DANube Utility Benchmarking and Indicators System DANUBIS First Steering Group Meeting January 28, 2014

DANUBIS Open Platform with Key utility performance indicators and benchmarking reports based on common definitions Geographical coverage: Danube region Focused on recent annual data Data structure / indicators: subset of IB-Net Website: Hosted by IAWD / www.danube-water-program.org In English and local languages Data quality management

Agenda of discussion Indicators and Data Systems Functionalities Timeline Support needs Steering group commitments, operation and involvement

Data and indicators Data vs. indicators Common basis Raw data needed for conversion Never disclosed Common basis IB-Net definition Revision of toolkit as opportunity National currencies and Euro Data quality / management

System Functionalities Performance Indicators module: Utility Benchmarking Segments: Utility Size, Supply type, GDP/capita, Density, Type of service Similar to IB-Net Utility Benchmarking module Generate simple utility reports Data management module? Uploading / management / validation App? Other?

Timeline Time Step Status 2013 Now / December VC with all countries to confirm / validate proposed concept. December Institutions to share the structure of their raw data to map to IB-Net. 2014 January Confirmation of list of indicators, segments, utility report (through written comments, VCs) Winter Engagement with individual countries on support needs February-March Countries to share raw data for conversion into IB-Net format Late March First draft website up, including converted data Spring First workshop to validate platform, discuss next steps (on side of Annual DWP conference) Beyond 2015 Continuous update of data Second workshop to continue discussions on platform

Support needs (1) Support needs differ from country to country Data collection Data validation Data conversion Training Limited resources available for selected countries Exact support to be discussed bilaterally

Principle interest in DANUBIS? Support needs (2) Country Data in IB-Net? Principle interest in DANUBIS? Focus of DWS3 support Albania Yes Data validation BiH No Data collection Bulgaria Data conversion Croatia Limited Possible Kosovo Macedonia Some To be determined Moldova Montenegro Romania Serbia Ukraine

Steering Group (1) Membership: Organization Communication and meetings Institutions in each country: “own” the platform, provide guidance, raw data Technical / financial partners (World Bank, IB-Net, IAWD, ORF): Initial support, convert data, provide technical support, maintain platform, facilitate process and finance initial operation Organization Semi-formal (defined but flexible membership) Chaired by Danube Water Program (initially) Communication and meetings Through emails Through video-conferences On side of annual conference (May 2014)

Steering Group (2)

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