CASE STUDIES OF GREEN PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES:

EXAMPLE FROM POLAND

Rafał Stanek SST-CONSULT /Kommunalkredit Public Consulting

Promoting Clean Urban Public Transport in Kazakhstan: Designing a Green Investment Programme

14 December 2016, Astana

• Name of the programme: Improvement of air quality (programme has 3 parts, part 3 is named Gazelle BIS - Low-emission collective urban public transport)

• Objective of the programme: Reducing human exposure to the effects of air pollution in areas where there are significant excesses and target concentration levels of these pollutants, through the development of air protection programmes and by reducing emissions of pollutants, in particular PM2.5, PM10 and CO2 emissions

Environmental programme

• Number of developed air protection programmes: 21;

• Reduction of PM10: 95 Mg/annually• Reduction of PM2.5: 88 Mg/annually• Reduction of CO2 emissions: 40 thousand

Mg/annually

• Programme does not set goals separately for each part

Goals of the programme

• Programme budget: PLN 425 500 thousand (~ EUR 100 million) of which:• Grants: PLN 125 000 thousand• Soft loans: PLN 300 000 thousand

• Part 3 is financed by soft loans only however after project is implemented 30% of the soft loan is cancelled

Budget

• Years: 2016-2023

• Applications collected by the end of 2020, while project implementation may last by the end of 2023

Period of implementation

• Hybrid buses: • Length < 13m: up to PLN 1.6 M (<

EUR 400 th.)• Length > 13m: up to PLN 2.1 M (~

EUR 500 th.)• Electric buses:

• Length < 13m: up to PLN 1.8 M (~ EUR 450 th.)

• Length > 13m: up to PLN 2.4 M (~ EUR 550 th.)

Types of projects financed

• Gas buses (like CNG): • Length < 13m: up to PLN 1.1 M (~ EUR 250 th.)• Length > 13m: up to PLN 1.5 M (~EUR 350th.)

• Trolleybuses:• Length < 13m with battery: up to PLN 1.9 M

(>EUR 450 th.)• Length < 13m without battery: up to PLN 1.6 M

(<EUR 400 th.)• Length > 13m with battery: up to PLN 2.2 M

(~EUR 500 th. EUR)• Length > 13m without battery: up to PLN 1.9 M

(>EUR 450 th. EUR)

Types of projects financed

• Trams: • Length < 31m: up to PLN 8 M (<EUR 2 M )• Length > 31m: up to PLN 10 M (< EUR 2.5

M)

Types of projects financed

• CNG/LNG stations• Electricity charging stations• Traffic control to ensure a high priority for public

transport (including area control systems and traffic light systems,)

• Bus lanes• Park&Ride not further then 100 m to the bus

/tram stop• Passenger information system at bus stops, in

the vehicles, online• Tickets sale systems• Parking fee payment stations• Bike roads• Trolleybus infrastructure

Types of projects financed – Supporting infrastructure

• Co-financing rate is up to 100% of the costs however new transport means cannot exceed 80% of the total costs, while supporting infrastructure (automatic control, bus lanes, park&ride, CNG stations) cannot exceed 50% of the total costs

• Minimum co-financing: PLN 5 million• Maximum co-financing: PLN 50 million• Interest rate: 2%

Soft loan co-financing

• Local governments (cities) and municipal associations

• Beneficiary has to ensure that:• minimum public transport services will

be 20 km per citizen• Paid parking system capacity will be at

least 3 per 1000 citizens

Beneficiaries

• Environmental effect• Project financing structure (not only new

transport means but also supporting infrastructure)

• Project feasibility• Cost efficiency

Project selection criteria

The Programme is implemented by Polish National Environmental Fund

Information available on the web page: - environmental programme - application forms and list of attachments – application is submitted using a web based software („application generator”) - general rules for co-financing from the Polish National Environmental Fund - methodology to calculate environmental effect

Institutional aspects

First stage of project appraisal

- 16 questions with answers: yes/no - In order for the project to qualify for the second stage, it must receive all answers yes

Second stage of project appraisal

- about 10 different criteria - points are assigned to each criterion - there is a very detailed description on what number of points each project gets

Second stage of project appraisal

- at the end, the points are multiplied by weights (importance of the criterion) and then summarised - the sum of points is used to prepare a ranking list and to make decision on financing