Transcript Danube Region Water Supply and Wastewater Sector Capacity

2014 Danube Water Conference:
Water Services:
From Challenges to Opportunities
Vienna, May 8 and 9, 2014
With the financial support of:
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The 2014 Danube Water Conference
 Discuss challenges and opportunities in the water sector
 130 Participants from national and local governments,
regulatory agencies, water utilities and professional associations
in 16 countries in the Danube Watershed
 Organized jointly by the World Bank / IAWD Danube Water
Program and the GIZ Open Regional Funds
 With funding from Austrian, German and Swiss Governments
Words of Welcome
Günther Schönleitner, Austrian Ministry of Finance
Ellen Goldstein, The World Bank
Vladimir Tausanovic, IAWD
Ulrike Pokorski da Cunha, GIZ
Housekeeping
 Reimbursement for Travel
 Meals & Drinks
 Cocktail and Posters
 Conference Dinner
 Group Photograph today
after this session, here
 Questions on logistics?
 Katherine Wagner (IAWD)
 Petar Jordanovic (ORF)
Program pages 34-35
The Venue
 Plenary sessions in
Gustav Mahler
Sigmund Freud
 Parallel Meetings
in Sigmund Freud,
Kraus-Markus
 No translations in
Sigmund Freud,
Kraus Markus
We are
here!
Gustav Mahler
Foyer and
Registration
Kraus-Markus
Program page 36
Country Group Discussions
 Coordinate place with group
facilitator
 Meet today 4:30 to 6:00pm
(and lunches, informal times)
 Agree on key actions,
stakeholders as a country
group
 Return results by tomorrow
1pm
Country
Facilitator
Albania
Avni Dervishi
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Biljana Rajic
Bulgaria
Ivaylo Kastchiev
Croatia
Vladimir Simic
Kosovo
Baton Begolli
Macedonia
Igor Spasovski
Moldova
Sergiu Gutu
Montenegro
Olivera Bozovic
Romania
Anca Cador
Serbia
Vladimir
Tausanovic
Ukraine
Olga Romanyuk
Program page 27
Ensuring a successful conference
Open
Dialogue and
active
involvement
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Be on time,
stick to time
allocations
Participate
Time management
Productive use of session time
Taking discussions further & deeper
Please keep
questions and
responses brief
and to the point
in the sessions
Use the breaks
Participate!
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 SSID: NETGEAR59
 Password: luckycurtain267
 Open Pollev.com/2014WDC
on your tablet, smartphone or laptop
 Questions will change through the conference
 Let’s try it!
Program page 34
Plenary Session: Transition, Challenges and
Opportunities
Chair: Michael Jacobsen
1.
Presentation: The State of the Water and Sanitation Sector in the
Region
David Michaud, Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist, the World Bank
2. Opening Statement: DG Environment’s perspective on the water
sector challenges and opportunities under Water Legislation and
Acquis
Jeroen Casaer, Team Leader Water Industry, Directorate General for the
Environment, European Commission
3. Dialogue and Open Discussion
Utility Parallel Session: Asset Management
Chair: Vladimir Taušanović
1.
Presentation: Asset Management in practice, the case of Northern
Holland
Peter Horst, Asset Engineer, PWN
2. Presentation: Asset Management in practice, the case of Hamburg
Peter Hoppe, Civil Engineer, Water and Sewerage, Hamburgwasser
3. Panel Discussion: Challenge in communication between Owner and
Operator/different stakeholders Perspectives
Ivaylo Kastchiev, Bulgarian Regulatory Authority
Baton Begolli, Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Kosovo
Predrag Bjelobrkovic, Public Enterprise “Regionalni vodovod Crnogorsko
primorje”, Montenegro
Miodrag Gluscevic, Standing Conference of Town and Municipalities, Serbia
Utility Parallel Session: Energy Efficiency
Chair: Ulrike Pokorski da Cunha
1.
Presentation: EE practices in EU and SEE countries
Philipp Feiereisen, Advisor, GIZ
2. Presentation: Energy efficiency measures in Moldovan utilities
Sergiu Gutu, Ministry of Environment, Moldova
3. Panel discussion: How to ensure the right incentive structure to
achieve energy efficiency in WSS utilities?
Dragan Bozic, General Manager, PUC “Vodovod i kanalizacija” Novi Sad, Serbia
Silviu Lacatusu, Director, Romanian Water Association (ARA)
Argita Totozani, General Director of Integration, Ministry of Transport and
Infrastructure, Albania
Utility Parallel Session: Commercial Practices
Chair: Stjepan Gabric
1.
Presentation: Experience on sound commercial practices in Sofia
and Bulgaria
Radoslav Russev, Senior Advisor, Water and Environment, New Europe
Corporate Advisory, Bulgaria
2. Panel discussion: How can good commercial practices (targeted
business planning and complementary activities in collection, billing,
and customer relationship) improve performance of water utilities in
the region?
Stefan Vasile, Commercial Director, Apa Nova – Bucharesti, Romania
Raimund Paschinger, EVN Wasser, Austria
Iulian Bandoiu, National Regulator for Public Utilities, Romania
Elisabeta Poci, Deputy Executive Director, Water Supply and Sewerage
Association of Albania
Benchmarking Parallel Session: Utility
Benchmarking
Chair: David Michaud and Philip Weller
1.
Presentation: Utility benchmarking, the European Benchmarking
Cooperation case
Peter Dane, Manager, European Benchmarking Cooperation, Vewin
2. Presentation: Utility benchmarking, the experience of Satu Mare
Dănuțiu Stegerean, General Manager and Darius Bor, Benchmarking Expert,
APASERV SATU MARE, Romania
3. Panel discussion: How can benchmarking lead to utility efficiency
improvement in concrete terms?
Coica Dorel Costel, Mayor of Satu Mare, Romania
Aleksandar Krstic, President, IPM, Serbia
Sami Hasani, Head of Department, WWRO, Kosovo
Benchmarking Parallel Session: Regulation
and Policy Making
Chair: Reinhard Perfler
1.
Presentation: Overview and Emerging Evidence of Benchmarking as
a Regulatory and Policy Tool
Rui Cunha Marques, Professor, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
2. Panel Discussion: Regulatory and Policy Benchmarking in Practice:
Perspectives from different Stakeholders
Olga Romanyuk, Commissioner, National Regulatory Commission for
Communal Services, Ukraine
Anca Cador, Director for Monitoring and Data, National Regulatory Authority
on Communal Utilities, Romania
Igor Spasovski, President of Supervisory Board, Water Utility
Association/Utility, FYR Macedonia
Plenary Session: Hungary, a Reform Case Study?
Chair: Laszlo Lovei
1.
Presentation: The Hungarian water sector reform, an overall
perspective
Peter Kaderjak, Director, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research,
Budapest, Hungary
2. Opening Statements: The Hungarian Water Sector Reform, from the
perspective of various stakeholders
Ferenc Hizo, Deputy State Secretary for Green Economy, Climate Policy and
Key Public Services, Ministry of National Development
Gabor Kisvardai, Legal Advisor, Hungarian Energy and Public Utility
Regulatory Authority
Csaba Haranghy, CEO, Budapest Waterworks and Secretary General,
Hungarian Water Cluster
3. Panel discussion: What can be learned from the Hungarian reform?
Policy Parallel Session: Governance
Chair: Frank Wiederkehr
1.
Opening Statements: Good governance, from the standpoint of the
various panelists
Ileana Vasilescu, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change,
Romania
Vladimir Simic, Council Member, Water Services Council, Croatia
Vangjush Dako, Mayor, Durres City, Albania
Victor Maslak, President, National Water Association, Ukraine
Robert Burtscher, Senior Advisor, Water and Sanitation, Austrian
Development Agency
2. Panel discussion: Why and how does governance and institution
matter for the performance of the water sector?
Policy Parallel Session: Financing
Chair: Michael Jacobsen
1.
Panel discussion: How to finance water services with the right mix of
Tariffs, Taxes and Transfers, in order to create incentives for utilities
to perform at their best, for users to use just the amount of water
they need, and for external funding (taxes and transfers) to be used
to mitigate affordability issue?
Alexander Linke, Kommunalkredit Public Consulting, Austria
Svetozar Veselinovic, General Manager, Belgrade Waterworks, Serbia
Karmen Cerar, Ministry of Agriculture, Croatia
Valentin Valkanov, Varna Water Company, Bulgaria
Plenary Closing Session: Where are the
Opportunities?
Chairs: David Michaud and Philip Weller
1.
Summary of sessions: Brief summary of take-aways by chairs of the
various individual sessions
2. Summary of country group discussions: Brief summary of take-aways
from each country discussion
Oliver Nachevski, ORF
3. Panel discussion: What have we learned and what can we do better to
materialize the sector’s opportunities?
Laszlo Lovei, Sustainable Development Director, World Bank
Walter Kling, Secretary General, IAWD
Đuro Bukvić, President, NALAS
Avni Dervishi, Chairman, Albanian Regulatory Authority of the Water Supply
and Wastewater Disposal and Treatment Sector
Balázs Medgyesy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary