1. ARMENIA: NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE Financing Strategy for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Draft Workplan Yerevan, 13 December 2006 Jochem Jantzen Director, TMEwww.tme.nu

2. TASK 1: STEERING GROUP Formation of steering group should include: SCWM, Min Nat prot, Min Soc, Min Econ Fin, water cie, IFI´s, NGO´s Representatives of rural communities

3. TASK 2: DATA COLLECTION Identification additional data needs: infrastructure (water distribution) financing (user charges, budget) Agree on ways of collection Questionnaire through SWCM: selected settlements water companies Update social economic information

4. TASK 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND BASELINE SCENARIO (possible) rearrange input data delineation (more info on AWSC) update and extend current input data (infrastructure; finance; social economic) analyse affordability and willingness to pay

5. TASK 4: POLICY PACKAGE Iterative process Objectives setting, also for sanitation Simulate some scenarios with various characteristics that meet objectives Affordability and willingness to pay Prepare choices for policy package (short medium and long term)

6. TASK 5: ACTION PLAN Attention to: Integrating the FS in budgets Integrating the FS in the PRSP Strengthening social and economic policies for rural areas Coordination with IWRM IFI’s and donors possible funding

7. REPORTING Inception report (Jan 2007) 1st Interim report (Mar 2007) 2st Interim report (June 2007) Final report (October 2007)

8. TIMETABLE Timing aims at maximal available time for assistance in developing Action Plan