Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:
- Phase A aims at a clear definition of the roles of the various institutions enabling them to fulfill their tasks in the most efficient way. Phase A should be regarded as establishing the parameters for an effective and sustainable cooperation between the public and private sectors. Three specific tasks were included in the Terms of Reference for this phase:
A1 – Optimization of the institutional set-up for Asset Management within the Armenian water, wastewater and irrigation sectors
A2 – Evaluation of the current capacity and future requirements
A3 – Tendering of vacant posts (using the standard GoA procedures)
- Phase B of the services [with the single Task B1] covers Water Demand Management, aiming principally at the recommendation of measures to reduce undue consumption of potable water and water system losses.
- Phase C takes a longer term view of the Asset Management process and has as its objectives the development of an asset strategy and the preparation of a roadmap for implementation. The Terms of Reference included three specific tasks for this phase:
C1 – Establishment of the Strategy Development Group
C2 – Sustainability Understanding and Strategy Development
C3 – Measurement and Implementation Plan