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Institutional Capacity Development

ADB Capacity Building - Directorate General Water Resources Development (1996 - 1997)

Jakarta, Indonesia
The Project was mainly directed at improving the human resource management system within Jakarta’s Directorate General of Water Resources of the Ministry of Public Works. The Project’s major deliverables were to conduct an extensive assessment of the present HRM system and to prepare operational guidelines to effectively upgrade the HRMS. The program performed a training-needs analysis, and helped establish a career path development and manager succession program via workshops and other on-site training modules.

ADB Capacity Building for the Regulatory Office of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Project (2002 - 2003)

Metro Manila, Philippines
The technical assistance project provided the Regulatory Office of the MWSS capacitating implements to strengthen its regulatory functions over water supply and sewerage operations in line with existing concession arrangements. The project tasks include the development of a training program and ensuring its successful implementation, the conduct of training needs assessment, and the development of a training manual for financial regulation and customer service. The tasks performed also provided key support for technical regulation and planning to enhance the provision of technical services.

ADB KAZ Institutional Strengthening for Rural Water and Sanitation Project (2004)

Astana, Kazakhstan
The technical assistance project aimed to develop and integrate the appropriate management systems into the program, in order to facilitate the smooth implementation of the designed strategies for the rural water and sanitation sector in Kazakhstan. The Project entailed the development of systems to heighten private sector participation, gender equity in local development planning, and to reinstate the use of a management model that integrates proposed water consumer groups. Additional sessions were also devoted for training, particularly on tariff setting and revenue collection techniques. The Project’s other key functions were to spearhead interagency coordination, review existing and develop new accounting processes, and to design workshops translating to better financial administration (bookkeeping), project management and reporting procedures.

Creating Grassroots Corporate Ethos to Enhance Barangay Development (2004)

Basilan, Zamboanga, Philippines
The project was intended to conduct an orientation program in Basilan as regards to business and enterprise development for the Islamic communities based in Sangbay Big and Sangbay Small. Accordingly, a training course was developed to enhance grasp of corporate governance for the barangay officials, and to enable them to effectively set up the proposed business enterprise. The Project staged consultative meetings, and training sessions to educate the stakeholders about business development, economic valuation, and operations management.

Institutional Strengthening of the 2nd Subic Bay Freeport Project (2001)

Subic Bay Metropolitan Area, Zambales, Philippines
The 2nd Subic Freeport Project entailed rendering technical support to the local Water Regulatory Board for bolstering financial and tariff setting assessments of Subic Water. The technical assistance also helped the local water enterprise and regulator define their roles and mandates more clearly via study trips and training sessions. The Project introduced a financial model as a benchmark for international best practices, and conducted training needs assessment for local staff and officials.

Strengthening of MWSS’ Planning Capability in Water Supply, Sewerage, and Sanitation Service Provision (2005)

Quezon City, Philippines
The assistance Project for MWSS, the water regulator for Metro Manila, supported the preparation of the MTSP by strengthening the utility’s capacity for water supply, sewerage, and sanitation planning. The Project aimed to update MWSS’ sectoral master plans for Metro Manila in order to facilitate the entry of more investments. Among the initiatives under the institutional development program was a renovated wastewater plan that elaborated on key developmental constraints such as land availability, tariff affordability and willingness to pay, formal connections, and logistical interruptions during construction phase. The project correspondingly analyzed the public’s willingness to pay for new sewerage and sanitation services, and coordinated the drafting of a policy that establishes and describes government subsidies necessary to implement the optimized master plan.