ARCHANGELSK MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICES DEVELOPMENT

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Project ID 20699

Status Complete

Location

Russia

Business Sector

Municipal Infrastructure

Notice Type

State

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 20699

Status Complete

Location

Russia

Business Sector

Municipal Infrastructure

Notice Type

State

Environmental Category

Approval Date

02 Sep 2003

Disclosure date

26 Mar 2003

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Project Description

Key objectives are to reduce operation and maintenance costs, water losses and discharge of untreated sewerage into local river and the Barents Sea Basin and to improve the operational and financial performance of the municipal water and waste-water services in Archangelsk. The project is a priority project of the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP), and is co-financed by a grant of € 8.2 million..

Transition Impact

The project would have an impact on the transition process through corporatisation and commercialisation of the Vodocanal, through improved financial and operational performance and development of scope for a service contract.

The Client

The borrower will be the water utility (Vodocanal) of Archangelsk City. The Archangelsk Region will act as guarantor.

EBRD Finance

Senior loan of €10 million or RUB equivalent to Archangelsk water utility.

Project Cost

Equivalent to €25.3 million.

Environmental Impact

Screened B/0. The project has mainly environmental objectives. It will help to improve water and wastewater management in the City of Archangelsk and reduce threat to public health and safety. An Environmental Analysis is being carried out by international consultants as part of the feasibility study which will provide information on the current environmental conditions of water and wastewater facilities and will assess potential impacts of implementing the planned upgrade of water and wastewater facilities.

Technical Cooperation

Technical Feasibility Study already financed by the Finnish Government (€230,000).

Creditworthiness Enhancement Programme to be financed by the British Government (€200,000).

Environmental Action Plan to be financed by the Government of Luxemburg (€200,000).

PIU Training and Support financed by the European Union (€350,000).

International Project Engineer financed by NDEP (€900,000)

Corporate Development Programme is envisaged to be financed on bilateral basis by the Swedish ‘SIDA’ (€500,000)

Transition impact

ETI Score:75

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

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