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[DOO “Komunalno” Budva Montenegro]

Full official name in English:Utility Company Budva
Acronym:UCB
Name of company in Contry’s language:D.O.O. “Komunalno” Budva
Legal status:Public organization
Official address:Trg Sunca No.1, 85310 Budva, Montenegro
GSM:+382 68 890 972 / +382 68 890 783
E-mail address:andrea.doljanica@komunalnobd.me ; magdalena.ivancevic@komunalnobd.me

Main activities:
The efforts of Montenegro to become part of the European Union family are seen on local level trough efforts of raising the competitiveness of Montenegro by increasing technical capacities, developing infrastructure but always keeping in mind environment protection.

Utility Company Budva (UCB) exists since 1966, and now has 191 employees. The services we provide are: cleaning public areas, collection, transportation and disposal of garbage, maintenance and editing public green area, maintenance and collection of market services, production of seedlings, seeds and vegetable materials, civil engineering works, perform installation work (construction, maintenance, street lighting, traffic lights), disposal of abandoned or lost animals and maintenance of shelters for their care, maintenance of vertical and horizontal traffic signals.

UCB has experience with EU funded project and in the management of complex project at local and national level. UCB upgraded and complement a number of activities from other project already implemented. UCB activities are of public interest and constitute and indispensable condition for the life and work of citizens, business and other subjects in accordance with sustainable development.

The company has its own system of business complied with the international standards ISO 9001 to ensure that its services consistently meet customer’s requirements, and that quality is consistently improved and ISO 14000 to improve organization environmental performance and control the environmental impact of its activities and reduced the greatest extent possible amount of waste which is dispose to landfill ensuring compliance with EU legislative requirements. Furthermore UCB needs to improve competitiveness of businesses.

Budva has a rich history and culture and is one of the most visited town in Montenegro. Wastes represent one of the strongest pressures on the environment in Mediterranean regions and also in Budva. Growing economic development- tourism – also have had a strong environment impact on natural and cultural heritage. The protection of historical buildings, monuments, natural areas and other heritage sites and to improve the quality of the urban environment has therefore become a major objective of our company. Our efforts are to make our town clean and healthy, green and pleasant, efficient and sustainable.

Budva is a “Montenegrin” town on the Adriatic Sea. It has around 19,218 (2011 census) inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, known for its well preserved medieval walled city, sandy beaches and diverse nightlife. Budva is 2,500 years old, which makes it one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic coast. Budva is the reigning “tourist capital of Montenegro”.

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The aims of UCB are to develop and improve a waste management system as a comprehensive waste prevention, recycling, composting, and disposal program and to effectively protect human health, environment and respecting urban heritage for the long term development. The aims of UCB is to contribute to better living conditions and to ensure a future of healthy, attractive, sustainable town with social and economic advantages.

Each of these activities requires careful planning, financing, collection, and transport because improperly managed solid waste poses a risk to human health and the environment and also increases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Like other environmental elements waste does not follow regional borders.

We are facing in terms of demand for more and cleaner energy to fuel growth. At the same time, improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions remain important preconditions for acceding to the European Union. UCB is aware that promoting energy efficiency and increasing the use of renewable energy are crucial elements in the fight against climate change.

We are trying to find project partners and to exchange knowledge and experiences, to develop and implement pilot actions, to test the feasibility of new policies, products and services and to support investments we think that this could be an opportunity to create new relations and future collaborations for broad range of projects. The area of waste management represents significant challenge due to its complexity and level of negative impacts on environment, with strong attractiveness of coastal areas, environmental strain of urban development. Low carbon economy is a key issue for territorial sustainable development for us. There is more that we can and should still learn!

In regards to next MED Program call for project ideas, expected to be launched soon, we would like to inform you that we are very interested to be part of possible partner consortiums in order to participate and collaborate in the frame of this call.

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