Western Balkans
Launch of the Western Balkans Coal Regions in Transition Public Perception Survey
The World Bank’s Energy & Extractives Global Practice, together with the Energy Community Secretariat, launched on 11 October the Western Balkans Coal Regions in Transition Public Perception Survey, to be conducted across the coal regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North…
EBRD and EU Help Furniture Manufacturer in Serbia to Invest in Modern Equipment
With eyes on the EU market, Novi Stil from Jagodina invests in quality to become more competitive. Like other countries in the Western Balkans, Serbia faces a ‘brain drain’. However, Novi Stil, a company based in Jagodina and specialising in…
EBRD Calls for an Increase in Rail Investment in the Western Balkans
As one of the major multilateral investors in the Western Balkans, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued an appeal for more investment in the region’s railway sector to address the climate change emergency and improve connectivity.…
EBRD, EU and Austria finance energy efficiency in Serbia’s homes
Households in Serbia are set to benefit from the further expansion of the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) with a new EUR 5 million loan in local currency provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to ProCredit…
Exchange Programme For Coal Regions to Share Experiences With Implementing Just Transition to Clean Energy
Coal regions in the Western Balkans, Ukraine and the EU are invited to join an exchange programme to accelerate just local energy transitions. The programme is an opportunity for regions to start direct, one-to-one dialogues, connect with different stakeholders, learn…
ENV.NET – Circular Economy and Climate Change
The third cycle of the project “ENV.net factoring the environmental portfolio for the Western Balkans and Turkey in the EU Policy Agenda” (ref. No. 2017 / 394-372) – ENV.net3 was realized in the period from December 2017 to December 2020.…
EBRD and EU Support Packaging Producer in Serbia
Packaging is a crucial feature of successful product marketing and greatly influences business and sales growth. Comex, a Serbian company specialising in the production of flexible food and non-food packaging and wrapping materials since 1990, knows this all too well.…