1. A global platform to support local water sector transformations
WORLD BANK GROUP DONOR FORUM
18th May 2010
Angelo Dell'Atti Infrastructure Advisory
International Finance Corporation

2. To achieve MDGs and other development goals, many countries need to accelerate water sector transformation
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 7, Target 3: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
What could accelerate the process?
What we’ve heard
What is the current response?
Efforts and institutions aimed at MDGs and other water related objectives, e.g., WSP, HDR, CGIAR
Water is a low policy priority A
Elevate to head of state as key growth driver
Too focused on access and sanitation
Country wide water strategies with an increasing focus on IWRM B
Holistic approach engaging all stakeholders, including private sector
Public sector has limited capacity
Private sector engaging, e.g., UNGC CEO water mandate

3. “Charting our Water Future” was authored by a unique group of public sector entities, private companies and experts
New tools to speak to high level policy makers A
New platforms for stakeholder alignment B

4. Transformation planning
Despite successful interventions by many institutions, a number of failures in coordination and implementation still remain
Limited institutional capacity and expertise in some cases
Actors in country water management
Country water management process
Outcomes
Global public sector and civil society
Diagnosis
of needs
Transformation planning
Focused on downstream services and supply-side interventions
Focused on water access and sanitation as opposed to scarcity
Water remains a low policy priority
Modest improvement in water productivity
Donors
Global expert/research groups
Foundations
Limited alignment of initiatives to country-level agenda
Multilateral development agencies
Local public sector and civil society
Governments
Local expert/research groups
National development agencies
Implementation
Global/local private sector
Investors
Some implementation initiatives are not effective, for example:
Misaligned end user incentives
Weak business case for private sector participation
Private sector organisations
Low political will
Multinational private companies
Monitoring
Local private companies

5. Country water management process
A platform providing targeted and rapid support to meet specific management needs could help stakeholders accelerate the transformation
Initiatives to support coordination of activities of some key stakeholders
Re-balanced focus towards water resource scarcity challenge
Actors in country water management
Country water management process
Outcomes
Global public sector and civil society
Diagnosis
of needs
Transformation planning
Accelerated water sector transformation
Water engrained as integrated component of country economy
Water raised on the political agenda
Integrated view of water access and water scarcity
Country reference cases developed
Donors
Global expert/research groups
Foundations
Multilateral development agencies
Local public sector and civil society
Governments
Platform
Local expert/research groups
Supplement process with private sector tools and techniques to assist delivery of public policy objectives and implementation
Targeted analytics
Outcomes-based management
Shared services model
National development agencies
Implementation
Global/local private sector
Investors
Holistic involvement of private sector in planning and implementation
Private sector organisations
Multinational private companies
Monitoring
Local private companies

6. We are experiencing early success in supporting a number of countries in accelerating their reform agenda
Example of in-country work: Pakistan
Organising initial workshop to align stakeholders (20th May) using Minister of Water and Power’s convening power to mobilise national and local stakeholders from federal/provincial government, research groups and other institutions
Providing analytical bandwidth to rapidly synthesise Activities already underway and diagnose potential gaps
Other countries at early stages of engagement
Providing platform to engage private sector in the planning process
Providing project management support to drive rapid planning exercise with the aim of building a 3-6 month action plan and 3-5 year change programme, supported by development partners
Mongolia
Kaliningrad
China
Tigris-Euphrates
Jordan
India
Mexico
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia
Pakistan
Peru
Brazil
Australia
South Africa

7. Our hypothesis is that this growing public-private coalition should transition towards a donor funded stable platform
Jan 2010
May 2010
Jan 2011
Davos 2010
More countries expressing interest
Davos 2011 ? ? ?
“Charting our water future” released
Coalition of public institutions and private companies
WEF incubation
IFC-led programme (TBD)
World Economic Forum (WEF)
Donor countries?
Foundations?
Growing coalition ?

8. Key questions
How can we make this valuable to you and your stakeholders?
How should donor governments be involved?
How will this effort help accelerate existing programmes?
How do we make sure the right expertise is on board?
What scale should we aspire to?