Pilot interventions for wastewater treatment and solid waste management in the cross-border region

25.06.2025

Overall Objective

Enhance the capacity of the relevant municipal authorities for managing and decreasing the risks of environmental pollution and resulting soil and water contamination, human health hazards and contamination of agricultural produce.

Project Purposes

S.O. 1: New and/or improved public services related to the collection and treatment of waste water and solid waste management and disposal introduced 

 

Activities

  1. To construct a waste water collector in the village of Orman, (Gjorche Petrov) for reception of the contents of the primary sewage network
  2. To conduct surveying works – route demarcation
  3. To conduct earthen works:
    1. To conduct installation works (building in of pipelines of ID 315/275mm) SN8 with hydraulic examination of the pipes
    2. To procure and install reinforced concrete inlet manholes 1000mm/H=3.10m
    3. To procure, transport and build in corrugated polypropylene (PP) sewage pipes OD 400mm SN 16 together with a connective material as a protective pipe at the railroad crossing point
    4. To conduct Final works - procuring and installing of a compacted ground tampon layer with thickness of d=30 cm.
  4. To construct a plant for reception and treatment of waste waters in the village of Orman (Gjorche Petrov)
  5. To procure and distribute 1200 waste disposal bins (capacity 120l) for individual households (Novo Brdo)
  6. To procure 108 containers for selection of communal waste (glass, paper and plastic) with the capacity of 240l, for public institutions and certain public locations for collection of the solid waste of individual households, in Novo Brdo
  7. To procure 102 containers with the capacity of 1.1m³ for collection of solid waste of individual households in Nobo Brdo
  8. To procure a waste collection truck (capacity 7.5t) for Novo Brdo
  9. To organize participatory > public consultations with the affected target groups in Novo Brdo and Gjorche Petrov prior to the start and following the completion of the infrastructure and equipment related activities – 4 in total (2 in N. Brdo and 2 in Gj.Petrov)
  10. To develop, adopt and publish three action plans as follows: one Joint Local Environment Action Plan with two separate chapters (Novo Brdo and Gjorche Petrov); and two separate action plans (Novo Brdo only) - Action Plan for Construction and Management of a Waste Water Sewage System and Municipal Waste Management Plan
  11. To organize participatory public consultations with the target groups and all affected entities in the process of development of the three action plans relevant for the environment protection
  12. To organize awareness raising activities (workshops) for dissemination of developed and adopted action plans of relevance for environment protection, and other related reference materials, with a view to promoting EU environment, wastewater and communal
  13. To recruit members of the Joint Project Team: Team Leader (full-time, N.Brdo) -Project Manager (full-time, Gj.Petrov) -Project Assistants (two, full-time, N.Brdo and Gj.Petrov) -Finance Assistants (two, part-time, N.Brdo and Gj.Petrov)
  14. To select and nominate members of the Joint Project Steering Committee
  15. To conduct group and gender)…> quarterly surveys of affected population to collect, analyse, refine and amend the baseline gender-specific disaggregated data – 8 surveys in total
  16. To engage translators in English and local languages
  17. To engage interpreters in local languages for public consultations and  awareness raising workshops in Novo Brdo
  18. To engage an independent external evaluator

 

Novo Brdo, Kosovo
Gjorce Petrov, North Macedonia
466,590.03
Completed
Trade and economic relations
Municipality of Novo Brdo, Kosovo
Municipality of Gjorce Petrov