Bucharest, November 24-25, 2009 · Transboundary water management Managing water for environmental benefits High costs for meeting the EU environmental standards Climate and hydrological

Bucharest, November 24-25, 2009

Bank-wide Water resources

sector strategy

Based on the Dublin principles:

Integration – the river basin should be the unit of analysis

integrating the land and water management, with due attention

paid to environment

Subsidiarity – water resources management with all stakeholders

participation (state, private sector, civil society)

Instrument – water, as a scarce resource, needs to be subject to

improved allocation and enhanced quality through right incentives

and economic principles

Main directions of the strategy

Water resources management (WRM) is central to sustainable growth and poverty reduction

Most developing countries need to be active in both management and development of water resources infrastructure

The main management challenge is not a vision of integrated water resources management (IWRM) but a pragmatic approach

Development and maintenance of well-performing hydraulic infrastructure with mobilization of private financing, with meeting the environmental and social standards

Different business model for high-risk-high-reward hydraulic infrastructure

Major comparative advantage in the water sector: integrated support and convening power

Bank’s assistance tailored to country circumstances and consistent with Country Assistance Strategies / Country Partnership Strategies

Water portfolio at a glance

Water resources management in

eca - thematic issues (1)

Sound transparent public sector management

critical for good WRM

better WRM closely linked to better governance and accountability

Management within river basin boundaries

EU Water Framework Directive calls for appropriate institutional

arrangements for cross-sectoral and cross-border cooperation

upstream-downstream conflicts (winter energy vs. summer irrigation)

Enhance priority given to environmental flows

Deteriorated hydraulic infrastructure and water institutions

Affects introducing of economic instruments for water management


eca - thematic issues (2)

Support to meet the key MDGs

Adequate, reliable access to safe drinking water and sanitation

Environment sustainability including sustainable WRM

Transboundary water management

Managing water for environmental benefits

High costs for meeting the EU environmental standards

Climate and hydrological variability

Adds new level of complexity in planning and management

Extreme weather events (floods, droughts) increasing in duration, frequency, and intensity in SEE, Caucasus and Central Asia


eca – sub-regional issues (1)

South-Eastern Europe:

Declining precipitation over last 40 years affected the water stock and hydropower generation

Difficult flood and watershed management

About 90% of the territory lies in transboundary river and lake basins

Adequate access to safe drinking water in rural communities

South Caucasus:

Vulnerability to floods and droughts

Weak transboundary cooperation

High dependence on irrigation for reliable agriculture

Balancing coastal zone ecosystem management with development of oil industry


eca – sub-regional issues (2)

Central Asia:

Water is one of the key development issues – 35 mill.

people depending

Irrigation accounts for 92% of water use

Declining of Aral Sea water level – affected livelihoods

of 3.5 million

Growing drainage, waterlogging and salinity problems

Many irrigation schemes can become economically

viable with rehabilitation and right policy framework

Ferghana Valley - difficulties in balancing upstream

power generation with downstream irrigation


eca – portfolio of operations (1)

Most CAS / CPS do not address water management broadly

In several cases, investment in WRM was in response to a crisis (Poland, Turkey, Kyrgyz, Georgia)

Work on floods and dams safety was done in advance of a disaster (Romania, Armenia, Central Asia)

Integrated WRM projects in Central Asia (North Aral Sea and Ferghana Valley)

Most of water-related investments also have policy and institutional reform elements

Preparation of Water Codes (Armenia, Kyrgyz, Kazakhstan) or Irrigation Laws (Albania, Moldova, Romania)

Support convergence to EU standards and EU



South Eastern Europe:

Water supply and sanitation projects (WSS) in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Moldova, Romania, Turkey

Water Management Projects (WatMan) in Albania, Croatia, Turkey

Irrigation and Drainage (I&D) in Romania and Serbia (after successfull implementation of three projects in Albania and one in FYR Macedonia)

Flood protection and Dam safety in Albania, Poland and Romania

Caucasus:

WSS projects in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

I&D projects in Armenia,



Central Asia:

WSS projects in Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan,

Uzbekistan

WatMan projects in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

I&D projects in Kyrgyz Republic



Active Projects

WSS Irrig&Dr WatManFlood&

DamsTotal

24 7 13 4 48 WSS50%

Irrig&Dr15%

WatMan27%

Flood& Dams

8%

Distribution of active water projects by number



Active projects (mill. US$)


DamsTotal

2,063 308 632 475 3,478

WS/WSS59%

Irrig&Dr9%

WatMan18%

Flood& Dams14%

Distribution of active water projects by value



Pipeline projects


DamsTotal

4 1 0 2 7WSS57%

Irrig&Dr14%

WatMan0%

Flood&Dams

29%

Distribution of pipeline water projects by number



Pipeline projects (mill. US$)

WSS Irrig&Dr WatManFlood&Da

msTotal

437 131 0 179 747

WSS58%

Irrig&Dr18%

WatMan0%

Flood& Dams24%

Distribution of pipeline water projects by value

Many thanks for your

patience !

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Bucharest, November 24-25, 2009 · Transboundary water management Managing water for environmental benefits High costs for meeting the EU environmental standards Climate and hydrological