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The City of Belgrade, Serbia, has received EOIs from 48 companies for the Belgrade municipal waste treatment and disposal PPP project.

The project will be designed to cater for the municipal waste generated in 14 municipalities of Belgrade, for a total of about 600,000t of waste per year. The overarching objective of the city is to bring Belgrade's waste disposal practices into accordance with the effective Republic of Serbia regulation,  in line with EU regulation, and within the context of the country's EU accession negotiations.

Specifically the project involves the implementation of new modern waste management system, construction of waste treatment facility, waste recycling line, construction of department for production of energy out of waste and maintenance of Vinca landfill.

The project will be developed on a design, build, finance operation and transfer (DBFOT) basis.

The total project investment is estimated at €250 million (US$278.4 million).

According to the mayor of Belgrade, Sinisa Mali, on March 25 and 26, the city in cooperation with the World Bank will hold a conference to invite investors to visit the Vinca landfill and to show them details about the project.

Last October we discussed two more PPP projects to be developed in Belgrade:

• the development and maintenance of the Belgrade-Pozega section of E-763 highway, which is in tender stage, and
• the Belgrade parking PPP project, which is in planning stage.

We have recently reported about several waste PPP projects globally:

• Nakuru Solid Waste Management PPP project - Kenya
• Mombasa Solid Waste Management PPP project - Kenya
• Nairobi Solid Waste Management PPP project - Kenya
• Abu Rawash Wastewater Treatment Plant PPP Project - Egypt
• Gloucestershire waste PFI - UK