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Donor Coordination Process

This document provides insights on the progress, challenges, and priority actions towards improving water supply and sanitation in Albania. Efforts are needed to meet 2010 targets, including enhancing government-donor collaboration, investing in infrastructure, and improving access to safe water.

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Donor Coordination Process

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  1. Water and Sanitation Sector Working Group11 November 2008 Donor Coordination Process Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination

  2. Paris Declaration and donor coordination process in Albania • Water Supply and Sanitation sector as part of NSDI/EAOD • Donor database and the status of Water Supply and Sanitation sector • Next steps Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination, Nov 2008

  3. 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration Albania Progress, Priority Actions, and Challenges

  4. 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration Albania’s Overall progress against 2010 targets Progress has been made in three dimensions: • Ownership • Alignment, and • Harmonisation 2010 targetshave been met for only two indicators: • Indicator 4 on coordinated technical cooperation; • Indicator 8 on untying aid For the remaining indicators: • Progress has been made against some indicators, • Significant gaps need to be filled to meet 2010 targets for others.

  5. Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action Priority actions for progress against 2010 targets Substantial efforts required by the government and donors to improve: • use of country systems • predictability of aid • use of PBA/SWAp and results-oriented frameworks Donors should increase the use of : • joint donor missions, Country Analytical Work and evaluations; • development of joint country assistance strategies; Decrease the number of the PIUs - at least 24 parallel structures continue to be used by donors. SWGs to serve as the forums for further development in these areas

  6. Albania has one the lowest level of access to water supply compared to other European countries, especially in the rural areas. • The financing of water and sanitation infrastructure by the budget is shared between MPWTT and local government units • Domestic sources for public investment under this programme has exceed €26.1 million in 2008 • investments in water and sanitation, • a competitive grant to local government units, • and counterpart financing to external assistance projects. Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination, Nov 2008

  7. Central capacity in monitoring the impact from the implementation of reforms across utilities: metering, collection rates, business plans • Training staff of water utilities in the municipalities on the use of new technology • Laboratories for periodical monitoring of water quality • Establish a computer-based billing and collection system in water utilities • Establish an incentive-based supervision scheme for meter reading and collection Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination, Nov 2008

  8. Complete the transformation of the water enterprises into commercial companies • Introduce performance-based subsidy policy to encourage utilities to recover costs • Merging water utilities to reach an optimal number that would encourage private sector investment • Investment in urban and rural areas, where access indicators are very low or there is substantial need for renovation of the existing networks • Prepare a medium-term capital investment programme based on a national master plan Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination, Nov 2008

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  12. Target 17: Reduce the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and proper sewage infrastructure Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination, Nov 2008

  13. Joint donor efforts and pooled funding to ensure that necessary resources are available and technical assistance is effectively coordinated in the sector. • updating regularly the database • Progress Report on External Assistance will be prepared next year with the aim of being a guide for the donor and GoA priority match • Sector level working groups revitalized and formalized under Government leadership are the basis for further development of PBA/SWAp in the sector • Differentcoordination mechanisms will continue to be used by the GoA and the donor community /Donor Technical Secretariat in order to coordinate their activities: • the Donor Roundtables at the level of the heads of agencies, • development and Integration partners meetings • and the sector working groups (SWG). Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination, Nov 2008

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