Marina Ilic

Project funded byThe European Union

Government of the Republic of SerbiaEuropean Integration Office

PROJECT PREPARATION FACILITY

Methodology for Selection and Prioritization of Infrastructure

Projects: Step 2&3: Strategic Relevance Assessment

Step 5: Gap AssessmentTransport, Environment, Energy & Business

Development

September 30/ BELGRADE


A project funded by the European Union



Methodology Flow Chart

1. Collect existing infrastructure project pipelines (from project promoters, SLAP, line ministry databases, sector strategies)

2. Identify broad list of projects by completion of Project Identification Forms (PIFs) & registration on ISDACON database

3. Strategic Relevance Assessment (filtering step)

4. Short list of strategically relevant projects

5. Gap Assessment Analysis: Project scope (objectives, investment type, options identification) Technical elements (spatial planning & technical documentation) Institutional readiness (institutional framework & capacity) Financial /Economic elements (expenditure coverage /affordability) Environmental /Social elements (EIA, socio /environmental impacts

6. Final list of prioritized projects (to be included in ISDACON)

Project preparation according to Serbian legal requirements & EU procedures

2. Project identification form (PIF)

3. Strategic Relevance Assessment criteria (from PIF)

5. Gap Assessment Questionnaire /Gap Assessment Report Questionnaire + Project Documentation provide data for step 5



Project Identification Forms (PIFs) for energy, environment (solid waste, water/wastewater), transport and business infrastructure projects (PIFs are including questions for Strategic Relevance assessment of the projects)

Strategic Relevance Assessment Forms for the same sectors.

Steps 2 & 3: Strategic Relevance Assessment



Project Identification Forms

After the collection of infrastructure projects, the Ministry in charge will coordinate the completion of Project Identification Forms (PIFs).

PIFs will be completed by Project proponents (PUCs, PEs, …) and the Ministry in charge will instruct them to complete PIFs by a set deadline.

Upon the receipt of all completed PIFs, the Ministry in charge will enter data into ISDACON and create Broad Lists of potential strategic projects for each sector.



Project Identification Forms

PIFs should provide sufficient information for the first filtering step in the prioritization process.

Each PIF addresses the following information:

1. General information and data (lead project beneficiary, total investment, responsible person, institutional set up)

2. Eligibility (EU policies, IPA priorities, national strategic framework, sector strategies)

3. Strategic relevance questions to be responded on by ticking the box

4. Brief description of the project (executive summary)



Strategic Relevance Assessment Forms

Strategic Relevance Assessment Forms will be used to assess the responses on strategic relevance questions from PIF. Strategic relevance can be defined as the extent to which an individual project contributes towards achieving overall and sector policy objectives and/or meeting sector targets as given in the strategic framework. SEIO will:

check Institutional set-up (at policy owner level) and verifies eligibility for IPA and international assistance funding.

carry out preliminary strategic assessment. Results will be discussed and agreed by Sector Working Groups (SWG)

register the assessment by compiling and signing a list of qualified projects.



Step 5: Gap Assessment

Gap Assessment Questionnaires forms for energy, environment (solid waste, water/wastewater), transport and business infrastructure projects

Gap Assessment Reports forms including Project Gap Assessment Sheets for the same sectors.



Gap Assessment Questionnaire Forms

The project proponents/final beneficiaries (PUCs, PEs etc.) will be asked by the Ministry in charge to complete specific ‘Gap Assessment Questionnaires’.

The purpose of the questionnaires is to collect detailed and up-to-date information on the status of the project.

The SEIO will register the completed questionnaires with attached documents received from the Ministry in charge through ISDACON.SEIO will establish Assessment Panel (AP).

The AP members will check/summarise the completed questionnaires and will start the assessment process.



Gap Assessment Report

As the preparation of Gap Assessment Reports (GAR) will require specific technical knowledge, their preparation could be delegated to technical assessors endorsed by SEIO and the Ministry in charge.The GAR should provisionally address: Project scope, investment type; Technical maturity (spatial planning, technical documentation,

options identifications); Institutional readiness (institutional framework and capacity); Financial/Economic maturity (expenditure coverage – affordability); Environmental maturity (EIA, environmental impacts).

A site visit to inspect the existing conditions and a meeting with the project proponents should be organised.



AP will establish the Final List of Prioritised Projects for each sector to be proposed for IPA and international assistance.

Thus the projects will be divided into 4 groups according to their degree of maturity:a) ready for tendering;b) ready for preparation of technical documentation; c) minor gap to be addressed before preparation of technical

documentation; d) substantial gaps to be addressed before preparation.



SEIO will complete the Final Gap Assessment Sheets and produce lists with projects falling under the categories (a), (b), (c) or (d) including the conditions to be met by the Project proponents.

The results of the assessment are to be signed by all the members of the AP.

SWG will approve final list of projects.



Thank you for your attention !

George Chabrzyk – [email protected]

Marina Ilic – [email protected]

Petar Spasic – [email protected]

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