APPLICATION OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT UNITS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN
THE AREA OF CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION OF BUSINESS PLANS, FEASIBILITY
STUDIES AND PROJECT DOCUMENTATION FOR ENERGY COMMUNITY PROJECTS
The project “Community Action for Energy Transition (CAET) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)” has
been approved by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and
is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in
cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH (MOFTER). CAET
helps BiH in its efforts to make the energy transition sustainable and fulfill the country’s obligations
under the Energy Community Treaty.
In order to promote the energy transition at the local level, CAET will focus on
supporting local self-government units (LSUs) in developing projects within the concept
of energy communities (EC): renewable energy communities (REC) and citizen energy
communities (CEC). In line with these plans, CAET announces a call for participation in
informational sessions where the elements of the planned technical assistance by GIZ will be presented.
GIZ technical assistance will include capacity development and preparation of business plans,
feasibility studies and project documentation (preliminary or main project) for energy community projects
that are planned for development or are in the development phase. The call is open to LSUs.
REC is a legal entity established with the aim of using renewable energy sources for the production
of electricity primarily to meet the energy needs of its members.
At the same time, REC members can be natural and legal persons, public companies and institutions,
including LSUs. A small and medium-sized enterprise can be a member of REC, provided that the production
of electricity from renewable sources is not its primary activity.
CEC is a legal entity established with the aim of using renewable energy sources for the production
of electricity and heat to meet the energy needs of its members, to provide energy services or electric vehicle charging services or to provide other
energy services to its members. CEC members can be natural persons, LSUs or small
enterprises.
After the informational sessions are held, GIZ will announce a public call for collecting applications from
LSUs with project ideas for energy communities. LSUs that make the shortlist will be
contacted and invited to discuss the content of their project ideas. The interview will
result in the selection of eight (8) energy community project ideas for which GIZ will provide
technical assistance in capacity development and preparation of business plans, feasibility studies and
project documentation (preliminary or main project documentation). Business plans, feasibility
studies and project documentation will serve the project idea holders to define the directions of development and implementation of the idea.
The basic criteria for selecting LSUs that will receive technical assistance are as follows:
(1) LSUs are implementing or finalizing the process of preparing the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan
(SECAP),
(2) The conceptual project idea of the energy community: (a) contributes to the use of renewable energy
sources for the production of electricity and heat to meet the energy needs of the members of the energy community, (b) ensures benefits for members of the energy community and the local community.
The dates of the informational sessions are:
Online session via MS Teams on 15.03.2024. The link will be
provided to all registered participants.
19.03.2024. Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Srpska, Branka Ćopića 6, 78000 Banja Luka, starting at 10:00.
20.03.2024. Chamber of Commerce of the Una-Sana Canton, Trg Maršala Tita bb, 77000 Bihać, starting at 10:00.
26.03.2024. Hotel Integra, Trg Travunije 1, 89000 Trebinje, starting at 10:00.
02.04.2024. Chamber of Commerce of the Zenica-Doboj Canton, Mehmedalije Tarabara 15, 72000 Zenica, starting at 10:00.
08.04.2024. Chamber of Commerce of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cvijete Zuzorić bb, 76100 Brčko District BiH, starting at 10:00
Interested participants can send their applications for participation in the informational sessions to the following e-mails:
– Chamber of Economy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: a.hodzic@kfbih.com a.karahasan@kfbih.com
– Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Srpska: boskob@komorars.ba nikolinad@komorars.ba
– Chamber of Commerce of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina: pkomora.bd@gmail.com nevenka.pkbd@gmail.com.
The application deadline is 14.03.2024. Registered participants will be informed in time about the final agenda of the informational sessions. Preliminary agendas of the informational sessions can be downloaded HERE
For all additional information you can contact: Minela Isaković, minela.isakovic@giz.de, 062 126 275.
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