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Technical Assistance to EC Delegation to Montenegro for the preparation of ToR for IPA 2007 project “Supporting the implementation of the Energy Community Treaty”

Serbia

European Commission

The beneficiary of the short-term technical assistance is the Delegation of the European Commission in Montenegro

The development of the power sector in Montenegro will be guided by the Energy Development Strategy through to 2025. The adopted Strategy includes a long term power balance, a strategy for power consumption and supply, and analysis of the effects of energy generation and supply on the environment. The detailed investment plans for the power sector envisages substantial investments. The total investments earmarked in the period 2007 – 2011 are € 252 million. Improving energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable energy are both dealt with in the Energy Development Strategy. Under CARDS funding, an Energy Efficiency Strategy and Action Plan was developed in 2005. This IPA 2007 project “Supporting the implementation of the Energy Community Treaty” follows up previous CARDS funded assistance for the reform and restructuring of the energy sector. This project is linked to, and follows on from the following projects in particular: •Energy Sector Reform which provided initial assistance in restructuring the sector, and included the preparation of a strategy and action plan for energy efficiency and renewable energy, and an initial privatisation strategy. •Technical Assistance to the Energy Regulatory Agency: 2006 – 2007 which provides technical assistance in the areas of market design and market model, tariffs, licenses and authorisations, and other aspects of secondary legislation necessary for the regulation of the energy sector. •Further energy sector reform: 2006 – 2007 which provides assistance in the functional and legal unbundling of the sector, the finalisation of the National Energy Strategy, and the preparation for privatisation. •The assistance given to the Energy Efficiency Unit of the Ministry of economy, and for the promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy The on-going CARDS programme has helped develop the above mentioned market design, tariff reform methodology, legal unbundling concept, privatisation strategy and energy action plan. A € 25 million multi-beneficiary Energy Efficiency Finance Facility is foreseen under the IPA Transition Assistance and Institution Building Component , which will be implemented with the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) in cooperation with Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). It aims at providing assistance for promoting energy efficiency investments and renewable energy projects in the building and industry sectors in order to save energy and reduce CO2 emissions. The German government is also providing significant support to the energy efficiency programme, through technical assistance and a revolving fund established through KFW in 2007 to help SMEs access finance for energy efficiency projects. Global objective To develop and implement energy sector policies that will ensure the implementation of commitments under the Energy Community Treaty, including the implementation of the regional Energy Market. Specific objective(s) Technical Assistance to EC Delegation to Montenegro for the preparation of ToR for IPA 2007 project “Supporting the implementation of the Energy Community Treaty”

Start date: 2009-01-01

End date: 2009-04-30