How can we meet the needs of today without diminishing the capacity of future generations to meet theirs?
This area of expertise has evolved by effective combination of our business development skills and the municipal infrastructure project development experience. It includes the following:
Infrastructure Project Planning and Design
Major product here is a comprehensive feasibility assessment of various local/municipal infrastructure or local sustainable development investment projects taking into account all relevant design aspects: the local/regional strategic context, demand analysis, technical analysis, financial and economic cost-benefit analysis according to the international standards using the DCF technique, and institutional capability analysis of the project entity (municipal agency or public enterprise)
Local Economic Development
- Assessment of the current economic status of the regional/local economy
- Development of hierarchy of objectives and targets based on current strengths and opportunities in the regional and national strategic context
- Identification of proven measures, projects and investments and their comprehensive evaluation and ranking using cost-benefit evaluation tools from the public sector point of view
- Development of general municipal infrastructure and industrial parks
- Development of “soft”, or institutional infrastructure for supporting local businesses such as business incubators, development of business advisory services, flexible and sufficient business accommodation within municipalities
- Identification of opportunities for Public-Private-Partnership on regional level. This includes several instruments that both involve management and finance issues and relations
- Structuring implementation strategy and financing arrangements
- Provision of support for identification and attraction of various sources of project finance
Environmental Services
- Preliminary and detailed environmental audit
- Analysis and design of pollution prevention technologies, systems and projects
- Energy efficiency audits and design and analysis of project based investments
- Identification of sources of finance for project based investments