The Environment for Europe process

EfE themes: infrastructure (water supply and sanitation)

The EAP Task Force work program "water supply and sanitation sector reform" focuses on EECCA countries and contributes to implementing the Environmental Strategy of EECCA Countries, which was adopted at the 2003 Kiev Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference.

The new WSS work program of the EAP Task Force is contained in the consolidated Programme of Work and Budget for 2008 endorsed in February 2008.

A Group of Senior Officials on Urban Water Sector Reform in EECCA was established in 2001 to facilitate the implementation of the EAP Task Force WSS work program. This network includes water sector officials from EECCA, OECD and Central and Eastern European countries, international financing institutions (IFIs), private sector representatives and NGOs. The Group promotes political support to urban water sector reform and guides the work aimed at implementing the "Almaty Guiding Principles for Reform of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in EECCA", which are focused on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on water supply and sanitation.

In implementing the WSS work program, the EAP Task Force cooperates with related other work programs, including in particular the EU Water Initiative - EECCA Component and the World Bank.

Click here to view the EAP Task Force's dedicated website on EECCA water supply and sanitation sector reform.

Major recent reports produced under the EAP Task Force's water supply and sanitation program include (note that reports which were submitted to the  2007 Belgrade Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference are listed in the green text box further below):

• Almaty Guiding Principles for Reform of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in EECCA (published in 2000)
• Urban Water Reform in EECCA - Progress since the Almaty Ministerial Conference (2003)
• Guidelines for Performance Based Contracts between Municipalities and Water Utilities in EECCA (2006)
• Private Sector Participation in the Water Sector in the EECCA Region - Emerging Lessons (2003)
• Market Development Study: Strategies for Domestic - Private Sector Inputs in the Water Utility Management Markets of EECCA (2005). Annexes to the study.
• Key Issues of Tariff Reform in the Water Sector in EECCA (2003)
• Use of Water Consumption Metering as a Tariff Policy Tool: Moldova's Experience (2002)
• Tariff Rules: Cost Identification, Cost Allocation and Rate Structuring - Possibilities for Ukraine (2002)
• Key Issues and Recommendations for Consumer Protection: Affordability, Social Protection, and Public Participation in Urban Water Sector Reform in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (2003)
• Click here to view several working papers on social protection in urban water sector reform in EECCA
• Environmental Financing Strategy Studies in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine (most studies are for urban water and wastewater, some studies for municipal solid waste)
• Local Capital Markets for Environmental Infrastructure (2006)
• Financing Water and Environment Infrastructure: The Case of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (2006)

NEW:  Documents from the Fourth Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group and the EAP Task Force Water Network held 12-13 May 2008 in Bucharest, Romania are now available on the dedicated website. The website offers numerous new documents and presentations on water supply and sanitation issues in EECCA countries.

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Documents related to "water supply and sanitation" discussed at the 2007 Belgrade Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference

The following documents related to "water supply and sanitation" have been submitted to the 2007 Belgrade Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference:

• Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and Progress in Achieving Water-Related Millennium Development Goals (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• EU Water Initiative – Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: the European Commission and the EUWI-EECCA Component Working Group).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Municipal Environmental Investments in South-Eastern Europe: 2001–2005 (submitted by: Serbia and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe). View document: ENG.
• Monitoring What Matters: Tailoring Millennium Targets and Indicators of Environmental Sustainability to Local Conditions in Europe and Central Asia (submitted by: World Bank).View document: ENG, RUS.
• Assessment of Transboundary Waters in the UNECE Region (submitted by: Finland on behalf of the Bureau of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Policies for a Better Environment - Progress in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force). View document: full text ENG/RUS, summary.
• Mobilizing Finance for Environmental Priorities: Recommendations for the Future (submitted by: Project Preparation Committee, Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe and EAP Task Force). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Trends in Environmental Finance in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Environmental Financing Trends in South-Eastern Europe: 2001–2005 (submitted by: Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe).  View document: ENG.
• Project Preparation Committee Report to the Sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (submitted by: Project Preparation Committee).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Progress Report on Partnerships in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (submitted by: EAP Task Force).  View document: ENG, RUS.
• Environmental Policy in South-Eastern Europe (submitted by: UNDP).  View document: ENG.
• Critical Issues in Implementation of Environmental Policies Highlighted by the UNECE Environmental Performance Reviews Programme (submitted by: UNECE). View document: ENG/add./Corr., FRE/add., RUS/add.
• Initiative on Strategic Environmental Assessment (submitted by Armenia, Belarus and Moldova). View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.
• Central Asian Initiative on Sustainable Development: Progress and Prospects. View document: ENG, FRE, RUS.

Last update of this page: 22 May, 2008.