Financing Water and Sanitation Services:

Options and Constraints

November 10-11, 2003

Panels - Experiences

The Conference will be organized in two roundtable and four panel discussion sessions. In the roundtable sessions, experts will provide their opinions on the main issues facing the sector and their possible solutions, the experiences and opinions of participants will be shared and gathered during the panel discussions.

The Bank issued a call for proposals to those interested in presenting their experiences during the conference. Forty-two proposals were received by the October 1, 2003 deadline. The Bank would like to thanks all those who sent proposals.

Experiences to be discussed during the panel sessions

Session 2: Institutional Constraints

1. A Public-Private Solution for Monteria, Colombia. Pablo Roda

2. Institutional Constraints and the Reform Process in Nicaragua. Lizeth de Trinidad

3. Towards an Orderly Cancellation of the Potable Water and Sanitation Concession Contract in Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay. Hugo Roche

4. Cross Subsidies: Constraining Increase in Coverage Levels in Potable Water and Sanitation. Guillermo Yepes

5. Globalization, Governance and Regulation. Miguel Solanes, ECLAC

6. The Effect of Insufficient Tariff Revenues: The Case of the Dominican Republic. Marcos Rodríguez

Session 3: Financial Constraints

1. The Effects of the Argentinian Crisis in the Concession Model of Aguas Argentinas. Jean Bernard Lamiere, Manager of Aguas Argentinas, Argentina

2. A Trust Fund for Aguas Argentinas, Miguel Saiegh, President of ETOSS, Argentina.

3. Raising Capital in the Financial Markets: The Case of SABESP. Dr. Dalmo Nogueira, President of SABESP, Brazil

4. Public-Private Financing of the Sanitation System in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Luis Alfonso Pinzon, ACUACAR, Colombia

5. The Financing of Wastewater Treatment Plants in Chile. Eduardo Vallejo, USA

Session 4: Public – Private Options for Financing Rural Systems

1. A Water Service Provision Program in Isolated Areas in Guatemala. Carlos García Bickford, Guatemala

2. Rural Potable Water and Health: The Cases of PROPILAS in Peru and PROSAGUAS in El Salvador. Raul Artiga, CARE

3. Institutional Challenges for Rural Systems. Jennifer Sara, Principal Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank

4. Community-Based Models for the Provision of Potable Water in El Salvador: The Case of JOATECA, Andres Recalde, World Vision

5. Provision of Water Services by Small and Medium Enterprises in Colombia. José Fernando Cárdenas, Colombia

Session 6: Social and Political Consensus Around the Reform Process

1. The Change of the Municipal Authority in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Oscar Kilgore, Mayor, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

2. Institutions and the Investment Plan of Aguas del Illimani, Juan Carlos Bianchi, General Manager, Aguas del Illimani, Bolivia

3. The Role of the Consumer in the Regulatory Process. Vivien Foster, Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank

4. Social Acceptance of the Reform Process in Peru. Jorge Villacorta, Ministry of Construction and Sanitation

5. Accepting Private Sector Participation in Chile. Juan Eduardo Saldivia, Superintendent of Sanitation Services, Chile

6. In Search of an Equilibrium between Increasing Tariffs and the Use of Public Funds for Feasible Wastewater Treatment Investments. Tarcisio Delgado, Prefect of Juiz de Fora, Brazil

For clarifications and/or additional questions please contact Paulina Beato (paulinab@iadb.org) or Diego Rodríguez (diegor@iadb.org).

Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division
and Environment Division
Private Enterprise and Financial Markets Subdepartment
Sustainable Development Department
Inter-American Development Bank
1300 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC