TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

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Project ID 3092

Status Complete

Location

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Business Sector

Notice Type

State

Project timeline

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

Project ID 3092

Status Complete

Location

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Business Sector

Notice Type

State

Environmental Category

Approval Date

28 Apr 1998

Disclosure date

06 Feb 1998

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

Reconstruction project funded by sovereign loan and grant donor funds. The project will also prepare the way for sector restructuring and eventual privatisation.

The project aims to:

re-establish access to telecommunications services in areas damaged by the war;
create a legal and regulatory framework to support the normal integration and operation of the telecommunications sector and to encourage private investment; and
strengthen the management and performance of the loan beneficiaries.

Transition Impact

A strong component of the project is to develop the basic telecommunications legal and regulatory framework in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will encourage further investments in the region.

The Client

The borrower will be Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), which will on-lend the proceeds of the loan to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBH) and Republika Srpska (RS). The "beneficiaries" are the three local telecommunications operators (PTT BiH, HPT Mostar and Telekom Srpske), which operate domestic and international telephone communications.

EBRD Finance

The Bank will provide US$ 20 million (ECU 18 million) in the form of a state loan, with full sovereign guarantee. US$ 21 million (ECU 19 million) will be co-financed by grants from foreign donors (Japan, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway).

Project Cost

US$ 51.8 million (ECU 46 million).

Environmental Impact

The project has been classified B/0, requiring an Environmental Analysis. There are unlikely to be any significant issues associated with the project. However, due to the potential environmental impact in connection with past damage as a result of the war, construction activities and the replacement of old equipment, an Environmental Analysis is required and is being carried out. If any environmental issues arise, appropriate environmental mitigation measures will be developed.

Technical Cooperation

An 18-month technical assistance package, including three major assignments totalling about ECU 1.15 million, will help to finalise and implement the project.

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

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No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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