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03-Dec-2008
Water management is a challenge for both OECD and developing countries. Though the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) call for the proportion of people without access to safe water and basic sanitation to be halved by 2015, many countries are not on track to meet these goals. Amid fears that the financial crisis would result in an aid crisis, OECD donors recently made an Aid Pledge, promising to honour their aid commitments, including the water-related MDGs.
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01-Dec-2006
This informative press note summarises the key policy conclusions of the OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development / World Bank “Public-Private Partnership in Water Supply and Sanitation - Recent Trends and New Opportunities” Paris, 29-30 November 2006. Visit the event's web page for more information .
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26-Sep-2006
This event is taking place in the framework of the Global Forum on Sustainable Development on the topic of Public Private Partnerships in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector and it is organised by the OECD with support from the World Bank and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
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03-Aug-2006
On 11 July 2006 the OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and UNSGAB's Acting Chair Uschi Eid, signed a Joint Statement which outlines the roles of the two bodies in their joint effort to encourage increased financing for the water sector and to assist national, regional and local efforts to build their capacity to manage water resources.
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10-Apr-2006
The Second Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Environmental Finance and Water Networks was held on the 26-28th of April 2006, in Almaty, Kazakhstan with the support of the Ministry of Environment of Kazakhstan and of Central Asia Regional Environment Centre.
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07-Mar-2006
On the 17-18th of November 2005, the Government of Armenia hosted a conference of Ministers of Economy/Finance, Environment and Water. Ministers met to discuss how to address the critical situation of the water sector in EECCA countries...
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01-Apr-2004
The present report aims at responding to the request to monitor the progress in implementing the Guiding Principles that originated from the Almaty Conference. The report provides a detailed description of the situation and main trends in the EECCA urban water sector. In the following sections the report identifies and measures key indicators for the physical condition of the water supply and sanitation infrastructure and its impacts on public health and the environment, the state of legal and institutional frameworks, the economic and financial situation, and the social dimension of sector reforms. In doing so, it identifies the main trends in the reform process, establishes a detailed set of indicators, and a data base-line against which further progress can be measured at a follow-up conference of stakeholders in 2005. The main progress indicators for each of the reform areas are presented at the end of each chapter.
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01-Apr-2004
Water tariff reform is a necessary step in the transition to a market economy. The result of this reform is long-term sustainable development of the utility based on demand for services and proper financing of all utility costs. It is a very complex process and cannot be resolved in a 'one-shot' intervention. Tariff reform implies substantial changes not only in tariff formulas and levels, but also in water regulation, business environment, financial management approaches, subsidies and public relations. At the same time, it requires taking into account commercial orientation, transparent accounting, long-term investment programmes and social and equity aspects. Water tariff reform also requires political will, long-term vision of sector development, and a lot of patience.
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01-Apr-2004
This report analyses the social issues arising during municipal water sector reform, particularly those triggered by increasing charges for water supply and wastewater services, and provides national and local decision-makers with practical recommendations to address those problems. They were developed for the Group of Senior Officials on Urban Water Sector Reform in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA), with the support of the OECD/EAP Task Force Secretariat.
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