Tenth meeting of the EAP Task Force’s EECCA Environmental Finance Network Environmental Financing Trends in South Eastern Europe Joanna Fiedler Senior.
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Tenth meeting of the EAP Task Tenth meeting of the EAP Task Force’sForce’s
EECCA Environmental Finance EECCA Environmental Finance NetworkNetwork
Environmental Financing Trends in South Eastern Europe
Joanna Fiedler
Senior project managerEnvironmental financing
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Outline
• Introduction to the report, status of work;
• SEE region context;
• Key messages;
• Domestic environmental expenditures;
• International flows to environment;
• Financial mechanisms in use.
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Introduction to the report
• Category II document for Belgrade Ministerial conference.
• Follow up to the “Environmental financing trends report” for Kiev conference http://www.rec.org/REC/Programs/SofiaInitiatives/Enviro.Finance.in.CEE.pdf
• The main goal of the report is to propose recommendations for decisions-makers in the region so that they could take action and ensure more environmental funding schemes and resources for environmental actions.
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• Major economic and environmental trends which were influencing the situation on environmental financing in the SEE between 2001 and 2005;
• Presenting trends in domestic environmental expenditures in the SEE;
• Analyzing international financing flows to the region including bilateral and multilateral sources;
• Analyzing established and emerging financing mechanisms in the region and their development potential in the future;
• Identifying new possible financing mechanisms which could be developed in the future;
• Providing recommendations to decision makers on improving effectiveness of environmental financing from both domestic and external financing sources.
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Trends in bilateral donors commitments
Austria
Denmark
Germany
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Sweden
United States
Others
Others = Donor countries with less than 3% share of toatal aid
Germany 39 %
US 7 %
Norway 6.2 %
Netherlands 5.7 %
Others 7.7 %
Japan 17.6 %
Source: OECD DAC data base
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Recipients of assistance
0.00
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
50.00
60.00
70.00
80.00
90.00
100.00
Albania BiH Croatia fYROM UNMIK Serbia andMontenegro
Bilateral Environmental Aid per Recipient Countries (usd / capita)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Albania BiH Croatia fYROM UNMIK Serbia andMontenegro
Share of Total Bilateral Environmental Aid per Recipient Countries (in %)
Source: OECD DAC data base
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Preliminary trends in assistance
Alb
ania
BiH
Cro
atia
fYR
OM
UN
MIK
Ser
bia
and
Mon
tene
gro
2001
20030
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Total Bilateral Environmental Aid per countryin relation to GDP (expressed in %)(including the Zletovic project)
2002
2004
% Source: OECD DACdata base
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Importance of different sources of finance for infrastructure projects over the time
highimportance
mediumimportance
lowimportance
1 2 3 4 5 from 5 onwards years
EU accession short termmedium term
long term
user charges
private sector
public finance
EC
bilateral donors
IFIs
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Key messages
• Environment low on political agenda on central and local levels
• Decentralisation process not supported by allocation of fiscal means
• Low level of domestic financial resources for environment
• EU role is increasing, bilateral donors role decreasing, IFIs – struggling (borrowing legislation)
• Important role of economic instruments
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Key messages
• Potential for innovative financial mechanisms (private sector, carbon finance etc)
• Presenting environmental projects as contributors to growth and employment
• Creating favorable conditions for borrowing,
• Important role of capacity building and technical assistance
• Assistance needed on project preparation
• Need for diversification of sources of finance
Thank you for your attention
Joanna Fiedler
Senior project managerEnvironmental financing and economic instruments
Environmental Policy ProgrammeRegional Environmental Center for
Central and Eastern Europejfiedler@rec.org
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