OECD Horizontal Project

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1 OECD Horizontal Project Sustainable Financing to Ensure Affordable Access to Water and Sanitation Member-lead Task Team on Water and Sanitation 23 October 2007

2 What is the project? 1. Identify good practices and share experiences with water pricing and financing of water supply and sanitation infrastructure. 2. Support developing country governments to prepare realistic finance strategies for water infrastructure. 3. Develop practical guidance for engaging private investors in the development and management of water infrastructure. 2

3 Pillar 1 1. Identify good practices and share experiences with water pricing and financing of water supply and sanitation infrastructure. survey current water pricing & financing practices in OECD and non-oecd countries, identifying best practices and new challenges. focus on financing: infrastructure needs; alternative/ innovative financing and business models; ODA to water sector. focus on agriculture: irrigation water pricing and infrastructure financing; sustainable water use for agriculture. 3

4 Pillar 2 2. Support developing country governments to prepare realistic finance strategies for water infrastructure. Develop recommendations on good practices in supporting policy dialogue on financing water supply and sanitation. develop the FEASIBLE financing tool for application in developing countries. apply in 2 African countries and draw lessons learned. close co-operation with World Bank through WSP (SWIFT tool) and with the EU Water Initiative. 4

5 Pillar 3 3. Engaging private sector in the development and management of water and sanitation infrastructure. develop guidance for private sector participation in water and sanitation infrastructure building on the 2007 OECD Principles. conduct a review of experiences of some 30 developing and emerging countries. engage with existing initiatives and discuss the guidance and country practices at regional level. 5

6 Who oversees the work? Various Committees have oversight over specific elements: Environment Policy Committee [WPGSP, JWPAE] Development Assistance Committee [ENVIRONET, WP-STAT] Agriculture Committee [JWPAE, APMWP] Investment Committee OECD Paris-based delegations will be regularly briefed on progress across the project. 6

7 The Task Team on Water and Sanitation Established to support follow-up to OECD environment and development Ministerial, April 2006 Brings together OECD delegations (ENV and DEV), plus some beneficiaries, World Bank, UNSGAB, the EU Water Initiative and other experts Task Team is chaired by Agence Française de Développement OECD provides secretariat and supports project implementation 7

8 Topical focus of Task Team Focus on support for developing country efforts to develop strategic financial plans for the water supply and sanitation sector Strong agreement in Task Team that in addition to increasing the supply of finance, improvements of the demand of finance are needed This agenda will be supportive of the objectives set-out in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Methodologies developed by the OECD (FEASIBLE) and the World Bank (SWIFT) can support analytical work, and policy dialogue within developing countries and between developing countries and donors 8

9 Agreed Work programme of Task Team Collection of relevant experience in member countries Work to adapt FEASIBLE to the African context Joint workshop with EUWI FWG and WSP held at end of April to review FEASIBLE and other methodologies Implementation of at least 2 pilot projects in Africa Egypt with support of Greece and OECD in framework of Med- EUWI One or two Sub-Saharan African countries to be identified Synthesis report including policy conclusions focusing on good practices for developing and implementing finance strategies for WSS, and how donors can support such activities 9

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