Short description of the overall project

The Moldovan capital Chisinau’s landfill will be cleaned up and the site will be upgraded to European Union (EU) standards thanks to a joint investment by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P) fund and the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Short description of activities financed by the donation

The EBRD is providing a €9 million loan to the municipality, the EIB is expected to contribute another €9 million and the E5P Fund is extending a €5 million investment grant. E5P is a multi-donor and multi-international financial institution fund operating in all EU Eastern Partnership countries. In Moldova, it is supported by the European Union, the largest donor, as well as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Sweden, the fund’s initiator and largest bilateral donor.

The loan and grant funds will be used to close a temporary dumpsite in the Ciocana district of Chisinau and rehabilitate the site, upgrade the Tintareni landfill in line with EU directives, rehabilitate the road leading to the landfill, refurbish the existing waste transfer station, invest in a waste-sorting plant and purchase waste collection and transportation trucks. Both locations will benefit from new landfill gas and leachate collection systems.

Under the project, the city will also enhance the governance of the municipal waste management company to help it become more efficient, commercially viable and accountable.