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WOP LAC Latin America and Caribbean Region

WOP LAC Latin America and Caribbean Region. Isaac Zilberman AIDIS Executive Director. AGENDA. AIDIS – WOP LAC Challenges Global WOP Alliance Role:. AIDIS - Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering.

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WOP LAC Latin America and Caribbean Region

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  1. WOP LAC Latin America and Caribbean Region Isaac Zilberman AIDIS Executive Director Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  2. AGENDA AIDIS – WOP LAC Challenges Global WOP Alliance Role: Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  3. AIDIS - Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Regional Institution with a professional network: 10.000 members, in 32 countries in North and South America & Caribbean Region 60 years working for Water and Sanitation National and Inter-American Conferences, Seminars and Workshops HR training: more than 500 opportunities/year Natural partners for presence and programs in the region: PAHO and WHO UN HABITAT and UNSGAB IWA, AWWA , WEF and WWC IADB and World Bank IWA, AWWA , WEF and WWC. Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  4. AIDISMain Commitment for next years MDG – MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS on Water and Sanitation in the LAC region by 2015 – Intermediate goal WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL POPULATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION BY 2025 Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  5. AGENDA AIDIS – WOP LAC Challenges Global WOP Alliance Role Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  6. WOP LAC ChallengesWater Services Quality >Only 73% of the population served through house connections >60% of the water systems is intermittent >Water quality control: incipient >Regulatory agencies: just starting Sanitation >Only 50% of waste water collected >Only 15% of waste water treatment Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  7. WOP LAC Challenges The 4 main tools Management Improvements in: Non Revenue Water – NRW (Water Losses) Energetic Efficiency – EE Productivity Regulation Framework General directives Law National and Local Water and Sanitation Plans Communication Solution to the Political/Social/Economic and Financial Equation Management improvement (NRW, EE and Productivity) Tariffs Budget complementary resources Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  8. AGENDA AIDIS – WOP LAC Challenges Global WOP Alliance Role Political Terms Technical Terms Financial Terms Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  9. Global WOP Alliance Role POLITICAL terms: Representation of the Regional WOP next to: UNSGAB organizations that conform the UNSGAB for Water and Sanitation. Representation next to other international organizations without participation at the UNSGAB Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  10. AGENDA AIDIS – WOP LAC Challenges Global WOP Alliance Role Political Terms Technical Terms Financial Terms Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  11. Global WOP Alliance Role TECHNICAL terms: Coordination and “follow up” of the Work Plans of each Regional WOP: searching homogenization of the evaluation parameters. validation of possible and acceptable differences. Example: LAC must have objectives beyond those world-wide ones in aspects like potable water and waste water service through house connections. * We urge to do waste water treatment and not only waste water collection; * Clear inclusion of Solid Waste in the ODM, considering the semantic doubt in LAC about the English expression “sanitation”. Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  12. AGENDA AIDIS – WOP LAC Challenges Global WOP Alliance Role Political Terms Technical Terms Financial Terms Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  13. Global WOP Alliance Role FINANCIAL Terms Search of international donors and more distribution to the Regional WOP, in accordance with the respective Work Plans. Support the water operators’ agreements in case where the receiving operator of the attendance doesn’t have resources to cover the total costs Support part of the capacity building costs of operators when they can’t support the total costs . Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

  14. Thank You ! Isaac Zilberman AIDIS Executive Director • Fore more information: • www.aidis.org.br • Isaac.zilberman@aidis.com.br Foundation Meeting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance NAIROBI, 29/30 Jan 2009

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