📋 Tender Overview
During the first year of the mandate of the Minister of Environmental Protection, Sara Pavkov, visible and measurable results were achieved in improving the legislative, strategic, and institutional framework, with a clear positioning of environmental protection as one of the priorities of state policy. A series of projects were initiated and implemented that significantly improved the state of the environment and the quality of life of citizens. A special focus was on improving air quality. A new Air Protection Law was adopted, a stricter national air quality index was introduced in accordance with European standards, and the expansion of the network of automatic measuring stations continued. An additional boost is provided by a contract with the EBRD worth 50 million euros, which secured funds for financing projects that will directly improve air quality. At the same time, we continued with incentives for subsidized purchases of electric vehicles, where for the first time the entire system was completely digitized and simplified by applying through the e-Government portal. In parallel with systemic measures, significant attention was paid to cooperation with local governments, as key partners in implementing environmental policies. In 2025, nine public calls were realized, with a total of nearly 1.9 billion dinars allocated for 134 projects in the areas of air protection, waste management, and preservation of landscape diversity. The replacement of boilers in about 950 households in 15 local governments and the improvement of heating systems in 38 public institutions in 31 local governments were included. Projects were also implemented for planting about 160,000 indigenous seedlings in 42 local government units, further enhancing the preservation of landscape diversity. In the area of waste management, 241 illegal landfills were removed. We continued at an even faster pace in 2026, with three public calls already realized and 39 supported projects worth more than 714 million dinars. A contract was signed for the replacement of 33 boilers in 25 public facilities, benefiting about 2,000 employees and more than 100,000 users. In the area of waste management, 350 million dinars were secured for 17 local governments. Additionally, support was provided for the procurement of 26 garbage trucks for more than 20 local government units, increasing the coverage of public service users to over 100,000. Through exceptional cooperation with local governments, we launched a large national ecological campaign for youth Nature has no alternative - so act too, which in the first phase gathered more than 2,000 young people, who actively contributed to raising awareness about the importance of environmental protection and the preservation of natural resources through a series of ecological actions, and soon the implementation of the second phase will begin in cities and municipalities across Serbia. We pay special attention to the preservation of our nature and the improvement of green infrastructure. About 160,000 indigenous seedlings were planted in 42 local governments, and 241 illegal landfills were removed. Additionally, more than 14 million dinars were secured for the remediation of unsanitary landfills, as well as 191 million dinars for greening projects in 2026. When it comes to nature protection, we have significantly expanded the protected territory, which now amounts to 10.73 percent. Seven new protected areas were declared, the status of the Derdap Geopark was confirmed in the UNESCO network, and significant funds were secured for the management of protected areas through 48 contracts with managers and 24 contracts with local governments. A new Nationally Determined Contribution was adopted until 2035, and an MRVA system was established for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions. Water protection is one of the key priorities, which is also included in the national strategy Serbia 2030. To this end, a series of projects aimed at the remediation, revitalization, and improvement of water resources, as well as strengthening the water supply system and increasing resilience to the consequences of climate change, have been implemented and initiated. So far, the implementation of 8 projects has begun: Remediation and revitalization of the Aleksandrovac Lake, arrangement of the Veliki Zaton Lake near Majdanpek, construction of retaining walls in Prijepolje at the Stanjevine landfill site and in Knjazevac on the Beli Timok River in the area of the unsanitary landfill, as well as the construction of two wells in Merosina and Svrljig and a project for the revitalization of the Gradac River bed, which improves water supply and mitigates the effects of drought caused by changing climatic conditions. In the area of improving communal infrastructure and building green kilometers, significant results have been achieved through the implementation and continuation of several capital projects across the Republic of Serbia. Two projects for the construction of a sewage network with a total length of 92.6 km have been completed in Leskovac and Dec. Within eight projects whose implementation began or were contracted since the beginning of Minister Sara Pavkovs mandate, a total length of 94.83 km, 22.27 km of works have been executed so far in Sremski Mihaljevci, Kikinda, Vrsac, Ruma, Karlovcic, Temerin, and Titel. An Agreement on the implementation of a capital project for the construction of a sewage network and wastewater treatment plant in the territory of the Belgrade municipality of Palilula has been signed, systematically addressing one of the most significant environmental challenges in the capital and improving the quality of the environment. At the same time, the implementation of projects for the construction and reconstruction of six wastewater treatment plants in several local government units (Becej, Apatin, Bela Palanka, Secanj, Pecinci, and the city of Valjevo - the settlement of Divcibare) continues, f
