within the framework of the Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme GEIPP (UNIDO)
Implementing agency
Donor
Beneficiary
Years
2020–2023
Project goal
Demonstrate the practicality and advantages of the eco-industrial park (EIP) model to enhance the resource efficiency and environmental, economic and social performance of industrial parks, thereby promoting inclusive and sustainable industrial development in Ukraine
Project task
- Supporting the government in incorporating the EIP concept and related practices into national policy and government decision-making processes
- Raising awareness among key stakeholders of the benefits of eco-industrial parks and their role in creating added value
- Providing consultancy on eco-industrial park management models to ensure the sustainable development of parks, attract investment and ensure adequate working conditions
- Providing technical support for eco-industrial park enterprises to improve resource efficiency, create industrial symbiosis and synergies, and promote the development of industrial ecosystems
- Developing competence and building capacity in the public and private sectors during the implementation of the EIP model
Project components
- Creating a legislative framework to support the operation of eco-industrial parks
- Transforming pilot industrial parks into model eco-industrial parks, or parks that resemble them as closely as possible
The RECP Centre's Role
As part of the implementation of the Global Programme on Eco-Industrial Parks, the Centre provided services in the following areas:
- Conducting RECP assessments at industrial park enterprises
- Assessing industrial parks against international methodology
- Identifying opportunities for industrial symbiosis
- Creating a vision and roadmap for eco-industrial parks in Ukraine
- Creating an EIP award in Ukraine
- Amending Ukrainian laws to implement the EIP model
- Supporting the implementation of the action plan for eco-industrial parks in Ukraine
Project Outcomes
Three industrial parks in Ukraine have been assessed in accordance with the International Framework for Eco-Industrial Parks.
- AGROMASH PJSC (Zaporizhzhia),
- BILOTSERKIVSKYI VANTAZHNO-AVIATSIINYI KOMPLEKS (Bila Tserkva, Kyiv oblast),
- PATRIOT PJSC (Sumy)
The international framework sets out the criteria that eco-industrial parks must meet, including benchmarks and targets. The surveys were conducted using a universal tool for assessing EIPs.
Based on the results of the REC Centre’s assessment:
- The current level of compliance of industrial parks with international benchmarks and prerequisites applicable to EIPs has been determined.
- The potential for the assessed IPs to achieve these benchmarks and prerequisites in the next few years has been assessed.
- EIP initiatives have been developed for three parks in each of the four categories on which the international benchmarks focus (management company activities, environmental, social, and economic spheres), and their technical and economic feasibility has been assessed.
- Work plans for implementing priority EIP opportunities have been prepared based on the assessment results for three IPs.
- Three round tables have been organised at industrial parks where representatives of management companies presented the assessment results and approved the work plans for implementing the developed EIP initiatives.
Performance indicators of IP in per cents
Photos from roundtable meetings: results of the assessment of three industrial parks
Experts from the RECP Centre assessed 20 enterprises that are tenants of the BVAK Industrial Park.
The assessments were conducted using RECP methodology, based on an analysis of energy, material and water consumption, as well as waste, emissions and effluent generation. This was followed by the development and technical and economic justification of resource efficient measures.
Distribution of assessed companies by industry
The cumulative potential effect of 82 RECP measures proposed for implementation in the BVAK Industrial Park
The RECP Centre's experts are conducting an assessment of tenant enterprises in the BVAK municipal enterprise
The basis for developing proposals for industrial symbiosis was as follows:
- The results of assessments of 20 enterprises in the industrial park
- A series of seminars/training sessions involving representatives of the assessed enterprises, local authorities and the management company.
The RECP assessments enabled us to determine the energy flows of companies by type of energy source, as well as the material and water flows and volumes of waste, emissions and effluents. These were then used to develop opportunities for building industrial symbiosis.
The seminars organised allowed to identify the most common problems and issues faced by enterprises in their production activities, as well as gather feedback and suggestions on the proposals developed for fostering industrial symbiosis between enterprises in the park.
As a result of this work, 11 proposals for industrial symbiosis were developed, and their technical and economic feasibility was assessed.
Following the final industrial symbiosis seminar, four proposals were selected as priorities and included in the 2021–2023 work plan.
For the BVAK IP it should be noted that a broader approach to industrial and infrastructural synergy was considered, covering synergy in the service and supply sectors, synergy of by-products, and synergy between cities and industry, rather than the traditional approach to industrial symbiosis.
Energy flow diagram
Examples of symbiotic interaction based on the BVAK IP
Photo from one of the seminars organised by the BVAK IP
In collaboration with experts from puREsource and the GEIPP-Ukraine project team, experts from the RECP Centre developed a vision and roadmap for the development of eco-industrial parks in Ukraine. These were included in the Strategy for the Development of Industrial Parks in Ukraine up to 2030.
The final version of the vision and roadmap for EIPs in Ukraine was presented to members of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Implementation of Eco-Industrial Park Development Policy.
All work in this area has been compiled into a detailed report entitled Report on International Proposals for an Eco-Industrial Park Policy Vision and Roadmap for Ukraine.
In collaboration with puREsource and with advisory support from the GEIPP-Ukraine project, experts from the RECЗ Centre have developed proposals for an eco-industrial park award in Ukraine.
The award aims to promote and implement EIPs in Ukraine, recognise achievements in more effective park management and greater environmental and economic efficiency, and increase the investment attractiveness of EIPs.
The proposals for the award cover the following key issues: organiser, jury, frequency, criteria, submission conditions, award categories and ceremony.
The report ‘Proposals for an award for eco-industrial parks in Ukraine’ sets out all the developments regarding the award for transformation into an EIP.
Awards scheme for eco-industrial parks in Ukraine
Experts from the RECP Centre, working closely with the GEIPP-Ukraine project team, including a national legal expert, have prepared a series of proposals for amendments to Ukrainian laws. It is expected that the proposed changes will become a comprehensive solution and, at the same time, a driving force for the transformation of IPs into EIPs and the creation of new EIPs.
The changes are proposed to six laws of Ukraine and two codes, in particular:
Law of Ukraine ‘On Industrial Parks’
Law of Ukraine ‘On Environmental Impact Assessment’
Law of Ukraine ‘On the Electricity Market’
Law of Ukraine ‘On Heat Supply’
Law of Ukraine ‘On Regulation of Urban Development’
Two subordinate acts have also been developed:
Proposals for the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 25 of 19 January 2022, regarding the approval of the Procedure for reviewing documents for the inclusion of industrial parks in the Register of Industrial Parks.
‘On approval of the list of criteria for eco-industrial parks’.
All developments regarding amendments to the laws of Ukraine, including comparative tables and explanatory notes, are formalised in the ‘Report on Amendments to the Laws of Ukraine’.
At the Consultative Seminar on 23 June 2022, the participants approved the vision and roadmap for eco-industrial parks (EIPs) in Ukraine, the EIP award scheme in Ukraine, the amendments to the Ukrainian laws, and the implementation of the eco-industrial park model.
The seminar brought together 83 participants, including members of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Implementation of Eco-Industrial Park Development Policy, the 3(rd) Advisory Board of the GEIPP-Ukraine project, IP representatives, stakeholders, and RECP Centre experts.
Details on the progress and achievements of the GEIPP-Ukraine project are available here.
Screenshots from online seminars on EIP policy in Ukraine and amendments to Ukrainian laws on EIP
Reference
GEIPP
The Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (GEIPP) is implemented by UNIDO in countries with economies in transition
Countries where GEIPP is implemented
- Columbia
- Egypt
- Indonesia
- Peru
- South Africa
- Vietnam
- Ukraine
Industrial parks selected for the Project
- Location – Bila Tserkva (Kyiv oblast)
- Ownership – state-owned
- Territory – 250 hectares
- Number of tenant companies within the IP – 74
- Company profile – machine building, furniture manufacturing, jewellery
- Infrastructure – well developed and extensive
- Location – Zaporizhia City
- Ownership – private
- Territory – 10 hectares
- Number of tenant companies within the IP – 33
- Company profile – metalworking
- Infrastructure – located in the city centre, with good road connections
- Location – Sumy City
- Ownership – private
- Territory – 20 hectares
- Number of tenant companies within the IP – 115
- Company profile – provision of services and production of textiles and non-alcoholic beverages