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United Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations Development ProgrammeRegional Centre for Europe & CIS – Bratislava / Slovak RepublicRegional Centre for Europe & CIS – Bratislava / Slovak Republic

Opportunities for Opportunities for Cooperation: Cooperation:

UNDP andUNDP and Coca-Cola Coca-Cola in Europe and CIS in Europe and CIS

Ben Slay, Ben Slay, Director Director

Juerg Staudenmann, Juerg Staudenmann, Water Governance Advisor Water Governance Advisor

Bratislava Regional CentreBratislava Regional Centre

Vienna, 24 January 2006Vienna, 24 January 2006

UNDP Regional Centre for Europe & CIS – Bratislava SKUNDP Regional Centre for Europe & CIS – Bratislava SK

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OverviewOverview

1.1. Water in Europe and CIS: Water in Europe and CIS: Challenges and responsesChallenges and responses

2.2. UNDP and the private sector UNDP and the private sector

3.3. Opportunities for cooperation:Opportunities for cooperation:1.1. WaterWater2.2. Non-Water Non-Water

4.4. Questions and discussion Questions and discussion


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Water governance and Water governance and development in Europe, development in Europe,

CIS CIS UNDP has extensive water portfolioUNDP has extensive water portfolio

Environment, security, developmentEnvironment, security, development

Regional seas and trans-boundary river Regional seas and trans-boundary river basins: basins: Baltic, Black, Caspian, AralBaltic, Black, Caspian, Aral Danube, Don, Volga, Kura-Aras, Amu-Darya, Danube, Don, Volga, Kura-Aras, Amu-Darya,

Syr-DaryaSyr-Darya

Local water governance issues:Local water governance issues: Municipal water treatment systemsMunicipal water treatment systems Access to clean waterAccess to clean water


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Challenges: Local Challenges: Local water usewater use

Strong economic recovery since Strong economic recovery since 1999: 1999: pressurespressures on water on water resources, quality: resources, quality:

Commercial uses (industry, agriculture)Commercial uses (industry, agriculture) Municipalities, householdsMunicipalities, households

Legacies of inadequate investment:Legacies of inadequate investment: Water, sanitation tariffs below cost-recovery Water, sanitation tariffs below cost-recovery

levels levels Integrity of local water services at risk, Integrity of local water services at risk,

especially in CIS countriesespecially in CIS countries


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Challenges: Trans-Challenges: Trans-border water useborder water use

Region’s major river systems: Region’s major river systems: shared water resourcesshared water resources inadequate trans-boundary inadequate trans-boundary

cooperationcooperation development, security challengesdevelopment, security challenges

Examples:Examples: Central Asia: Water-energy nexus Central Asia: Water-energy nexus Caucasus: Water and securityCaucasus: Water and security


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Solution: international Solution: international water conventions . . .water conventions . . .

Examples:Examples: EU water EU water fframework directiveramework directive Trans-boundary water conventionTrans-boundary water convention Aarhus conventionAarhus convention Johannesburg directiveJohannesburg directive

. . . But major capacity constraints. . . But major capacity constraints: : Inadequate dataInadequate data No systematic monitoringNo systematic monitoring Insufficient financeInsufficient finance


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UNDP’s response: UNDP’s response: GloballyGlobally

Water, development, security: recognise linksWater, development, security: recognise links Millennium Development Goal 7Millennium Development Goal 7 Integrated water resources managementIntegrated water resources management

Partnerships for cooperative solutionsPartnerships for cooperative solutions UNDP, UN systemUNDP, UN system GovernmentsGovernments Private sectorPrivate sector Civil societyCivil society

Global initiatives:Global initiatives: UN-decade “Water for Life” (2005-2015) UN-decade “Water for Life” (2005-2015) Water and DevelopmentWater and Development human development human development

reportreport


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UNDP’s activities in the UNDP’s activities in the region: Water projectsregion: Water projects

$175 million water $175 million water project portfolio, project portfolio, networks of networks of

expertiseexpertise

PartnershipsPartnerships with: with: GEFGEF Bilateral donorsBilateral donors Private sectorPrivate sector

Focus: Focus: InfrastructureInfrastructure Local developmentLocal development Small grantsSmall grants

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National Projects


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UNDP and private UNDP and private sectorsector

Private sector: development driverPrivate sector: development driver Millennium Development Goals will not Millennium Development Goals will not

be met without private sector be met without private sector partnershipspartnerships

UNDP private sector work:UNDP private sector work: Corporate social responsibility: “Global Corporate social responsibility: “Global

Compact”Compact” Private sector development: removing Private sector development: removing

obstacles to pro-poor entrepreneurshipobstacles to pro-poor entrepreneurship Public private partnerships: better local Public private partnerships: better local

service deliveryservice delivery


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UNDP and Coca-Cola: UNDP and Coca-Cola: Partnership Partnership

opportunitiesopportunities Build on successful cooperationBuild on successful cooperation

Joint project activitiesJoint project activities Regional, national, municipal water Regional, national, municipal water

projectsprojects Small grantsSmall grants New forms of private sector partnershipNew forms of private sector partnership

Public awarenessPublic awareness Global, regional publicationsGlobal, regional publications


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Joint Joint project activitiesproject activities

Regional water projects (cost-sharing with Regional water projects (cost-sharing with GEF):GEF): Central Asia: Upper Syr-Darya Central Asia: Upper Syr-Darya Caucasus: Kura-ArasCaucasus: Kura-Aras Balkans: Tisa, Prut, Maritza, DniproBalkans: Tisa, Prut, Maritza, Dnipro

National-level projects:National-level projects: Small grants: UNDP-Coca Cola partnerships in Small grants: UNDP-Coca Cola partnerships in

Turkey, Romania Turkey, Romania

Local level:Local level: Partnerships with municipalities, utilitiesPartnerships with municipalities, utilities Improving local service delivery, access to clean Improving local service delivery, access to clean

waterwater


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Example: regional Example: regional replication of replication of TEST TEST

approachapproach Within or beyond Danube Basin Within or beyond Danube Basin

““Champion role” for Coca Cola Champion role” for Coca Cola among peer companies among peer companies

““Innovation fund” Innovation fund”

““Blended project support”: Capacity Blended project support”: Capacity building for municipal financebuilding for municipal finance


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Awareness and Awareness and educationeducation

Public awareness campaignsPublic awareness campaigns Coca-Cola partnership with Danube Coca-Cola partnership with Danube

Commission Commission

Educational materialsEducational materials

Joint or co-funded publicationsJoint or co-funded publications UNDP Human Development ReportsUNDP Human Development Reports Dissemination of successful water project Dissemination of successful water project

resultsresults

Support for national projectsSupport for national projects UNDP-Coca ColaUNDP-Coca Cola partnership in Romania partnership in Romania


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Replicating Replicating Life +Life + project project

UNDP country offices impressed and UNDP country offices impressed and by October presentation in Istanbulby October presentation in Istanbul

Local youth employment discussions Local youth employment discussions with Coca-Cola now on-going in: with Coca-Cola now on-going in: MacedoniaMacedonia CroatiaCroatia BulgariaBulgaria


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Coca-Cola and the Coca-Cola and the Global CompactGlobal Compact

Coca Cola companies participate in Coca Cola companies participate in national Global Compact chaptersnational Global Compact chapters Greece, GhanaGreece, Ghana Membership in other Europe, CIS Membership in other Europe, CIS

counties?counties?

Benefits of participation:Benefits of participation: Sharing experiences of implementation of Sharing experiences of implementation of

CSR related activitiesCSR related activities Local platform for cross sectoral Local platform for cross sectoral

partnership projects partnership projects


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Coca-Cola and “Growing Coca-Cola and “Growing Sustainable Business”Sustainable Business”

GSB: Pro-poor private enterpriseGSB: Pro-poor private enterprise

Examples of potential GSB Examples of potential GSB activities: activities: Local sourcing (sugar, paper for Local sourcing (sugar, paper for

labeling, plastic, glass)labeling, plastic, glass) Recycling of PET packagingRecycling of PET packaging

Discussions on-going, in Macedonia, Discussions on-going, in Macedonia, Serbia-MontenegroSerbia-Montenegro Albania, Bosnia, Moldova, Turkey?Albania, Bosnia, Moldova, Turkey?


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Beyond water: Possible Beyond water: Possible cooperation in other areas cooperation in other areas Regional publications: In the pipelineRegional publications: In the pipeline

Regional Millennium Development Goals Regional Millennium Development Goals Report Report

Vulnerable Groups SurveyVulnerable Groups Survey•Roma, refugees, IDPs in Western BalkansRoma, refugees, IDPs in Western Balkans

Human trafficking in CIS countriesHuman trafficking in CIS countries Development and Transition Development and Transition newsletternewsletter

•Quarterly, with London School of EconomicsQuarterly, with London School of Economics Development challenges in CIS countriesDevelopment challenges in CIS countries

Publications could be conceived jointlyPublications could be conceived jointly

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