WORKSHOP
Progress on Financing Water Services
Wednesday 15 August
09:00-12:00, Folkets Hus, Room 307
Convenor: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Co-Convenors: Global Water Partnership (GWP) and EU Water Initiative-Finance Working Group (EUWI-FWG)
In 2000 it was estimated that to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for water, financial resources would need to double. The World Panel on Financing Water for All (the Camdessus Panel) stressed that this would need governance reforms. Additional funds should come from a variety of sources, not just from government budgets or overseas development aid (ODA). This would require innovative financial mechanisms with increased focus on the sub-national level. The Gurria Task Force, reporting in 2006, reinforced this message. It stressed the importance of the municipal level and the need to give more focus to the demand side. Over the last five years financing water for all has clearly become a key issue for many and varied agencies, including the World Bank, Global Water Partnership, World Water Council and European Union Water Initiative, among others. Awareness on this issue has been raised significantly, but it takes time to convert ideas into actions – and time is running out for meeting the MDGs.
The workshop will explore the progress made and some of the innovations being adopted in different countries. It provides an opportune moment to take stock. Is the level of financing increasing and are new mechanisms becoming a reality? Is the finance and investment industry at both the national and international level stepping up to share the challenge with the International Finance Institutions?
Workshop Programme, 09:00-12:30 Folkets Hus, Room 307
Chair: Mr. Johan Holmberg, Chair, EUWI Finance Working Group
Commentator: Mr. James Winpenny, Wychwood Economic Consulting Ltd, UK/GWP
Rapporteur: Mr. Paul van Hofwegen, World Water Council (WWC)
Co-rapporteur: Mr. Alan Hall, Global Water Partnership (GWP)
09:00 Introduction
09:10 Prospects for Innovative Sources of Financing for the Water Sector, Mr. Xavier LeFlaive, Environment Directorate, OECD (Invited Speaker)
09:30 Doubling Asia’s Water Investments: ADB’s Imperative, Mr. Arjun Thapan, Deputy Director General, Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Invited Speaker)
09:50 Questions and Clarifications
10:00 Integrating Water and Financing: The Indonesia Case. Dr. Amreeta Regmi, Water Resources Advisor, Indonesia and Mr. Robert J. Parra, Municipal Finance Advisor, US
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Revolving Water Community Funds as a Means for Micro-financing Water Services, Mr. Aniruddhe Mukerjee, Indian Administrative Service
10:45 Financing Water Supply through Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons from an Indian Case Study, Mr. Prakash Nelliyat, Madras School of Economics, India
11:00 Micro-Finance for Piped Water Supply – Emerging Experience from Kenya, Mr. Kameel Virjee, World Bank, Kenya
11:15 Financing Urban Water Supply in India: Trends and Lessons for Emerging Countries, Ms. Catherine James, ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited, India
11:30 Comments and Discussion
12:00 Close of Workshop
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