📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2021.2294.3
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
3700 Western Balkans, Central Asia, Eastern Europe
Contact person:
Dr. Sonja Kurz sonja.kurz@giz.de
Partner countries:
Western Balkans/Eastern Partnership na, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo
SUMMARY
Goals:
The capacities of local and national actors in the waste and recycling sector in Southeast Europe to reduce waste discharges into the Adriatic Sea and waters have been improved
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Responsible ministries of the partner countries
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
6,500,000 euros
Current project:
3,000,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
2017.2203.2
Integrated waste management and marine litter prevention in the Western Balkans
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
December 14, 2017 - September 30, 2025
Current project:
01.06.2022 - 30.09.2025
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant secondary objective
Climate change, greenhouse gas reduction
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
14050 Waste management and disposal
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Context
The pollution of inland waters and the Adriatic Sea has become a serious regional challenge for the countries of the Western Balkans and the European Union (EU) countries bordering the Adriatic. Growing amounts of waste in rivers threaten economic activities such as tourism and fishing and endanger the health and livelihoods of people in the region. Marine litter in the Adriatic Sea consists of 90 percent plastic.
Objective
The four partner countries coordinate strategies and successfully reduce marine litter.
Approach
The program supports its partners in improving the implementation of coordinated strategies to reduce marine litter. It brings together public and private partners as well as civil society from the four countries and advises them on how to reduce the entry of plastic waste into the Adriatic Sea.
The program offers advice and training on the structural, legal, and financial aspects of extended producer responsibility (EPR). EPR is a strategic approach designed to ensure that manufacturers and processors assume responsibility for the entire life cycle of their products.
The program helps public and private partners work together to reduce marine litter. It also supports them in improving their data base on plastic waste.
As of May 2025
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (EN)
