Environmental
Argo partnered with the Institute of Planning and Management Systems, a quasi-governmental agency in Yugoslavia, to address the air and water quality as well as the water and sewer infrastructure in Sarajevo. Sarajevo, a historic city in what at that time was Yugoslavia (now Bosnia Herzegovina), used brown coal for its heating fuel creating a terrific air pollution problem that also exasperated the water pollution problem. The right answer: natural gas.
This would mean tearing up streets in this historic city and significant interruption of services. Argo led the way and spearheaded efforts to upgrade the water and sewer system at the same time as embarking on the conversion to natural gas thereby minimizing costs and disruption of services. Argo located the right technology and arranged for its transfer, specified equipment, identified suppliers, and negotiated contracts to change the city's heating system and to upgrade its water and sewer system.
Argo and the Institute obtained the funding for the city of Sarajevo from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union for these projects. Sarajevo was ready to host the XIV Winter Olympics in 1984 as a world-class city.