Project Finance and Support Department (PFSD) is responsible for development of projects and coordination of international (including IFIs) funding.

PFSD’s main responsibilities include planning of the EU financial assistance in the environmental sector and preparation of the applications and supporting documentation of the projects to be co-financed by the EU. The Department is responsible for:

 

• organisation of development and implementation of the EU Directive Specific Implementation and Financing Plans in water management and solid waste management sectors;
• co-ordination of the acquisition of financial resources from the EU and International Financing Institutions for implementation of environmental infrastructure projects;
• provision of administrative and technical management for the elaboration of feasibility studies, in order to ensure their conformity with the Environmental Investment Strategy, other strategic documents, legal acts and EU requirements;
• organisation of submission of proposals for receiving EU co-financing to the Managing Authority;
• participation in the administrative and technical management of EU co-financed projects.

Department consists of three units: Water Management Project Unit, Waste Management Unit, Project Coordination Unit. Main functions and responsibilities of the Units are described below.

Water Projects Unit

• planning of technical assistance for water services development projects preparation and financing for investment projects;
• evaluation of the project conception for water services development projects, in order to ensure their conformity with the compliance of Environmental Investment Strategy, other strategic documents, legal acts and EU requirements;
• organization of water services development projects preparation in accordance with the investment strategies, legal requirements and conditions to attract EU financing;
• organization of potencially EU co-financed water services development project application submission to the Managing Authority;

Waste Management Unit

• planning of technical assistance for waste management projects preparation and financing for investment projects;
• evaluation of the project conception for waste management projects, in order to ensure their conformity with the compliance of Environmental Investment Strategy, other strategic documents, legal acts and EU requirements;
• organization of waste management projects preparation in accordance with the investment strategies, legal requirements and conditions to attract EU financing;
• organization of potencially EU co-financed waste management project application submission to the Managing Authority;

Project Co-ordination Unit

• co-ordination of development of the environmental investment projects;
• participate in development of national programms for aquisition of financial resources from European Regional Development fund for the environmental infrastructure projects;
• provision of the supervision of the activities included in the Single Programming document, which are under the responsibility of Ministry of Environment