Workshop on the SAMTID Project,
RomaniaInstitutional building design to support the
SAMTID programme pilot phase implementation. The consultants
provide “management support to the national coordinating body,
Project Coordination Unit (PCU) established at this level and the
Project Implementation Units (PIUs) established at the level of the
final beneficiaries (groups of local authorities)”. The support to
a Financial and Operational Performance Improvement Programme
(FOPIP) is directed as a first priority at the five groups of towns
selected for the pilot phase of SAMTID investment support and the
operating companies that serve them.
FOPIP will provide technical assistance to improve the capacity of
the selected groups of towns to monitor the performance of their
service operators, emphasising efficiency, cost-control and loss
reduction, thereby enhancing the capacity of the groups of towns to
plan the investment programmes and assume and service debts.
Appropriate training on management and operational issues will also
be provided to services operators themselves. Following work with
initial groups of towns, this project will assist other groups of
towns to establish FOPIPs as part of their preparations for
receiving SAMTID support.
The successful implementation of this project should lead to a
significant improvement in the performance of the national
coordinating body, Regional Operating Company (ROC) and Association
of Municipalities (AOM), in particular as to:
- Improved capacity of the national coordinating body to manage
the implementation of the SAMTID pilot phase;
- Improved overall co-ordination of the SAMTID pilot phase, by
the Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI) through PCU;
- Better management by the Project Implementation Units and
Monitoring Support Unit at the beneficiary level in implementing
their projects:
- Shared knowledge and experience gained through the pilot phase
of the programme;
- Enhanced capacity of the local authorities and their operators
in implementing FOPIP concepts to be able to comply with the
various agreements and to meet loan repayment requirements.
We provided the following services:
- Preparation of the ToR for institutional strengthening and
project preparation for further SAMTID projects
- Management support to the MAI, project coordinating unit
- Support to the strengthening of AoMs in order to enable them to
effectively discharge their responsibilities for representing the
asset owners, assisting in works contract implementation, and
supervising operation concession contracts, including:
- Review of the institutional/management arrangements, as well as
the tasks and actual practices used by the AoMs
- Development of a practical Management System
- Development of guidelines and procedures for AoM tasks and
training of staff
- Support for the strengthening of ROCs in order to improve their
financial and operational performance, and ensure knowledge
transfer relating to the FOPIP, including:
- Support in the preparation of the Three Year Business Plan
- Support in the preparation and implementation of the cost
control, reduction strategy; ROCs Human Resources Strategy and
staff down-sizing plan
- Assistance in developing a Quality Assurance system in
accordance with ISO 9001 and support in the preparation of
Environmental Management Plans
- Assistance in preparation and implementation of public
awareness campaign
- Assistance in elaboration of a Water and Wastewater Master
Plan
