Environmental Assistance to Eastern Europe 2001
Environmental projects in Russia
In 2001, the co-operation with Russia continued at about the same level as in 2000 with the overall assistance in 2001 amounting to approximately DKK 80 million.
Focus continues to be on the Baltic catchment area with emphasis on St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, Kaliningrad, Novgorod and Pskov.
A country programme for the Danish-Russian co-operation on environmental issues from 2001-2003 was prepared and approved in December 2001. The geographical emphasis in the programme is still the Baltic catchment area. With regard to the Moscow-region the co-operation will aim to secure the long-term effects of results already obtained.
The new Danish government decided to re-evaluate the priorities and criteria for the Danish environmental assistance for Eastern Europe and to work out a new strategy. It is expected that most of the Russian country programme will be implemented, though with an increased focus on the Baltic catchment area.
In 2001, assistance has been concentrated on the water sector. But for many projects the emphasis has been moved from the capital to other cities in the regions. A project on drinking water was initiated in Borovichi, Novgorod region, and in Kirovsk and Gatchina in the Leningrad region projects on reconstitution of the water supply and sewer system were initiated.
In Kaliningrad a relief project was initiated to re-establish damaged sewer pipes. Blocking of the sewers occurs in an area where approx. 6,000 people live with permanent obnoxious smells and the risk of waterborne diseases. In St. Petersburg assistance was given to a monitoring project for the upgrading of a regional laboratory.
The co-operation on energy savings at a refuse dump project in Novgorod continues.
Within the waste sector assistance was given to, among other, the completion of a disposal area for hazardous waste at Novgorod refuse dump. In St. Petersburg plastic bottles in the surrounding area have become a major problem. A feasibility study on recycling these bottles has been initiated.
In Russia huge environmental problems are associated with animal farms. For several years, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency has supported environmental improvements at Pskovsky pig farm in Pskov. The co-operation with the pig farm continues as is the case with a poultry farm. A similar project was supported in the Novgorod region.
Within nature resource management two large projects have been initiated. A planning and management system for the green belt outside St. Petersburg and a project to secure a network between the protected areas. A synergy effect between the two projects should be obtainable.
The co-operation on chemicals has been intensified. In 2001 support was given to a feasibility study on out-phasing of PCB and a regional contingency plan for maritime oil pollution in St. Petersburg.
| Project title |
Kaliningrad Water and Waste Water Services Feasibility
Study, supplementary grant |
| File no. |
124/034-0029T |
| Project recipient |
Environmental authorities in Kaliningrad |
| Project manager |
Krüger A/S |
| Project description | The purpose of the project is to conduct a feasibility study
for the water supply and waste water treatment in Kaliningrad City. Subsequently, the
project is expected to be financed by wages from IFIs and Nordic donors. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Not relevant since this is a feasibility study for an investment project. |
| Grant |
DKK 184,621 |
| Total costs | DKK 184,621 |
| Project title |
ODS Phase-out in the Sector of Refrigeration Servicing in
St. Petersburg City |
| File no. |
124/034-0067T |
| Project recipient |
CFC recycle centre in St. Petersburg |
| Project manager |
RE-A-CT Aps |
| Project description | Addition to project on recycling of CFC from refrigerators in
St. Petersburg to ensure an optimal utilisation of the equipment for recovery and
recycling of CFC and thereby achieve the expected environmental effect. Technically, the
project has been accomplished through the training of 770 refrigerator technicians and the
construction of a CFC recycling centre in St. Petersburg, but due to low prices on CFC and
the lack of Russian legislation, an expected environmental effect of 243 tonnes ODS/year
has not been obtained - only well over three tonnes have been recovered until this date.
Therefore, it is essential to continue the ongoing monitoring of the project to ensure an
optimal utilisation of the equipment when in the coming years the price on CFC expectedly
will increase as a result of depletion of old stocks. Russia's production of CFC finally
ceased at the end of 2000. Furthermore, an extension of the project will help to ensure
the proliferation to other regions in Russia of the experiences obtained in the St.
Petersburg centre. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Ensuring that 120 tonnes ODS out-phased per year (the
estimated effect will be changed from 243 to 120 due to a general drop in consumption)
plus an additional expected effect due to proliferation of experiences in connection with
a GEF project (not estimated). |
| Grant |
DKK 395,000 |
| Total costs | DKK 395,000 |
| Project title |
Sustainable Russia, WWF |
| File no. |
124/034-0076T |
| Project recipient |
The nature authorities in Russia |
| Project manager |
WWF World Wildlife Foundation |
| Project description | The basic project will draw up a new concept for integration
of protected areas in the local communities to spawn a local interest in the preservation
of these in a time where national funds are insufficient. The concept is tested and
implemented in selected areas. The project was approved in 1998 and proceeds
satisfactorily, but it now faces budgetary problems due to the changed dollar rate. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
This commitment will make the project implementation possible according to the original commitment. |
| Grant |
DKK 572,035 |
| Total costs | DKK 572,035 |
| Project title |
Project Preparation for Waste Project in Vladimir, Russia,
supplementary grant |
| File no. |
124/034-0135T |
| Project recipient |
The Vladimir region |
| Project manager |
Danish Technological Institute |
| Project description | The project will prepare a project tender document for the
construction of a new secure refuse dump. This commitment concerns a supplementary grant
for the completion of the project. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Not relevant |
| Grant |
DKK 100,000 |
| Total costs | DKK 100,000 |
| Project title |
Rehabilitation of Water Supply Networks - Application for
additional funding |
| File no. |
124/034-0139T |
| Project recipient |
Moskvodokanal |
| Project manager |
Per Aarsleff A/S |
| Project description | The purpose of this project is an improvement of the drinking
water quality and dependability of the water supply in the central part of Moscow and the
introduction of new Danish technology in the water supply sector. The original project was approved in January 2000 and included rehabilitation of 3,120 metres water supply pipes in the central part of Moscow. The project was a demo project to introduce the monopolistic supplier of water in Moscow, Moskvodokanal, to a cost-efficient nodig method ("Swage Lining", Per Aarsleff A/S). Due to problems getting materials into Russia and specific technical problems only
2,411 metres of pipes have been rehabilitated. A supplementary grant will cover expenses
for the completion of the original project (709 metres of pipes) plus an extension of the
project with 1,600 metres of pipes. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Completion of 709 metres of pipes plus an additional
rehabilitation of 1,600 metres of pipes. A total rehabilitation of 2,309 metres. |
| Grant |
DKK 1,976,795 |
| Total costs | DKK 3,433,514 |
| Project title |
Analytical Assistance to the Regional Laboratory, St
Petersburg |
| File no. |
124/034-0149 |
| Project recipient |
The environmental authorities in St. Petersburg |
| Project manager |
DHI Water & Environment |
| Project description | The project pertains to a upgrading of the laboratory and
staff training on the Regional Laboratory of Analytical Control and Analyses (RLACA) in
modern laboratory techniques. The project concerns: - Specification and purchase of
equipment |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Monitoring. |
| Grant |
DKK 4,047,865 |
| Total costs | DKK 4,159,745 |
| Project title |
Prefeasibility Study: Borovichi Drinking Water Project |
| File no. |
124/034-0154T |
| Project recipient |
City of Borovichi and water company |
| Project manager |
Frederiksborg County |
| Project description | An elaborate mission of project identification to Brovichi,
the second largest city i the Novgorod region. The purpose of the mission is to improve
the data foundation concerning the drinking water situation in relation to the first
mission and prepare draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for a succeeding feasibility study. The
main purpose is an improvement of the drinking water situation and a reduction of the
water consumption. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No in this phase. |
| Grant |
DKK 179,055 |
| Total costs | DKK 179,055 |
| Project title |
Assessment - Vishtinets Project, supplementary grant |
| File no. |
124/034-0156T |
| Project recipient |
Environmental authorities in the Kaliningrad region |
| Project manager |
Nordeco |
| Project description | With Swedish assistance a Nature Conservation Plan was
developed in 1999 for the Kaliningrad region in the north-western Russia. This project
supports the implementation and effectuation of the plan as well as the development of a
system of protected areas. Vishtinets in the eastern part of the region will be used as an
example. The project also includes transboundary co-operation between Lithuania and
Poland. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Protection of the Vishtinets Lake and surrounding forest area
(approx. 23.000 ha) in accordance with the Nature Conservation Plan for the Kaliningrad
Region. |
| Grant |
DKK 503,588 |
| Total costs | DKK 503,588 |
| Project title |
Bellona Report: Securing Nuclear Waste in Northwest Russia |
| File no. |
124/034-0169 |
| Project recipient |
Environmental authorities, environmental organisations,
donors and banks interested in the environmental situation in the Barents region. |
| Project manager |
Bellona Foundation |
| Project description | The project supports publication of a new report from Bellona
(Norwegian NGO) on Russian nuclear waste in the north-western part of Russia. The purpose
of the report is to provide guidelines to solve the present nuclear safety problems in the
region and to create international awareness of the problem. The report will constitute
the basis for the international work necessary to scrap nuclear submarines in a safe
manner, and in the planning and construction of storage facilities for nuclear waste. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate, but the work of Bellona is of major indirect
importance to nuclear safety in the north-western part of Russia. |
| Grant |
DKK 500,000 |
| Total costs | DKK 1,215,000 |
| Project title |
Environment and Energy Management at Novgorod Waste Water
Treatment Plant, Russia |
| File no. |
124/034-0173 |
| Project recipient |
The city of Novgorod and water company |
| Project manager |
COWI as |
| Project description | The purpose of the project is in part to identify areas to be
optimised from the point of energy and environment and partly to implement energy
conserving and pollution reducing equipment in two presently identified areas: One of the
aeration stations and the boiler central. Previously two water and waste water projects
have been carried out in Novgorod. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
821 tonnes CO2/year and 65 tonnes tot-N/year. |
| Grant |
DKK 7,455,923 |
| Total costs | DKK 10,405,923 |
| Project title |
Sustainable Improvements at Novgorodsky Farm |
| File no. |
124/034-0178 |
| Project recipient |
Novgorodsky Farm |
| Project manager |
COWI as |
| Project description | The project has been drafted on the same concept as a
previous project at Pskovsky pig farm and co-financed with the Danish Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Fisheries. The purpose of the combined project is to increase the
utilisation of fertilisers by introducing field and fertilisation programmes and improve
sustainability in cattle and grass production. The activities financed by the Danish
Environmental Support Programme are a feasibility study. ' |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate, since this is a feasibility study. |
| Grant |
DKK 1,059,311 |
| Total costs | DKK 4,024,417 |
| Project title |
Improvements in Poultry, Cattle and Pig Production, Pskov
Region |
| File no. |
124/034-0179 |
| Project recipient |
Pskovsky Farm and Pervomajskaja Poultry Farm |
| Project manager |
COWI as |
| Project description | The overall project - a co-operation with the Danish Ministry
of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries - will contribute to a reduction in the nitrogen and
phosphorus pollution by introducing procedures and facilities for recycling of
fertilisers. Increased storage capacities will be established. Furthermore, the project
will contribute to the change from cage to floor production over a period of approx. ten
year to replace semiliquid manure with solid manure. Finally the sustainability for dairy
cattle and cattle run will be improved. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Nitrogen 70-100 tonnes/year, phosphorus 20-25 tonnes/year and potassium 50-60 tonnes/year. |
| Grant |
DKK 2,744,289 |
| Total costs | DKK 7,105,464 |
| Project title |
Local Project Co-ordinator for North West Russia |
| File no. |
124/034-0180 |
| Project recipient |
Collaborators on the environment in Russia and the Danish
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Project manager |
The Danish Consulate in St. Petersburg |
| Project description | In co-operation with the Danish Consulate in St. Petersburg a
contract is signed on appointing a local project co-ordinator (LPC) in the northwestern
region of Russia. Her job is to assist in co-ordinating and monitoring of the Danish
environmental projects in the north-western region of Russia. The LPC will be stationed in
the Department for Natural Resources in the north-western region under the Ministry of
Natural Resources in the Russian Federation. The LPC is appointed for a three year period
from 2001-2003. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Not quantifiable, but better co-ordination and monitoring result in better environmental projects. |
| Grant |
DKK 1,625,355 |
| Total costs | DKK 1,625,355 |
| Project title |
Study Tour for Representatives of Russian Regional
Environmental Authorities |
| File no. |
124/034-0182 |
| Project recipient |
Russian Regional Environmental Authorities |
| Project manager |
COWI as |
| Project description | This project is wanted from the Russian party and the request
has come from the Presidents administration via the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen. The
purpose is to give 11-12 representatives of regional environment administrations insight
into the Danish administration in this field. During a stay in Denmark meeting will be
organised with relevant institutions under the Ministry of the Environment, Frederiksborg
County plus institutions in the areas of forest, water and energy. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate. |
| Grant |
DKK 235,410 |
| Total costs | DKK 273,910 |
| Project title |
DANCEE Country Programme for the Russian Federation
2001-2003 |
| File no. |
124/034-0184 |
| Project recipient |
Collaborators on environment in Russia |
| Project manager |
COWI as |
| Project description | The purpose of the project is to draw up a country programme
for the co-operation of the Danish Environmental Support Programme with Russia to
strengthen and target the effort and implement the strategy of the Environmental Support
Programme. The programme will be based on the present effort and focus on subprograms for
five regions. The regions are the following: St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Pskov
and Moscow. Novgorod may be singled out as a model region for a more thorough programming.
The programme will involve a description of the presently most urgent environmental
problems in the regions plus a summary of the present effort from Danish as well as other
parties. The programme will be co-ordinated with the efforts of other donors and the
priorities of the Russian environmental authorities. Emphasis will be placed on the
inclusion of the health aspect in the environmental efforts, the reduction of
transboundary pollution and assistance to Russia in implementing international conventions
in environmental areas. In each region the effort will be concentrated in two to three
sectors. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No in this phase. |
| Grant |
DKK 2,317,702 |
| Total costs | DKK 2,317,702 |
| Project title |
Recycling of Plastic Bottles for Granalation and Reuse,
St. Petersburg |
| File no. |
124/034-0185 |
| Project recipient |
St. Petersburg City Administration |
| Project manager |
Carl Bro as |
| Project description | The project will evaluate four prepared scenarios concerning
the collection and recycling of plastic bottles. The project involves partly the
preparation of a basis for decision on financing and organisation, partly a business plan
as well as an identification of possible investors. The project consists of three phases,
two of which are part of this project. The third phase, the actual implementation with
purchase of equipment, is not included in the project. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate, since this is a pre-feasibility study. |
| Grant |
DKK 696,784 |
| Total costs | DKK 781,784 |
| Project title |
Project to assist Russia in the Implementation of the
Aarhus Convention |
| File no. |
124/034-0187 |
| Project recipient |
Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation |
| Project manager |
Milieu Ltd. Environmental Law Consultancy |
| Project description | The purpose of this project mission is to identify a project
to assist Russia with the ratification and implementation of the Aarhus Convention. The
project will primarily focus on pillars 1 and 2 in the convention (Access to information,
Public participation in decision making). |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate, since this is a project identification mission. |
| Grant |
DKK 449,422 |
| Total costs | DKK 449,422 |
| Project title |
Feasibility Study for Borovichi Drinking Water Project | ||||||
| File no. |
124/034-0188 | ||||||
| Project recipient |
Borovichi city administration and vodokanal | ||||||
| Project manager |
Carl Bro Management | ||||||
| Project description | The drinking water supply to Borovichi is characterised by
low quality based on surface water from a nearby river. Part of the project goal will be
to analyse the possibilities for changing the drinking water supply from this surface
water to groundwater drillings. The technical evaluations plus proposals for financing
will be analysed and presented in a feasibility study. The feasibility study is based on a pre-feasibility study recently completed and will include the following:
|
||||||
| Environmental effect (expected) |
The expected effect of the implementation project will be
calculated in the baseline study as part of the inception phase. Environmental effects in
the shape of water saving will be tangible in connection with the pilot projects in the
feasibility study. These effects will also be calculated in the inception phase. |
||||||
| Grant |
DKK 3,692,486 | ||||||
| Total costs | DKK 3,692,486 |
| Project title |
Planning and Management System for the St. Petersburg
Forest Greenfelt |
| File no. |
124/034-0189 |
| Project recipient |
St. Petersburg City Administration |
| Project manager |
Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute |
| Project description | The purpose of the project is to increase the sustainability
of the exploitation of the large green forest belt surrounding the second largest city in
Russia, St. Petersburg. The belt has great recreational value and provides an essential
supplementary source of provisions for a large part of the city's five million citizens.
The lack of comprehensive planning and administration aggravates the strain on the 142,500
ha forest (the same size as the total Danish state forest area) through unscheduled
development, uncontrolled recreational exploitation and pollution. In cooperation with
various interested parties an extensive registration of social, ecological, cultural and
economical conditions affecting the administration of the green forest belt will take
place. In turn, this will constitute the basis for a strategic plan for the future
administration. A number of different pilot implementation of activities and personnel
training will be implemented according to the guidelines in the plan. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Preparation of a plan for 142,000 ha forest around St. Petersburg |
| Grant |
DKK 4,441,586 |
| Total costs | DKK 4,441,586 |
| Project title |
Protected Area Co-ordination, Networking and Capacity
Building in European Russia |
| File no. |
124/034-0190 |
| Project recipient |
National parks and zapovedniks in the north-western part of
Russia |
| Project manager |
Nordeco |
| Project description | The protection of nature is met by demanding challenges
during the continued political and economical reorganisation of Russia. In order to ensure
the protected natural areas in the north-western part of Russia, this project will
establish network co-ordination, develop common policies, build-up capacity and
supplementary training, develop income generating activities plus develop new principles
of administration. The project is implemented in close co-operation with The Association
of Protected Areas in North-west Russia, Baltic Fund for Nature (member of IUCN) and the
Danish consultancy firm NORDECO. The new principles will be tested and presented through a
number of pilot projects, predominantly in the regions Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod and
Kaliningrad. The project is based on the principles from a number of international
conventions, such as CBD, Aarhus, Bern and The PanEuropean Biodiversity and Landscape
Strategy. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
The project is expected to be of great importance to the
long-term administration of protected areas in the north-western part of Russia, including
nine national parks and eleven zapovedniks. |
| Grant |
DKK 8,374,166 |
| Total costs | DKK 9,254,166 |
| Project title |
Local Project Co-ordinator in Moscow and Central Regions
of Russia |
| File no. |
124/034-0191 |
| Project recipient |
Collaborators on environment in Russia and the Danish
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Project manager |
Rambøll as |
| Project description | The local project co-ordinator in the Moscow region will
coordinate the activities of the Danish Environmental Support Programme outside the
north-western region in Moscow, Smolensk and other areas where the programme conducts
projects. The project co-ordinator in Moscow must also assist the project co-ordinator in
the north-western region, and she will be responsible for financial projects, like the
implementation of environmental financial strategies in the north-western region. The
project co-ordinator will be stationed in the Ministry for Natural Resources of the
Russian Federation and the appointment will run 2 1/2 year from June 2001 until the end of
2003. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate. |
| Grant |
DKK 1,760,298 |
| Total costs | DKK 1,760,298 |
| Project title |
Feasibility Studies for PCB Phase-out in the Russian
Federation |
||||||
| File no. |
124/034-0192 | ||||||
| Project recipient |
Environmental authorities in Russia | ||||||
| Project manager |
COWI as | ||||||
| Project description | The project is part of phase 2 of a larger initiative
concerning the PCB phase-out in Russia. The purpose of the project is to assist Russia in
preparing plans of action for phase-out and demo projects in phase 3. In 1998 in Aarhus, 34 countries signed the POP protocol at the UNECE convention for "Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution" (LRTAP). The LRTAP protocol commits all parties to control, reduce or eliminate discharge, emission and loss of POPs. Russia participated in the preparation of the POP protocol but did not sign it. One of the reasons being that Russia still produced and used PCB until the beginning of the 1990s. The purpose of a common international effort in Copenhagen in November 1997 was to make Russia capable of complying with the PCB requirements in LRTAP. The effort was organised in three phases. Denmark supported the first phase of the project together with Norway, Finland and the US, and it was concluded in the fall of 2000. In co-operation with relevant Russian authorities, the steering committee has proposed nine activities for phase 2. This project deals with three activities selected from these nine activities plus participation in the steering committee for the second phase. The following three activities have been selected by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency:
|
||||||
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Not quantifiable | ||||||
| Grant |
DKK 3,498,990 | ||||||
| Total costs | DKK 6,946,990 |
| Project title |
Solid Waste Management Improvements in Novgorod, Russia -
Phase II |
| File no. |
124/034-0194 |
| Project recipient |
Novgorod city and water company |
| Project manager |
COWI as |
| Project description | A waste project in Novgorod is continued with the completion
of a refuse dump section for hazardous waste, improved compaction of refuse dump waste,
better leakage handling, pilot composting, source separation and recycling, establishing
and implementing of a reload station and waste combustion facility for clinic hazardous
waste, development of future strategy, conceptual and detailed design for the extension of
the refuse dumps plus information activities. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Safe storage of 1000 tonnes hazardous waste a year, source
separated household rubbish increases to 32 tonnes/year (300 tonnes/year is expected, when
industrial waste is included), leakage drops from 6,000 to 3,000 tonnes/year, an energy
conservation of 2 GWH/year in industrial plants and a CO2 reduction of 1,300
tonnes/year (saved on transport). |
| Grant |
DKK 10,849,628 |
| Total costs | DKK 21,193,682 |
| Project title |
Rehabilitation of Water Main in the City of Gatchina |
| File no. |
124/034-0195 |
| Project recipient |
Leningrad Oblast, Kirovsk and Gatchina Vodokanal |
| Project manager |
Per Aarsleff A/S |
| Project description | The purpose of the project is to improve the quality of the
drinking water in Gatchina plus improve the water quality in Neva River by rehabilitating
the sewage pipes in Kirovsk. The two projects have been singled out as prioritised
projects in the feasibility study for five cities in Leningrad Oblast (financed by Denmark
and Finland and expected to be implemented with funds from NIB, NEFCO, SIDA, FMoe and
Danish Environmental Support Programme). The project in Gatchina includes rehabilitation of 1,540 meter water supply pipes on the water main and a demo project to introduce authorities in the city and the Oblast to a cost-effective "no-dig" rehabilitation method ("Pipebursting", Per Aarsleff A/S). Furthermore, in connection with the project, Gatchina Vodokanal will rehabilitate and finance 800 metres pipes in traditional fashion (digging-up), plus an additional 150 meter by means of the Pipebursting method. A total of 2,490 metres of the water main will be rehabilitated. The project in Kirovsk is second phase of the rehabilitation of the sewage pipe system
in Kirovsk. The project includes the rehabilitation of 1,230 metres of cement pipes and
1,300 metres of steel pipes. A total of 2,530 metres of pipes will be rehabilitated. The
project is a followup to the rehabilitation of 580 metres pipes in 2000 subsidized by the
Danish Environmental Support Programme with a total amount of DKK 1,304,202. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Rehabilitation of 1,540 metres of water supply pipes in
Gatchina (a total of 2,490 metres of pipes, including locally financed work), plus a total
of 2,530 metres of sewage pipes in Kirovsk. |
| Grant |
DKK 7,755,282 |
| Total costs | DKK 13,435,282 |
| Project title |
Sewerage Mitigation Project, Oktyabrsky Island,
Kaliningrad |
| File no. |
124/034-0196 |
| Project recipient |
Kaliningrad Vodokanal |
| Project manager |
Krüger International Consult A/S |
| Project description | The project concerns the rehabilitation of broken down sewage
pipes on Oktyabrsky Island in the middle of Kaliningrad City. During the project approx.
125 metres of pipes will be replaced. Currently, the area is under constant surveillance
due to direct access to waste water in several places. The situation results in
considerable inconvenience to the islands' 9,000 inhabitants, partly because of the smell
and partly due to the health risk. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Rehabilitation of 125 metres of sewage pipes. |
| Grant |
DKK 3,000,000 |
| Total costs | DKK 3,400,000 |
| Project title |
Assistance on South-West Wastewater Treatment Plant in St.
Petersburg |
| File no. |
124/034-0197 |
| Project recipient |
Vodokanal, St. Petersburg |
| Project manager |
Rambøll as |
| Project description | Rambøll will assist the Danish Environmental Protection
Agency in preparing and implementing an expected grant for a Private-Public Partnership
project for the South West Waste Water Treatment Plant in St. Petersburg, financed with
loans from both NIB, EBRD and EIB plus donations from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and TACIS.
The project will be implemented as a Turn-Key contract for a private consortium from
Sweden and Finland. International, Nordic and national tenders will be invited for the
main part of the technical components. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate. |
| Grant |
DKK 394,000 |
| Total costs | DKK 394,000 |
| Project title |
Formulation of Three Investment Projects in the Russian
Federation |
| File no. |
124/034-0198 |
| Project recipient |
Leningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, City of Pskov |
| Project manager |
COWI as |
| Project description | The purpose of the project is to identify and formulate three
investment projects within the geographical and sectorial priorities in the new country
programme for Russia. Output will be three project documents ready for appraisal and
subsequent tenders in the first half of 2002. The geographical focus of the project
identification will be the city of St. Petersburg, Pskov Oblast and Kaliningrad Oblast.
The projects are expected to cover the following sectors: drinking water, waste water,
household rubbish and the build-up of institutions. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate. |
| Grant |
DKK 1,590,774 |
| Total costs | DKK 1,590,774 |
| Project title |
Regional Contingency Plan for Marine Oil spill Incident in
the Russian Baltic Sea |
| File no. |
124/034-0200 |
| Project recipient |
The Russian State Marine Pollution Control Salvage &
Rescue Administration and the harbours in St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad |
| Project manager |
Carl Bro as |
| Project description | This project will provide technical assistance to an upgrade
of the Russian contingency plan with focus on St. Petersburg and the Kaliningrad region.
The region will be supplied with Danish contingency equipment, and technical assistance
will be rendered to the contingency plan within the fields of inshore areas, beach
cleaning, determination of vulnerability plus reorganisation of the plan. Moreover,
training exercises will be conducted on IMO level I, II and III. The equipment component
is co-financed by Russia and Finland. The project will comply with the MARPOL Convention
and the recommendations for the Helsinki Convention respectively. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
A preventive contingency plan for a potential reduction of
3,000 and 2,000 tonnes in the regions at St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad respectively, i.e.
the contingency plan covers more than 5,000 tonnes in total. Contingency plans in the same
order of magnitude are in place in both Latvia and Lithuania. |
| Grant |
DKK 7,125,000 |
| Total costs | DKK 16,487,500 |
| Project title |
The Northern Sea Route Replacement Programme for
Lighthouses, Project Document |
| File no. |
124/034-0201 |
| Project recipient |
The Russian Marine Administration |
| Project manager |
Wilco Marine, Maritime Safety Consultants |
| Project description | The present power source to 400 lighthouses in the Northern
Shipping Route north of Russia from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific consist of Sr.90
based radioactive generators. The project will prepare a project document as the
foundation for a Nordic or international investment project to install lanterns based on
solar cells and small windmills in these 400 lighthouses in the waters north of Russia to
replace the strontium generators and the lighthouse equipment. As a pilot project lighting
will be installed in up to four lighthouses. Via the establishing of sun/wind based
lightning the subsequent investment project will create the basis for the Russian Marine
Administration to dismantle and transport the Sr.90 batteries to depots in the Urals
without affecting safety at sea in the Northern Shipping Route. |
| Environmental effect (expected) |
Procurement of a project document for a project creating the
prerequisites for the removal of additional 400 Sr.90 batteries to depots in the Urals. |
| Grant |
DKK 2,985,946 |
| Total costs | DKK 3,035,946 |
| Project title |
Appraisal of Project Documents and Tender Evaluation for
Prioritised Projects |
||||
| File no. |
129-0262 | ||||
| Project recipient |
Regions Novgorod and Pskov | ||||
| Project manager |
PEMconsult a/s | ||||
| Project description | This project concerns the appraisal of project documents for
two water supply projects in Pskov:
|
||||
| Environmental effect (expected) |
No immediate, but the accomplishment of the tendered projects
is expected to have considerable effects on health, economy and the environment. |
||||
| Grant |
DKK 589,269 | ||||
| Total costs | DKK 589,269 |