1. Steering Group Meeting
DANUBIS.org Water Platform
Steering Group Meeting
Pristina / February 24, 2015

2. Meeting Agenda
Introduction and brief roundtable
DANUBIS 2.0 and feedback
DANUBIS 3.0 and brainstorming
Conclusions and next steps

3. Introduction and roundtable

4. DANUBIS 2.0

5. For Local Governments: obtain national benchmarks
The DANUBIS water platform is an online repository of resources for and about water and sanitation utilities in the Danube region.
For regulators, ministries: make information available; obtain international benchmarks
For utilities: obtain resources and national / international benchmarks
For Local Governments: obtain national benchmarks

6. DANUBIS data
Legend
Current link
In discuss.
Data coll.

7. Your inputs in last SC (May 2014)
Improve interface and flexibility
Facilitate peer selection for benchmarking
Customize for country realities (currency, etc.)
Provide more actionable reports

8. Available in test form under DANUBIS.net
Rebuilding the whole interface (improved user access, new IB-Net interface)
Develop simple utility reports
Make it possible for users to upload information and resources
Create country portals
Add currency conversion feature
Available in test form under DANUBIS.net

9. Demonstration

10. Main functions
About us

11. Main functions
About us
Utility database

12. Utility database, deep dive
Main new features:
Completely new interface
One click performance report against peers
Free choice of currency
Easier benchmarking

13. Utility database, deep dive
@ utility level
One-click reports
Utility indicators
Utility benchmarking
@ country level
Country profile
Country report
WUPI
Coverage (water, sewer, WW treatment)
Service Quality (continuity, sewer blockages)
Management efficiency / effectiveness (NRW, metering, staffing, collection, cost recovery)
All equal weights

14. Main functions
About us
Utility database
Country Resources

15. Main functions
About us
Utility Database
Country Resources
Utility resources

16. Main functions
About us
Utility Database
Country Resources
Utility resources
News, trainings and events

17. Main functions
About us
Utility Database
Country Resources
Utility resources
News, trainings and events
Login

18. Country Portals, deep dive
Managed by lead institution
Similar structure to main page…
But fully customizable
And in local language

19. Questions and feedback
Which features are most useful and of interest?
News, events and trainings
Resources
Performance reports
Utility database
Which institutions are interested in developing Country Portal?
Which institutions would like to share more utility data?
Is it worth, and how can we make the platform more widely known and used?

20. DANUBIS 3.0?

21. Main idea 1: improve collection
Data collection and management system
Web-based
Data quality management and control
Managed by countries on country portal, with potential link to IB-Net / DANUBIS
Customizable but compatible with IB-Net and DANUBIS tools
Frequency to be discussed

22. Main idea 2: improve usage
Data processing and analyzing
App or better mobile site
Red / yellow / green signals
More sophisticated benchmarking techniques
More one-click reports
For the public
For mayors
For utility companies?

23. Main idea 3: improve dialogue
Web 2.0 interactions
Forum of discussion, with questions and answers
Wiki-pages on country situation
User ratings and comments
Integration of State of the Sector results?

24. Feedback and other ideas?
Ideas and discussion
Feedback and other ideas?
Which countries are interested in which potential feature?
Improve collection
Improve usage
Improve dialogue
Should we setup Working group per feature?
Should we sign MoU for future developments?

25. Next steps

26. May 6th Next DANUBIS SG meeting
Next steps
DANUBIS 2.0
March 2 Fully functional website
Mid-March Your comments on overall website Designation of Country administrators
End of March Launch of country portals
DANUBIS 3.0
Early March Interest from countries for further features Working group members
End of April Working groups discussions, proposals
May 6th Next DANUBIS SG meeting
Signature of MoU?

27. Thank you David Michaud / Philip Weller www.danube-water-program.org
Danube Water Program team