Inter-institutional professional network in water sector of Serbia
WOP-SEE Newsletter no. 3 - Apr 2012
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Water Operators’ Partnerships for South East Europe (WOP-SEE) is a network of partners working to facilitate WOPs in South East Europe. Our overall goal is to make it easier, and more rewarding, for utilities to learn from one another on a not-for-profit basis.
WOP-SEE Business Plan finalized
In conjunction with the "4th International Conference on Water Loss Reduction in Water Supply Systems" organized in November 2011 in Sofia, Bulgaria, by the Bulgarian Water Association, WOP-SEE Steering Committee meeting took place. During the meeting WOPs strategy for the period 2012-2014 was discussed and supported by the Steering Committee.
New IT social platform for utility professionals:
Global Water Operators Partnerships Alliance launched a social networking platform, the Pipeline that enables direct on-line exchange between water utility professionals. Professionals can meet peers, engage in exchange with other professionals, create groups and forums around specific topics, announce events and share documents. In addition, utilities will be able to seek well performing utilities in their own areas for improvement and ask from GWOPA to facilitate potential partnerships.
To watch video on how to create an account use the following link: video tutorials
Announcements:
During the conference Water Loss Europe 2012, that will be organized in Ferrara, Italy from May 23rd-25th, WOP-SEE working meeting will take place. Participation of representatives from the number of countries in the region is expected, including conference speakers from Cyprus, Croatia, FRY Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Albania, Malta, etc. Additional support from leading IWA Water Loss Specialist Group experts is expected to be available during the meeting.
Purpose of the WOP-SEE meeting in Ferrara will be to discuss what more could be done by utilities and associations in SEE at operational level to support fund raising efforts for WOP-SEE Business Plan realization and to discuss process of utility matchmaking through GWOPA on-line tools.
During the 14th edition of EXPO APA organized in Bucharest by the Romanian Water Association from 11th-13th June, WOP-SEE Secretariat meeting will be organized to discuss fund raising process and beginning of the implementation of the WOP-SEE Business Plan 2012-2014. International Financing Institutions and donors that are supporting water operators in the region to help each other are invited to discuss possibilities to further facilitate ongoing efforts of utilities and associations within WOP-SEE.
In conjunction with the SHUKALB Annual Conference planned for November 6th-8th 2012, it is planned to have the first WOP-SEE Matchmaking Workshop using GWOPA and IBNET on-line tools.
Action: IBNET benchmarking in Serbian utilities
The project „Collection and analysis of utility performance benchmarks in Serbia for 2007-2011” is initiated in March 2012, in cooperation with the World Banka and International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities (IBNET).
Project will be executed by Inter-institutional Professional Network in Water Sector of Serbia (IPM), in close cooperation with the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) of Serbia. This will be a pilot project in full utilization of on-line GWOPA and IBNET tools for regional utilities matchmaking workshops (specifically in November 2012 in Albania).
GWOPA Secretariat looking for a host
The "Call for Expression of Interest in Hosting of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance Secretariat" was issued to the member states of the United Nations. The deadline to receive the Expression of Interest (EoI) is set on 30th April, 2012. Please download the Call from here.
On March 2011, during the 1st Global WOPs Congress and GWOPA General Assembly,
Dragana Gajic of Serbia's IPM was elected WOP-SEE representative to the GWOPA Steering Committee where she will be the voice of SEE operators on this global platform to support not-for-profit utility peer support efforts.
Aleksandar Krstic from Belgrade, Serbia, is WOP-SEE Coordinator with mission to help initiate implementation of the WOP-SEE Business Plan and spearhead resource mobilization efforts.
Water Loss Europe 2012 is intended to present and discuss the latest developments, strategies, techniques and applications of international best practices in Non-Revenue Water Management.
The Conference is the first regional event following a series of successful IWA water loss reduction speciality conferences, like "Water Loss 2010" that was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in June 2010 with 630 participants from more than 30 different countries from around the world.
Water Loss Europe 2012 was brought to Europe to address the pressing need for improved water utility efficiency in this part of the world.
The Organizer: IWA Water Loss Specialist Group
In 1997 the International Water Association (IWA) embarked on an initiative to standardize water utility performance indicators. As part of this initiative, the Water Loss Task Force (WLTF) was established. The mandate of the WLTF was to reach international consensus on a standard water balance form and terminology and develop and recommend water loss performance indicators. The WLTF was a small group of water utility professionals from around the world and was chaired by Allan Lambert (UK). After this initial work was completed the WLTF broadened its activities by working on international best practice concepts and methodologies for water loss management.
The Hosts
Being aware of the importance of efficient Non-Revenue Water Management and appreciating the excellent work done by the IWA Water Loss Specialist Group (WLSG), conference Hosts have joined forces to bring this prestigious conference to Italy.
They are fully committed to make Water Loss Europe 2012 a successful event in this series of Water Loss conferences and ensure that all participants will be able to experience Italian hospitality!
Global Water Operators Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) launched a social networking platform, the Pipeline, that enables direct exchange between water utility professionals. Professionals can meet peers, engage in exchange with other professionals, create groups and forums around specific topics, announce events, and share documents.
Skupština Srbije usvojila je 22. novembra 2011. godine Zakon o komunalnim delatnostima, koji bi, prema rečima predlagača, trebalo da omogući privatne investicije i bolje uslove za poslovanje u toj oblasti (pogledajte vest).
Zakon je donet uz protivljenje sindikata zaposlenih u komunalnim delatnostima (pogledajte vest). Krajem decembra 2011. godine Sindikat komunalne delatnosti predao je parlamentu 110.000 potpisa građana koji su podržali raspisivanje referenduma o privatizaciji javno-komunalnih preduzeća. (pogledajte vest)
Takođe je na predlog zakona negativno reagovala i Privredne komore Srbije usled velikih razlika između nacrta koji je bio predmet javne rasprave i predloga zakona koji je ušao u skupštinsku proceduru (pogledajte vest).
Ovde možete naći:
- Nacrt Zakona o komunalnim delatnostima koji je izrađen u saradnji većeg broja zaineresovanih strana, preuzet sa sajta Ministarstva životne sredine, rudarstva i prostornog planiranja, kao i
