Public Communication; •Preparation for access to Pre-Accession Funds

Support.


Serbia, Design and Implementation of a Water Management Information System

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 2,000,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to strengthen the protection of water

resources, water quality and public health. More specifically, the contract aimed to strengthen the

capacity of the Water Directorate of Serbia to manage water resources, to provide improved access to

information and data on water resources, and to promote the interinstitutional exchange of information

and data on water resources.

The project included the following activities: •Institutional strengthening and capacity building to the

Water Directorate and other water resources management institutions; •Support to alignment of

Serbian legislation with the EU’s Water Framework Directive; •Capacity building in water management,

monitoring and reporting; •Water resources management data collection; •Organisation of training

programmes for water management authorities; •Development of GIS applications for water

management; •Design and implementation of integrated water resources management systems;

•Design and implementation of basic and advanced decision support systems for water resources

management; •Compilation and harmonisation of data on water resources; •Economic and financial

analysis of the proposed solution against feasible alternatives and a full multi-annual budget for the

implementation of the proposed system; •Improvement of access to information and data on water

resources; •Software development for water management; •Project management and backstopping.

Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, Developing Capacity in the Implementation and

Enforcement of Environmental Legislation through ECENA and IMPEL

Donor: EU – PHARE

Budget: € 600,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to improve the ability of the beneficiary

countries (candidate countries as of 2006) to implement and enforce the environmental acquis. This

was done through supporting the countries’ participation in ECENA and IMPEL activities, as well as

through tailor-made projects.

The objectives of the project were to: •Improve the capacity of the environmental management

administrations to operate effectively within an improved institutional framework; •Assist the

beneficiary countries to achieve a better implementation of the environmental acquis; •Provide training

to the Inspectorates to perform the implementation and enforcement of the environmental acquis;

•Support the beneficiary countries to achieve a better understanding of the problems and potential

solutions related to implementation and enforcement of the Chapter 22.

Types of services provided within the project included: •Institutional strengthening and capacity

building of environmental management administrations; •Support to enforcement and implementation

of EU environmental acquis; •Organisation of training programmes for environmental agencies and

inspectorates; •Provision of experts’ advice and logistics in support of the participation in ECENA and

IMPEL activities.

Kosovo, Support to Local Government

Donor: ECLO Kosovo (EU IPA 2007)

Budget: € 3,032,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to support all the municipalities in

Kosovo to advance in their reform and capacity building in the context of the ongoing decentralisation

process. This included the improvement of managerial competences, the delivery of public services and

the dialogue with citizens at local level, all in line with European standards.

The activities performed include: •Improving municipal performance and accountability to deliver cost

effective public services; •Reviewing existing legislation for local government and drafting secondary

legislation to complete existing legislative vacuum; •Setting up a pilot benchmarking system with clear

performance indicators; •Improving municipal service delivery; •Promoting result oriented and

transparent municipal budgeting; •Designing municipal development plans; •Supporting the

preparation of projects for the Municipal Infrastructure programme; •Enhancing municipal inspection

services; •Reviewing and improving procedures of municipal inspectorates in line with the EU

standards; •Supporting inter-municipal cooperation; •Assisting in establishment of inter-municipal

cooperation agreements; and •Full project management and backstopping.


Serbia, Municipal Infrastructure Support Programme (MISP 3)


Budget: € 5,100,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to contribute to the decentralization

process and to prepare Serbian municipalities for EU accession. The purpose was to build the project

pipeline to EU standards, to further enhance the capacities of municipalities and to support the

implementation of selected infrastructure projects.

Results were divided into two components: Component I – Accelerate building of the project pipeline to

EU standards and further the capacity-building of municipalities: •Expanded SLAP project pipeline with

mature projects, prepared in line with EU requirements, as well as with local, regional and national

needs and priorities and with future IPA 3 component requirements; •Enhanced capacities of municipal

departments and employees for project preparation; •Technical, financial and personnel management

of municipal departments and PUCs is enhanced through the introduction of modern management

systems and procedures; •Supported SLAP management in developing and upgrading the SLAP

information system to address the needs in relevant municipal infrastructure sectors of the

stakeholders at national, regional and local level including the potential investors. Component II –

Support implementation of selected infrastructure projects: •Projects selected for financing successfully

contracted and implemented; •Supervision of the works projects carried out. The major infrastructure

projects implemented were: Leskovac Wastewater Treatment Plant (23.8 MEURO), Kolubara Regional

Water Supply (15.9 MEURO), Regional Water Supply Scheme in Velika Plana/Smederevska Palanka

(10.5 MEURO).

Montenegro, Support to the Development of the Environmental Sector

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,000,000

Project Description: The specific objectives of the project were to: •Strengthen and improve the

institutional capacity of Montenegro’s environmental management administration to operate effectively

within an improved institutional framework; •Establish an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);

•Provide closer approximation of Montenegrin environmental framework legislation to the Acquis;

•Improve the institutional capacity within MEPPP; •Provide municipal service utilities and technical

assistance to the MEPPP in order to develop rationalised strategic investment plans; and •Assist the

Government to establish Project Implementation Unit (PIU) in order to improve the country's

environmental infrastructure.

Serbia, Implementation of Anti-discrimination Policies


Budget: € 1,554,800

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to implement the Law on Prohibition of

Discrimination, as well as to promote human and minority rights, equality and non-discrimination

standards. The project purpose was to provide technical assistance to the Office of Human and Minority

Rights and other key institutions both at national and local levels, to coordinate, implement, monitor

and promote anti-discrimination policies in Serbia, in line with EU standards and best practice.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Technical Support to Meet the Requirements of the Energy

Community Treaty for SEE with a focus on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 2,429,500

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to assist in the reform of the energy

sector in BiH and to create a country wide energy market which is regulated and integrated into SEE

and the EU in line with commitments to the EnCT, Energy Charter Treaty, Kyoto Protocol and all

aspects of the Acquis Communautaire relating to EE, renewables and energy sustainability.

The project aimed to address the policy and legal gaps for EE/RE in BiH by supporting the

implementation of EE/RE measures and capacity building at a local level (within specific municipalities),

providing models for implementation and replication in other municipalities and raising awareness

about the potential for practical implementation of EE/RE measures at national and municipal level.

This was combined with a top-down approach creating the proposal for a legal and institutional

framework at state and entity level. The project included the following main four components:

•Demonstration projects for EE/RES; •Institutional and technical capacity building; •Public Education;

and •Legal Framework.


Croatia, Development of Institutional Capacity and Project Pipeline for EU Structural Funds

Post- Accession – Project Pipeline for IPA / EU Structural Funds

Donor: European Commission – CFCA

Budget: € 4,499,500

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to prepare the Croatian public

administration for Croatia’s effective participation in the EU Cohesion Policy. The purpose of this

contract was to enhance the capacity of all relevant stakeholders to prepare high quality

projects/schemes for Structural/Cohesion Fund(s) and ensure a timely and efficient management of

such projects/schemes.

The contract was implemented through three components: A) Project pipeline preparation:

•Infrastructure projects in the field of environment, transport and regional development. •Preparation

of grant schemes. B) Capacity building: •Improving skills in preparation of infrastructure tender

dossiers and all the accompanying technical documentation (cost-benefit analysis, environmental

impact assessment, feasibility study, budget etc), management of infrastructure contracts in

accordance with the FIDIC rules. •Improving skills to fully prepare grant schemes for their launch for

the potential beneficiaries, to carry out tendering, evaluation, contracting and supervision of grant

schemes, and to organise the work with assessors; •Enhance abilities to prepare good grant

applications and ensure sound management of the awarded contracts. •Enhance skills to provide future

support to the county authorities, business sector or other potential applicants in the preparation of

grant applications and their technical management. C) Development of an investment strategy for the

water management sector: The strategy served as a background for the pipeline of projects that

Croatia is undertaking to implement the provisions of the Urban Waste Water Directive and Drinking

Water Directive.

Montenegro, Preparation and Implementation of the National and Local Waste Management

Plans

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 770,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to ensure that sustainable development

of the country will be achieved in concomitance with the implementation of EU waste management

legislation. EPTISA provided support to the Montenegrin authorities, in particular to the Ministry of

Sustainable Development and Tourism, in the preparation of a National Waste Strategy reflecting the

Government’s position on Waste Management Policy. In addition, a new National Waste Management

Plan 2013-2018 with an associated Implementation Action Plan was developed to ensure Montenegro

has a clear and sustainable roadmap for compliance with the EU Waste Management Legislation.

Lastly, Waste Management Plans were developed for the confirmed inter-municipal regions and an

analysis of the environmental effectiveness and the cost effectiveness of separation and recycling of

waste resulting in recommendations for achieving the targets of the EU directives were carried out.

Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Romania – Consultancy Services in Support of EU Programmes

on Energy Efficiency

Client: EIB

Budget: € 6,000,000

Project Description: The overall objective was to assist the EIB (through a consultancy framework

agreement) to give support to the financial intermediaries (FIs) and final beneficiaries (FBs) during the

implementation and operation of the Green Initiative (GI) Facility as well as other similar EU Facilities

to be managed by the EIB during the period 2012-2016. GI targets EE projects implemented by SMEs

and energy service companies (ESCOs) in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Financial

Intermediaries in this project are banks that on-lend EIB funds to FBs, and eligible Sub-Projects are

investments on the energy demand side improving the energy performance of buildings, industry,

infrastructure or equipment of an SME or investments implemented by ESCOs for SME end-users. The

programme focuses on creating at least 30% energy savings for building sub-projects, and 20% in

other cases, or at least 20% CO2 savings.

Specific activities carried out by EPTISA included: •Product development and standardisation;

•Marketing activities; •Assistance in the selection, preparation, processing and verification of the

eligible EE investment projects; •Capacity building for FI staff; •Support technical and financial project

assessment, portfolio development and verification requirements; •Processing of EE/RE investments;

•Energy audits; •Building energy performance certificate in line with the existing national legislation in

compliance with the EPBD; •Sub-project verification.


Study of Flood Prone Areas in the Republic of Serbia – Phase 1

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 1,999,500

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to make a contribution to the

harmonisation with the European Flood Directive and Water Framework Directive (WFD), and the

introduction of the “living with floods” principle in Serbia. More specifically, the objective of this project

was to prepare flood hazard and flood risk maps, to be incorporated in Flood Risk Management plans

for the project area. Project area: a) The flood prone areas on the left and right side of the Danube

River between Belgrade municipality Zemun (km 1175) and the upstream end of the Iron Gate gorge

(km 1040), including the flood prone parts of the Belgrade city along the Danube i.e. municipalities of

Zemun, Novi Beograd, Stari Grad, Palilula, and Grocka; b) The flood prone areas on the larger rivers in

the Velika Morava river basin.

Croatia, Environmental Assessment of Development Strategies

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 800,000

Project Description: The project objective was to support the Ministry of Environment of Croatia in

the transposition of the EC Directive on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and in

strengthening the institutional framework for the implementation of the EC Directive on SEA and the

administrative capacity for execution of SEAs.

The results achieved within the project included: •Agreed recommendations for legislation, aiming at

the transposition of the EC Directive on SEA; •Agreed recommendations for the institutional structure

for execution of SEA in accordance with the proposed legislation; •Comprehensive methodological

guidelines for SEA officers, plan developers and their consultants, including screening, scoping and

review processes; •Cross matrix study on four sector plans; •Completed pilot SEA procedure.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Support to Air Monitoring

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,000,000

Project Description: The project’s main objective was to define and demonstrate economically

sustainable means of gathering data on Air Quality (via statistics and monitoring) in order to: •Identify

the Air Quality and Emissions situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina; •Provide reliable data for reporting

on Air Quality and Emissions resulting from International Conventions and EC Directives; •Design an

Air Monitoring Strategy and an appropriate information system.

The activities carried out within the project included: •Reinforcement of Statistical Data Collection on

Emissions; •Study on the existing monitoring and information system for air on the national level; and

•Development of an Air Monitoring Strategy.

Serbia, Supervision of Construction and Commissioning of the New Wastewater Treatment

Plant at TPP Nikola Tesla B

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 785,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to supervise the works contract with the

aim to assist EPS to obtain an integrated permit (under IPPC Law) for further operation of thermal

power plants and for their performance of activities after the year 2015. Moreover, the aim of this

project was to align emissions and to introduce the best available techniques (BAT) for water emission

reduction. The project is located in Obrenovac, at Nikola Tesla B Power Plant, in Serbia.

Activities undertaken: •Technical Assistance throughout tender evaluation procedure; •Supervision of

work activities performed in accordance with FIDIC Conditions of Contract (Yellow Book), Physical

Planning and Construction Act (Official Gazette 72/09 and 24/11), and other relevant Serbian

Legislation; •Check Contractor’s design, drawings and Bills of Quantities; •Daily supervision of

construction works; •Overall quality control; •Financial control in accordance with contract documents

and ‘best practice'; •Review of time scheduling and assuring completion of the works contract within

estimated budget; •Review of Contractor’s Quality Assurance Plan; •Supervision of preparation of

detailed design; •Establishment and assistance in QA/QC procedures through certification of

acceptance testing; •Liaison and coordination between all parties involved in the project; •Project

Management.


Serbia, Supervision of Construction Works on the Highway E-80

Donor: World Bank

Budget: € 13,700,000

Project Description: Corridor X is one of the pan-European corridors. It runs between Salzburg in

Austria and Thessaloniki in Greece. The corridor passes through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia,

Macedonia and Greece and has four branches, including Branch C: E-80 Nis (Serbia) – Sofia (Bulgaria).

The Public Enterprise “Roads of Serbia” has set-up a special company, named KORIDOR 10 d.o.o, to

construct the missing parts of corridor X in Serbia.

EPTISA’s consulting services comprise the supervision of construction works on the highway E80,

section Prosek-Dimitrovgrad (Corridor Xc), excluding sub-section Cifiik-Pirot (East), in total length of

59,6 km, on behalf of K10 d.o.o, including specifically: •Supervision of the Contractors in all aspects, of

fulfilment of their obligations, responsibilities and undertakings made with respect to carrying out and

completing of the Works contracts (Engineer according to the FIDIC Red book); •Assistance to the K10

d.o.o, including its associated duties to the IFIs (determinations, financial control and reporting);

•Establishment of supervision methodology and systems that may be adopted as a standard for

employment on future projects (documentary and software support shall be provided by the

Consultant); •Provision of necessary evidentiary records and analyses and acting as the expert witness

on the side of the K10 d.o.o if any dispute issues arise out of the Project; •Co-operation with the

Consultant for supervision of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) implementation.

Croatia, Public Relations Consultant for the Project: County Waste Management Centre

Mariscina

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 350,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to contribute to the visibility of the

project implementation (regarding the construction of waste management centre Mariscina in

Primorsko-Goranska County) in order to gain public support for the project and the implementation of

an integrated waste management system. The purpose of this project was to increase the target

groups’ awareness. In particular, the project focused on informing and raising public understanding

about the need for the landfill, and its costs and benefits, both long-term and short-term –

environmental, social, financial and health aspects. EPTISA delivered, promoted, published and/or

disseminated well targeted PR tools and materials and education activities through workshops, training

sessions, seminars and panel discussions positively evaluated by participants.

Serbia, Technical Assistance for the Development of an Environmental Approximation

Strategy (EAS)

Donor: EU

Budget: € 1,970,200

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to provide support to the Government of

Serbia to achieve the goals of accession to the European Union and the improvement of the

environment by assisting in the approximation of Serbian legislation with EU environmental acquis.

The purpose of the project was to: •Support the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP)

in designing and developing an Environmental Approximation Strategy (EAS), including calculating the

costs and benefits of compliance; •Support the Serbian Government in the implementation of the EAS

in certain priority sectors, including the transposition and implementation of legal acts, proposals for

multiannual investment and compliance programmes, and the design of new financial instruments;

•Strengthen the institutional framework, procedures, public participation and administrative capacity

for the approximation of the EU environmental acquis and in fulfilling its obligations towards the EU.

Croatia, Support to Maximise the Socio-Economic Development Effects of Sveto Brdo

Mountain Tourism Resort

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 600,000

Project Description: The overall objectives of the project were to contribute to the sustainable return

of refugees and to enhance the social and economic welfare of the Lika-Senj County, through the

inclusion of all sectors in major development projects, and to improve the competitive economic

performance and enhance its market ‘image’ to attract inward investments and reduce unemployment.

The project aimed to improve the institutional capacities and capabilities at a county-wide and local

municipal level to facilitate and support joint public and private sector economic development

initiatives.


Bosnia and Herzegovina, Water and Sanitation Project in Republika Srpska – Supervision

Services

Donor: EIB/EU

Budget: € 2,017,300

Project Description: The Water and Sanitation Project in Republika Srpska is aimed at supporting the

improvement of the existing living conditions of population, providing adequate hygienic conditions

related to water supply and wastewater removal, and implementing environmental protection

measures in accordance with the imminent obligations arising from the accession to the EU and

harmonization with the EU legislation, in this specific case with the Framework Water Directive,

Drinking Water Directive and Urban Wastewater Directive. Overall Project and Supervision services

include a number of municipalities throughout Republika Srpska.

EPTISA supervises the design, construction, testing and commissioning in a variety of disciplines

ranging from technical to financial and environmental, and where appropriate, recommending changes

where deficiencies are identified. EPTISA provides the following services: • Preparation of Overall Work

Programme; • Support to PMU in the establishment of project database; • Financial reporting; • Acting

as the “Engineer” according to FIDIC Conditions of Contract; • Approve Contractor’s design for the

design and build contracts; • Approve the materials, equipment and workmanship; • Observe the

issued building permits, relevant standards and legislative requirements.

Serbia, Support to National Investment Planning and Implementation

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,400,000

Project Description: The objective of the project was to support the socio-economic development of

Serbia in line with EU standards by improving national public investment and budget planning. In other

words, this project was designed to support public investment/capital budget planning processes in

Serbia at strategic/policy and operational levels according to EU best practices.

The project included the following phases: PHASE 1 – Elaboration of National Public Investment

Objectives: •Design and elaboration of an overall Action Plan to develop the medium term public

investment/capital budget planning based on a review of existing national priorities defined in the NIP,

multi-sectoral strategies, sector strategies, NPI and Public Investment priorities, etc.; PHASE 2 –

Budgeting for Investment Priorities: •Building the Programmatic Budgeting Process: Improving the

Budget Memorandum preparation process, integrating NIP/NPI priorities, addressing expenditure

projections/ceilings, methodology issues and strengthening central coordination, within the scope of

public investment priorities and budgetary parameters; •Improvement of definition of

programme/project criteria, methodology and procedures that connect with strategic priorities

involving a mix of capital projects, grant schemes etc.; •Monitoring and Evaluation: Improvement of

the overall public financial management/expenditure system to promote better public financial

management by building monitoring and evaluation capabilities; •Definition/clarification of authority

and responsibilities in the public investments/capital budget planning and implementation process.

PHASE 3 – Institutional and Human Resource Capacity Building (Training and Instruction): •Building

Capacities in the Ministry of Finance, line ministries and other key actors to carry out future budget

programming, procurement, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Kosovo, Building Energy Efficiency Study

Donor: World Bank

Budget: 182,079 USD

Project Description: As a member of the Energy Community, Kosovo is focusing on energy efficiency

as an important priority. Kosovo passed new laws on Energy and Public Procurement in 2010 and a

new Law on Energy Efficiency in 2011. One of the features of this proposed Law is the requirement for

municipalities to develop energy efficiency (EE) action plans. Despite these efforts, implementation of

EE programs in the building sector was sparse and of a small-scale nature. Significant market barriers

prevented scaling-up efforts and realisation of the vast savings potential. They included among others,

lack of data, low awareness of EE, lack of access to financing for EE investments, split/distorted

incentives, and underdeveloped service and supply markets.

Therefore, the objective of this assignment was to design and develop a detailed plan for the National

Building EE Program. Specific activities carried out by EPTISA included: •Market Assessment; •Barrier

Analysis; and •Recommendations for Program Plan Design.


FYR Macedonia, Railway Corridor VIII: Consulting Services for Supervision Services and

Project Implementation Unit Assistance

Donor: EBRD

Budget: € 2,697,800

Project Description: The project aimed at supporting the rehabilitation of the first section from

Kumanovo to Beljakovce, which used to be operational until mid-1996. The section starts at the

northern end of Kumanovo station up to Beljakovce station, with a length of approximately 30.8 km.

For 42 months EPTISA was responsible for the construction supervision of the Kumanovo Beljakovce

Section, acting as the Engineer. Specific activities carried out by EPTISA included: • Overall

management and supervision of the works contract; • Administer the civil works contracts as the

“Engineer” under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Building and Engineering Works Designed by the

Employer (1999); • Checking and approving the Contractors’ working and “as built” drawings; •

Supervising the implementation of environmental mitigation works and environmental monitoring; •

Issuing site instructions, variation orders, provisional sum orders and day works orders; • Overall

project management and backstopping.

Montenegro, Developing Sustainable Energy Use

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 790,000

Project Description: The overall objective was to contribute to further energy reforms in Montenegro

in order to comply with the obligations arising from the energy acquis. The purpose of the project was

to develop and enforce a relevant regulatory framework in order to increase sustainable energy use,

with focus on the transport sector.

The project was divided into eight main tasks: •Task 1: Potential for economic and environmentally

friendly usage of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in transport sector; •Task 2:

Finalization of legislation and preparation of regulatory framework implementation of energy efficiency

and renewable energy sources in transport sector; •Task 3: Assistance with implementation of top

priority measures; •Task 4: Review existing data collection in transport system and statistical

monitoring and make operational reporting system for energy consumption in transport sector; •Task

5: Development of a study on economic and strategic solutions for crude oil and oil products stock;

•Task 6: Potential of high efficiency cogeneration use in Montenegro assessed and action plan for

development and use of district heating and/or cooling and high-efficiency cogeneration; •Task 7:

Delivery of trainings and information to national administration including administrative workers

relevant ministries, governmental bodies and local governments; •Task 8: Awareness rising about

sustainable energy use as well as on the project activities and results.

Serbia, Support to the Social Inclusion of the Most Vulnerable Groups, Including Roma,

Through More Diversified Community-based Social Services

Donor: EU

Budget: € 1,163,275

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to support social inclusion policies and

development of the range and quality of community-based social services for vulnerable and

disadvantaged groups, including Roma. The purposes of this contract were: • To strengthen

institutional capacities at the national and local level to manage social inclusion policies across the

country; • To develop Community-based Social Services for vulnerable groups; • To support the

implementation of active inclusion initiatives for Roma population.

Montenegro, Raising Environmental Awareness

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 485,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to improve the living conditions of the

society and the image of Montenegro, contributing to the socioeconomic development of the country.

The purposes of the project were: •Assistance in increasing the environmental awareness of the

society and other stakeholders through an enhanced cooperation mechanism involving NGOs,

education and training institutions, professional organisations, scientific bodies, and government

departments; •Strengthening the capacity of the Government of Montenegro in planning and delivering

activities aimed at encouraging citizens and other stakeholders to contribute towards a greater

environmental protection and sustainability; •Improving the understanding, awareness and ownership

of environmental issues at all levels of society in order to promote their active involvement and to

create pressure for change.


Bosnia and Herzegovina, Institutional and Capacity Building in the Employment Sector


Budget: € 2,382,400

Project Description: The aim of the project was to improve the institutional capacity of labor market

management and employment service delivery at national, entity and sub-entity levels and also to

strengthen the human resource capacities and make the labor market work effectively, therefore to

contribute to the overall development of society and to the promotion of economic and social cohesion.

The expected impact was a reduction of unemployment rates and the duration of unemployment and a

more inclusive society.

Within the project, direct assistance was provided through the following concrete activities:

•Establishing effective labor market management system at national, entity, canton and Brcko District

level, including adopting of labor market policy in line with EU standards at all government levels;

•Strengthening budget preparation mechanism in institutions at all government levels (state, entity,

canton, and Brcko District) responsible for LME policy; •Improving employment service delivery at local

employment offices level; •Strengthening capacities of the staff of employment services at all levels;

•Designing of a performance monitoring system of labor market services established at all government

levels; and •Development of an appropriate methodology for effective monitoring and evaluation of

labor market programs at all government levels.

Serbia, Strengthening Media Freedom

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 1,073,800

Project Description: The project aimed at enforcing the freedom of expression, democratisation of

media and application of EU standards in the media field. It supported the implementation of the

“Strategy for Public Information System Development in the Republic of Serbia by 2016” (The Media

Strategy).

The project concentrated on aligning national media legislation with EU Directives and standards. In

addition, a grant scheme was provided to support independence and increase professionalism of

journalists and other media professionals.

The technical assistance gave support to the Ministry of Culture and Information in drafting a legal

framework envisaged in the Action plan of the Media Strategy, as well as in the implementation of the

newly harmonized legal framework through tailored trainings of key stakeholders (line ministries,

regulatory and self-regulatory bodies, media industry and associations’ representatives, journalists,

etc.) and monitoring of stages of implementation of the Media Strategy Action Plan. Moreover, the

technical assistance gave support for the management of the Media Fund grant scheme of € 1,8 million

envisaged for the development of investigative reporting in the domain of the rule of law.

FYR Macedonia, Development of National Water Tariff Study

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 785,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to establish an economic instrument for

the implementation of the first steps in the application of the “polluter pays” principle in the water

sector related to further development of financially sustainable water investment projects. The purpose

was to prepare a National Water Tariff Study for the development of an economic instrument aimed at

a balanced water price system and management of financially sustainable water investment projects.

The project consisted of the following main activities: •Preparation and implementation of a

stakeholders’ involvement plan; •Analysis of the existing situation at national and local level, covering

legislative, institutional framework, existing tariff methodology and its application, performance of

water companies, analysis of social, economic and financial conditions, etc.; •Development of an

economic instrument for effective and affordable cost recovery in the water sector concerning national

and local level; •Formulation of a water tariff methodology and a structure of the water tariff, including

pilot examination of the proposed methodology and tariff on municipal level; •Development of an

action plan for implementation of the economic instrument.


Croatia, Supervision of Construction of the Water Supply and Sewerage System with

Wastewater Treatment Plant for Slavonski Brod

Donor: IPA (EU)

Budget: € 1,410,500

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to improve the water supply and

sewerage infrastructure and the treatment of wastewater in the area of Slavonski Brod.

The Contract consisted of the supervision during the construction works for the water supply and

sewerage system with wastewater treatment plant for Slavonski Brod, namely: •Supervision Services

during the “Construction of Water Supply and Sewerage System”, including the improvement of water

supply of existing consumers and for 4,300 new inhabitants; •Supervision Services during the

construction of a new wastewater treatment plant for 80.000 PE.

Albania, Supervision of Secondary and Local Roads Project

Donor: EBRD / EIB / KfW

Budget: € 3,888,922

Project Description: The main objective of this consulting assignment was the supervision of the

contracted civil works for the upgrade of 1,500 km of Secondary and Local Roads in Albania. The

country’s road network comprises 3,412 km of national roads administered by the Ministry of Public

Works and Transport (MoPWT) and directly managed by the General Roads Department (GRD), and

about 12,000 km of local roads.

EPTISA was responsible for the supervision of the contracted civil works, including monitoring,

inspection, and reporting supervision activities with direct support to the Albanian Development Fund

(ADF). Specific activities carried out included: •Overall management and supervision of the works

contract; •Arranging the taking over of all finished subprojects; •Advise ADF on all matters related to

the execution of the contracts, including processing of the Contractors’ claims; •Approve the

Contractors’ work programmes, cash flows and the sources of materials; •Overall project management

and backstopping.

Kosovo, Municipal Social and Economic Infrastructure

Donor: EU

Budget: € 2,491,000

Project Description: The project was designed to improve social and economic infrastructure in

municipalities throughout Kosovo, to provide improved conditions and better facilities to residents, and

to support the implementation of a decentralisation in the provision of public services. These objectives

were achieved by the successful implementation of small and medium sized infrastructure projects,

capacity building, and training of staff in the municipalities.

The specific objectives achieved by the project included: •Development of an applicable methodology

for the selection of municipal projects; •Municipal staff familiarised with the programme, the tender

procedures and capable to identify, design and implement social infrastructure projects; •Detailed

design documents prepared for the successful projects in accordance with the prevailing EU

design/construction standards, including technical specification and bill of quantities for works

contracts; •Improved social infrastructure at a municipal level; •Awareness of the general public

concerning the programme and its positive impact; •On-the-job skills transfer at municipal level

through project development and implementation; •Completed design and tender documents for the

selected projects to agreed budget, time and quality; •Facilitated completion of works contracts

through an effective supervision; •Handover and final acceptance of the facilities undertaken, including

all required technical documents and certificates; •Prepared model service contract (private or public)

to support municipalities in operation and maintenance of the project facilities; •Provided monitoring

and evaluation information on a regular basis.

Regional - Framework Contract for Consultancy Services in the Transport Sector

Donor: EIB

Budget: € 300,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the assignment was to assist the Projects Directorate, in

particular the Mobility Department, over four years in its wide range of activities and responsibilities,

including the technical, economic, financial, environmental and social appraisal and monitoring of

projects. Typically, rapid interventions were required, of a short term nature and concerning one or

more areas of expertise, in line with the Bank’s project appraisal cycle.


Romania, Technical Assistance for Road Safety Measures Implementation (Safety Audit

System)

Donor: EU – PHARE

Budget: € 1,196,400

Project Description: The general objective of the project was to provide a safer road infrastructure

through the implementation of a Road Safety Audit System, including a legislative and institutional

framework providing all the guiding procedures for a smooth operation of the system.

Activities carried out throughout the project included: •Analysis of the problems of road safety;

identification of the existing procedures and carrying out an evaluation; •Presentation of the proposal

for the safety audit system, including a new institutional and legislative framework; •Integration of the

road safety audit in the processes of planning, designing, building, modernisation, rehabilitation,

maintenance, and administration of the road for reducing the risks of accidents; •Identification and

treatment of blackspots; •Developing awareness and responsibility of the road designers, contractors,

administrators and traffic police concerning the importance of road safety; •Development of draft laws:

design of a formal national safety audit procedure; •Development of an institutional system for training

and certifying safety auditors.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Capacity Building of Government Institutions to Engage in a Policy

Dialogue with Civil Society


Budget: € 969,200

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to contribute to anchoring democratic

values and structures, human rights, social inclusion and rule of law, thereby supporting the EU

integration process. The purpose of the project is to provide capacity building of the State, entities and

Brcko District governments in development of institutional mechanisms for cooperation with civil

society in order to enable the aforementioned governments to engage in more fruitful dialogue with

civil society.

The specific objectives of this contract were to: •Support a movement towards the adoption of a state

government policy on cooperation with NGOs; •Build capacities of institutional mechanisms for

governmental cooperation with NGOs; •Provide for a timely, proper and consistent implementation of

new laws and policies through training of civil servants; •Assist the identified governments in

improvement of budgetary policies related to civil society; •Assist in the implementation of an Action

Plan for the establishment of a more enabling environment for the development of the civil society in

BiH.

Kosovo, Support to the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) in Water

Management and Monitoring of Water

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 1,190,000

Project Description: The overall project objective was to strengthen the capacity of the Government

to prioritise, plan, and implement improvements to the water resources protection and the water

management practises in accordance with the EU environmental acquis.

The purposes of this contract were to: •Support the Government of Kosovo, in particular the MESP and

its Water Department, in the development of a unified Kosovo Water Strategy and a Water Action and

Investment Plan to guide the planning, identification, prioritisation, and implementation of investments

in the water resources sector; •Broaden the approximation of Kosovo’s practices and standards in the

water resources sector with those of the EU Water Framework Directive, thus contributing to Kosovo’s

progress in the accession process; •Consolidate the technical, institutional, and administrative capacity

of the Water Department of the MESP and its line agencies to meet the monitoring and reporting

standards of the WFD by improving the network for surface and groundwater monitoring and sampling;

•Integrate the Water Action and Investment Plan into the evolving expenditure frameworks and

management structure presiding over the sector. The project consisted of the following tasks:

•Preparation of the draft Water Strategy with a 20-year timeframe in compliance with the EU WFD

2000/60/EC; •Development of a public information and consultation process involving all major

stakeholders in the water sector; •Preparation of a Water Action and Investment Plan; •Development

of a methodology for prioritising and phasing investments in water supply and wastewater

infrastructure; •Development of lists of priority projects to be implemented in the short, medium, and

longer term; •Assisting MESP in preparing appropriate maps using ArcGIS software and training of

WD/RBDU staff in GIS mapping; •Increasing Private Sector Participation in water and wastewater

utilities.


Regional - Municipal Infrastructure Development Fund – Investment Management and

Technical Assistance Services 2013-2016

Donor: KfW / EBRD

Budget: € 1,000,000

Project Description: The objective of the Municipal Infrastructure Development Fund (MIDF) is to

provide financing to creditworthy municipalities, municipality-owned utilities and companies as well as

private sector operators involved in concessions or public private partnerships, registered and

operating in the Western Balkans for the development of new municipal infrastructure, rehabilitation

and modernisation of existing municipal infrastructure, and/or, purchase of rolling stock, machinery,

and/or information systems related to infrastructure management.

MIDF will cooperate with local commercial banks in the region and will provide credit enhancement,

additional liquidity and technical assistance support to encourage banks to take and manage municipal

credit risk. The Fund will therefore aim to build the capacity of commercial banks and municipal

borrowers with a view to establishing a sustainable lending market for municipalities. To achieve its

mission, MIDF has established a technical assistance facility to support project preparation and

capacity building of the partner banks and the municipal borrowers.

Albania – Technical Assistance to Project Implementation Team (PIT) / Albanian Roads

Authority (ARA)

Donor: EIB-WBIF

Budget: € 499,992 Project

Project Description: The general objective was to: •Provide expert advice and assistance on project

implementation and contract management related to roads investment and construction projects;

•Provide continued on the job training to project managers in the PIU tasked with project

implementation; and •Assist in the preparation of future road investment projects. In particular the

EPTISA assisted the Project Implementation Team in implementing the ongoing and planned

investments in the national roads network, namely in: •Assistance to manage the entire procurement

cycle; •Assistance in preparation of tender documents including technical specifications and cost

estimates, and other procurement documents; •Assistance in preparation of invitation packages for the

selection of consultants; •Assistance with reviews of contract technical documentation (drawings,

specifications, BoQs etc.) and environmental impact assessment reports prepared by other

consultants; and •Consultancy in the fields of highway design, required standards, construction

procedures and environmental issues.

Croatia, Technical Assistance for Management of IPA/SF Operational Programme

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 1,285,100

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to enhance Croatia’s capacity for an

effective management and absorption of IPA pre-accession assistance and for the absorption of

Structural and Cohesion Funds upon EU accession through: • Provision of assistance in managing the

Environment Operational Programme (EOP) and assistance in the transition from IPA to structural

funds; • Provision of assistance for the new programming period 2014-2020.

Project components: • Component 1: Assistance in transition from IPA to structural funds. •

Component 2: Assistance with the management of the 2007-2013 OP. • Component 3: Assistance with

the preparation and implementation for the new programming period (2014-2020) • Component 4:

Provision of trainings and organisation of study tours.

FYR Macedonia, Supervision for Renewal with Reconstruction of the Railway Section Bitola–

Kremenica, as part of Xd of Corridor X

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 900,100

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was the rehabilitation of the railway link

along the TEN-T- Corridor X, branch Xd, increasing its capacity for a better cohesion with the EU

Member States and neighbouring countries, and promoting a sustainable development through

minimizing the adverse effects of transport on the environment and through improving transport

safety.

During the reconstruction of the 17 km-long railway line, EPTISA is acting as the Engineer in

accordance with Red Book FIDIC Conditions of Contract.


FYR Macedonia, Strengthening the Capacity of the Institutions to Manage and Implement

the Operational Programmes


Budget: € 1,599,710

Project Description: The overall objective was to further strengthen the administrative capacity of

the country and its institutional framework in order to achieve a sound and efficient management of

the EU funds. The project purpose was to provide technical assistance to the respective Operating

Structures and beneficiaries of EU-financed projects in order to further strengthen their capacities vis-

a-vis the effective and efficient management of EU financed programmes/projects.

Direct assistance was provided through three components: * Component I: Human Resource

Development through the implementation of the prioritised training activities within the IPA TSF: *

Component II: Strategic and operational management through the assessment of operational

procedures for the different Operating Structures, predominantly the monitoring and evaluation

arrangements. * Component III: Cooperation and coordination for each of the OS on donor assistance

and programme-based approach.

Serbia, Technical Assistance for Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 2,500,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to improve the quality of the natural

environment and health of the population through an improved hazardous waste management system.

The project’s purpose was to provide technical assistance for the analysis, planning and preparation for

the future construction of an appropriate national Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility in Serbia.

EPTISA assisted the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (MAEP) in the preparation of

the planning and tender documentation that will lead to the first hazardous waste treatment facility

being built in Serbia. This project was implemented in two phases: Phase I – Consists of the tasks that

can be undertaken before the final site for the facility is chosen and confirmed, including the

preparation of a Feasibility Study and Cost-Benefit Analysis; Phase II - This phase was contingent upon

a suitable site being selected and the outline planning consent and approval being granted; it finalised

the design and triggered the Environmental Impact Assessment and preparation of tender documents.

Kosovo, Sector-Wide Approach in Health: Feasibility Study & Mapping

Donor: EU-CARDS

Budget: € 500,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to improve the delivery of health

services in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) through strengthening its Health Sector institutions and through the

establishment of coordination mechanisms between health institutions, stakeholders and international

donors. The purpose of this project was to acquire a better understanding of the Health Sector in

Kosovo in order to strengthen the institutional capacity and technical skills of its institutions through

the promotion and improvement of inter-institutional and donor coordination mechanisms.

EPTISA examined the possibilities for the advancement of Kosovo's health sector by means of a SWAP

feasibility study and mapping primarily in the fields of: (a) institutional and management capacities at

all levels; (b) legislative framework and (c) Kosovo Health Information System (HIS).

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Supervision of Design and Construction Works on Banja Luka –

Doboj Motorway; Section: Prnjavor – Doboj

Donor: EBRD

Budget: € 3,993,600

Project Description: The main objective of the project was the supervision of the design and

construction of priority sections on the motorway Banja Luka – Doboj, section Prnjavor – Doboj. This

section plays a key role in providing a financial boost to the development of the Bosnian economy.

The project objectives included: •Assisting and advising the Employer in the administration of the

Contract for the Design and Build of the new motorway and all associated facilities; •Performing the

role of “the Engineer” according to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts; •Ensuring the smooth

implementation and the satisfactory completion of the Works Contracts within the allocated budget, the

environmental requirements, quality standards and according to the time-scale stated in the Contract;

•Fulfilling the reporting requirements of the project.


Serbia, Supervision of Construction Works on Corridor X, E-75 Motorway – Tunnels

Predajane and Manajle

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 2,443,480

Project Description: The main objective of the project was to contribute to the enhancement of

traffic flows on Corridor X and to improve the environmental and safety conditions of the Serbian road

transport network in line with EU standards. The tunnels to be supervised are part of the important

motorway from Grabovnica to Levosoje, about 74 km in total. The Project comprised the supervision of

two distinct work lots, namely: •LOT 3 – Tunnel Predejane: 1,112 m long, designed with two separate

tunnel tubes each for one traffic direction. Center-to-center spacing of tunnel tubes is variable and

ranges from 35 m (in the portal area) to maximum of 65 m; and •LOT 4 – Tunnel Manajle: 1,804 m,

composed of two tunnel tubes (one tube for each direction) distanced 30 – 35 m. The right tube length

is L= 1,800 m and the left tube length L= 1,808 m.

Specific activities carried out by EPTISA included: •Supervision of motorway construction works on the

E-75 motorway Corridor X (Grdelica – Vladicin Han section) tunnel Predajene and tunnel Manajle, in

accordance with FIDIC and national regulations; •Supervision of the Environmental Management Plan;

•Carrying out inspection and testing of any materials and/or manufactured products that were to be

used in the construction; •Issuance of variation orders and advising on any claims or contractual

problems; •Advising the Employer during the Defects Liability and/or Equipment Warranty periods.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Support to Environmental Field Inspection

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,000,000

Project Description: The main objective of the project was to improve the general understanding of

integrated environmental management at all sectors and levels of government and to narrow the gap

between environmental standards in BiH and those in the EU.

The project aimed at seven specific objectives: •Preparing a feasibility study for developing a PRTR for

Bosnia and Herzegovina as required under the Aarhus Convention; •Encouraging the integration of

environmental concerns between ministries; •Increasing the integration between inspectorates from

different ministries to secure their synergy; •Enhancing the participation of the industry to bring

forward environmental issues and introducing voluntary tools (self-monitoring, environmental

performance audits, and EMAS); •Stimulating public participation through the preparation of 6 pilot

Local Environmental Action Plans (LEAPs) and a guideline for the preparation of LEAPs in Bosnia;

•Preparing a comprehensive training plan for governmental bodies, industry and NGOs and developing

minimum criteria for inspections.

Kosovo, Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Energy and Mining

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 1,000,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to develop and to implement strategies

and policies for a market-based energy system, in compliance with the acquis communautaire and the

requirements of the Energy Community Treaty (EnCT). The purpose of this contract was to strengthen

the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) on the implementation of the

Energy Strategy of Kosovo and the requirements of the EnCT with specific attention given to the

strategic environmental assessment, and gender and minority inclusion.

Types of services provided within the project included: •Institutional Strengthening of the MEM in

implementing the Energy Strategy and requirements of the Energy Community Treaty; •Updating of

the Energy Strategy and implementation programme as required by the Law on Energy; •Advising on

private sector participation in the sector in the form of privatisation/concessions; •Developing policies

on electricity and district heating tariffs and affordability; •Developing policies and action plans for

promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources, including municipal energy

saving plans; •Production of leaflets and manuals for the promotion of energy savings, including a list

of practical steps to reduce energy consumption in SMEs and industry; •Preparing the annual energy

balance and long-term energy forecasts; •Preparing criteria for further market opening; •Implementing

requirements set in the Electricity/Gas Roadmaps and other position papers as required by the EnCT;

•Preparing relevant reports on request of the Energy Community Secretariat; and •Training needs

analysis, training, workshop and roundtable plans, delivering of trainings and organisation of study

tours for target energy institutions.


Serbia, Sewerage and Wastewater Strategic Master Plan for the West Morava River Basin


Budget: € 2,900,000

Project Description: The main purpose of the project was to assist the Water Directorate of the

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the preparation of a master plan in order to

speed up investments in wastewater treatment and sewerage infrastructure, and the protection of

ground and surface waters.

The objectives of the contract were: Objective 1: Preparation of the Wastewater and Sewerage Master

Plan for the region of the West Morava River Basin: •Review and assessment of all legislation related to

wastewater and sanitation; •Review of Environmental Impact – review and assessment of industrial

effluents, assessment of domestic sewage discharges to water, assessment of impact from on-site

sanitation practices; •Household survey in urban and rural areas in order to assess levels of service,

common problems, affordability and willingness to pay and types of facilities in use; •Preparation of

land use, population and water demand estimates; •Report on tariff considerations and the impact of

water pricing on water consumption; •Preparation of Master Plan – prediction of future wastewater and

sanitation requirements; •Financial feasibility of projects. Objective 2: Preparation of the tender

documentation for construction of Wastewater Treatment Plant of capacity 20,000PE: •Preparation of

WWTP final design; •Environmental Impact Assessment; •Cost Benefit Analysis of the proposed

facility; •Tender documents in accordance with FIDIC Yellow Book and national legislation.

Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, Developing Capacity in the Implementation and

Enforcement of Environmental Legislation through ECENA and IMPEL – 2nd Phase

Donor: EU – PHARE

Budget: € 599,955

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to strengthen the ability of the

environmental inspectors and environmental policy makers in the beneficiary countries to implement

and enforce EU environmental legislation through their participation in activities of the IMPEL and

ECENA networks.

The objectives of the project were to: • Facilitate a better understanding in the beneficiary countries on

the steps needed to improve the implementation/enforcement of the environmental acquis; • Achieve

well-trained inspectors, better capable of performing their tasks in implementing and enforcing specific

parts of the environmental acquis; • Exchange best practices in the implementation and enforcement

of environmental law with the EU Member States as well as with the candidate/pre-candidate countries

from SEE.

Serbia, Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 643,000

Project Description: The project aimed at providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Mining and

Energy to prepare the Kyoto Protocol Midterm Implementation Plan in the Energy Sector and the Plan

for the Implementation of the EU legislation regarding the quality of fuels and the sulphur content in

certain liquid fuels. The purpose of the project was the implementation of a sustainable energy policy,

the implementation of Kyoto protocol, and the promotion of a rational use of conventional fuels and

increased use of renewable energy sources. In addition, the EPTISA developed activities to raise the

awareness (public campaigns and trainings in the sustainable development field).

The project comprised the following components: Part A: Kyoto protocol; Part B: Quality and

monitoring of the quality of fuels.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Building the Capacity to Promote Exports and Develop the Export

Base

Donor: EU-CARDS

Budget: € 1,394,500

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to improve BiH’s trade balance by

increasing exports. The purposes of the project were to develop the institutional capacity of BiH to

design export promotion strategies and policies, to engage in activities to promote exports and to

improve the competitiveness and export performance of companies, especially SMEs. Also, the project

aimed at strengthening the sustainability of export promotion institutions and activities, through the

development of appropriate knowledge, skills and networks, and through the allocation of resources for

the implementation of export promotion activities.


Kosovo, Institutional Support to Municipalities for Improving of Environmental Laws and

Regulations

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 985,250

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was the continued and sustainable

improvement of environmental conditions, including the management and control of water resources to

meet EU standards, particularly in relation to public health and economic development of Kosovo,

through the technical support to the Kosovo municipalities and the Ministry of Environment and Spatial

Planning (MESP) for the implementation of environmental laws at municipal level.

The specific objectives were to: •Strengthen the institutional capacities to improve the enforcement of

environmental laws and regulations; •Improve the environmental conditions through the

implementation of environmental laws, environmental standards, and EU regulations; •Provide capacity

building activities to MESP and municipalities; •Ensure a better communication and cooperation

between the central and local level; and •Establish an effective and profitable dialogue with all minority

communities.

Albania, Works Supervision of the Sewerage Systems in Velipoja and Shkodra

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 910,750

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to contribute to the improvement of the

health and environmental conditions in the coastal regions of Albania through the construction of

adequate sewerage infrastructure while encouraging an economic growth through the improved

services. The purpose of the service contract was to undertake the supervision for the construction of

the sewerage systems in Velipoja and Shkodra. The concerned components of the IPA measure

included the construction of a new sewerage system and a WWTP in the city of Velipoja and a new

sewerage system in the industrial area of Shkoder municipality, in north-west Albania.

Specific activities carried out by EPTISA included: •Participation in the tender evaluation for the works

contracts; •Start up and mobilisation (checking the contractor’s bonds, guaranties, insurances; issuing

the commencement order); •On-site supervision, co-ordination, and administration of contracts;

•Reviewing and approving the Contractor’s working drawings and possible modifications to the detailed

design; •Preparation of a Site Procedures Manual and a Supervisor’s Quality Assurance Manual;

•Approval of the contractor's works program; •Environment, health and safety monitoring; •Quantity

and cost control; •Regular site inspections to check the quality of the workmanship and health and

safety practice.

Montenegro, Support to the Ministry of Environment

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,129,500

Project Description: The project aimed at reinforcing the Government’s capacity to take appropriate

action to control environmental pollution and to promote investments.

In order to solve all these weaknesses, the specific objectives of the project were to: •Support

Montenegro to improve its environmental infrastructure through the establishment of a Project

Implementation Unit (PIU), responsible for the coordination and management of the international-

funded programmes; •Provide technical assistance to the MEPP to attract external sources of

investment funding for the maintenance of existing and the construction of new environmental

infrastructure; •Improve the capacity of environmental management administrations by the

establishment of an EPA; •Provide training to the staff from the MEPP and the PIU to perform their

mandate.

Albania, Regional Development Studies

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 420,000

Project Description: The project objective was to improve the resources use in the selected regions

of Albania (Shkodra and Lezha) through the establishment and implementation of a sustainable

regional and local development planning practices.

The services within the project included: •Planning methods, training courses, and in-service training;

•Capacity building in regional development; •Urban planning and GIS systems; and •Preparation of

Regional Development Plans.


Serbia, Technical Assistance to the Serbian Authorities for the Management of Pre-accession

Assistance

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 1,425,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to assist the Serbian administration to

effectively manage EU pre-accession assistance in order to accelerate preparations for EU membership.

The purpose of the project is to facilitate a sound financial management and absorption of the EU pre-

accession funds within the current and new financial perspective and strengthening the capacities of

the NF and Operation Structures under a decentralised management modality.

To meet these objectives, EPTISA aimed at achieving the following results: • To bring NF, CFCU and

other relevant institutions involved in the programming and implementation of the EU pre-accession

assistance to a higher level of management performance within a decentralised management system; •

Improved institutional capacity for the management of IPA component V with regard to NF and IPARD

Operating Structure, and in line with the financial perspective 2014-2020; • Effective roadmap for the

waiver of ex-ante controls in place.

Macedonia, Development of Remediation Plans with Financial Requirements for the

Elimination of Industrial Hotspots

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 498,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to support the remediation of industrial

hotspots on an environmentally and financially sustainable manner by promoting donor funding to the

sector. More specifically, the objective of the project was to assist in the elimination of industrial

hotspots in Macedonia through the development of hotspot remediation plans for 4 hotspots with

financial requirements.

The project activities included: •Identification of baseline conditions at 4 industrial hotspots;

•Establishment of industrial hotspot database; health and environmental risk assessment; •Capacity

building of local stakeholders in the field of contaminated site assessment; •Remediation feasibility

studies; •Technical design / technical specification documents, financial / economical appraisals of

remediation alternatives and EIA; •Preparation of ToR for remediation of selected pilot site; •Provision

of trainings; •Performance of preliminary risk assessment, and •Supervision of site investigation

works.

Croatia, Sisak Wastewater Programme – Supervision of Design and Construction in Sisacko

– Moslavacka County

Donor: EU

Budget: € 1,391,500

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to provide an improved sewerage

infrastructure and the treatment of wastewater in the area of Sisak, the protection of water resources,

the implementation of the obligations laid down in the Stabilisation and Accession Agreement, and the

implementation of the EU environmental acquis in the field of water management.

The Project comprised three main activities: Activity 1 – Supervision services during the construction of

a sewerage system in the city of Sisak; Activity 2 – Supervision services during the construction of 2

river under-crossings, including two end shafts for each crossing; Activity 3 – Supervision services

during the construction of a wastewater treatment plant.

Specific activities carried out by EPTISA include: •Preparation of a concise manual of supervision

procedures; •Assisting the Contracting Authority/Employer with the review and approval of all

necessary certificates, guarantees, insurance policies etc.; •Closely monitoring the progress of the

works; •Conducting regular site inspections to check the quality of the workmanship and health and

safety practice; •Overall project management and backstopping.


Montenegro, Preparation and Implementation of a Republic Level Solid Waste Strategic

Master Plan

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,263,978

Project Description: Due to fiscal constraints, investment levels had failed to maintain an adequate

level of service in the collection and disposal of solid waste in Montenegro (21 municipalities, 650,000

inhabitants, 241,000 tons/year of municipal solid waste). In order to attract funding, the project

assisted the Government in formulating a sustainable institutional development plan and an

infrastructure investment strategy.

The project objectives were to: •Facilitate the implementation of a strategy for solid waste

management at country level; •Improve solid waste collection and transport capacity to adequate level

of service; •Enhance the capacity of the government to attract IFI investment in solid waste

management; and •Establish an effective institutional structure relating to solid waste legislation,

regulation and service provision.

Serbia, Strengthening the Services of the Public Health Laboratories

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,980,660

Project Description: Serbia has one national and 22 regional Institutes of Public Health (IPH), all of

which have laboratory facilities and which are responsible for drinking water and food safety,

environmental testing and clinical microbiology. The laboratories suffered from many shortcomings

(staff isolated from modern know-how, overstaffing in some areas, legal framework not properly

aligned with EU legislation for sanitary testing, incomplete methods for controlling laboratory quality

and poor public image).

In order to solve all these shortcomings, the specific objectives of the project were: •Facilitate a

reliable and comparable quality of laboratory services through the implementation of a National

Reference Laboratory Centre (RLC); •Cost-effective IPH laboratory services, through strategic

upgrading of laboratory management, know-how and equipment, and improvement of communication

and collaboration between laboratories; •Optimised use of Public Health Laboratory Services by

supporting the communication and collaboration with clients (patients, doctors in primary health care,

authorities, and industries); •Enhanced image of the IPH Laboratories, through improved information

and visual support to clients.

FYR of Macedonia, Technical Assistance for the Preparation of an Investment Project for

Wastewater Collection and Treatment in Prilep

Donor: EU

Budget: € 800,000

Project Description: The main purpose of this project was to assist the Ministry of Environment and

Physical Planning, the Central Finance and Contracts Department in the Ministry of Finance, and the

Water Utility Vodovod i Kanalizacija Prilep in the preparation of the design and tender documents for

the rehabilitation the sewerage network and the construction of a Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)

for the city of Prilep (95,000 P.E.).

Specific activities carried out by EPTISA included: •Review of the existing situation, implementation of

additional studies, modelling and analysis of alternative solutions; • Preparatory Phase Survey and

selection of the best option; •Detailed design for the rehabilitation and extension of the sewerage

network and outline design for the WWTP; •Preparation of two Tender Dossiers for works: a) Sewerage

network rehabilitation and extension (FIDIC Red Book Conditions of Contract); b) WWTP construction

(FIDIC Yellow Book); •Preparation of the Tender Dossier for the Works Supervision Contract.

Bosnia, Provision of Feasibility Study for Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bihac

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 700,000

Project Description: The project objectives were to solve the problems that the population of the

municipality of Bihac encountered in wastewater collection and treatment, improving the quality of

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s surface waters through the implementation of state-of-the-art sewage and

wastewater treatment infrastructure. The results to be achieved within the project included:

•Increasing the population served by sewer networks; •Reducing the direct discharge of untreated

wastewater to surface waters by the construction of a WWTP; •Preparing a Master Plan for future

investments in the sewage system; and •Preparing a feasibility study and preliminary design of the

overall programme.


Serbia, Supervision of Construction Works on Belgrade By-Pass, Section A, Batajnica-

Dobanovci

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,926,750

Project Description: The section A of the Belgrade city Road Bypass has a connection with the

existing E75 (Hungary/Novi Sad) at Batajnica, which is on the western end of the city. The section A

route proceeds in the southern direction to join the existing E70 highway (from Italy and Austria via

Zagreb, Croatia) at the interchange at Dobanovci. The works were performed under two Yellow FIDIC

Work Contracts: •Lot A1 – Design and Construction of “Batajnica” Intercharge, km 184+738 – km

188+680, and •Lot A2 – Design and Construction of Motorway E75 alignment, km 188+680 – km

194+782. Total cost estimate funded through an EIB loan to PE “Roads of Serbia” for Lot A1 is 60 M

Eur. Total cost estimate funded through an EBRD loan to PE “Roads of Serbia” for Lot A2 is 55 M Eur.

Types of services provided: •Supervision and approval of Contractor’s Documents in accordance with

Yellow FIDIC and with the requirements of the Serbian Law on Construction; •Checking all Contractor’s

inputs concerning Quality Control and Final Technical Inspection; •Checking and approving Contractor’s

payment requests; •Issuing of the Taking Over Certificate; •Issuing of the Performance Certificate;

•Executing all necessary administration activities as required under Yellow FIDIC Works Contract.

Serbia, Supporting Access to Rights, Employment and Livelihood Enhancement of Refugees

and Internally Dispaced Persons

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 905,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to assist in resolving the problems of

refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Republic of Serbia through enhancing the

capacities of unemployed IDPs to both obtain and retain employment within the social services sector.

The purposes of this contract were as follows: •Setting up of a PMU; •Design, manage and launch a

grant scheme for social inclusion, raise public awareness and deliver training for future care providers.

Direct assistance was provided through the following activities: •Completing a training needs analysis

of potential IDP care providers, relevant municipal staff, participants from service providers, and

designated participant representatives from the line Ministry; •Capacity building: design, delivery and

evaluation of training activities in all areas of the service delivery of social inclusion projects to project

beneficiaries, Municipalities, local service agencies, CSO and individuals participating in the program;

•Preparing the technical documentation for the Call for Proposals for grants to municipalities within

Serbia; •Set up a team of assessors for the evaluation of the Call for Proposals; •Supporting follow-up

and provide mid-term and final monitoring of grant activities and funds in each of the selected

municipalities in Serbia, and elaborate technical and financial reports; •Developing a communication

campaign and organisation of various visibility events to promote supported community based social

services; •Project management and backstopping.

Croatia, Works Supervision for the Construction of the Waste Management Centre Mariscina

in Primorsko – Goranska County

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 1,501,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this project was to develop an environmentally and

financially sustainable solid waste management system in Primorsko-Goranska County and to establish

a new Waste Management Centre, thereby assisting Croatia in the implementation of the acquis

communautare in the environment / waste sector. The Mariscina Waste Management Centre is a

complex system consisting of: •Bioreactive Landfill cells including the working area and an area for

disposal of treated municipal and non-hazardous industrial waste (capacity: 900.000 m3); •WMC’s

facilities and CWMC’s infrastructure including WWTP with MBR technology; •Mechanical Biological

Treatment (MBT) plant with an average capacity of 100.000 t/y and with secondary transformation

stations, producing various recyclables and solid recovered fuel (SRF); •Five transfer stations to

receive waste from surrounding settlements.

Specific activities carried out by EPTISA include: •Review and approval of Contractor’s Documents in

accordance with FIDIC Yellow Book; •Preparing a Manual of Supervision Procedures; •Reviewing and

approving the Contractor’s Health and Safety (HS) Plan and the Environmental Management Plan;

•Final review of the main and detailed designs; •Supervising the construction in accordance with the

building permits, main and detailed designs, relevant regulations, and other project documentation;

•Continuously monitoring the Contractor’s Work Programme and progress.


Serbia, Support for the Improvement of the Living Conditions of Forced Migrants and

Closure of Collective Centres

Donor: EU-IPA

Budget: € 919,750

Project Description: The Republic of Serbia (RS) still homes some 66,400 refugees and 210,000

lnternally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The worsening of the socioeconomic situation has particularly

affected vulnerable social groups, most of all refugees and displaced persons who live in a state of

perpetual uncertainty for their return and who are further exposed to the limited support being offered

for the integration of refugees and the improvement of living conditions among lDPs.

The overall objective of the project was to provide assistance to the EUD and the beneficiary

institutions in the implementation and monitoring of project activities aiming at finding adequate living

conditions and the integration of forced migrants who choose to stay in Serbia while supporting the

sustainable return of those wishing to return to Kosovo.

EPTISA provided monitoring services in the implementation of Grant Schemes following a Call for

Proposals, namely: (1) Grant scheme for housing solutions (to support the closure of the remaining

collective centres); (2) Grant scheme to the municipalities with adopted Local Action Plans

(improvement of conditions for refugees, IDPS and readmitted persons in private accommodation); (3)

Grant scheme to support a sustainable return of IDPs to Kosovo.

Albania, Health Sector Modernisation Project

Donor: IDA

Budget: 299,865 USD

Project Description: The overall purpose of the project was to perform an assessment of the health

care infrastructure and the provision of support to the government with the detailed elaboration of an

appropriate health facility rationalisation plan for the establishment of a comprehensive network of

outpatient and inpatient care facilities throughout the country and the identification of needs for

medical equipment investments.

The objectives of this contract were as follows: •Development of a Master Plan for the restructuration

of health care facilities throughout Albania; •Development of an Implementation Plan in accordance

with the overall rationalisation strategy; •Identification of services to be offered at different levels of

care and additional investments in medical equipment. Preparation of the complete inventory of

equipment needs with technical specifications to be delivered; •Development of practical monitoring

and evaluation mechanisms for the assessment of Master Plan impacts on sector performance; and

•Preparation and implementation of training courses for employees at the MoH and in the health

facilities.

Serbia, Renewable Energy Feasibility Studies

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 937,060

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to assist the Serbian authorities to

increase the share of renewable sources in the production of electricity. The purpose of this project was

to promote investments in renewable energy projects in Serbia by: •Providing technical assistance to

the Ministry of Mining and Energy to enable them to grant concessions for renewable energy projects

and to prepare secondary legislation, proposals for feed-in tariffs, and a model power purchase

agreement, and •Project preparation for concrete investment projects in small scale hydropower

generation.

Types of services provided: •Analysis of legislation and secondary legislation regarding renewable

energy, concessions, etc; •Review of the EU Directives related to renewable energy generation;

•Preparation of secondary legislation; •Definition of feed-in tariffs; •Preparation of a model power

purchase agreement; •Preparation of a concession package; •Renewable energy project development

(list of potential SHPP locations and selection of sites, pre-feasibility studies, preliminary environmental

impact assessment, economic and financial analysis); •Organisation of workshops with main

stakeholders; •Project coordination and backstopping.


Kosovo, Incorporation of Publicly Owned Enterprises

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 498,900

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to assist the Kosovo Trust Agency (KTA)

to undertake corporate restructuring of seven regional waste and three irrigation publicly owned

enterprises, in preparation for the economic market deregulation and expected outside financing.

The activities of the project included: •Provision of pre/post training to raise the awareness of the

incorporation process and requirements in the management of the enterprises; •Verification of the

status of the assets of each enterprise, as well as preparation of closing financial statements and

opening balances of the corporate entities; •Assessment, development and implementation the

required Incorporation Plans (including Strategic and Business Plans); •Elaboration of the necessary

documentation; •Carrying out the registration of the companies and the registration of the KTA as a

sole owner of newly created corporations; and •Improvement and extension of the use of Management

Accounting and Information Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems.

Montenegro, Feasibility Study, Environmental Impact Assessment and Short Term

Investment Programme Preparation for the Regional Lanfill for the Municipalities of Niksic,

Pluzine, and Savnik

Donor: FEV (Ministry of Economy of the Kingdom of Spain)

Budget: € 199,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was the provision of collection, treatment

and disposal facilities for the solid waste from the municipalities of Niksic, Savnik and Pluzine in

Montenegro. The specific purpose of this project was the preparation of a comprehensive Feasibility

Study, an Environmental Impact Assessment, and the preparation of a Short Term Investment

Programme to improve the waste management services in the three municipalities.

Types of services provided by EPTISA included: •Preparation of the Feasibility Study; •Preparation of

the preliminary “conceptual” design of a properly functioning landfill complying with the EU Waste

Directive; •Environmental Impact Assessment, including scoping study, environmental baseline

definition, assessment of environmental impacts, identification of mitigation measures and

environmental monitoring program; •Preparation of a Short Term Investment Programme (STIP),

including: an assessment /analysis of the current situation, preparation of the financial projections and

cost-benefit analysis, and preparation of the procurement plan with its implementation schedule;

•Training; •Project Management and Backstopping.

FYR Macedonia, Feasibility Study and Environmental and Social Impact Asessment (ESIA)

for the Eastern Section of the Railway Corridor VIII

Donor: EBRD

Budget: € 498,840

Project Description: The Corridor VIII is one of ten trans-European corridors, which connects the

Adriatic and the Black Sea. The main alignment of Corridor VIII runs from the southern Italian ports of

Bari and Brindisi, through the Albanian ports of Durres and Vlora, the cities of Tirana, Skopje, Sofia,

Plovdiv, to the Bulgarian ports of Burgas and Varna (Black Sea). While the corridor was relatively well-

established from Sofia to the Black Sea, there were a number of missing links along the 586 km

between Durres-Skopje-Sofia, which accounted for about half of the total rail corridor length. Within

the fYR Macedonia, 152 km of the rail infrastructure in Corridor VIII is constructed and operational.

About 90 km remains to be constructed on the eastern section between Skopje and Bulgaria, and

about 66 km on the western link with Albania.

The overall objective of the project was to undertake a feasibility study and an Environmental and

Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), in line with IFI, EU and Macedonian requirements and to assist the

Macedonian Ministry of Transport and Communications in the preparation of the financial application

for the eastern section of Rail Corridor VIII.

EPTISA’s main tasks and responsibilities included: •Reviewing the current situation of project

implementation; •Preparing traffic and revenue forecasts; •Economic and financial evaluation for the

selected alternative; •Preparation of the feasibility study; •Environmental and Social Impact

Assessment; and •Assisting in drafting the application for requesting financial sources.


Albania, Supervision of Construction and Supplies for the Sewerage System and Wastewater

Treatment Plant in Velipoja Area – Phase III

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 785,500

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to improve the living conditions of the

population of Albania through the alignment with EU standards by enhancing the treated sewerage

discharged into rivers, lakes and the sea. In order to alleviate the serious deficiencies in the sector, the

Government of Albania decided to drastically improve the water supply and sewage collection and

treatment services, mainly in the touristic coastal areas.

EPTISA undertook the following activities: •Supervision services for the implementation of one works

and three supply contracts related to the construction of over 30 km of gravity pipes, 1.15 km of main

transmission pipe, manholes, house connections and 6 pumping stations; •Supervision of supplies,

including installation of machinery and equipment; •Monitoring during the Defects Notification Period

for all works and supply contracts.

Croatia, Capacity Strengthening Measures for the Croatian Environment Agency

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 600,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to provide the necessary support to the

Croatian Environment Agency in order to enable it to define its role in the Croatian environmental

management system, work effectively with its partner institutions and national reference centres,

develop the relevant information, provide a service of value to decision-makers in Croatia as well as to

enterprise and the public, and respond to the information needs of the European Environment Agency

(EEA) and other international users.

The project activities included: •Capacity building in environmental management, monitoring and

reporting; •Organisation of training programmes for environmental institutions; •Design of

environmental information systems; •Establishment of a reference centre for air quality and solid

waste following EIONET and development of national indicators; •Air quality monitoring programme;

•Increasing of environmental awareness, communication and stakeholders participation.

Serbia, Feasibility Study for Road Novi Sad-Sabac-Loznica-Pozega

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 1,030,000

Project Description: Serbia has an extensive transport infrastructure network which has suffered

from the lack of investments and has been severally affected by war damages, resulting in destroyed

or unusable components of the transport infrastructure. The strategy of the road transport sector

policy was to recover from the years of sanctions and war. IFI investments had the general purpose to

achieve improvements in the transport network in respect of technical, economic, social and

environmental requirements. The project aimed to help Serbia tackle some of these deficiencies, in

particular by ascertaining the feasibility of improving the road Novi Sad – Sabac – Pozega, with an

alternative link to Loznica and Mali Zvornik. Therefore, the subject of the feasibility study is the Road

M21 from Novi Sad to Pozega via Sabac.

The specific objectives of the project were to: •Analyse different scenarios for improvement of the road

alignment; •Ensure that the Feasibility Study concentrates on the actual problems of the road taking

into account future requirements; •Demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed project, which included

a traffic forecast, an economic and financial justification of the project, an environmental impact

assessment and an analysis of the proposed alignment with regard to increasing the safety of the road.

Croatia, Strengthening Capacities for Strategic Environmental Assessment at Regional and

Local Level

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 1,075,250

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to implement the environmental acquis

in the field of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) at a regional/ local level in Croatia, in

particular for the big cities. The purposes of the project were: •Assessment of SEA/EIA legal

framework, analysis of the relevant institutional development in Croatia and analysis of the current

training needs and existing capacities; •Development of capacities for SEA at a regional/local level

through various trainings for officers involved in SEA procedures, including the preparation of draft and

final training modules; •Development of guidelines and manuals for implementing the SEA procedure

at a regional and local level.


Croatia, Supervision Services for Water Collection System and Wastewater Treatment –

Agglomeration Cakovec

Donor: EU co-financed (OP Environment 2007-2013)

Budget: € 800,000

Project Description: The overall objective of this project is the supervision (FIDIC Red Book and

FIDIC Yellow Book) of a Water Collection System and a Wastewater Treatment Plant for Cakovec. This

contract consists of the supervision during the construction of a wastewater collection system and

control of the design and construction of a wastewater treatment plant and sludge treatment, which

more specifically consists of the following activities: •Activity 1 – Supervision services during the

reconstruction and modernisation of the wastewater treatment system; •Activity 2 – Supervision

services during the construction of a new sewerage network; •Activity 3 – Supervision services during

the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the existing system.

The supervision is carried out in accordance with FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design and

Construction (FIDIC Yellow Book – Activity 1) and FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction (FIDIC

Red Book – Activity 2 and 3), the Building Act (NN 153/13) and the Physical Planning Act (Official

Gazette 153/13).

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Capljina Water Supply System – Financial and Operational

Performance Improvement Programme (FOPIP) and Public Service Agreement

Donor: EBRD

Budget: € 206,000

Project Description: The main objective of the Project was to assist Capljina Municipality and the PUC

“Komunalno” with the preparation of a detailed Financial and Operational Performance Improvement

Programme – FOPIP, and a Public Service Agreement between the Municipality and the PUC and also to

assist with the restructuration of the company.

The Project aimed to: •improve the operational efficiency and levels of service (e.g. reducing

unaccounted for water and sewage leakages); •increase the revenue collection and reduce accounts

receivable; •reduce operating costs; •improve the accounting and reporting standards to make it

compliant with IAS and IFRS; •implement account separation among the three main activities (water

and wastewater, solid waste, and public spaces), enabling the Public Utility Company to make and

maintain each activity profitable.

Specific activities carried out by EPTISA included an assessment of the situation and providing

recommendations for improvement and upgrade in the following areas: •staffing and labour

productivity, revenue collection and administration; •cost efficiency, financial management and

accountability; •management information and accounting systems; •tariff policy and consumer

relations.

Kosovo, Further Institutional Support to the Ministry of Energy and Mining

Donor: EU

Budget: € 1,200,300

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to strengthen the institutional capacity

of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) in Kosovo to effectively plan and implement the energy and

mining strategy and policy, and to fulfil the requirements of the Athens Memorandum and the Treaty

on Energy Community in the SEE.

Specific objectives: •To assist and build the capacity of the Ministry of the Energy and Mining on

implementing the energy policy and strategy; •To assist the Ministry of Energy and Mining in fulfilling

the requirements of the Treaty by implementing the European legislation on energy, environment,

competition and renewables, and by defining mitigation measures for the social effects of the proposed

restructuring process; •To give support to the Ministry in the design of the budgeting scheme and the

procurement process; •To assist the Ministry on promoting an investors' friendly environment, by

helping the establishment and operation of a “One-stop-shop for investors; •To review the existing

organisational chart and make recommendations for reorganising the Statistics and Energy Balance

Division; •To develop human resources: analysis of training needs and training program

implementation for the Ministry's staff.


Serbia, Further Support for the Implementation of a Decentralised Implementation System

Donor: EU – IPA

Budget: € 1,787,500

Project Description: As it is stated in IPA Regulation, and particularly in IPA Agreement signed

between the Serbian Government and the EC, one of the main objectives of IPA was to support a

process towards the full decentralisation of EU assistance to beneficiary countries. It means the

conferral of management over IPA funds from the EU Delegation in Serbia to the Serbian Government.

The overall objective of the project was to support the Government of Serbia in developing its

administrative and technical capacities in relations to the management of the Instrument for Pre-

accession Assistance (IPA) under a Decentralised Implementation System (DIS). Direct assistance was

provided through three components: Component I: Support to the Competent Accrediting Officer,

National Authorizing Officer (NAO), and SC; Component II: Support to the Operational Structure for

Component III; Component III: Support to the Operational Structure for Component IV.

Albania, Support to the Development of Agriculture Farmers Associations and Cooperativism

Donor: Spanish Agency for International Co-operation and Development

Budget: € 117,600

Project Description: The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection of Albania aimed to

promote rural development in the country through the establishment of agricultural organisations and

co-operatives. One of the most important steps was to adapt the legislation regulating cooperatives

and to promote and coordinate efforts to facilitate the creation of agricultural associations and

cooperatives.

EPTISA provided services aimed at developing agrarian cooperatives in Albania as well as to promote

cooperatives model among governmental institutions and farmers, so that the Albanian produces can

become more competitive in the market. T

he following activities were conducted within the project: •Adaptation of the existing legislation

concerning agricultural cooperatives; •Analysis of the organisational chart of the Albanian Ministry and

development of training programs; •Training to government experts for the development and

regulation of agricultural associations and cooperatives; •Promotion of the associations and

cooperatives model through the implementation of informative campaigns; •Support to groups and

associations of farmers in the creation, legal constitution and start up of agricultural cooperatives.

Serbia, Preparation of a Feasibility Study, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA),

Conceptual Design, and Staff Training for the Construction of the Kolubara District Regional

Landfill

Donor: FEV – Ministry of Economy of the Kingdom of Spain

Budget: € 199,600

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was the provision of collection, treatment

and disposal facilities for the solid waste from the municipalities of Valjevo, Ub, Lajkovac, Ljig, Mionica,

Osecina, Vladimirci, Koceljeva, Barajevo, Lazarevac and Obrenovac, serving a population of 440,000

inhabitants.

The primary objectives were the preparation of a comprehensive Feasibility Study, including an

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), with the purpose to: •Demonstrate in detail the feasibility of

the proposed project to achieve its objectives; •Prepare the documentation necessary for appraisal by

International Financing Institutions (IFIs); •Obtain the commitment of all the involved parties

(municipalities, central government, IFIs and donor community, etc.) to provide the necessary financial

means to implement the project; •Verify that the project is prepared in compliance with the EU and

national regulations.

Specific activities carried out by EPTISA included: •Preparation of the Feasibility Study (Socio-economic

Considerations; Institutional Framework Assessment; Financial, Economic and Institutional Analysis;

Assessment of Operational Efficiency); •Technical analysis and conceptual design (project description

including general, technical, technological, and operational data; inventory of existing dumpsites;

review of the proposed locations for the new regional sanitary landfill); •Preparation of an

Environmental Impact Assessment; •Preparation of a Project Implementation Plan; •Training

programme addressing Municipality/ PUCs/MESP involvement in waste management; •Overall project

management and backstopping.


Serbia, Preparation of Technical Specifications and Tender Dossier, and Supervision for the

Supply Contract and for the Design and Works Contract for the Substations 400/110 Kv

Vranje-4 and Leskovac-2 and the Accompanying Lines

Donor: European Union

Budget: € 1,835,100

Project Description: This project was part of the southern Serbia electricity development network,

which will provide an improved and reliable power supply for the region, as well as energy transfers

to/from Macedonia and Greece through the 400 kV OHL (financed by EU under CARDS 2006 with 28M

EUR). The project facilitated the economic development in southern Serbia by providing power access

for investments and economic activities along Corridor 10.

The project consisted of: •Preparation of Technical Specifications and Tender Dossier for the Supply

Contract; •Preparation of Technical Specifications and Tender Dossier for Design & Works Contract;

•Project supervision of supply of HV Transformer 300/300/x MVA, 400/110/x kV for SS Leskovac 2 and

HV Transformer 300/300/x MVA, 400/110/x kV for SS Vranje 4; •Design and construction supervision

of the substations 400/110 kV Vranje-4 & Leskovac-2, according to FIDIC Yellow Book (Design-Build))

and of the Serbian Law on Planning and Construction; •Supervision of works for the construction of the

OHL Leskovac-Vranje-Macedonia border - FIDIC Red Book; •Assisting the Contracting Authority in the

evaluation process for the selection of the contractor for the supply contract and for the works

contract; •Establishing and assisting in QA/QC procedures; •Review of contractors’ quality assurance

plans for design and procurement and works.

Croatia, Development of a Hazardous Waste Management System, Including the

Identification and Management of Hotspot Sites

Donor: European Commission – CFCA

Budget: € 2,250,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to improve the environmental conditions

in Croatia through the establishment of an environmentally sound hazardous waste management

system.

The project included the following tasks: TASK 1: Methodology and criteria for identification of hotspot

sites – Overview of existing documents; Consultations with relevant authorities and industry in order to

establish a methodology and criteria for identification of hotspot sites; TASK 2: Development of

remediation action plans for hotspot sites; Collection and revision of relevant documentation; Fields

visits; On-site assessments; Pollution type analysis; Development of proposal for the remediation

action plan with financial and cost benefit analysis; Consultations with relevant authorities and other

stakeholders in order to approve the proposed remediation action plans; TASK 3: Identification of

hazardous waste sources, types, and quantities; Analysis of the existing system of data collection and

reporting in relation to EU requirements; Needs assessment for the implementation of

recommendations and guidelines regarding data collection; Reporting for hazardous waste prevention

and minimisation, and sustainable production and consumption; TASK 4: Identification of methods and

facilities for hazardous waste management; Preparation of market studies for specific streams (waste

oils, waste batteries, PCB waste, EE waste); and Preparation of project documentation for a hazardous

waste management centre; and TASK 5: Preparation of guidelines on hazardous waste prevention and

minimisation; preparation of waste management plans.

Kosovo, Support to the Preparation of the Environmental Strategy and the National

Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) 2011-2015

Donor: SIDA

Budget: € 258,000

Project Description: The Kosovo Environmental Strategy (KES) from 2004 identified the key

environmental problems and defined the strategic orientations to be applied. The National

Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) aimed at a gradual improvement of the environmental situation by

specifying concrete tasks for decision-makers and stipulating responsibilities for stakeholders. An

updated and revised national environmental strategy, KES, with a NEAP, were prerequisites for the

sustainable development of Kosovo. These documents will guide all environment-related investments

in the medium term and will help ensure that they are approved and implemented in a consistent

manner with EU standards.

The following activities were carried out by EPTISA: •A baseline report – a summary of the state of the

environment; •Review of existing sector strategies (e.g. water, waste, hazardous waste, air, land

degradation, biodiversity and natural heritage); •Revised Kosovo Environmental Strategy 2011 – 2014;

•Updated National Environmental Action Plan 2011 – 2014.


Albania, Roads Design and Construction Standards

Donor: EU – CARDS

Budget: € 598,086

Project Description: The Government of Albania was receiving considerable support from several

donors, in particular from European Union, for upgrading and expanding the transport infrastructure in

the country. Technical documents used prior to 1991 were based upon standards that had been

developed during the socialist era, which were outdated. More recently, investments had been made

under the auspices of foreign funding agencies. The procurement of such works had invariably been

realised through the engagement of various consulting firms which resulted in the implementation of

different approaches to design and construction within the sector to the extent of “non-

standardisation”.

The overall objective of the project was to provide a full set of design and construction standards for

the use on future projects. Activities carried out within the project included: •Data assembly and

appraisal; •Strategy development (roadway design details and materials, structural design and

materials, road safety provisions); •Design standards; •Technical specifications. Types of services

provided: •Capacity building in road design and construction standards; •Redaction of standards;

•Legal support; •Technical studies; •Institutional cooperation, training, seminars and transfer of

technology; •Project management and backstopping.

Kosovo, Business Environment Technical Assistance / Municipal Business Centres

Donor: World Bank

Budget: € 705,240

Project Description: The main objective of the project was to reduce regulatory uncertainty and

existing administrative barriers to starting and operating a business; to harmonise business regulations

and the licensing framework at central and municipal level; to improve the transparency and

accountability of regulatory functions administered by municipalities and the overall quality of service

delivery to businesses at municipal level.

Types of services provided by EPTISA: •Undertaking an inventory / analysis of regulations

administered at municipal level in order to provide the basis for a re-engineering of the system to a

model based on Municipal Business Centres (MBCs); •Conducting a needs assessment for the MBC’s in

terms of both staffing/capacity building and technical infrastructure; •Drafting municipal decisions

necessary to establish the legal status of MBC’s in the new system; •Developing standardised

operational procedures for MBC’s for issuing permits and carrying out municipal inspections, and

preparing a model Operational Manual; •Selecting and training of civil servants who will comprise the

staff of MBC’s; •Contributing contents to municipal websites and enhancing the internal IT systems;

•Monitoring and evaluating the overall implementation.

Bosnia, Support to Implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives in Bosnia and

Herzegovina

Donor: EU IPA – SIDA

Budget: € 1,429,000

Project Description: The overall objective of the project was to contribute to an environmentally

sustainable economic development by bringing Bosnia closer to EU environmental standards, through

the strengthening of administrative structures and fostering the approximation with the environmental

acquis. The purpose of the project was to support the Bosnian institutions in the approximation of the

EU Birds and Habitats Directives, more specifically in the transposition and implementation of the

Directive’s provisions through the Entities’ Nature Protection Laws. The project also supported the

initial steps for starting the development of a NATURA 2000 network and its corresponding

implementing strategy and management plans.

The project consisted of the following tasks: •Development of NATURA 2000 proposal and consultation

process; •Drafting of a guidelines for the preparation of NATURA 2000 management plans;

•Development of the management plan for three proposed pilot NATURA 2000 sites; •Preparation of

Regulations/Ordinances to support the establishment of NATURA 2000 network; •Elaboration of the

NATURA 2000 information system; •Raising public awareness.

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