Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme

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• Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme
• Implementation of the Priority Environmental
  Investment Programme
• REReP 1.2
• Results of the PEIP Regional Meeting 22nd
  September

Joanna Fiedler, PEIP Project Manager
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PEIP assistance 2003-2005

• Technical Assistance
• Updated list of priority projects.
• Guidebook on options for financing investment
  projects.
• Study on the status of national investment
  planning in relation to key EU heavy-investment
  directives.
• Strategies for developing investment projects for
  pilot hot spots.
• Study on critical conditions for developing
  bankable projects.

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PEIP assistance 2003-2005

• Institutional Strengthening
• 3 regional workshops on environmental investment
  projects development (air, waste, water).
• 3 regional workshops on tariffs and economic
  instruments (air, waste, water).
• Regional Meeting for decision makers and donors
  community 22nd of September.

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PEIP assistance value added

• Co-operation with key regional initiatives
  focusing on environmental investment projects,
• Infrastructure Steering Group (ISG),
• Project Preparation Committee (PPC),
• DABLAS Task Force,
• Danube Investment Support Facility.

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Update results
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PEIP Regional Meeting 22nd September

• Objectives
• To present and discuss the updated lists of
  priority environmental infrastructure investment
  projects,
• To discuss opportunities and challenges related
  to implementing of investment projects in SEE,
• To discuss the way forward for the future
  assistance to the countries.

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Conclusions from the meeting National Level

• Intergovernmental cooperation and putting
  environment among government priorities.
• Ministries of Environment to pass results of PEIP
  to all relevant ministries.
• To work closer with the Ministries of Finance.
• To involve key relevant ministries in the process
  of planning.
• To present projects showing the complete solution
  to the problem (even if divided into phases,
  sub-projects).
• To prepare solutions of high cost-effectiveness
  promotion of regional solutions.

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Conclusions from the meeting Donors community
and IFIs

• Donors/IFIs reviewing updated lists of investment
  projects and giving their perspective on which of
  them are financially viable.
• Clear picture of donors assistance activities
  (current discussions on projects).
• Need to involve bilateral donors to the
  investment projects grant leverage effect.
• Without country assistance grant systems,
  progress is much smaller.

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Conclusions from the meeting European
Commission

• Disseminate PEIP results to all relevant EC
  units.
• Encourage SEE countries to keep the pipelines of
  environmental investment projects ready to be
  used when the assistance arrives.

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Issues for the future

• Unification of cost-estimates for investment
  projects,
• Bankability of projects,
• Future of the funding instruments,
• Environmental data collection progress
  achieved small investments needed to complete
  monitoring systems in the region,
• Better cooperation on cross-border issues linked
  to investment projects.

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• Thank you for your attention
• Joanna Fiedler
• Project manager
• Environmental financing and economic instruments
• Environmental Policy Programme
• Regional Environmental Center for
• Central and Eastern Europe
• jfiedler_at_rec.org