Montenegro – Background Information for Upcoming EU Tender for Waste Management Plan

Since yesterday there has been some discussion on a LinkedIn group of a contract forecast notice published by the European Union on 6 April 2011 in anticipation of a procurement notice that the EU is due to issue in May:

2011/S 75-121879

ME-Podgorica: IPA — preparation and implementation of the national and local waste management plan

Publication reference: EuropeAid/131273/C/SER/ME.

Contract description: The contract will provide TA [technical assistance] to prepare a national waste management plan and assist the municipalities in preparing and implementing local waste management plans with the aim of strengthening their capacities. It will also result in improved stakeholder interaction and enhanced municipal participation in the strategic decision making process. …

Budget: Maximum budget: 800 000 EUR.

Intended timing of publication of procurement notice: May 2011.

Apparently the EU is seeking these services because harmonization with EU standards is required in order for Montenegro to be able to join the EU (see Akcioni plan u oblasti zaštite životne sredine, slide 12).

Nevertheless I am not sure why the IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance) program wants to spend all of €800,000 on this, since there are already any number of exhaustive plans or studies drawn up over the last several years for the relevant ministry – which since the reorganization of December 2010 has been the Ministarstvo održivog razvoja i turizma (Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism) – or for local governments.  A number of these plans can be found online, and it should not be hard work to integrate them and set up some meetings.  Here are some examples of plans or studies available online:

National:

Nacionalna strategija o upravljanju medicinskim otpadom

(Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Welfare, July 2008)

Prostorni plan Crne Gore do 2020. godine

(Ministry for Economic Development, March 2008)

This is a spatial plan, but it does give some attention to waste, e.g., sections 3.7.4 and C2.6.4.

Plan upravljanja otpadom u crnoj gori za period od 2008 – 2012. godine

(Government of Montenegro, 14 February 2008)

(old) Izrada i implementacija strateškog master plana za upravljanje čvrstim otpadom na republičkom nivou, Republika Crna Gora

(GOPA, 2005?)

Regional:

Coastal Area Management Programme Montenegro: Feasibility Study

(Priority Actions Programme, May 2008)

Local:

Opština Kotor: Lokalni plan upravljanja otpadom 2010—2014

(Municipality of Kotor, 2010)

Plan upravljanja otpadom za period 2010 - 2014. godine (Nacrt)

(Municipality of Danilovgrad, March 2010)

Plan upravljanja otpadom za opštinu Herceg Novi 2009 – 2013

(Municipality of Herceg Novi, November 2008)

Plan upravljanja otpadom za opštinu bar do 2012. godine

(Municipality of Bar, 2008)

Individual projects:

Lokalna studija lokacije za sanitarnu deponiju „Duboki do“

http://www.hercegnovi.me/files/urbPlans/LSLDubokiDoTekst.pdf

http://www.herceg-novi.me/files/urbPlans/LSLDuboDOSPU2011.pdf

(Centar za Arhitekturu i Urbanizam d.o.o., April 2011)

Elaborat o procjeni uticaja na životnu sredinu: Izgradnje regionalne sanitarne deponije na lokaciji Možura za Opštine Bar i Ulcinj

(Energoprojekt-Hidroinzenjering a.d., Belgrade, April 2010)

Analiza dinamike realizacije projekata izgradnje regionalnih deponija komunalnog otpada

(Project-Consulting d.o.o, December 2009)

Državna studija lokacije Ostrvo Sveti Marko, Tivat

(URBI Montenegro d.o.o., December 2009)

This is a development plan but it does contain a brief section on waste at 3.8 (p. 87).

All in all one gets the impression that Montenegro is chock full of programs, plans, and studies, but short of the funds necessary to implement them.