EuropeAid Support to the EU Water Initiative (EECCA Region)

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EuropeAid Support to the EU Water
Initiative(EECCA Region)

• Water Investment Support Facility Presentation
• Joint Meeting
• EU Water Initiative EECCA Working Group
• OECD EAP Task Force
• Helsinki 24-25 May 2007
• WISF Team Leader George McDonnell
• george.mcdonnell_at_arcadis-euroconsult.com

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Water Investment Support Facility in a Nutshell

• WISF is helping IFIs prepare seven EUWI related
  water projects in EECCA with total budget of EUR
  340m
• EuropeAid EUR 13.5m co-financing for
  implementation of EUWI related water projects in
  EECCA (separate to WISF)

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Project Management

• The EuropeAid WISF contract is with Euroconsult
  Mott MacDonald (NL) in cooperation with
• BCEOM (FR)
• Mazars and Guerard (FR)

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WISF Background

• Water Investment Support Facility developed by
  EuropeAid in collaboration with banks (IFIs)
• WISF is most recent EuropeAid project preparation
  facility (others Joint Environment Programme,
  Black Sea Investment Facility)

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WISF Background contd.

• IFIs develop Water Supply and Sanitation and
  Integrated Water Resource Management projects
  that help implement EUWI in the EECCA region
• IFIs require project preparation support
• WISF one source of project preparation support
• WISF is carrying out eight project preparation
  studies for seven IFI projects

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WISF Facts Figures

• Eight WISF studies are being carried out in
• Armenia (1) (EBRD)
• Azerbaijan (2) (World Bank)
• Georgia (3) (EBRD)
• Uzbekistan (2) (ADB World Bank)
• WISF partner IFIs Asian Development Bank, EBRD,
  World Bank
• WISF Budget EUR 2.7m
• WISF Duration July 2005