COWI A/S

COWI is a leading international consulting group. It works world-wide with engineering, environmental science and economics.

Since its foundation in 1930, COWI has been involved in more than 50,000 projects in 175 countries. It has 3,300 employees, including engineers, biologists, geologists, economists, surveyors, anthropologists, sociologists and architects.

COWI is behind some of the largest infrastructure projects in the world. It has subsidiaries and offices in 35 countries, and project offices in all countries in which it operates.

When undertaking consultancy and planning projects, COWI does it on the basis of extensive local knowledge and the fact that international experience can be also drawn from the entire organisation which means – from the whole world.

COWI’s Quality Management System

Over many years of providing consultancy services, COWI has developed a quality management system which complies with international standards. The objective is to provide competent consulting services at a high level of expertise, thereby ensuring that value is added to the client's organisation.

In consulting services, COWI incorporate socially-related factors with a focus on health, safety, environment and social conditions.

Exceptional Experience in PMU and PIU Support

COWI, has wide ranging experience from managing a number of projects with assistance to PMUs and PIUs. In connection with the Towns and Schools for Democracy Programme in Serbia, COWI managed successfully the setting up of a PMU located in Belgrade to manage more than 250 projects in the 160 municipalities. The support provided included development of project planning and management systems, contract documents, definition of monitoring requirements, design of reporting formats and detailed guidelines to municipalities and monitors.

Experience from the support to the PMU in the Ministry of Transport in Latvia (1998-2000) should be specially emphasised. This PMU managed a sizable project portfolio and a number of PIUs with supervising responsibility for project identification, programming, preparation, procurement and implementation of contracts for Services, Supplies, and Works in accordance with EU Phare and ISPA procedures.

COWI’s recent projects providing support to the PIU in the Belgrade Water Company under the Municipal Infrastructure Reconstruction Programme and a project providing management and supervision support to the PIU in the Nis Water Company has also provided the Consultant with specific PIU experience in Belgrade and Serbia.