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

2. 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 /
In English and local languages
Data quality management

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

4. 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

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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 s
Through video-conferences
On side of annual conference (May 2014)

10. Steering Group (2)

11. Thank you!