Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform

The Water Supply and Sanitation Programme assists EECCA countries in implementing municipal water reform and, specifically, in developing recommendations for legal and institutional reforms, tariff reform, financial management of utilities and customer protection and involvement in decision-making.

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Strengthening financial planning and management for WSS in central government, municipalities and utilities of EECCA countries

on 24-Apr-2009

The dissemination workshop on “Strengthening financial planning and management for WSS in central government, municipalities and utilities of EECCA countries” was held  in Kiev, Ukraine on 24 April 2009. The meeting was a capacity development and dissemination workshop where good practices and approaches to improve the financial management of the water sector have been presented. These outputs have been developed in the framework of the EAP Task Force and supported by a TACIS grant.

First Steering Group Meeting of the National Policy Dialogue on Water-Related Issues in Ukraine

on 23-Apr-2009

On April 23, a fist Steering Group Meeting under the EUWI  National Policy Dialogue in the water supply and sanitation sector of Ukraine was held. This meeting was focused on impact of decentralization and measures to cope with over fragmentation in the water sector.

The Water Challenge: OECD's Response

10-Feb-2009

Water is vital for human and economic development, and for maintaining ecosystems. Poor governance and inadequate investment, however, are resulting in large populations not having access to the water services they need. The OECD  participated to the 5th World Water Forum held on 16-22 March, in Istanbul, Turkey.

OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development- "Financing and Pricing Water: the Roles of Government Policies, the Private Sector and Civil Society" OECD Conference Centre, Paris, 1-2 December 2008

28-Nov-2008

The conference will discuss the key policy conclusions and recommendations emerging from the two-year OECD Horizontal Water Programme. This report will be finalised in light of the discussion at this meeting and launched at the 5th World Water Forum, which will be held in Istanbul, 16-22 March 2009. For additional information regarding the Forum, please visit  www.oecd.org/water/forum2008

The Fourth Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network

from 12-May-2008 to 13-May-2008

The Fourth Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network was held on the 12-13th of May 2008, in Bucharest, Romania with the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development hosting the event.

Financing water supply and sanitation in EECCA countries and progress in achieving the water-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

24-Aug-2007

This report draws on work carried-out over the last 7 years by the EAP Task Force and other actors in the EECCA region to draw a complete picture of the water supply and sanitation sector in the region and some of the key reforms that will need to be undertaken to achieve the water-related MDGs.

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