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Released: February 2006
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 At their meeting in Yerevan, EECCA Ministers of Environment, Finance, and Economy, Ministers and senior representatives from several OECD countries, as well as senior officials from International Financial Institutions, International Organisations, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector, met to discuss the situation in the EECCA water supply and sanitation sector and the measures needed to ensure sustainable financing to meet the millennium development goals on water.

The conference aimed at reviewing the progress and discussing next steps in implementing conclusions adopted at the Ministerial Consultations on Water Management and Investments in EECCA countries, held in Almaty (Kazakhstan) five years ago. In Almaty, Ministers recognised the critical condition of the urban water supply and sanitation sector in EECCA and endorsed “Guiding Principles for the Reform of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in the NIS”.

The full text of the Ministerial Proceedings are available at the link below:
Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 

These Proceedings are also available in Russian.