1. A project funded by
the European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office
PROJECT PREPARATION FACILITY
George Chabrzyk
September 30 / BELGRADE
Project funded by
The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

2. To consolidate the existing procedures for infrastructure
development in Serbia and to use this as the basis for developing a
standard methodology for the selection of strategically relevant
projects.
To ensure that his methodology is generally applicable to all funding
sources and specifically that it is relevant for IPA 2014-20
To develop a methodology which addresses the needs of both
central and local governments.
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The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

3. 
Relevance of the project for implementing national
sector strategies
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Adequacy of the institutional set-up and
institutional capacity for project implementation
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Project Readiness/ Maturity for implementation
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The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

4. 1. Collect existing infrastructure project pipelines (from project
promoters, SLAP, line ministry databases, sector strategies)
2. Identify broad list of projects by completion of Project
Identification Forms (PIFs) & registration on ISDACON database
3.
Strategic Relevance Assessment (filtering step)
4.
Short list of strategically relevant projects
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Gap Assessment Analysis:
Project scope (objectives, investment type, options identification)
Technical elements (spatial planning & technical documentation)
Institutional readiness (institutional framework & capacity)
Financial /Economic elements (expenditure coverage /affordability)
Environmental /Social elements (EIA, socio /environmental impacts
2. Project
identification form
(PIF)
3. Strategic
Relevance
Assessment
criteria (from PIF)
5. Gap Assessment
Questionnaire /Gap
Assessment Report
Questionnaire + Project
Documentation provide
data for step 5
6. Final list of prioritized projects (to be included in ISDACON)
Project preparation according to Serbian legal requirements
& EU procedures
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The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

5. Collect relevant infrastructure project pipelines for each sector /subsector (a ‘pipeline’ is a group of projects under preparation, usually at a
mix of development stages)
 Main sources are: Sector Strategy Action /Master Plans; Line ministry
databases; SLAP database (municipality infrastructure) for projects in
environment, business development & (partially) energy
Lists of projects addressing strategic priorities established &
maintained by the responsible sector ministries
Collection of potential projects is carried out on a continual basis
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The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

6. Project funded by
The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

7.  SLAP (projects in solid waste, waste water, business
development)
 Strategy and Policy of Industrial Development (2011-20)
 Spatial Plan of the Republic of Serbia (to 2020)
 Tourism Strategy
 National Sustainable Development Strategy (2008-17)
 National Programme for Environmental Protection (2010-19)
 National Waste Management Strategy (2010-19)
 Sewerage and wastewater strategic Master plan for the West
Morava river basin
 Energy Development Strategy (2005-15)
 Energy Community Treaty
 Development plan of PE Transnafta (2010-14)
 National Renewable Energy Action Plan (2013-20)
 First National Energy Efficiency Plan (2010-12)
 Biomass Action Plan (2010-12)
 National ten year network development plan (2013-22)
 Strategy of Railways, Road, Inland Waterways, Air and Intermodal
Transport Development (2008-15)
 General Master Plan for Transport (2010-27)
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The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

8. Projects collected will have had variable amounts of preparatory work
carried out & will exist in various formats (the national pipeline ranges
from projects at the ‘Concept Note’ stage to those with JASPERS reviewed
Feasibility Studies and prepared procurement documentation)
In order to ensure that information collected by different ministries is
coherent, consistent & sufficient for the assessment of strategic relevance
(step 3), standard Project Identification Forms (PIFs) have been developed
for each sector/ sub-sector.
PIF’s provide information on: (i) sector institutional set-up & policy
ownership; (ii) consistency with national strategic frameworks & EU
policies/ IPA priorities; (iii) strategic relevance criteria (pre-defined)
PIFs completed by project proponents & entered in the ISDACON
database by the responsible ministries creating a ‘broad list’ of projects
per sector /sub-sector
Identified projects = projects in the broad lists i.e. in PIF format
registered on ISDACON
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The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

9. 
Strategic relevance = extent to which a project contributes to
achieving sector policy objectives /targets
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PIFs vary from sector to sector since the strategic relevance
criteria (SRC) reflect sector-specific objectives
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For sectors where there is no adopted national strategy, SRC are
based on the relevant EU acquis (e.g. Urban Waste Water Directive)
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Information provided in PIFs is used to assess the strategic
relevance of projects in the sector broad lists.
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The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

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Sustainable energy development
Enhanced competition
Social impact (including economic and employment impacts)
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Construction & upgrading of WWT facilities plus extension of collection systems
Construction & extension of water treatment facilities & water supply
Flood protection measures
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3.
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Demand /supply and origin /destination factors
Relation to other transport corridor /routes
Traffic safety and security of transport
Economic factors
Waste type and Waste collection
Waste recycling, waste treatment, waste disposal
Impacts on environment, human health and local development
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Export market and private sector demand
Outputs and financial sustainability
Employment generation
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

11.  Strategic relevance assessment is based on a weighted scoring
system developed for the SRC in each sector /sub-sector
 On the basis of this assessment short lists of the most strategically
relevant projects are drawn up for each sector /sub-sector
 Agreed short lists are entered into ISDACON
 Short lists should be reviewed on a regular basis (say annually) since
SRC are not fixed and will change as strategies are implemented and
updated
 Step 3 is regarded as a ‘filtering’ step since it is the basis on which
broad lists are reduced to short lists
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The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

12. 
Gap assessment is the process of assessing the quality & completeness of
the project documentation (i.e. An assessment of maturity based on the
‘gap’ between existing documentation & requirements under Serbian law &
for international assistance financing
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Proponents of Shortlisted Projects provide further detailed information by
means of specific ‘Gap Assessment Questionnaires’ (per sector /subsector).
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GAQs address: Project Identification; Technical Maturity; Institutional
Readiness; Financial /Economic Sustainability and Social & Environmental
Impacts
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Results of Gap Assessment Analysis are presented in ‘Gap Assessment
Reports’ (including recommendations for future actions)
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Final lists of prioritised projects are produced on the results of Gap
Assessment results & provide the basis of project selection & the planning
of further preparation activities.
Project funded by
The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office

13. Project funded by
The European Union
Government of the Republic of Serbia
European Integration Office
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