Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry A National Prioritized Project Pipeline and Environmental Operational Program

Background Environmental Heavy Cost Investments Planning (EHCIP) Project (Nov. 2003 – Nov. 2005): Investment Packages Component of the project: • Long list of the projects collected through questionnaires • 2 widely participated workshops (April 2004 and June 2005) from all the relevant stakeholders including governmental organizations, NGOs, universities, municipalities • "Project Ranking Methodology“ and "Project Prioritization Manual“ were identified. • Screening and ranking of the projects • Selection of the 6 demonstrative investment projects (solid waste, waste water, air quality) under EHCIP Project Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry 2

Background – EHCIP Project Selection of 6 Demonstrative Project: Request for projects for pipeline Response rate 50% => 250+ project ideas Screening: EU relevance Commenced? Revise method & Ranked list Stakeholder workshop Project ranking methodology Pre-appraisal of 16 projects 12 projects ”suitable” 6 out of 12 selected Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry 3

Background – EHCIP Project Assessment of Prioritization under EHCIP Project: The process Results: The six highest ranked projects – Air (1) • Systematic Karabük AQ management project (No investment component) – Water (2) • Rational • Stakeholder involvement • Free from political interference Nevşehir WWTP project (2006 Program) Tokat WWTP project (2006 Program) – Waste (2) Çanakkale SWM Project (2005 Program) Kuşadası SWM Project (2005 Program) – Industrial Pollution Control (1) Dilovası OID Pollution Control Project (under tendering through external credit) Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry 4

Background New Prioritization Study (2006 -2007): • • • Questionnaires were sent to 450 municipalities over 50. 000 populations (census 2000) and about 300 applications were received. Complementary data from İller Bank, Turk. Stat, SPO, DSI, Treasury. The same screening and ranking criteria as defined by EHCIP Project Figure 1: Distribution of the project proposals Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Forestry 5

Screening and Ranking Criteria 1) National Project Prioritization List A. Screening Criteria B. Ranking Criteria Item Criteria 1. Environmental Criteria 24, 41 Sector Relevance Water/Wastewater Waste Management 2. Technical Criteria 18, 43 Project Indicative Budget The Project should represent an investment of at least EUR 5 million 3. Economical Criteria 17, 85 4. Financial Criteria 15, 40 5. Project-Specific Criteria 13, 72 6. Institutional Criteria 10, 19 Main beneficiary The direct beneficiary must not be private sector TOTAL 100 6

RESULTS - Prioritized Pipeline • After the screening, the national prioritized pipeline is composed of totally 131 projects; – 61 wastewater projects – 52 solid waste projects – 18 drinking water projects • Finally, 3 separate sectoral pipelines for; - wastewater, - drinking water, - solid waste. Figure 2: Distribution of the ranked projects **The final pipeline is published as sectoral ranking lists in the website of the Mo. EF (www. did-cevreorman. gov. tr). Also, a Final Report on the prioritization study is published on the website. 7

RESULTS – Indicative List of Major Projects • An indicative shortlist of the prioritized major projects (>10 M€) is annexed to Environmental Operational Program (OPEnv) for 2007 -2009 period with the relevant financing tables • Technical Assistance Projects are being undertaken to prepare IPA investment packages for the projects in the indicative list of OP-Env. 8

ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM State of Play with EOP: àEOP sets the Program Strategy and Financial Plan for environment sector under IPA Program for 20072009 Period. àFinal Draft of Environment OP was submitted to the European Commission in October 2007. àApproval of EOP is expected by the end of 2007. 9

EOP – PROGRAM STRATEGY Priority Axes: Priority Axis 1: Improvement of water supply, sewerage system and wastewater treatment Measure 1. 1: Imrpovement of water supply quality Measure 1. 2: Improvement of recieving body quality Priority Axis 2: Development of integrated solid waste management Measure 2: Increasing of waste recycling and improvement of sanitary landfill systems 10

EOP – PROGRAM STRATEGY Priority Axes: Priority 3: Technical Assistance Measure 3. 1: Enhancing the management of Environment Operational Program Measure 3. 2: Enhancing the planning capacities of the Final Beneficiaries 11

EOP – FINANCIAL TABLE FOR 2007 -2009 PRIORITY AXES Priority 1 (Water Supply + Wastewater Treatment) Priority 2 (Integrated SWM) Priority 3 (Technical Assistance) TOPLAM EOP EU IPA (%) (MEUR) (%75) NATIONAL CO_FINANCE TOPLAM (MEUR) (%25) 65. 80 134. 3 44. 8 179. 1 28. 20 57. 5 19. 2 76. 7 6. 00 12. 3 4 16. 3 100 204. 1 68. 0 272. 1 12

EOP – INDICATIVE LIST OF MAJOR PROJECTS Solid Waste Management # of Projects Indicative Budget (>10 MEUR) (MEUR) 10 186. 3 Wastewater Management 12 Water Supply 4 70. 2 TOTAL 26 493. 3 236. 8 13