This Online Training focuses on the regulation in the water and sanitation sector.
Each day starts with keynote speakers (from DG Env, Wareg, EurEau, OECD) addressing upcoming challenges and regulatory trends in the water & sanitation sector. Mornings are then dedicated to lectures focusing on regulation purposes, customer engagement and protection, water and wastewater tariff regulation, and output-based regulation (with a focus on incentivising innovation). During afternoons, illustrative case studies are presented and discussed by water practitioners including regulators and operators.
Day 1, Monday 21st June 2021 | Introduction To Regulation, And Customer Engagement And Protection
9 – 9.30 Ms. Veronica Manfredi, Director, Quality of Life, DG ENV
Introductory words (20’ + 10’ Q&A)
9.30 – 10 Pr Andrea Guerrini, Commissionner of ARERA, Member of WAREG
Keynote speech (20’ + 10’ Q&A) – Water Regulatory Trends to 2030
10 – 12.30 Heather Smith, University of Cranfield
Introduction to WSS Regulation (what, why and how)
Customer Engagement and Protection
12.30 – 14 Lunch break
14 – 16 Fjola Beqiri, ERRU
Case Study: Albanian Water Regulatory Authority: public hearings and complaints monitoring
Day 2, Friday 25th June 2021 | Water & Wastewater Tariff Regulation: Methodologies And Issues At Stake
9.30 – 10 Bertrand Vallet, Senior Policy Officer – Water Services, EurEau
Keynote speech (20’ + 10’ Q&A) – Water and the EU’s Circular Economy
10 – 12.30 Carlo Cambini, Politecnico di Torino
Tariff regulation: methodologies and issues at stake
12.30 – 14 Lunch break
14 – 16 Alberto Asquer, University of London
Case Study: Routemap to delivering a Net Zero Water Sector in the UK
Day 3, Monday 28th June 2021 | Output-Based Regulation
9.30 – 10 Xavier Leflaive, Principal Administrator, OECD
Keynote speech (20’ + 10’ Q&A) – Financing Water Supply and Sanitation: Challenges in EU Member States and Policy Options
10 – 12.30 Carlo Cambini, Politecnico di Torino
Output-based Regulation
Incentivising innovation
12.30 – 14 Lunch break
14 – 16 Elena Gallo, Vice-Director, Water services Department, ARERA
Case Study: Italian tariff regulation schemes
The course is designed for professionals interested in gaining in-depth knowledge over a short period of time including:
At the end of the course, participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
Should you be unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcome at no extra charge. Information on the substitute delegate should be communicated at least 4 days before the first online class.
No course fee will be applied if written cancellation requests are received at least 2 weeks before the first online class. Full course fees will be applied for cancellation requests received after this deadline.
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