1. M U N I C I P A L I T Y O F T I R A N A
Including Rural Areas within Municipal Service Boundaries
The Process of Transferring WSS Assets
Mrs. Alda Mile, Head of the Department of Water Supply and Wastewater – Tirana Municipality 18 May 2017 Danube Water Conference
Hello everyone, my name is Alda Mile and I represent Tirana Municipality. For a year I lead the transferring process of WSS Assets from ex-commune now Administrative Units to Tirana Muncipality, according to the new Law.

2. M A I N T O P I C S Engagement Process Results Legal obligation
Service quality
Identification of assets
Analysis & Report
According to Legal Framework for Decentralization of Local Government the Water Supply&Sewerage services it’s now an assets and obligation for Municipality of Tirana.
Assets transfer & registry
Co-operation Tirana Water Utility

3. Municipality Mayer Act
L E G A L F R A M E W O R K
Law Nr.8744/2001 for ‘’The transfers of state immovable property to Local Government Units“
Law Nr.10296/2010 for ‘’Control and Financial management’’
Law Nr. 115/ for ‘’Administrative-territorial division of Local Government Units
in Republic of Albania’’
Law Nr. 139/ for ‘’Local Self-Government’’
D.M.C. Nr. 510 dated for ‘’Approval of procedures for the transfer of rights and obligations, tangible and intangible assets, personnel, archives and any other official documentation in the local government units affected by the administrative-territorial reorganization’’
Directive Nr. 30 dated ‘’Asset management in public sector entities’’
Municipality Mayer Act
Nr.193/1 dated & Nr. 193/2 dated ‘’ Organize of commissions for the inventory of water works of water supply and sewerage, of intangible assets, tangible assets and circulating assets for which it has the right of ownership or other legitimate rights’’
D.M.C. – Decision of Counsil of Minister

4. T E R R I T O R Y E X P A N S I O N TOTAL 24 Administrative Units
Tirana Municipality
11 Administrative Units
13 Administrative Units
(ex-Communes)
(identified by names)
(135 villages)
TOTAL
24 Administrative Units

5. M E TH O D O L O G Y Collect Files and Data Juridical Finance
Survey Plan
Technical
Objective as per D.C.M. Nr.63 dated :
Municipality, by 31 December 2016, is responsible for inventory, evaluation and registration of services units and assets set-up and transfer them to municipal property, according to administrative-territorial division’’
Process expected to be finalized within a year

6. PHASE I - T E A M W O R K
Responsable staff: urban planning, cadastre, finance, chief of WSS
Legal framework: Mayor Act Nr.193/1 dated
Overview of situation with WSS utility services
List of all technical, legal ad financial files
Identification of WSS objects which are in ex-communes and Tirana Water Utility operation & maintenance
Transfers assets prolongation process to not interrupt the utility service from Tirana Water Utility
Commitment to achieve the deadline
Reorganization process in some administrative units and conformation of work positions on hold
Meeting (Working Group Tirana-Municipality-Tirana Water Utility -Administrator of each Administrative Unit.

7. P H A S E II - O R G A N I Z E IDENTIFY PROBLEMS
Assembling requested official files from 13 A.U.
(legal, financial records, survey plans, technical documentation)
Analyse and compile database
Plan for terrain identification
IDENTIFY PROBLEMS

8. I S S U E S We ask each AU to deal with these issues case by case
The objects constructed before 1990 were not valued
Other objects have no clear financial valuation
Although annual asset inventory is mandatory for each Administrative Unit (AU), no inventories were made for WSS assets in the past
No survey-plan was made in any AU for WSS assets
Only 1 AU had a digital inventory of WSS assets
We ask each AU to deal with these issues case by case
A.U. Administrative Unit

9. P H A S E III - I D E N T I F I C A T I O N & I N V E N T O R Y
Asset identification (water tank, water pumping stations, pumps, wells, etc.) Measurement by topographer (survey plan, volumes etc) Accurate location through geographic coordinates Photos (inside, outside) Asset condition (functonial, disfunctional, amortization etc) Legal status of the property (private property, public property, legalization process etc.)
Delays encountered due to logistical difficulties (remoteness, hard terrain, weather, lack of staff)

10. T H E S I T U A T I O N Water tank/pumps amortized
Illegal connections and lack of metering
New water tank not connected
Underground tanks
Degraded pumping stations
Decreasing flow of wells
Monthly fixed fees
No sewerage but septic tanks

11. P H A S E IV - R E P O R T TOTAL 104 water tank
Address/Area (AU, village, distance, terrain etc.)
Description (construction, surface, volume, materials, shape)
Inventory date
Property status
Financial value
Photos
Objects photo
Survey Plan
TOTAL
104 water tank

12. ACT OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
According to Decentralization of Local Government and transfer of assets and services to local territory:
Act of Municipality Council Nr. 18, date
....transfering of wss assets and services toTirana Water Utility a.s. management and revaluation of wss assets....
A I M . . .
....to increase the quality of service to citizens and improve the water supply & sewerage network

13. CURRENT AND FUTURE WSS SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS
Tirana Water Utility
Regional Directory
Rural Areas
Transition Plan
- Institutional aspects
- Human resource
- Client service
- Water tariffs
Performance Improvement
- 5 years business plan
Contract
Fees/collecting bills
Operation & Maintenance
Production & delivery
Identification of problems
Compliance
Requests

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