1. Donor Coordination Process
Water and Sanitation
Sector Working Group 11 November 2008
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
Dimensions
2005
2007
Challenges
Priority Actions
Ownership
Moderate
Moderate-High
Realistic translation of priorities into budgetary terms
Fully implement National Strategy for Development and Integration
Alignment
Low
Low-Moderate
Limited used of national systems, low reporting of aid in budget
Step up donor use of public financial management systems, improve data on aid disbursements
Harmonisation
Limited use of programme-based approaches
Develop sector-wide approaches in additional sectors
Managing for results
Lack of capacity at ministry and local level
Mainstream national monitoring and evaluation framework
Mutual accountability
Lack of formal mutual accountability mechanism
Finalise Harmonisation Action Plan and ensure it includes a monitoring system

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 targets have 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. Laboratories for periodical monitoring of water quality
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
Indicators
Source
2002
2003
2004
2005
2007
Targets 2015
Population with access to safe drinking water (%)
INSTAT 69
75.4 na 71
78.4 98
Population with access to improved sanitation (%)
63.8
68.3
70.8
76.2 95
Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination, Nov 2008

13. updating regularly the database
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
Different coordination 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

14. Department for Strategy and Donor Coordination, Nov 2008