29 January 2019 - At the latest session, the Government of Montenegro passed the Information on the conclusion of the Agreement on the transfer of credit and grant funds for the needs of implementing the project "Wastewater Collection and Treatment in Podgorica," financed from a loan arrangement signed on 22 September 2017 by the German Development Bank (KfW) and the Government of Montenegro, in the amount of 35 million EUR.
On that occasion, the Government gave its approval to the Capital City of Podgorica for loan funds provided by the arrangement with KfW Bank, and accepted the Agreement on the transfer of credit and grant funds for the needs of the project "Collection and treatment of wastewater in Podgorica." It is envisaged that the Capital City will transfer funds of a loan arrangement of 35 million EUR, of which the amount of 26 million EUR will be transferred without obligation to return, while the remaining amount of 8.05 million EUR the Capital City will be obliged to return to the State.
The total value of the project is around 50.35 million EUR and will be financed from three sources: a grant of 10.15 million EUR provided by the Investment Framework for the Western Balkans, a loan from KfW Bank for 35 million EUR and the Capital City's sources amounting to about 5.2 million EUR.
The Government also passed the Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 - Women, Peace and Security in Montenegro (2017-2018). The Action Plan elaborates three critical areas for the implementation of Resolution 1325, which deal with increasing women's participation in decision-making and peace processes, the protection of women and girls in conflict zones, and the integration of gender perspectives and gender education in peacekeeping operations, and the areas of mechanisms for its implementation and its accompanying resolution. The plan identified 9 goals and 41 activities, out of which 32 activities were realised, 4 activities were partially realised, 1 activity is in progress, while 4 activities are not realised.
The Government approved the Information on the provision of funds for covering the expenses for conducting elections for electing councilors in the Municipal Assembly of Tuzi, which will take place in March 2019. In accordance with the Law on Territorial Organisation of Montenegro and the Law on Financing Political Entities and Election Campaigns, the Government decided to provide 58.250,00 EUR for covering the expenses of the elections, as well as 2.992,00 EUR for financing the costs of the election campaign for submitters of the electoral lists in the Municipality of Tuzi.
