There is no physical or economic displacement associated with the project. All land that the wind farm, sub-station and power line towers are located on was private agricultural land and was purchased by the company at market rates on a willing-buyer, willing-seller basis. Farming practices will continue in the area adjacent to turbines and also on land the company leases but will not utilize. As a result, PS 5 is not applicable to this project.There are no Indigenous Peoples or communities in the area that will be affected by the project, and as a result PS 7 is not applicable to this project. 

As noted above, the project is located in close proximity to the SNR Deliblato Sands an IBA ( http://www.vojvodinasume.rs/en/environmental-protection/deliblato-sands/ ). There are thus potentially significant adverse impacts related to mortality of seasonal and other bird movements across the site, which may include limited numbers of endangered bird species. In addition, several wind farms in the project area are under development, increasing the risk of cumulative impacts on birds. As a result, the project has been classified as a Category A according to IFC’s Environmental and Social Review Procedure. 

Identification of Risks and Impacts 

The 2008 Spatial plan of Kovin municipally recognizes that the region has significant wind energy potential and emphasizes wind energy development potential as one of the major economic/land use activity for the region.  The Detailed Plans of Regulation for the proposed wind farm and 400 kV power line was adopted by the Municipality of Kovin in 2009 and 2012. The company, as required by Serbian legislation, prepared a Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) that assesses the potential significant impacts on the environment which could result from the implementation of the wind farm Detailed Plans of Regulation. The SEIA was approved after public participation in 2011. 

As required under the Serbian Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) legislation an independent project EIA was commissioned and completed during the time period 2009 – 2012. The Serbian legislation on EIA is harmonized with the related EC Directive 97/11/EC. The EIA contains bat and bird surveys undertaken at the site and in the 1.3 km wide buffer zone between site and the Deliblato Sands IBA from September 2009 until November 2011. A project alternatives assessment based on existing land use and biodiversity sensitivity for four alternative locations was performed. The EIA process included public consultations and disclosure with local stakeholders including state authorities, interested NGOs and affected communities. The EIA was approved by the relevant Serbian authorities in November 2012. 

In order to meet the requirements of international finance institutions such as EBRD and IFC, a supplementary ESIA with an associated action plan was completed in October 2014, comprising an additional bird survey conducted from November 2011 to July 2012; a bird and bat collision risk assessment; assessment of the expected impact of the wind farm on Booted Eagles, Saker Falcons and Shrikes; a stakeholder engagement plan; a land acquisition plan and habitat regulations assessment screening. In addition, the company will undertake cumulative impact assessment trough an adaptive management approach, as discussed further in the PS 6 section below.

Management and Monitoring Programs

The findings of the EIA and ESIA have been transferred into measurable objectives to be achieved during construction, commissioning, operation and closure of the project. These objectives are contained in the action plan that was developed as a stand-alone document and supplement to the ESIA. The company has also developed a general construction environmental management plan and a general construction health and safety plan. The company shall integrate all of its existing plans into an Environmental and Social Mitigation and Management plan (ESMMP) with measurable objectives to be achieved during the construction, operations and maintenance (O&M) and decommissioning phases of the project, as per the attached ESAP. The ESMMP that presents the role and responsibilities of the company, EPC contractors and subcontractors will be a dynamic working document which will evolve over the course of the project cycle. Audit activities of contractors will be organized at agreed intervals and results of audits will be compared over time to measure implementation rates. The team of ornithological experts will be recruited to monitor the wind farm site with a buffer zone of 1.3 km, as well as the 10.8 km power line for a period of three years, starting once construction works commence as per ESAP. An independent ornithological expert will be appointed to conduct an annual evaluation of bird and bat survey methodology, monitoring results, to update the bird and bat collision risk assessment, to ensure that mitigation measures are being implemented and are proving effective, and, finally, to adjust these mitigation measures as necessary (as per ESAP).  

Organizational Capacity 

The company has demonstrated capabilities to manage a range of environmental, social and occupational health and safety issues at other wind farms projects in Central and Eastern Europe. The responsibility for implementation of ESMMP rests with the project manager, who will have overall responsibility for site development. The company will appoint qualified professionals to be responsible for the Environment, Health and safety and Social aspects (EHS) of the project. These experienced EHS managers will be responsible for overseeing and monitoring the implementation of the ESMMP, including requirements and specifications relevant to contractors, as well as a dedicated EHS manager at the project site during the construction phase. 

The company will coordinate with the relevant government departments and other stakeholders on matters related to wind farm construction and operational EHS aspects. The contractors’ EHS managers will accept the main responsibility for EHS and social matters pertaining to their works, i.e. will be responsible for the implementation of the ESMMP during construction works, as well as communication with, and the training of their respective construction staff in all aspects of the ESMMP. 

Emergency Preparedness and Response

The company will establish and maintain an emergency preparedness and response system as discussed further in the PS 4 section below. 

Monitoring and Review

The company will establish procedure to monitor and measure the effectiveness of the ESMMP, as well as compliance with any related legal and/or contractual obligation. The external experts will be retained to verify monitoring information on ESMMP effectiveness as per the ESAP. Senior management in the company will receive periodic performance review of the effectiveness of ESMMP based on systematic data collection and analyses performed by third party consultant. Based on these performance reviews, senior management will take the necessary steps to ensure that ESMMP is implemented and seen to be effective.

Working Conditions and Management of Worker Relationship:

The project is estimated to create up to 400 construction phase and 20 operational phase jobs. During the construction phase, about 80 employments opportunities for local residents are expected to be available. The company will establish a written HR policy consistent with Serbian labor law and PS 2 and will provide access of this to all staff, including contractors. It will specifically outline requirements in relation to terms of employment, working hours and overtime, training, leave, retirement, employment welfare, disciplinary actions, health and safety, wages and benefits, the principle of equal opportunity, worker’s organizations, fair treatment and non-discrimination and grievance mechanisms. The company will monitor the performance of contractors including their compliance with company HR policies. All contracts with subcontractors will include clauses requiring compliance with the ESAP, ESMMP and PS 2. 

Grievance Mechanism

The internal grievance mechanism for contracted workers will be available once they begin working, as defined in SEP.  

Protecting the Work Force:

The company will not employ children or forced labor for the project. 

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS):

The company will ensure that EPC contractors and subcontractors comply with standards set out in Serbian labor law and PS 2. The general construction health safety and environmental plan is prepared defining rules, regulations, guidelines responsibilities and requirements regarding HSE applicable to the project. Good international industry practices will be applied to OHS with regard to use of personal protective equipment, work procedures for tower erection and maintenance and equipment movement. All employees will be provided with the necessary training and safety equipment as required for their respective responsibilities and duties.  The OHS monitoring procedure will be integrated into day-to-day operations of the company and requirements will be clearly communicated to contractors and workers engaged by third parties. 

  Resource Efficiency 

The project is implicitly a net benefit from a pollution perspective as it will generate electricity from renewable resources. The proposed project activity will achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions by displacing electricity from the Serbian national grid that is dominated by thermal power generation with a GHG emission factor of 0.792 tCO ₂ q /MWh. The project is expected to generate 450 GWh of electricity per annum, resulting in an estimated GHG reduction of about 350,000 tons CO ₂ q per year.   

Pollution Prevention

Construction phase impacts 

An 24 months construction phase is envisaged comprising the construction of towers and turbine facilities, all accompanying facilities and the 10.8 km, 400 kV power line. As described above, the company prepared a general construction environmental management plan in order to enable adequate condition for mitigation measures and introduction of necessary improvements/modifications during working activities in a construction phase.  

Access roads construction/expansion and construction works associated with the wind turbines foundations and transformer station requires proper drainage and erosion management. All soil and land disturbed and excavated during construction will be re-contoured, replanted, and returned to its original use where possible. The compensation procedure for damage to crops during the construction phase is established. 

The concrete batch plant will be located on the wind farm site as each of the 57 turbine foundations requires about 800 to 1000 m ³  of steel reinforced concrete. The prefabricated concrete batch plant will be provided, operated and decommissioned by Lafarge, an international supplier of building materials. A batch plant emission control plan for air emissions and liquid effluents will be developed and implemented within ESMMP as per the attached ESAP.   The batch plant will require a stable good quality water supply for concrete production that is to be obtained from the Dolovo village water supply system. A water management plan will be developed for the construction phase as per ESAP. 

The construction phase will generate a limited amount of waste (packaging, metals, plastic etc.) which will be sorted and separated in appropriate leak proof containers and disposed of in designated placed by licensed waste management operators. Contractors will be required to implement specific procedures to reduce waste at source, segregate waste by type, and enhance recycling.  Hazardous goods (diesel and oil) will be stored in a covered and controlled storage area with the secondary containment and impermeable floors. 

The nearest noise sensitive receptors to the turbine locations and substations are approximately 0.8 - 1 km away.   The ESIA concluded that the project will adhere to both relevant national and WBG EHS noise limits in the construction phase. 

Operations Phase 

Operations and maintenance activities will be limited, and will include normal periodic maintenance, control/metering and site security management. Key potential operational impacts include potentially negative noise and visual impacts, and positive impacts related to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. 

The project ESIA assessed potential noise impacts based on worst-case parameters for noise generation. It concluded that the project will comply with both the relevant Serbian legal requirements and international noise limits. The ESIA requires implementation of appropriate mitigation measures in order to manage any potential noise issues.  

In terms of visual impacts, the landscape in the area comprises large agricultural fields with open and undefined boundaries. The ESIA viewpoint photographs show that the turbines and towers would be highly visible from a number of viewpoints/villages in the vicinity of the site: Dolovo (2 km), Mramorak (1.1 km), Vladimirovac (2.5 km), and Devojacki bunar (1.5 km). At greater distances, the impact of the turbines on visual amenity at the landscape level reduces to negligible or no effect. Based on the public consultations conducted to date no residents have raised any issues or concerns related to visual impacts. 

There is only one residential property located in the zone where shadow flicker could potentially occur, located 1040 m from a turbine. The ESIA states that it is extremely unlikely that the residents of this property will be affected based on standard software-based modelling results. 

Key project issues associated with community health, safety and security include traffic movement and site security. The greatest potential for traffic and transport impacts is likely to occur during the construction phase, which will involve a large number of transport movements with slow, long and potential wide-load vehicles carrying the turbine components, gravel, cement, metal reinforcements for turbine foundations. The existing E-70 road from the port of Pancevo through the towns of Pancevo, Novo Selo and Vladimirovac will be used for the transport of heavy equipment, turbine elements and supply. According to the ESIA it is anticipated that the traffic in the construction phase will generate some short-term local disruption in the center of Pancevo and in the villages of Novo Selo and Vladimirovac as construction of each turbine requires approximately 100 vehicle movements (i.e. approximately 5,700 large vehicle movements in an eighteen month construction period). 

The project traffic and transport management plan will include access, routing, divisions and abnormal load arrangements. The plan will be implemented in close coordination with the Serbian regional traffic authority and other stakeholders (police authority, local community offices and municipalities) in order to mitigate expected impacts of the increased traffic ensuring community safety. The company will furthermore implement a safety awareness campaign for the local population on transport routes, transport frequency and safety issues, which is expected to further alleviate expected heavy transport impacts during the construction phase.     

There is a landing strip situated 10 km from the proposed site which is in sporadic use for agricultural aviation. Suitable anti-collision lighting and marking systems will be installed on 23 of the 57 turbines in consultation with the Serbian air regulatory traffic authority in order to avert risk of aircraft impacts. 

During the construction and O&M phases an unarmed security team on site will ensure that possibilities for access to site facilities by third parties are limited to the extent possible. The following measures will be implemented: fencing and guarding of the sub-station, assigning unarmed security personnel in the wind farm area, establishing clear signals in hazardous construction areas, placing of warning tapes around excavation areas, and securing of areas where dangerous activities are performed such as turbine erection activities. 

The company shall develop an emergency preparedness and response plan in close collaboration and consultation with the potentially affected communities and other stakeholders and will include detailed preparation to safeguard the health and safety of workers and the communities in the event of emergency.  

Wind farms construction and operation may result in collisions of birds and bats with the wind turbine rotor blades and/or towers potentially causing bird or bat mortality/injury and displacement of species due to loss of suitable feeding and/or breeding /wintering habitat as a consequence of direct loss of habitat.

The 3,700 ha of the wind farm site comprises intensively managed, arable farmland with limited presence of modified habitats; these include unmanaged filed boundaries and road verges often containing areas of grassland, scrub and woodland. The SNR Deliblato Sands, located 1.3 km to the east of the proposed wind farm site, is protected under Serbian legislation as an area of particular importance for the flora and/or fauna, and is on tentative list for consideration as a UNESCO World Heritage Site ( http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1695/ ). As mentioned above, it has also been designated as an IBA since 1989.  Previously known as the “European Sahara”, the SNR covers a total area of 35,000 ha and is the largest and now a  unique area of wind-blown continental sand dunes in Europe. In addition to its geological value, the area supports high levels of biodiversity associated with a complex mosaic of steppe grassland, sand, wet meadow/marsh and natural forest habitats surrounded by fertile agricultural areas.  There are 24 species of amphibians and reptiles recorded and approximately 171 bird species nest there. Some of these are threatened and listed in the IUCN Red book of threatened species.  Part of the SNR Deliblato Sands has been classified as a Ramsar site, namely Labudovo okno. This part is located 30 km to the south of the proposed wind farm and is an important water bird habitat, swamp bird habitat as well as being the largest migratory area in this part of Europe and a wintering site for a range of species such as Pygmy Cormorants ( Phalacrocorax pygmeus),  Little Egret  (Egretta garzetta),  White-fronted Goose  (Anser albifrons)  and Common Goldeneye  (Bucephala clangula).

The local authorities expressed interest to open SNR Deliblato Sands for birdwatching tourism and recreation. In that respect, the municipality of Alibunar approached the company to consider reparation  of the existing 9 km road from Vladimirovac to the village of Devojacki Bunar, the most important weekend settlement and recreation destination in Deliblato Sands and the company has agreed to do so.       

As part of the ESIA baseline bat and bird surveys covering a wind farm site and a collision risk assessment have been conducted. The company will engage with qualified professionals with expertise in ornithology starting in spring 2015, to a) perform bird and bat survey that will cover wind farm site and 10.8 km power line route including identification of bat roosts, b) reassess the collision risk for in-combination effects of the wind farm and power line on bird and bats, and c) based on monitoring results, tailor mitigation measures that will be reflected in ESMMP, as noted in the ESAP. 

All bats are legally protected under the Serbian Law of Nature Protection. The bat survey focused on the wind farm area and conducted between September 2009 and February 2011 identified a total of 16 species. No bat roosts were identified within the boundary of the wind farm, however a number of positively identified bat roosts have been found in the surrounding area. The results obtained give no indication that the wind farm site is of importance for migrating bats. The collision risk assessment confirmed that the proposed wind farm is not expected to have a significant impact on any bat species, however to minimize potential effects from construction, work between dusk and dawn will be minimized during the key bat active season (April to October). Also, by planting additional woodland and scrub along site access roads, the company will enhance known bat flyways, reduce bat passage through the wind farm on a broad front and minimize collision risk.    

The bird surveys were conducted between September 2009 and February 2011 and between November 2011 and July 2012. Eleven species of special interest with the greatest number of flights were identified, namely Common Quail, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Kestrel, Eurasian Hobby, Western Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Greylag Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose and European Bee-eater .  In addition White Tailed Eagles were recorded outside the survey area. Sixteen species were recorded to breed within or near the wind farm site. The collision risk analysis confirmed that the proposed wind farm is not expected to have a significant impact on any of the target species of special interest. Six target species are predicted to have a single collision fatality every 20 years or longer:

?   Eurasian sparrowhawk (one fatality every 38 years); 

?   Black kite (one fatality every 36 years); 

?   Northern goshawk (one fatality every 36 years); 

?   Hen harrier (one fatality every 51 years); 

?   Saker falcon (one fatality every 74 years);

?   Black stork (one fatality every 58 years). 

The only species that is expected to be significantly impacted by the proposed wind farm is the Common Quail, which will lose breeding habitat; an impact of low significance is predicted during construction and an impact of moderate significance is predicted during operation. The ESIA predicted habitat improvement of an area of 4.5 ha (6 territories x 0.75 ha) for breeding of Common Quail within the site that will benefit other breeding species.

The company prepared a habitat regulations assessment screening (HRA) in accordance with the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) that requires that all plans and projects which may have a significant effect on Natura 2000 sites either individually or in combination with other plans and projects, shall be subject to appropriate assessment of the implications for the site in view of the site’s conservation objectives. The HRA concluded that the project will likely have no significant effect on the conservation objectives set for the qualifying features of the SNR Deliblato Sends or the Ramsar site Labudovo Okno. 

The ESIA confirmed that mitigation in a form of turbine shutdown at the time of bird migrations is a suitable measure to employ to reduce collision risk and disturbance effects. The shutdown system for the first 2 years of wind farm operation will relay on trained observers during bird migration periods to give early warning of approaching migrant and wintering flocks. The company will upgrade the shutdown system with bird-tracking radar and/or optical systems depending upon the independent ornithological expert opinion that will be based on a bird and bat mortality monitoring results as per the attached ESAP. Using both of these would enable a full assessment of the oncoming risk to be assessed and the proper activities taken rapidly.  A bird-tracking radar system could be set up at an appropriate location giving the radar a view over the main migration route into the site and will include horizontally-mounted surveillance radar to track bird flight paths and vertically-mounted radar to measure flight heights . The turbine shut down procedures will be established from May to September during night for the following conditions: wind speed lower than 6 m/s, temperature higher than 10  ⁰ C and no rainfall.  

Cumulative impacts are likely to be centered on impacts to birds and bats (and specifically vulnerable, threatened or endangered species); collision risk assessment and the integrity of SNR Deliblato Sands. In the absence of a strategic (including cumulative) impact assessment for the wind power sector in the Banat region, the company will establish and maintain a collaborative relationship with other wind farm developers in the vicinity and other groups to secure a multi-stakeholder approach in anticipating cumulative impact risks, individual project/developer contributions to impacts and the design of new or revision of existing management plans to  appropriately mitigate contributions. Thus, the company will perform cumulative impact assessment through an adaptive management approach. 

Monitoring of injuries and mortalities resulting from collisions of birds and/or bats with project turbines will be monitored by qualified professionals, acceptable for IFC, and/or an independent ornithological expert and assessed to determine if potential exists for impacts on key species of special interest. Data from ongoing monitoring will be annually provided to the IFC and the Provincial Institute for Nature Conservation to inform wider wind farm planning and development.

During EIA completion in 2012 the archeological screening of the wind farm territory and 10.8 km power line was conducted by competent professionals of the Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments (RIPCM). The screening concluded that traces of settlements from the Bronze Age and the Medieval period likely exist in the project area. The project site, according to RIPCM, has the status of a “preliminary protected” archeological locality. The company engaged with RIPCM in 2013 to perform protective archaeological excavations, document and process movable archaeological finds at the four locations along the 10.7 km power line. The RIPCM excavation discovered and processed artifacts from the late Sarmatian era (3rd – 4th century) and indirect indication of settlements of late Iron Age.  The RIPCM determined conditions for the company to fulfill, once the construction works for the power line commence.  According to the ESIA, permanent oversight will be established during foundation work at 22 turbine locations and 14 power line towers locations. The ESIA mitigation measures includes also preparation and implementation of a chance-find procedure in line with IFC PS 8, training of contractors on this chance-find procedure, identification of sensitive areas to contractors and oversight during excavation by RIPCM professionals. As part of ESMMP, the company and contractors will conduct regular audits of mitigation measures, including monitoring of any chance-find archeological remains during the construction phase, in order to mitigate impacts on archeological objects. 

The project SEP identifies key stakeholders and sets out ongoing information and communications plans relating to the project. The SEP will be reviewed periodically during implementation and will be updated as necessary to ensure effective ongoing engagement with local communities. According to SEP public announcements through newspapers, radio and other appropriate channels will be used to inform affected communities of the project construction and operational issues. The SEP defines a grievance mechanism to address concerns that the communities living in the vicinity of the project may have.  It will also facilitate a public forum to raise issues and through mediation, to address these issues adequately.

Key stakeholders identified in the SEP are users of private or public land that will be disturbed during the transport and construction works, local community representatives (in Mramorak, Dolovo, Vladimirovac and Bavaniste villages), local municipal authorities, interested NGOs, relevant national and provincial authorities, the Institute for the Protection of Monuments in Pancevo, and internal stakeholders (company and contractor staff). Disclosure of relevant project information to affected communities was made in Serbian and English. Project documentation is available in the local community offices, the company office in Belgrade and via its website ( http://www.wpc.rs/en/projekat/dokumenta ). The project documentation was available during all public meetings that were held over the past three years.   

Stakeholder engagement has been focused on public consultation during public presentations of the SEIA, EIA,  negotiations undertaken to purchase land as well as engagement concerning the company’s proposed social investment program (with community members of Mramorak, Vladimirovac, Dolovo and Bavanište), over the past three years. The various stakeholders from municipal, provincial and central level government, NGOs, associations were approached for review and comments (for more details, please see documents attached to the ESRS).  Conditions and suggestions submitted by these stakeholders were acknowledged and implemented.

During the land acquisition process, the company successfully concluded bilateral agreements with land owners. First, meetings with all landowners were held in cooperation with the Local Community Offices of Mramorak, Dolovo, Vladimirovac, and Bavanište and the project was presented and general contract terms and conditions were explained to landowners. After that, individual meetings were held with landowners to further negotiate and conclude sale-purchase contracts. 

Following the completion of the supplemental ESIA, during June and July 2012, the company organized public consultations in the local community offices of the villages of Mramorak (15 June 2012), Dolovo (7 July 2012), and in the cultural center of the municipality of Kovin (13 July 2012). These meetings were announced in the local newspaper and announcements were put up on the official notice boards of the Kovin Municipality and the affected local communities, as well as in the village Devojački bunar. Fifty eight people attended the consultations. The company shall implement a second round of public consultation when the CIA and ESMMP are finalized, as per the attached ESAP. 

The company has made available via its website ( http://www.wpc.rs/en/projekat/dokumenta )the following project documents:   EIA, ESIA, SEP, Land Acquisition Plan, Habitat Risk Assessment Screening, Additional Bird and Bat Surveying and Collision Risk Assessment, Assessments of impacts on Birds and Bats, Assessment of impacts on shrikes, Assessment of impacts on booted eagle and Saker falkon, Social Investment Plans for 2013 and 2014. The company will make available all supplemental analyses to stakeholders well before the commencement of construction. This will ensure that the local communities are brought up to date and made aware of the project, its key impacts, the mitigation measures and implementation mechanism.  

The second round of company’s public consultation will include:

- Presentation to local stakeholders of the key findings of the supplementary ESIA and SEP  updated in 2014; 

- One Open Day events in Villages Devojacki Bunar, Novo Selo, Vladimirovac, Dolovo, Mramorak, and Kovin Municipality  to which all stakeholders will be invited at which key project information will be on visual display and company will be available to answer any stakeholder questions

- Copies of all ESIA documentation (as defined in this ESRS) will be made available in Serbian at the Open Day events.

- Request for a proactive consultation by company with Serbian bird organizations.

Based on the results of this consultation, and review of the feedback received during this consultation, the lenders will require the company to amend the project design and the ESMMP as necessary in order to ensure compliance with applicable national and IFI requirements.

Grievance Mechanism 

As per project SEP a grievance mechanism is established, and a procedure is readily accessible to the affected communities through the local community offices and company offices. A company contact person has been appointed to receive process and record/document comments and/or complains by phone, post or email from external stakeholders. The contractors will also appoint contact persons for receiving, processing and documenting complaints. A separate internal grievance mechanism is available for company and contractors employees, once they begin working.      

Ongoing Reporting

The company will provide updates to affected communities on an annual basis on the project development and environmental and social management plans that involve risks to or impacts on them. In addition, information on project development will be available at the local community offices of affected communities and at company site offices.   

Social Development

The company will support local municipal development with a 2% profit share agreement that has been made with the municipality of Kovin. Close cooperation with the villages of Vladimirovac, Mramorak and Dolovo has been established through implementation of the company’s social investment program (SIP). The SIP is primarily based on cooperation with the local community offices of these villages with the objective of supporting local economic and social development and the process of European integrations i.e. to promote principles and values that such process implies with an accent on harmonization of legislation with the EU, the improvement of transparency, the sustainable development, the Aarhus Convention, cultural diversity, human rights, social freedoms and antidiscrimination in all spheres of personal and business life.  The budget for the implementation of SIP for 2013 and 2014 was 31000 Euros.  The Social Investment Annual report for 29 projects  implemented in 2013 is available via company website  http://www.wpc.rs/sr/projekat/dokumenta

The following documents are disclosed as attachment to this ESRS:

Environmental and Social Impact Statement, Atkins, October 2014;

ESIA Non-Technical Summary, November 2014;

Additional bird and bat survey (Nov 2011 to July 2012) and collision risk assessment, Atkins, August 2012

ECODA Assessment of impacts on bats, November 2011;

ECODA Assessment of impacts on birds, October 2011;

ECODA Assessment of impacts on booted eagle and saker falcons, July 2012;

ECODA Assessment of impacts on shrikes , July 2012;

Habitat Regulations Assessment Screening, Atkins, June 2012

Land Acquisition Plan, Vetroelektrane Balkana d.o.o., October 2014;

Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Grievance Mechanism, Vetroelektrane Balkana d.o.o., November 2014; 

Archeological report of wind farm location and 400 kV power line, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments Pancevo, 2013;

WEBG Program for support of social initiatives in 2013 and 2014;

WEGB Social Investment Plan - Annual report for 2013 

The Company will also locally disclose the above listed documents in Serbian language at the Company’s offices in Belgrade and local community offices in Bavaniste, Dolovo, Mramorak, Vladimirovac and municipality offices in Kovin.

Any queries and/or comments about the Project may be directed to:

Mr. Zeljko Djuric  

Djure Jaksica 7  

Belgrade 11000 

Tel  +381 11 xxxxx  

Fax + 381 11   

Mob +381 xx  xx

mailto:   zdju ric@teslawind.rs