Ten years of water sector reform in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

This report evaluates how well EECCA countries have done in ensuring people’s access to adequate water supply and sanitation services since their Economic, Finance, and Environment Ministers adopted the Almaty Guiding Principles to support such efforts in 2000.

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Greening public budgets in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, 2011

This report aims to help Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) environmental administrations to harness the potential benefits of on-going public finance reforms in the region.

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Guidelines for performance-based contracts between water utilities and municipalities: Lessons Learnt from Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

This paper presents a summary of the major lessons learnt from the review of five cases of performance-based contracting in the water sector in three countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA), namely Armenia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

Guiding Principles for Reform of Environmental Enforcement Authorities in Transition Economies of EECCA (russian)

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Promoting the Use of Performance-Based Contracts between Water Utilities and Municipalities in EECCA

The project on promoting the use of performance-based contracts in the water sector seeks to support selected EECCA municipalities in their efforts to contractualise or to improve the contractual relationship with their water utility.

L'OCDE invite les États de l'ex-Union soviétique à accélérer les réformes dans le domaine de l'environnement

En Russie, 47 millions de personnes sont exposées à des concentrations élevées de dioxyde d'azote. La moitié de la population rurale du Tadjikistan, et un tiers de celle de la Moldova, n'ont pas accès à de l'eau salubre

Policies for a better environment: Progress in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, 2007

This book provides a review of progress in achieving the Strategy's objectives, and provides a solid analytical base for discussions on future environmental co-operation between EECCA countries and their partners.

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Intergovernmental transfers for environmental infrastructure, 2006

This report draws on three detailed case studies in Eastern Europe, the Caucases and Central Asia (EECCA), and on the experience of OECD countries to provide guidance on how transfers from central budgets to local authorities could be designed to finance environmental infrastructures in transition economies. Ideally, the costs of water supply and sanitation should be covered by user charges. However, the high investment costs and

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• Executive Summary: Intergovernmental Transfers for Environmental Infrastructure

Rural water supply and sanitation: technology overview and cost functions (Rus)

This data-base was prepared to help rural communities and water users associations in EECCA countries identify options for WSS infrastructure development in rural areas that are feasible from the financial (investment and oper-ating costs) point of view and could be sustained by rural communitie

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Rural water supply and sanitation: technology overview and cost functions

This data-base was prepared to help rural communities and water users associations in EECCA countries identify options for WSS infrastructure development in rural areas that are feasible from the financial point of view and could be sustained by rural communities.

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