Infrastructure Projects Facility

National Workshop: Developing Environmental Infrastructure Projects in the WATER Sector in Albania Tirana 25 September 2008 Christos Gofas, Atanas Trifonov, Rachele Gianfranchi

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Objectives / Targets

   Supporting the development and upgrade of infrastructures in: transport, environment, energy and social field Contributing to create the conditions for sustainable development in the region and beneficiary countries Supporting project preparation that may be financed by grants and/or loans provided by beneficiary countries, the IFIs, IPA resources, and/or sponsors/donors  Supporting national and local authorities DG ENLARGEMENT D3 2

Expected results

    Quality investment proposals for infrastructural remediation and improvement projects Pre-feasibility study, Feasibility study, Financial affordability, Budgetary planning, Design, Tendering process, supervision of implementation works for a selected number of projects in environment, transport, energy and social sectors Transfer of know how and capacity building at local and national level Enhanced collaboration with IFIs DG ENLARGEMENT D3 3

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Selection Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Ownership, Sector ,Complimentarity with IPA National Programmes Readiness (land permits, geotechnical studies, etc..) Horizontal (social, environment, human rights, economic)

Prioritisation Criteria

The Financing perspective (loans, grants) Beneficiary country (focus on potential candidate countries) Social impact, Environmental impact, Regional / cross border impact Economic and financial assessment A balanced use of resources among the four sectors (10% to 40%) Geographical spread of resources (focus on potential candidates) Regional networks (SEETO, ECS, ReREP) DG ENLARGEMENT D3 4

Sectors

 Environment: water supply, waste water treatment, sewage systems, solid waste management, emission control, etc..

 Energy: renewable energy, interconnection systems, transmission, energy efficiency and savings, co-generation, hydro, gas pipelines, etc..

 Transport: roads, railways, inland waterways, airports  Social: schools, hospitals and health centres, housing, reclusion centres, etc..

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Sector Strategies

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Environment

Projects in national sector strategies In line with environment acquis Inclusion in regional pipelines (PEIP)   

Energy

In line with guidelines for trans-European networks (decision 1364/2006/EC) Included in the list of priority projects of the SEE Energy Community Preference to electricity interconnection; electricity generation with regional significance; gas transmission networks and LNG terminals DG ENLARGEMENT D3 6

Sector Strategies

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Transport

Focus on the SEE Core Regional Transport Network and SEETO MAP 2008-2012 Priority to Railways and Inland Waterways on regional corridors  

Social

Projects in national sector strategies Full complimentarity with IPA national programmes DG ENLARGEMENT D3 7

Institutional Structure (1/4)

 Contracting Authority: DG Enlargement, D3 regional programmes unit, manages the TA contract;  Secretariat: (DG Enlargement, DG ECFIN, EIB, EBRD, CEB) prepares Steering Committee meetings, priority list of projects, monitor the work of the contractor;  Steering Committee: (DG Enlargement, DG ECFIN, EIB, EBRD, CEB, Beneficiaries) overall supervision of IPF, recommends decision on priority projects;  Beneficiaries: National IPA coordinators coordinate identification and submission of projects, members of Steering Committee, focal points; DG ENLARGEMENT D3 8

Institutional Structure (2/4)

 Sector DGs: (DG TREN, DG ENV, DG EAC, DG EMPL, DG SAMCO) are associated to the secretariat for projects in their sector; 

DG Enlargement country coordinators and Delegations

are consulted during the entire project cycle specifically during programming;  Contractor: WYG International – June 2008 /contract signed/ DG ENLARGEMENT D3 9

TA projects presented by bene ficiaries and sponsors (IFIs, others)

Institutional Structure (3/4)

NIPAC Offices IPF

prioritisation

Secretariat

of projects proposal of projects

DG ELARG (Task Manager)

of pipeline

IPF Steering Committee

recommendation

Order of service for TA monitored by Project Task Force

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Order of service for TA monitored by Project Task Force Order of service for TA monitored by Project Task Force

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Institutional Structure (4/4)

IPF Secretariat Municipal Window IPF Steering Committee

(EC, IFIs, Beneficiaries)

Technical Assistance

For Investment Projects

Grant co-financing/ capacity building

for Municipal investments

Project Task Forces

(monitoring and steering TA services) DG ENLARGEMENT D3

IFIs loans/ co-financing

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Services

      TA to beneficiaries through out the project cycle including on-the-job training

Pre-feasibility study (PS)

Feasibility study (FS) including financial affordability analysis, budgetary planning, environmental and social impact assessment Completed design (CD) with technical specifications, detailed design and bill of quantities Tender process (TP) including tender documents and assistance to evaluation

Supervision of implementation works (IW)

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Priority Projects – Environment 1

Project Country Plava Voda Regional Water Supply Project Pilot Project – Windpark Development

Bosnia and Herzegovina former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Regional Water Company Prishtina

Kosovo (Under UNSCR 1244)

Indicative IPF TA

600,000 250,000 300,000

Investors

EBRD, CEB EIB, WB, KfW KfW, Norway Government and Swiss Government DG ENLARGEMENT D3 13

Priority Projects – Environment 2

Project Podgorica Water Infrastructure Project Podgorica waste water project Collection transport and treatment of waste waters in the municipality of Vranje and Uzice

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Country

Montenegro Montenegro Serbia

Indicative IPF TA

300,000 N/A 500,000

Investors

EBRD, EIB, WB EIB, EBRD, WB, IPA, Dexia CCB IPA,State Budget 14

Priority Projects - Albania

Project Indicative IPF TA Tirana University Hospital Centre Reform Programme in Albania - 2nd Phase Feasibility study for track renewal and signalling and communication systems in the whole network of Albanian Railway Education, Excellence and Equity Project (EEE-P) and Rehabilitation of Tirana Schools – 2nd Phase

580,000 1,500,000 1,500,000

Investors

CEB, Government of Albania CEB, EIB, WB

Upgrade of Transmission System

to be defined DG ENLARGEMENT D3 15