1. Government of the Republic of Serbia
Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure
Single project pipeline
- tool for concentrated economic development -
Pristina 25/03/2015

2. Why Single Project Pipeline
To avoid ad hoc approach to planning preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects
To meet the necessity for strong project prioritization (developed set of criteria reflecting EU and national strategy and policy goals focusing on economic development)
To enable systematic and timely planning of resources
To provide reliable basis for defining proper sequencing of the actions
To help linking investments planning and program budgeting

3. Methodology for selection and prioritisation of infrastructure projects
Adopted by the Government (as an annex to the document National Priorities for international assistance to the Republic of Serbia for the period 2014 to 2017 with the projections up to 2020)
Basis for the Single Project Pipeline.
Covers energy, transport, environment and business related infrastructure.
Based on two basic pillars:
Strategic relevance of the project
Project readiness/maturity for implementation

4. Methodology development process
Comprehensive consultative process involving all relevant stakeholders (line ministries, public utility companies and public and civil society organizations etc.)
Supportive approach by and active participation of the Delegation of the European union in Serbia and the European Commission (DG NEAR)
Consultations with the International Financial Institutions and bilateral donors
Sector Working Groups (SWGs) coordinated by Serbian European Integration Office (SEIO) as a main mechanism for consultations

5. Methodology flow chart
1. Collect existing infrastructure project ideas/proposals
Project identification form (PIF)
2. Identify broad list of projects by completion of Project Identification Forms
Strategic Relevance Assessment criteria (based on PIF)
3. Strategic Relevance Assessment (filtering step)
4. Short list of strategically relevant projects
Gap Assessment Questionnaire /Gap Assessment Report
5. Gap Assessment Analysis of strategically relevant projects
6. Final list of prioritized projects (to be included in ISDACON)

6. Scoring of transport sector projects
Two phases:
Scoring (which is not final) based on Strategic relevance criteria:
Consistency with EU, national, transport policies/strategies
Demand/supply and origin/destination factors
Relation with other transport corridor/routes
Traffic safety and security of transport
Economy systems and sectors affected by the project

7. Scoring of transport sector projects
Final scoring based on GAP report; projects divided into 4 groups according to their degree of maturity:
Group 1 – Ready for tendering and investment realization:
Group 1a – projects with technical documentation prepared, ready for tender preparation or tendering
Group 1b – projects with preparation of technical documentation ongoing, and ready for tendering when it is finished
Group 2 - Ready for preparation of technical documentation:
Group 2a – projects with spatial planning documentation completed with preconditions for land acquisition in place
Group 2b – projects with gaps in spatial planning documentation with preconditions for land acquisition still pending

8. Single Project Pipelines of sectors
Transport Sector Projects (26 projects)
€ 5,512.50m
Waste Water Subsector Projects (17 projects)
€ m
Energy Sector Projects ( 39 projects)
€ 4,487.70m
Solid Waste Projects (15 projects)
€ m
Business related infrastructure projects (12 projects)
€ 57.95m
TOTAL
€ 10,896.50m

9. Project Passport
Project Passports are prepared for all the projects from the single project pipelines on the basis of the inputs from the Gap Assessment Reports.
Project Passport is an overview of all the steps which should be done in the course of project preparation and implementation, projects’ tentative costs and the responsible institution.
Project passport ensures that all the steps are considered in a realistic time perspective.

10. Project Passport example
Highway Belgrade – South Adriatic (E-763) Beograd-Boljare-Podgorica-Bar
Comments
Institution responsible
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Indicative cost estimation (EUR)
Indicative source of financing Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Beograd - Obrenovac Length of the route 17.6 km.
Under negotiation with concessionaire
Ministry of Transport, Roads of Serbia
Concession
Obrenovac - Preljina Length of the route km.
Under construction
Koridori of Serbia
Republic of Serbia, Republic of China, Republic of Azerbaijan
Preljina - Pozega Length of the route km
Pozega - Boljare Length of the route 107 km
Preparation of Spatial Planning documentation
Infrastructure Corridor Special-Purpose Spatial Plan
Infrastructure Corridor Special-Purpose Spatial Plan Pozega-Boljare. Decision for provision approved (Official Gazette of RS, No. 3/11). Under preparation
Government of Serbia
Municipal spatial plan
As the Infrastructure Corridor Special-Purpose Spatial Plan will be used for issuance of Location requirements it is not conditional to update Municipal Spatial Plans, General Urban Plans and General Regulation Plans for implementation of this project, although these plans has to be justified with higher level spatial plans.
General urban plan
General regulation plan B
Not necessary
Urban design
Not required
Elaborate on Expropriation for locations needed
Elaborate should be prepeared
PE Roads of Serbia
Decision on Public Interest
Request for Public interest declaration to be submitted
Land acquisition
Not started
TOTAL
Preparation of technical documentation
Preparation of pre-feasibility study
Pre-feasibility Study for highway E-763 Belgrade-South Adriatic Area, Section III Pozega-Montenegrin border
General design
General Design for highway E-763 Belgrade-South Adriatic Area, Section III Pozega-Montenegrin border
Review of the General Design & Prefeasibility study
State Revision Committee
Site investigation
Feasibility study (with CBA according to the EU requirements)
IPA
Preliminary design
Review of the preliminary Design & Feasibility study
Desin for Construction permit and technical control
Technical control has to be independent
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment study
Full EIA is compulsory per EIA legislation
Scope and content
application to be sent to the Ministry
Ministry for Energy, development and environemntal protection
Preparation
Approval
approval issued by the Ministry
Ministry for Energy, development and environmental protection
Permits
Location requirements
Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure
Construction permit
Preparation of tender documentation and tendering procedure
This is the case if the contract is "design and build"
Institutional
Establishment of PIU
MoT, PE Roads of Serbia
TOTAL PROJECT PREPARATION
TOTAL INVESTMENT REALISATION*
SUPERVISION
Supervision will lastduring project implementation/construction
O & M COSTS/year
This is estimated cost per year
Boljare - Podgorica - Bar Length of the route / 167 km.
Republic of Montenegro
Government of Montenegro
Podgorica - Granica sa Albanijom Length of the route km.

11. National Investment Committee
Provides political support to operationalisation of the single project pipeline
Its recommendations and actions are based on the Single Project Pipeline.
Represents key platform for the discussion on critical issues and steps related to the specific projects from the single project pipeline.
Enables synergy between various sources of financing (budget, loans, and grant funds) with the aim to achieve substantial leverage effect.

12. National Investment Committee (NIC)
Minister of Finance and NIPAC
Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure
Ministry of Economy
Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self Government
Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
Ministry of Mining and Energy
EC , IFIs, bilateral partners
SEIO is a technical secretariat of NIC
Sector Working Groups

13. Key considerations ahead:
Single project pipelines are updated annually
Joint Assistance to Member States and Candidate countries provided by European Commission/EIB/EBRD (JASPERS) and Project preparation facility (PPF) assistance is essential for quality project preparation and mirroring/practicing EU-ESI funds principles
Synergy between EU funds (IPA national, IPA regional-Western Balkans Investment Framework), International Financial Institutions and budget resources coordinated by NIPAC
Promotion of PPP as a modality of financing of infrastructure projects
Proper reflection of the Single project pipeline methodology in the Budget System Law

14. Thank you!