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World Bank Our Mandate

Cooperation on Transboundary Waters: A Challenge for Europe and Other Regions of the World Dr. Stephen F. Lintner World Bank. World Bank Our Mandate. Poverty Reduction Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Knowledge Sharing. World Bank - Environment Strategy.

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World Bank Our Mandate

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  1. Cooperation on Transboundary Waters: A Challenge for Europe and Other Regions of the WorldDr. Stephen F. LintnerWorld Bank

  2. World BankOur Mandate • Poverty Reduction • Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development • Knowledge Sharing

  3. World Bank - Environment Strategy The Strategy sets three interrelated objectives: • Improving the quality of life • Improving the prospects for and the quality of growth • Protecting the quality of the regional and global environmental commons

  4. World Bank Experience

  5. Transboundary Water Management • Water is a Catalyst for Cooperation • Integrated Management – Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Resources • Preventive and Curative Measures • Sharing Benefits Not Water

  6. World BankPrograms and Projects • Mediterranean Sea • Baltic Sea • Danube River Basin • Black Sea • Caspian Sea • Aral Sea • Lake Ohrid

  7. World BankPrograms and Projects • Nile River Basin • Lake Victoria • Lake Chad Basin • Senegal River Basin • Red Sea and Gulf of Aden • Mekong River Basin • Mesoamercian Barrier Reef • Gurani Aquifer

  8. World BankExchange of Experience • Petersberg Process • Petersberg Declaration • Berlin Recommendations • Vilnius Recommendations • Consultation on Transboundary Water Management (Berlin) • Cooperation with GEF (Budapest)

  9. Lessons Learned

  10. Lessons Learned:Key Factors for Success • Shared Vision • Sustained Political Commitment • Strong Public Support • Broad Based Partnership

  11. Lessons Learned:Important Considerations • Program Design • Clear and Realistic Objectives • Adoption of a Long-Term Timeframe • Phased Implementation • Performance Indicators

  12. Lessons Learned:Important Considerations • Institutional Arrangements • Small Efficient Secretariats • All Cooperating Countries Need to Contribute to Operational Costs • Transparent Personnel and Accounting Procedures • Avoid Reliance on External Grant Funding

  13. Lessons Learned:Important Considerations • Integration of Priorities into Investment Plans • National and Local Level • Use of Grant Resources • Use of Loan Resources

  14. Lessons Learned:Important Considerations • Use of Economic Instruments • Limited to Date As Programs Designed to Address Externalities • Major Focus on Water and Wastewater Tariffs • Clear Responses to User Fees • Pollution Fees and Fines

  15. Lessons Learned:Key Factors for Success Conventions Are Important; However, They Are Not Mandatory for Effective Progress

  16. Lessons Learned:Preventive Measures • Often Most Politically and Socially Difficult • Require Changes in Plans and Visions • May Result in Conflicts with Vested Interests • Most Cost Effective • Physical and Environmental Planning • Development Restrictions • Environmental Incentives • Water Pricing and Cost Recovery • Risk Prevention

  17. Lessons Learned:Curative Measures • Often Political and Social Demands for Action • Results Difficult to See Quickly • Expensive • Requires Long Time Frames • Point Source Pollution • Non-Point Source Pollution • Restoration of Ecosystems • Monitoring Systems

  18. Lessons Learned:Curative Measures • Mobilization of Capital Investment • Critical Need to Avoid Over Investment • Operation and Maintenance • Political Sensitivity of Tariff Adjustments • Often Need to Change Institutional Structures • Importance of Efficiency

  19. Challenges

  20. Four Major Challenges • Making the Transition from Planning to Action • Sustained Cooperation Over the Long-Term • Increasing Self-Financing of Programs • An Ability to Revise Programs to Meet Changing Conditions

  21. A New Challenge • Integration of Transboundary Waters Programs into Emerging Development Frameworks • Millennium Development Goals • Performance Based Aid (post Monterey) • Comprehensive Development Frameworks • Poverty Reduction Strategies • Increases Importance of Broad Based Ownership by Cooperating Countries and Internalization in Their Priorities

  22. Financing Water Services • Link Infrastructure to Water Resources Management • Treat Water as a Market Good • Efficient Use and Delivery • Appropriate Pricing • Cost Recovery • Support Regulatory Frameworks and Policies

  23. Financing Water Services • Encourage Adoption of Affordable Standards • Increase Dialogue with Industry and Investors • New Approaches to Public-Private Collaboration • Innovative Financing • Sub-Sovereign Guarantee Schemes

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