Toward Zero Waste CBC
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A IPA Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - MontenegroDescription
Jointly developed and improved 2 solutions: 1. Separate waste collection 2. Prevention and remediation of illegal landfills
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Thematic information
Priority: (VI-A_HR-B-ME_2) Green investments in environmental protection and efficient risk management
Priority specific objective: RSO2.6. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy
Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility
Type of intervention: 067 Household waste management: prevention, minimisation, sorting, reuse, recycling measures
Partners (3)
Lead Partner: Opština Tuzi
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 02628988
Address: 1, 81206 Tuzi, Montenegro
Department address: 1, 81206 Tuzi, Montenegro
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Local public authority
Website: https://tuzi.org.me/cg/naslovna/
Total budget: EUR 834 780.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 709 563.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 125 217.00
Contractors:
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Name: MODESTY MK d.o.o.
VAT registration or tax identification number: VAT 30/3115509-5TIN 02939363 -
Name: Dragomir Markovic
VAT registration or tax identification number: N/A
- Grad Mostar
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Name: Grad Mostar
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 4227396110007
Address: Hrvatskih branitelja , 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Department address: Hrvatskih branitelja, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Local public authority
Website (not verified): https://www.mostar.ba/
Total budget: EUR 794 934.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 675 693.90
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 119 240.10
- OPĆINA KONAVLE
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Name: OPĆINA KONAVLE
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 24482197680
Address: Trumbićev put, 20210 Konavle, Croatia
Department address: Trumbićev put, 20210 Konavle, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Local public authority
Website: http://www.opcinakonavle.hr
Total budget: EUR 622 125.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 528 806.25
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 93 318.75
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Project partner
Summary
Project acronym: TO 0 WASTE
Project ID: HR-BA-ME00184
Project start date: 2024-07-15
Project end date: 2027-01-14
Project status: ongoing
Relevant linked projects:
- Schools in action for recycling is implemented within the BioVal - biological diversity project, financed by the European Union (EU), and co-financed by the Government of Montenegro and the Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media. (EN) | Continuation of this action in 3 secondary schools, 1 in Tuzi, 1 in Mostar and one in Konavle. A one-day event will be organized. In the introduction to the theoretical part of the one-hour lecture, 3 representatives of utility companies from all three cities will talk about the practice of collecting sorted waste, with the support of experts in this field, who will lead the workshops. In the second competitive part, a practical exercise of separating waste into containers and theoretically completing a quiz. The third part is the presentation of students' creative works, art, music, slogans on the topic of separation and recycling of waste and prevention of illegal landfills. The same events will be held in all 3 schools around the date of March 18, World Recycling Day. 3 prizes will be awarded for the students of this school, olive seedlings and ornamental trees, and the best works will be published during the promotional campaign within the TO 0 WASTE project. (EN), New Environment Revitalization Approach – NERA, Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Montenegro - Kosovo* 2014-2020 under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II), (EN) | beneficiaries MoT and Municipality of Peje, Kosovo, budget 399,937.23 EUR.
- The project TO 0 WASTE will have synergies with NERA project ending on December 2024 on territory od MoT related to its activities:
- 1 Training programme on the concept of zero waste management for employees of UCs
- 2.2 Development and utilisation of effective communication e-tools and systems in solid waste management
- 2.3 Procurement and installation of adequate equipment for collecting/recycling solid waste
- 2.4 Selection, cleaning and greening of illegal landfills (EN), Operational Program "Competitiveness and Cohesion" in Croatia (EN) | The Municipality of Konavle, together with the European Union, financed the project: "Construction and equipping of a recycling yard in Konavle" in the settlement of Popovići. The project was completed in the middle of 2020 and the Municipality of Konavle obtained a use permit and handed over the facility for use by Čistoći i Zelenilo Konavle d.o.o. The total value of the project is HRK 5,797,122.50, the amount co-financed by the EU is HRK 600,000 EUR, and the project implementation period is from January 8, 2019.
- Until 21.04.2020. reciklazno-dvoriste_Popovici_velika With this, the company Čistoća i Zelenilo Konavle got an additional option for receiving recycling waste, which it does in such a way that every user of the household is allowed to bring waste and hand it over to Reciklazno free of charge, while there is a price list for waste disposal for legal entities.
- (EN), At the 122nd session held on November 4, 2009, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted CONCLUSIONS approving the list of approved IPA funds projects in 2010, among which the project Public Company "Deponija" d.o.o. Mostar (No. 855/2009). (EN) | The project TO 0 WATE will learn from the results achieved by the IPA project envisages the construction of a recycling center, which consists of two parts: a) construction - construction of a recycling hall b) procurement and installation of recycling equipment.
- The IPA Grant Agreement EC TF011456 was signed between the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and P.C. "Deponija" d.o.o. Mostar on September 7, 2012, in the amount of EUR 2,345,142.00, and was implemented through the World Bank. The projects were managed by the PMU Team formed within the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and the implementer was the PIT TEAM formed within P.C. "Deponija" d.o.o. Mostar.
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Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 251 839.00
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 914 063.15
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%
Co-financing sources:
- IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 1 914 063.15. Co-financing rate, 85.00%.
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
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Deliverables:
- Procured equipment for separate waste collection for Tuzi utility company
- Procured equipment for separate waste collection for Konavle utility company
- Procured equipment for separate waste collection for Mostar utility company
- Procured equipment for cleaning, remediation and prevention of illegal landfills for Tuzi UC
- Procured equipment for cleaning, remediation and prevention of illegal landfills for Konavle UC
- Procured equipment for cleaning, remediation and prevention of illegal landfills for Mostar UC
- 30 participants, 6 days training of Joint circular economy workshop
- 30 stakeholder participants on Study visit to Slovenia
- 13 educative video clips promoting waste separation, prevention of illegal landfills created
- created and updated TO 0 WASTE social networks, FB, Instagram, YouTube, etc. 10 posts each network
- free telephone line for prevention of illegal landfills in Tuzi
- media campaign on TV, radio, web portals, web site of partners and UCs 30 publications/posts
- Promotional events-kick off conference, events promoting results, final conference, 6 events
- promotional material TO 0 WASTE various items
- informative propaganda boards placed at waste disposal sites, 6
- Solid waste managements plans 2025-2030 for Tuzi and Mostar created
- Cooperation agreements between project partners and utility companies signed
- 3 events "Schools in action TO 0 WASTE" held in high schools in TZ, KO, MO
Contribution to wider strategies and policies:
- EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute to EUSAIR pillar 3. Environmental quality
- to ensure a good environmental and ecological status of the marine and coastal environment by 2020 in line with the relevant EU acquis and the ecosystem approach of the Barcelona Convention.
- -To contribute to the goal of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to halt the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in the EU by 2020, and restore them in so far as feasible, by addressing threats to marine and terrestrial biodiversity.
- More specific to
- -To improve waste management by reducing waste flows to the sea and, to reduce nutrient flows and other pollutants to the rivers and the sea.
- Improved waste management with the project TO 0 WASTE will reduce waste flow to Adriatic Sea from territory of Tuzi by Skadar Lake and Bojana river, Konavle on costal zone and Mostar by Neretva river.
- EUSAIR PILLAR 4: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
- by increasing recycling and especially by removing wild landfills in areas visited or approached by tourists, the sustainable development of tourism in Tuzi, Konavle and Mostar will be improved
- EUStrategyDanubeRegion The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute to EUSDR priority areas 5 Environmental Risks Priority Area and 6 Biodiversity, Landscapes and Air & Soil Quality, target 5 To improve and/or maintain the soil quality in the Danube Region
- target 6. To decrease air pollution in the Danube Region
- by increasing recycling and especially by removing wild landfills in region.
- Other The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute to WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 28 July 2021 Croatia, This Act stipulates the measures to protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing waste production, reducing the negative effects of waste generation and waste management, reducing the overall effects of the use of raw materials and improving the efficiency of the use of raw materials as well as increasing recycling and the re-use of recycled materials; which is necessary for the transition to a circular economy and the ensuring of the long-term competitiveness of the Republic of Croatia and the European Union
- Other The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute to Summary management strategy proposal for waste in Montenegro until 2030, with improvement of separated waste collection and removal of illegal landfills in Tuzi, promotional campaign for rising awareness and change behavior regarding waste management.
- Other The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute toState waste management plan in Montenegro (2015-2020) with improvement of separated waste collection and removal of illegal landfills in Tuzi, promotional campaign for rising awareness and change behavior regarding waste management.
- Other The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute to Law on Waste Management Montenegro with improvement of separated waste collection and removal of illegal landfills in Tuzi, promotional campaign for rising awareness and change behavior regarding waste management.
- Other The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute to Road map of Montenegro towards circular economy with improvement of separated waste collection and removal of illegal landfills in Tuzi, promotional campaign for rising awareness and change behavior regarding waste management.
- Other The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute to the Federal Environmental Protection Strategy 2022‒2032. an entire strategic goal is dedicated to waste management. Strategic goal 2 reads: "Reduce the amount of waste and increase the number of reused materials" and includes thematic areas such as household waste, biowaste, industrial waste, electronic waste, nuclear waste, waste separation, waste collection, waste disposal, landfills, waste incineration, and a circular economy in which the remains of products and production are reused and recycled into other materials and products. This project will contribute to the achievement of priorities such as: improve the municipal waste management system, improve the management system for special categories of waste, rehabilitate areas under inadequately disposed waste and strengthen awareness of proper separation, collection and disposal of waste.
- Other The project TO 0 WASTE will directly contribute to Development Strategy of Herzegovina-Neretva County 2021-2027. in strategic goal 3. Management of ecosystem resources and services in accordance with the existing capacities of the environment includes measure 3.2.2. Encouraging solutions for sustainable waste and wastewater management, the goal of which is to provide an efficient system of sustainable waste and wastewater management in the area of HNC, through increasing the coverage of the population through organized collection of waste and wastewater drainage and their purification. This project will contribute to the implementation of the following measures foreseen in this strategic document: increasing the scope of organized waste collection and its disposal at sanitary landfills, improvement of the system of separate collection, recycling and reuse of municipal waste, rehabilitation and adaptation of existing waste disposal sites in HNC, and construction of landfills space with accompanying equipment, rehabilitation of illegal waste disposal sites, etc
Programme Common Output Indicator:
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RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
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RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
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RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSDR
Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR
EUSAIR Priority (Policy) area / Horizontal action:
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Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A IPA Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Montenegro
Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme
2025-02-07
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
34 / 34 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
143 / 147 (97.28%)
Notes on the data
The end dates of project: - RACE 2 - APOLLO - CODES - SMART STEP are an approximation based on the programme's List of Operations available on the programme's website on 2024 -09-18. There the end date is marked in quarters. Combined total of all projects partnerships (11764705.89) in field total_budget is larger than projects total (1499618.4) of total_budget.