1. Jaakko Henttonen, NDEP Manager EBRD St Petersburg
EU Baltic Sea Strategy and the Northern Dimension
19th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference
Mariehamn, August 2010
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Jaakko Henttonen, NDEP Manager EBRD St Petersburg 1

2. Common issues for EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region and NDEP
Reduction of nutrient inputs into Baltic Sea
Intensive cooperation with Russia following adoption of the HELCOM National Action Plan
Development of working relations with Belarus
Ensuring adequate funds for priority actions

3. Background: Plankton blooms in 2002
While the nutrient concentrations are peaking in winter their impacts in the living component of the ecosystem are seen during their growth season in the summer – most spectacular in the form of algal blooms, the effects of which are very distinct when during summer beaches need to be closed.

4. Baltic states, Poland and Belarus are also part of the Northern Dimension
► More than 50% of phosphorous load into the Baltic Sea from Poland ► Belarus and Russia need more effective municipal wastewater treatment

5. Belarus is part of the Baltic Sea catchment area
Western Dvina
Vitebsk ● ●
Poletsk
Neman
Minsk ● ●
Grodno
Bug ●
Brest

6. Map of 17 Poultry Farms in Leningrad Oblast
Locations 2
Map of 17 Poultry Farms in Leningrad Oblast

7. NDEP Environmental Projects in 2010 for the Baltic Sea Region
IFI Loan
NDEP Grant
Total cost
PROJECTS COMPLETED:
1 St Petersburg Southwestern Wastewater Plant
€96.55m
€5.8m
€193.6m
2 St Petersburg Northern Sludge Incinerator
€58.18m
€6.35m
€90.4m
3 St Petersburg Flood Protection Barrier
€277.5m
€1m
€2,000m
PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION:
4 Leningrad Oblast Wastewater System Rehabilitation
€5.25m
€4m
€23.2m
5 Kaliningrad Project Implementation Unit
n/a
€3m
€3.8m
6 Kaliningrad District Heating Rehabilitation
€12m
€7.3m
€21.8m
7 Kaliningrad Water/Wastewater Plant Construction
€23.53m
€10m
€110m
8 Novgorod Water/Wastewater Rehabilitation
€7m
€17.1m
9 Sosnovy Bor Wastewater Treatment Rehabilitation
€0.75m
€0.5m
€3.3m
10 St Petersburg Neva Programme
€60m
€24m
€563m
11 St Petersburg Ten Suburban Wastewater Plants
€5m
€3.75m
16m
PROJECTS TO BE SIGNED:
12 PIU for Agricultural waste in Leningrad oblast
€2m
€3.5m
13 Petrozavodsk Water/Wastewater Rehabilitation
€11m
€32m
TOTAL
€556.76m
€75.5m
€3,078m

8. Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) – key points
NDEP is recognised as effective model for international cooperation based on co-financing structure by loans, grants and local funds; extended until 2017
EBRD, NIB, NEFCO, EIB are the Implementing Agencies of NDEP projects to provide the inevitable loans for financial packages and to prepare project concepts
NDEP delivers real projects - €112 million committed for 22 non-nuclear projects leveraging €3.5 billion in total investment; Present non-committed balance ca EUR15 million.
Due to intensive project development new funds will be sought by the NDEP Steering Group shortly

9. NDEP Support Fund in 2010 €127.3m €157.1m €284.4m Environmental
Nuclear
€30m
European Union
€40m
Russia
France
Canada
€20m
€10m
Germany
€18.9m
Sweden
€16m
Finland
€2m UK
€23.6m
Denmark
€1m
€1.4m
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
€0.5m
Belarus
€127.3m
€157.1m
€284.4m

10. London London 3 2010 London 3 Dec 2010 3 December 2010 London
8 October 2010 Minsk
9 April 2010 London

11. Sosnovyi Bor Municipal Water and Wastewater Rehabilitation € 3.3m
Equity
Loans
Grants

12. St Petersburg Neva Program € 186.9m

13. Kaliningrad Water and Wastewater Rehabilitation - €110m
Equity
Loans
Grants

14. Environmental Benefits of NDEP
Once implemented, the 16 environmental window projects will cut the pollution load by:
Phosphorous – 1,840 tonnes per year
Nitrogen – 5,568 tonnes per year
BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) – 32,284 tonnes per year
SO2 – 2,680 tonnes per year
CO ,000 tonnes per year

15. Other benefits
Prevention of further deterioration of municipal systems and services and associated adverse environmental and social impacts
Transfer of modern project and investment planning, financing and management skills
Paradigm shift from budgetary funding to self- financing through full cost recovery

16. Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership
South-western Wastewater Treatment Plant in St Petersburg
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17. ST. PETERSBURG - SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (SWTP) in 2002

18. ST. PETERSBURG - SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (SWTP) in 2005

19. Inauguration September 22, 2005
ST. PETERSBURG – INAUGURATION OF THE SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (SWTP)
Inauguration September 22, 2005

20. - Wastewater treatment plant EUR 149 million
ST. PETERSBURG
SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (SWTP)
Main Components:
- Wastewater treatment plant EUR 149 million
- Inlet pipeline EUR 15 million
- Sludge incineration plant EUR 30 million (ready spring 2007)
Total cost of project: EUR 194 million

21. ST. PETERSBURG SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (SWTP)
Environmental Effects:
Reduction of nutrient to Gulf of Finland:
- BOD tons/year
- Phosphorus 360 tonnes/year
- Nitrogen tonnes/year
Enough treatment capacity for treatment of all municipal wastewater
After SWTP, approx. 85% of the City of St. Petersburg municipal wastewater is treated

22. SWTP treatment results
Parameter
Concentration in influent, mg/l
Concentration in effluent, mg/l
Reduction %
BOD5
245
3.2
98.7
Ptot
4.8
0.24
95.0
Ntot 29
6.7
76.9

23. SWTP nitrogen reduction

24. SWTP phosphorus reduction

25. Financial sources (1)
● Credits - where to borrow from? → International Financing Institutions: EBRD, NIB, NEFCO, EIB offer long-term loans, year maturities; IFIs lead NDEP project preparation
→ NIB Baltic Sea Environmental Facility (EUR 500 million)
→ Commercial Banks: still short-term lending with various terms; guarantees possible

26. Financial sources for BSAP (2)
● International Grants - where to find them?
→ Active bi-lateral programs (SIDA, Finland, Norway etc.)
→ Multilateral: NDEP linked with IFI loans
→ European Commission: EU programmes with national/ local counterpart funding, ENPI; EU Baltic Sea Strategy
→ Private foundations: provision of catalytic seed money and bringing high-level publicity & increased awareness

27. Financial sources for BSAP (3)
● National funding sources
→ National Federal Programmes e.g. Clean Water coordinated by Ministry of Regional Development in Russia
→ Regional Allocations
→ Municipal Budget resources
→ Self-financing based on tariff revenues

28. NDEP - future activities
NDEP cooperates closely with HELCOM and other regional organizations for good coordination of joint activities. EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is a key guideline.
Project preparation has commenced in Belarus in 2010 by NIB and EBRD; significant bilateral support from Sweden, Finland and Austria
Coordination with national programs such as “Clean Water” in Russia and Belarus for multiple benefits.
2010 challenges: ensuring good progress for Neva-project and wastewater treatment in Kaliningrad; waste management of agro- industries by NEFCO in Lenoblast ; new projects in Pskov, Petrozavodsk and Lenoblast in Russia as well as in Belarus
New funds required for the pipeline activities. EC and Russia lead financial contributors with Sweden, Germany and Finland.

29. Our common tasks “Every little counts” in the Baltic Sea basin
International agreements are to be integrated into national targets and policies including necessary financial commitments
National targets are applied into regional and municipal actions down to citizen level
Every household and enterprise is equally responsible for their own share - for a Cleaner Baltic Sea

30. For more on NDEP… Please contact: Jaakko Henttonen, NDEP Manager
EBRD RO, Nevsky Prospekt 25, St Petersburg
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Ewa Manik, NDEP Administrative Officer
EBRD, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN
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