WYG wins EU-financed contracts worth £14m

WYG has won European Union-funded contracts worth £14m in its international development market.

The management consultancy business, based in Leeds, has won a place in a consortium led by Mott MacDonald which to develop the regional energy market in the Western Balkans region – contract valued at €7m over four years.

In Turkey, WYG has been awarded three new EuropeAid projects with a combined value to the Company of €5.5m. It has also been awarded a €3.6m project to assist the reform of Lebanon’s National Social Security Fund.

In Africa, WYG has won a number of new projects including new public sector financial management contracts and contract extensions in Somaliland and Gambia with a combined total value of €2.6m.

In addition, WYG is partnering on a €3.6m project to strengthen relations between the EU and Brazil, to support the EU-Brazil Joint Action Plan 2015-2020.

Paul Hamer, chief executive officer, said: “We are delighted to be working with our consortium partners on CONNECTA, which expands our longstanding programme of work on critical infrastructure and development in the Western Balkans beyond the Infrastructure Projects Facility.

“Our continuing successes with the EU in Turkey, Africa and the Middle East demonstrate that there is a vital role for our technical expertise in international development. We continue to see a high quality pipeline of commercially attractive opportunities being tendered. Our well-established local operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa together with our strong UK base and proven ability to deliver complex social programmes, means that we are well placed to extend our record of growth in these regions.”