News and Events

Best practices of German-Serbian Development Cooperation / Priboj

21 December 2017

After expert assistance from GIZ in preparatory analytical work, Priboj allocated 122,000 Euros from its own budget and invested it in the reconstruction of the heating system of the Primary School "Branko Radicevic" by installing three boilers on pellet.

Best practices of German-Serbian Development Cooperation / Pirot

21 December 2017

Thanks to the modernization of the district heating system, the introduction of the usage-based billing of heating costs and switching to biomass in four schools with its own heating installations, air pollution in Pirot was reduced by 55 percent.

Visit of the Energy Cooperatives

04 December 2017

Study tour with focus on energy cooperatives is organized within German-Serbian bioenergy partnership.

Manual on biogas - translated in Serbian

04 December 2017

Translation into Serbian language of the publication “Biogas manual –from production to use” is available in electronic form. Publisher: Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR) OT Gülzow, Hofplatz 1, 18276 Gülzow-Prüzen.

Opening ceremony in Pirot

08 November 2017

Opening ceremony regarding fuel-switch to biomass in 4 schools and sport halls in Pirot took place on 7^th of November 2017. Representatives of Municipality of Pirot, private partner GGE ESCO Serbia and German Development Cooperation participated at the event.

Fuel switch in the National Theatre in the City of Užice

13 October 2017

Analysis of the fuel switch to the wood biomass heating system in the National Theatre in the City of Užice was presented end of October 2017.

Parliamentary visit to Baden – Württemberg

03 October 2017

End of September 2017 Serbian members of Parliament and the representatives of the NGO sector in the field of energy and environment visited the State Parliament and the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector of Baden-Württemberg. Study visit was organized within the framework of the Baden-Württemberg -Serbian Bioenergy-Partnership.

Successful completion of Component 3

19 September 2017

After 44 months of activities, Component 3 “Efficient firewood utilization in households” of the Serbian-German cooperation programme „Development of a Sustainable Bioenergy Market in Serbia “ was completed successfully.

Training program on Extension Services in Forestry

28 July 2017

In June and July 2017 three successful 4 days trainings have been held in Zlatar, Zlatibor and Niš. In total 44 participants from JP Srbijašume, NP “Tara”, RDA “Zlatibor” and other support organizations have completed trainings.

Training for private forest owners

28 July 2017

Small-scale forestry in Serbia has significant potential, however it still struggles with many obstacles.