Ministério
das Cidades
Agenda for multi-stakeholder consultations on “Financing access to basic utilities for all”
Brasília, 11-13 December 2006
December 11, 2006
1.45p.m. Welcome remarks
Venue: Hotel Kubitschek Plaza - Salão Ouro Preto
Address: SHN, Quadra 2, Bloco E
Brasília - DF
Abelardo de Oliveira Filho, Secretary, National Secretariat for Environmental Water Supply
and Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities, Brazil
Terry McKinley, Acting Director, International Poverty Centre, United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Frank Schroeder, Senior Economist, FES New York
2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. 1st Session
The 2006-2007 multi-stakeholder consultations on financing basic utilities for all
o Financing access to basic utilities for all-where do we stand?
o Goal, value-added and modalities of consultations
o Discussion of the revised background document
Speakers: Christian Ossa, Senior Advisor, Financing for Development Office, UN-DESA
Frank Schroeder, Senior Economist, FES New York
Ministério
das Cidades
3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. 2nd Session
Mobilizing finance: Stable and predictable financing mechanisms for utility providers at
all levels
o Financing options at the national and international level
 Multilateral and bilateral development aid
 Debt instruments at the national and international level
 Increasing government revenue – tax administration and policies
 Increasing absorptive capacity at all levels
o Financing options at the sub-sovereign level
 Municipal banks, municipal bonds and pooled financing arrangements
 Fiscal transfers and the role of conditionalities
o Financing options at the local level
 Microfinance institutions
 Utility credit schemes and other mechanisms
 Leveraging local resources
 Capacity building, including through South-South cooperation
Presenters: Marcos Helano Montenegro, Director, Department for Development and
Technical Cooperation, National Secretariat for Environmental Water Supply and
Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities, Brazil
André Simőes, CentroClima/COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil
Facilitator:
Daniel Platz, Economic Affairs Officer, Financing for Development
Office, UN-DESA
Ministério
das Cidades
December 12, 2006
9.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. 1st Session
Ensuring sustainable access for the poor through internal revenue generation - water &
sanitation
o Minimizing costs
 Identifying priority needs of the poor
 Increasing efficiency
o Recovering costs
 Appropriate tariff structures
 Consumption, access, and cross-subsidy mechanisms
o Beyond cost recovery: allocating state revenue to utilities
 Participatory budget planning
 Fiscal Space
Presenters: Emilio Lentini, Economist, Tripartite Entity of Sanitation Works and Services
(ETOSS), Argentina
Carlos Todeschini, former General Director DMAE and City Counselor,
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Facilitator: Christian Ossa, Senior Advisor, Financing for Development Office, UN-DESA
11.00 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. Coffee Break
11:15 a.m. - 1: 15 p.m. 2nd Session
Ensuring sustainable access for the poor through internal revenue generation - electricity
o Minimizing costs
 Identifying priority needs of the poor
 Increasing efficiency
o Recovering costs
 Appropriate tariff structures
 Consumption-, access-, and cross-subsidy mechanisms
o Beyond cost recovery: allocating state revenue to utilities
 Participatory budget planning
 Fiscal Space
Presenters:
Facilitator:
Helene Connor, President, Helio International
Kate Bayliss, Independent Consultant, Brazil
Frank Schroeder, Senior Economist, FES New York
Ministério
das Cidades
1:15 p.m. Lunch
3:00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. 3rd Session
Macroeconomic factors to be taken into account
o Public sector concerns
 Possible macroeconomic implications of aid inflows
 Implications of financial market liberalization
 Policy space
o Other risk
 Exchange rate, interest rate, inflation and regulatory risk
o The role of monetary and fiscal policy
 Inflation targeting
 Exchange rate and interest rate policies
Presenters:
Facilitator:
Nancy Alexander, Founder and Director, Citizens' Network on Essential
Services (CNES), USA
Hulya Dagdeviren, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Terry McKinley, Acting Director, International Poverty Centre, United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
December 13, 2006
Venue: Caixa Econômica Federal
Address: Setor Bancário Sul - Quadra 4 - Lote 3/4 - 20o. andar
Brasília - DF
10.00 a.m.- 12.30 p.m.
Public session: “Financing access to basic utilities for all”
Abelardo de Oliveira Filho, Secretary, National Secretariat for Environmental Water Supply
and Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities, Brazil
Marcos Helano Montenegro, Director, Department for Development and Technical
Cooperation, National Secretariat for Environmental Water Supply and Sanitation (SNSA),
Ministry of the Cities, Brazil
Alejandro Encinas, Acting Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico
Terry McKinley, Acting Director, International Poverty Centre, United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Osvaldo Serrano, Caixa Econômica Federal, Brazil (tbc)