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Expected results
Principles and methods to assess investment
needs
The project will draw-up an inventory of the current situation
in Europe, thanks to the creation of a database and a classification
of territories. This will provide the principles for investment
needs modelling in the context of the European enlargement
process.
On the basis of this analysis, guidance for future research
will be provided, in order to define the common tools that
would have to be developed at the European level. These tools
will be used to elaborate new investment methods so as to
optimise investments in the coming years. This will be achieved
within the context of the translation of the Water Framework
Directive into national law before 2015.
Prospective analysis of the financing strategies
The second expected result is a forward-looking analysis
of the available financing strategies to tackle investments
in the forthcoming fifteen years.
- This approach will provide a measure of the progress
and implication of each country regarding the implication
of private operators in water management as well as in water
financing investments. Politically and socially speaking,
this is a particularly sensitive issue.
- The financial strategy that will prevail and the volume
of financial resources that could be raised, will be one of
the keys for the success of the investment program.
Scenarios for water pricing
- The third result is to analyse the change of water pricing
over time and the corresponding links with the source of
financing. Scenarios will describe and anticipate the links
between required investments, the sources of infrastructure
finance and the consequences on water pricing.
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