EAP Task Force AGENDA VENUE: Hotel Rus 4 Hospitalna Str, Kyiv, Ukraine tel , fax

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1 EAP Task Force REGULATORY, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF URBAN WATER SECTOR REFORMS IN THE NIS GROUP OF SENIOR OFFICIALS ON THE REFORMS OF THE URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN THE NIS FIRST MEETING AGENDA VENUE: Hotel Rus 4 Hospitalna Str, Kyiv, Ukraine tel , fax TIME: 9 September, arrival and informal session 10 September -11 September, official meeting 12 September, departure The State Committee of Ukraine on Construction, Architecture and Housing Policy in co-operation with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine host the meeting. The meeting is organised by the EAP Task Force (OECD). The European Commission and the Government of Norway have provided financial support for the organisation of the meeting Secretariat of the EAP Task Force: Environment Directorate, OECD 2, rue André-Pascal Paris CEDEX 16 France Tel: (33 1) Fax: (33 1) env.contact@oecd.org Website: in cooperation with The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe Ady Endre ut Szentendre Hungary Tel: (36-26) Fax: (36-26) info@rec.org Website:

2 Background and Objectives Water supply and sanitation services are in critical conditions in many New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (NIS). Reforms are urgently needed in order to prevent further deterioration and collapse of this sector, which may imperil public health and ecosystems, and result in economic losses. In October 2000, NIS Ministers of Economy or Finance met with their colleagues from the Ministries of Environment in Almaty (Kazakhstan) to find solutions to this urgent problem. As a result they adopted Guiding Principles for Reform of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in the NIS. Successful reform of the urban water sector will largely depend on the commitment of NIS authorities with the responsibility for water supply and sanitation, and will require international assistance. Following the Almaty Consultations, the EAP Task Force (OECD) agreed to establish a Group of Senior Officials on Urban Water Sector Reform in the NIS to ensure political support to the implementation of the Guiding Principles and to identify practical approaches for the implementation of the key elements of reform. The first meeting of the Group of Senior Officials on Urban Water Sector Reform in the NIS is taking place in Kiev on September It is hosted by the State Committee of Ukraine on Construction, Architecture and Housing Policy in co-operation with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine, and organised by the EAP Task Force. This meeting will provide a forum for experience exchange and policy dialogue between NIS decision-makers responsible for urban water supply and sanitation, donors, IFIs, relevant international organisations, private sector and NGOs. The main objectives of the meeting and agenda items are the following: 1. to provide a forum to share experience on reforms in water supply and sanitation for officials and experts in water supply and sanitation from the NIS and their colleagues from OECD and Central and Eastern European countries; 2. to discuss main areas of sector reforms, assess alternative practical approaches and identify best practices for sector reforms, in areas such as: legal and institutional reforms in the sector, including the regulatory framework for private sector participation and performance contracts between the water utilities and local governments; economic and financial issues, primarily tariff reform; social aspects and consumer protection in water sector reforms, in particular such issues as public participation in decision-making, effective subsidy schemes for population and consumer relations by water utilities; monitoring and evaluation of progress in water sector reforms and utility performance indicators; 3. to identify priority areas for international co-operation to be implemented within the framework of the EAP Task Force. It is expected that the meeting will agree on the Work Programme for the Group of Senior Officials on Urban Water Sector Reform in the NIS for the period till the Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference in Kiev, Ukraine, in May 2003.

3 SUMMARY AGENDA SEPTEMBER 9, SUNDAY Arrival Informal Session Cocktail SEPTEMBER 10, MONDAY 9.30 Opening Session 1. Legal and Institutional Issues Lunch Session 2. Monitoring Progress and Measuring Performance Closing of the day SEPTEMBER 11, TUESDAY 9.00 Session 3. Economic and Financial Reforms Lunch Session 4. Work Programme of the NIS Water Group Official Closing City tour National Dinner SEPTEMBER 12, WEDNESDAY Departure ANNOTATED AGENDA Sunday, September 9 - optional INFORMAL OPENING Arrival and registration; lunch for participants staying at the hotel INFORMAL SESSION Facilitator: Brendan Gillespie, EAP Task Force, OECD Introduction of the participants, expectations from the meeting Brendan Gillespie, EAP Task Force, OECD; Introduction of the EAP Task Force Olga Savran, EAP Task Force, OECD; Introduction of the Group of Senior Officials on Urban Water Sector Reform in the NIS Alexander Danilenko, EAP Task Force, OECD; General introduction to the EAP Task Force Work Programme on water Open discussion WELCOME COCKTAIL

4 Monday, September 10 Opening FORMAL OPENING AND ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 9.30 Co-chairs: Minister S.I. Kurykin, Chairman V.I. Cherep, Parliament Committee Chairman Y.I.Samoilenko Valery Ivanovych Cherep, Chairman of the State Committee for Construction, Architecture and Housing Policy of Ukraine; Welcome from the Ukrainian Water Sector Serhy Ivanovych Kurykin, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine; Welcome on behalf of the host country of the Kiev 2003 Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference Yurii Ivanovych Samoilenko, Chairman of the Environment Committee of the Parliament of Ukraine; Welcome on behalf of the Ukrainian Parliament Zaal Lomtadze, Deputy Minister of Environment of Georgia, Chairman of the Almaty Preparatory Committee; Message from Almaty Ministerial Consultations on Water Management and investment Brendan Gillespie, EAP Task, OECD; Establishing of the Group of Senior Officials on Urban Water Sector Reforms in the NIS and Its First Meeting Session 1 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS Chair: Deputy Minister Z.Lomtadze Key note address Hryhory Mykhailovych Semchuk, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Construction, Architecture and Housing Policy of Ukraine; Reforms of the urban water supply and sanitation in Ukraine: recent experience and perspectives Eric Tang, Danish Environmental Protection Agency; Danish support to the urban water sector reforms in Ukraine Steps towards the commercialisation of water utilities Peter Börkey, EAP Task Force, OECD; Key steps in legal and institutional water reforms: scoping the issues Geoff Lawn, St. Petersburg Vodokanal Corporate Development Support project, Russia; Performance contracts theory and practical experience from St. Petersburg Jean-Louis Oliver, Academie de l Eau, France; French system of water management COFFEE BREAK Commercialisation involving the private sector into the management of water utilities Boguslaw Stasiak, Deputy Mayor of Gdynia, Poland; The process of reforms leading to commercialisation and private sector participation in Gdynia Varazdat Avoyan, Municipal Development Project Director, World Bank, Yerevan, Armenia; The introduction of a Private Management Contract in Yerevan Thierry Plaisant, Vivendi Water, The concession contract in Almaty, Kazakhstan Alexander Bajenov, Ondeo, Business perspective on key legal and institutional issues in the NIS water sector LUNCH BREAK Working Group Sections: Performance contracts Private sector participation COFFEE BREAK Summary of the Session: Reports from the working groups and plenary discussion Session 2 MONITORING PROGRESS AND MEASURING PERFORMANCE Chair: Y.Yanovitskiy, Potable Water Committee, Turkmenistan Mr. Saunders, Ofwat, UK, Performance evaluation in the UK water system Sergei Shneider, World Bank PIU, Rostov on Don, Russia; Experience with performance indicators in Rostov oblast Alexander Danilenko, EAP TF, OECD; Performance Indicators as a tool for decisionmaking and planning in water sector Open discussion Closing of the day Evaluation

5 Tuesday, September 11 Session Chair: N.V. Rul, Deputy Chairman of Derzhbud of Ukraine ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REFORMS Economic Aspects of Reforms Grzegorz Peszko, EAP Task Force, OECD; Experience with environmental finance strategies in the NIS Nikolai Vladimirovich Rul, Derzhbud Ukraine; Tariff Reform in Ukraine Andis Mezapuke, Water Engineering Consultant, Madona SA, Latvia; International accounting standards for water utilities: Latvian Experience Alexander Danilenko, EAP Task Force, OECD; International experience and models of water tariff reform COFFEE BREAK Social aspects of reforms Nina Fiodorovna Fedoseenko, Antimonopoly Committee, Kazakhstan; Social acceptability of tariff reform Mike Saunders, Ofwat, UK; Role of Ofwat in consumer protection, public involvement in water related decision making in the UK Stoyan Barzakov, Eurolex Bulgaria; Municipal measures for consumer protection during Sofia water utility reforms Anna Tsvetkova, NGO Mama 86; Consumers rights: quality of the water services and protection from abuse of monopoly and power Plenary discussion Models of tariff reforms Social issues Financial management and International Standards for Accounting and Audits LUNCH BREAK Session Elections of the Co-chairs of the NIS Water Group WORK PROGRAMME OF THE NIS WATER GROUP Adoption of the Work Programme Work programme presentation and summary of the discussions during the previous days Open discussion, expression of priority interest and adoption Closing Closing of the meeting Evaluation of the meeting OFFICIAL CLOSING CITY TOUR NATIONAL DINNER