📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P170891
Region: Europe and Central Asia
Commitment Amount: US$ 75.00 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 141.30 million
Implementing Agency : National Agency of Water Supply, Sewerage and Waste Infrastructure (AKUM), Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy
Development Objective :
The Program Development Objectives are to improve operational and financial performance of water supply and sanitation (WSS) utiliti es and increase access to safely managed water supply services in the Republic of Albania.
To strengthen the policy framework and institutional capacity for improved WSS service delivery in Albania
The Program will support the following three results areas: • Results Area 1: Strengthened National Sector Framework • Results Area 2: Improved Access, Quality and Efficiency of WSS Services • Results Area 3: WSS Utility Aggregation/Regionalization program designed and launched Below is a (non-exhaustive) list of preliminary possible PDO and intermediate results indicators and/or DLIs. Results Area 1: Strengthened National Sector Framework 1. National WSS Strategy Approved by Council of Ministers24 2. No. of WSS utilities reporting to Information System on target achievement and performance 3. National Professional Certification program approved Results Area 2: Improved Access, Quality and Efficiency of WSS Services 1. No. of Annual transfer of Performance Based transfers by Ministry to eligible WSS Utilities 2. No. of WSS utilities meeting their performance goals as in Performance Contract (NRW, Energy Efficiency, etc.)
3. No. of utilities staff certified under national certification program 4. No. of people benefiting from improved access and/or quality of services Results Area 3: WSS Utility Aggregation/Regionalization program established 1. Utility aggregation framework/program of measures approved 2. No. of utilities successfully integrated under the utility aggregation program D. Program Description PforR Program Boundary 19. The National WSS Sector Strategy (2019-2030) or NSS is the overarching program for the water and sanitation sector in Albania and outlines a program of targeted priority actions. The NSS sets as GoA’s priority challenges to be addressed by the government program: i) governance, financial and management framework, where GoA’s priority measures focus on improving financial viability of the 58 WSS utilities, improved overall governance through increased accountability and transparency at central and local level, and the design and launch of a utility aggregation program which would improve economies of scale, cost recovery and service delivery; and ii) technical and operational performance of WSS Utilities, where GoA’s program focus is on reducing high non-revenue water (water losses), improving hours of service, and increasing access to the services by the rural population. The investment needs of the NSS have been estimated at EUR 1.6 billion by 2030 to achieve the targets set forth in
