{"id":6552,"date":"2023-11-14T17:13:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcenergy.rs\/jp\/?p=6552"},"modified":"2023-11-14T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:13:22","slug":"canadian-ambassador-to-serbia-and-ifc-regional-manager-visit-vinca-resource-recovery-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcenergy.rs\/jp\/?p=6552","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Ambassador to Serbia and IFC Regional Manager visit Vin\u010da Resource Recovery Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<div id='cws_vc_shortcode_carousel_69d7c6c1c3f5c'  class='cws_vc_shortcode_sc_carousel cws_sc_carousel cws_vc_shortcode_module arrows_default arrows_on_hover arrows_nav bullets_nav' data-columns='1'><div class='cws_vc_shortcode_sc_carousel_header clearfix'><div class='carousel_nav_panel'><span class='prev'><\/span><span class='next'><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class='cws_vc_shortcode_wrapper cws_wrapper'>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;6554&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6555&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6556&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6557&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6558&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6559&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221;]<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cws_spacing\"><div class=\"cws_spacing cws_spacing_default\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]His Excellency the Canadian Ambassador to Serbia Mr. Giles Norman, IFC&#8217;s Regional Manager for the Western Balkans Mr. Nikolas Marquier, accompanied with Trade Commissioner at the Embassy of Canada Mr. Filip Petrovi\u0107 and IFC Officer for Serbia Mr. Bodin Bulatovi\u0107, visited Vin\u010da Waste Resource Recovery Center and witnessed progress of the Belgrade\u2019s Private \u2013 Public Partnership Project between the City of Belgrade and Beo \u010cista Energija d.o.o. established by\u00a0 ITOCHU Corporation (a Japanese conglomerate operating globally on the &#8220;Sampo-Yoshi&#8221; principle), Veolia Group (a French environmental transformation company), and the Marguerite fund (a pan-European investment fund).<\/p>\n<p>City of Belgrade pioneering initiative, Beo \u010cista Energija is turning into the reality that significantly enhances waste management practice in the Belgrade and the Republic of Serbia thanks to complex project financing structure involving the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the Austrian Development Bank (OeEB).<\/p>\n<p>IFC, who plays a key role globally in advancing private sector climate solutions to help mitigate climate change for the Belgrade\u2019s PPP landmark project in Vinca, is providing financing that includes an \u201cA loan\u201d of up to \u20ac72.2 million. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climate-change.canada.ca\/finance\/details.aspx?id=237\">Government of Canada<\/a>\u00a0support the IFC to provide a concessional senior loan of up to \u20ac20 million from the Canada-IFC Blended Climate Finance Program and MIGA guarantees of \u20ac97.3 million. Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank (OeEB) provided \u201cA loan\u201d from of up to \u20ac35 million and a \u201cB loan\u201d of up to \u20ac35 million.\u00a0 It is part of a wider package that includes an EBRD loan of up to \u20ac128.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mitsuaki Harada and Mr. Vladimir Milovanovi\u0107, Managing Directors of Beo \u010cista Energija thanked for the strong support from the International Finance Corporation and the Embassy of Canada to the PPP project and presented to the esteemed visitors completed facilities, new sanitary landfills and infrastructure, and informed that full scale of services and generation of energy from thermal treatment of the communal waste and landfill gas, all in accordance with the PPP Contract, are scheduled to be provided to the City at the beginning of next year, wright after completing remaining hot commissioning activities. About 30,000 households will be supplied with renewable electrical energy and about 60,000 households with heating energy from the Vinca facilities. 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