MX Water Utilities Efficiency Improvement Project (PROME)

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The project development objective of the Water Utilities Efficiency Improvement Project (PROME) for the Mexico is to improve the efficiency of participating water utilities through the provision of technical assistance and financing. There are two components to the project. Component one: water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector information and knowledge management improvement. Improving water supply and sanitation institutions' capacity with regards to efficiency improvement, through the provision of the necessary Goods, Training, Non-Consultant Services, Consultant Services, and Operating Costs to Comision Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA) to enable it to carry on: (a) management of information activities; and (b) management of knowledge activities. This component would continue information and knowledge management activities undertaken under the Programa de Asistencia Tecnica para la Mejora de la Eficiencia del Sector de Agua Potable y Saneamiento (PATME) project and generally support CONAGUA's work in improving the WSS sector actors' capacity with regards to efficiency improvement. To achieve this, the component will include two main lines of action. Component two: modernization of the services of participating water utilities. Provision of support for the carrying out of diagnostic studies, preparation of investment plans and support for the efficiency improvement of Participating Water Utilities (PWUs), through the provision of financing to PWUs for the implementation of Technical Assistance Subprojects. Provision of support for the carrying out of physical and commercial efficiency improvements, through the provision of financing to PWUs for the implementation of efficiency subprojects. Provision of support for the carrying out of physical and commercial efficiency improvements, through output-based disbursements to eligible PWUs, for the implementation of pilot output-based subprojects.