PROJECT GAP ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
Transport Sector
Please provide information by filling in the below fields where appropriate and attaching copies of the
requested documents. Please give clear identification of the sources of information.
(Note: if you are applying for a few projects, this form should be completed for each project if they are to
be implemented separately).
Project title:
Lead project Beneficiary/proponent:
Other beneficiaries (if any):
Responsible or authorized person for contact:
Name – Position:
Email address - Telephone:
1. Executive Summary of the proposed project – Project description (max. 300 words)
2. Project identification
2.1 Scope of the project
Investment Typology
Mark with X
Comment
(Please indicate main characteristics of the projected
infrastructure: size/dimensions (length, area),
location/s, loading capacity (max – min), expected
transport timing, etc).
New infrastructures (road, rail, ports, airports) to satisfy
increasing transport demand
Completion of existing networks (missing links)
Extension/renovation of existing infrastructures
Improved use of the existing networks (i.e. better use of
under-utilised network capacity – safety measures – etc.)
Improvement in networks interoperability
Improvement in intermodality (interchange nodes,
accessibility to ports and airports)
Functional characteristics of the investments
Increasing capacity of existing networks
Reducing congestion
Mark with X
(Please indicate where, how and what functions the
proposed infrastructure/s will serve)
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Improving accessibility to less developed regions
Reducing transport-operating costs
3. Technical assessment
3.1 Spatial Planning
documentation*
Mark
if Yes
Mark if
No
Completion
date
Comment
Infrastructure Corridor Plan
Regional spatial plan
Municipal spatial plan
General urban plan
General regulation plan
Detailed regulation plan
Urban design (if needed)
(e.g. Land expropriation)
Land acquisition (Land formally
available)
(e.g. Do conditions for Location Permit exist?
- Is the land ownership issue solved?
- Are the planning documents from cadastre
available?)
Location permit
* Please attach the existing spatial planning documentation to be verified by Assessment panel
3.2 Project technical
documentation*
Prefeasibility study
Mark
if Yes
Mark if
No
Completion
date
Comment
(e.g. Is the Pre-Feasibility Study and General design
reviewed by the Revision Committee?)
General project design
Feasibility study (with CBA** according
EU requirements)
(e.g. Has the Feasibility study and Preliminary
Design been reviewed by the Revision Committee?)
Preliminary design
Environmental impact assessment
Final design
(e.g. EIA is not needed, or EIA procedure completed
with EIS approval? EIA process activated but still
ongoing? EIA studies and documentation
prepared/under preparation, or no environmental
analysis documentation initiated)
(e.g. Is the Main project passed Technical revision?)
Construction permit
Tender documentation
*All project’s design stages utilized in the table are aligned with the Serbian legal framework and regulations, namely:
Law on Planning and Construction. Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 72/2009, 24/2011, Law on
Environmental Impact Assessment, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No 135/2004, 36/2009.
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For further specifications please refer to the “Guide to Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects, European
Commission DG Regio, 2008”.
**CBA- Cost Benefit Analysis
Note: please attach the above documents from the most advanced Project Preparation stage in
electronic (or hard copy) format.
Please provide clarifications/further information on the above where you deem necessary.
3.3 Options Identification (this section is filled only in case PreFeasibility Study exists)*
Have been different investments options analysed?
Do-nothing scenario: what impact it will have on the objectives
you want to achieve?
Do-minimum scenario: what minimal effort is needed to
achieve the objectives?
Comment
Yes/no
Do-something scenario: Which different options have been
analysed, and why have been excluded?
Describe the scope of ‘do-most desirable’ scenario
* For further specifications please refer to the “Guide to Cost Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects, European
Commission DG Regio, 2008”.
4. Institutional assessment
4.1 Institutional framework/capacity
Comment
Investor*
If cross – border infrastructure, what type of coordination
between countries and/or managers takes place?
a. Implementation
Mark with X
Existing PIU with experience in projects
implementation/operation to implement the project
New Project Implementation Unit
Staff (non PIU) with experience in projects
implementation
b. Operation
Existing National Authority/Public enterprise is project
beneficiary responsible for operation
New project beneficiary responsible for operation
* In this phase it is necessary to have the Investor nominated being responsible for performing tasks defined by the Law
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5. Economic/financial assessment – Expenditure Coverage system
5.1 Socio-economic context
Comment
Assessment of the macro-economic and social conditions of
the area
-
demographic growth
annual budget of the Municipalities of the Region
employment rate
potential demand for the project
5.2 Operational/Financial status of the Project
beneficiary/s
Comment
Annual revenues from tolls, fares and charges, transfers from
the government
Short and medium term investment needs
Current annual O&M costs
Current financing costs (debt servicing)
Financial balance in last 3 years and Business plan projection
5.3 Project Costs
Total estimated Investments costs
% of funds from Total costs to be financed through the grant
% of costs to be provided from loan
Borrowing capacity (credit ability) of Infrastructure’s
owner/beneficiary
Comment
(e.g. Who is loan provider? Has formal agreement to provide these
money been reached? When? Please attach an evidence)
(e.g. This information could be received from the ministry responsible
for work in public financials section)
Estimated O&M costs (if available)
Expected EIRR (if available)
6. Environmental assessment
6.1 Environmental assessment
Will the projected infrastructure cause impacts in the following environmental components?
Construction phase
Operating phase
Positive
Negative
No
Positive
Negative
No
impact
impact
impact
impact
impact
impact
Air quality
Water quality
Landscape
Noise
Soil
Groundwater
Flora and fauna
Does the infrastructure affect environmentally sensitive areas (Natura2000 etc.)?
Yes (please provide details on number and kinds)
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Yes, with mitigation measures incorporated in project realization
No areas affected
No information
Does the projected infrastructure mitigate impact on climate change
Positive impact on climate change mitigation expected (CO2 emission reduction)
Negative Impact on climate change mitigation expected (CO2 emissions increased)
No relevant impact on climate change
7. Preliminary risks
Please list the project risks and the measures that could mitigate the risks:
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