Water investments, financial strategies and water pricing: Final Conference
10 June 2004 - 11 June 2004
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the IOW (International Office for Water) and the BIPE Administrations and Environment Sector have carried on the MEIF project (Evaluation Methods for investments in the water sector, financial strategies and water pricing) on behalf of the European Commission DG Research under the 5th Framework Programme for research and technological development (1998-2002).
The three main topics of MEIF are:
· Methods of evaluation of prospective water investments at a country level (and current status of prospective scenarios),,· Prospective on financing strategies (National, Municipal, Private, PPP arrangements) of future water investments,,· Prospective on water pricing (with a link to the origin of funds, public or private).
This project is now at its final stage and a final conference is foreseen on the 10th and 11th of June 2004 in Paris.
The objective of the conference is to bring together a number of key European stakeholders in the water sector and give them the opportunity to debate, exchange and advance on key issues developed during the MEIF project. Bringing together actors from EU and candidate countries will enrich the debate and facilitate the transfer of experience as well as the dissemination of the outcome of the project. Finally, it will be an opportunity to discuss the economic aspects and the financial challenge of the water investments required by the EU directives.
The draft agenda of the conference and all relevant documents are available on the following web site: http://www.meif.org(opens in new window).
A registration form will be available on the above mentioned web site. The deadline for registration is Wednesday 26th of May 2004.
The three main topics of MEIF are:
· Methods of evaluation of prospective water investments at a country level (and current status of prospective scenarios),,· Prospective on financing strategies (National, Municipal, Private, PPP arrangements) of future water investments,,· Prospective on water pricing (with a link to the origin of funds, public or private).
This project is now at its final stage and a final conference is foreseen on the 10th and 11th of June 2004 in Paris.
The objective of the conference is to bring together a number of key European stakeholders in the water sector and give them the opportunity to debate, exchange and advance on key issues developed during the MEIF project. Bringing together actors from EU and candidate countries will enrich the debate and facilitate the transfer of experience as well as the dissemination of the outcome of the project. Finally, it will be an opportunity to discuss the economic aspects and the financial challenge of the water investments required by the EU directives.
The draft agenda of the conference and all relevant documents are available on the following web site: http://www.meif.org(opens in new window).
A registration form will be available on the above mentioned web site. The deadline for registration is Wednesday 26th of May 2004.