Enhanced Support to Prioritized Utilities in the Western Balkans

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The proposed project focuses primarily on supporting implementation activities for the first five shortlisted utilities, to be executed through the International Association of Water Service Companies in the Danube Region (IAWD) as the implementing agency. Beneficiary utilities will receive financial support of up to USD 4,000,000 (an initial USD 2,000,000, with an additional USD 2,000,000 subject to satisfactory implementation progress and availability of funds) to implement the projects identified during the Utility of the Future (UoF) program, as described in the preceding section. Implementation will draw on a combination of technical assistance, consulting and non-consulting services, and procurement of goods — activities that, by their nature and scope, are not suited for execution through a Bank-Executed Trust Fund (BETF).