{"id":7248,"date":"2023-08-02T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T08:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/?p=7248"},"modified":"2023-08-11T12:48:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T10:48:36","slug":"the-utility-of-the-future-center-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/?p=7248&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Utility of the Future Center of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Utility of the Future Center of Excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7241\" src=\"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/UoF.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1705\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/UoF.png 1705w, https:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/UoF-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/UoF-1024x259.png 1024w, https:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/UoF-768x194.png 768w, https:\/\/shukalb.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/UoF-1536x388.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1705px) 100vw, 1705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since 2019, the World Bank and its partners have been working with utilities throughout the world via the Utility of the Future (UoF) Program, developed with support from the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP). UoF is a novel approach that integrates learnings from decades of analytical work and technical assistance to water utilities, including the Water Utility Turnaround Framework. Other studies, including a review of successful urban water utility reforms, support the robustness of this approach. The UoF approach aims to provide tailored assistance to utilities and trigger sustainable performance improvements. It uses participatory methods whereby utility teams are engaged and empowered to transform their utility, optimize essential processes, and develop future-thinking capabilities in order to improve service delivery. Key elements of the UoF process include an in-depth analysis of the utility, the development of a 100-day action plan identifying short-term, \u201cquick-win\u201d measures, and the preparation of a five-year strategic plan to improve performance.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank, in partnership with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), has recently launched the <strong>Utility of the Future Center of Excellence<\/strong> (UoF-CoE), which will among other activities support a number of utilities in the Western Balkan countries to implement the Utility of the Future methodology and provide additional financing for a limited number of best performing utilities to implement actions. More information can be found at the presentation <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iawd.at\/files\/File\/events\/DWP\/DWC_2023\/Presentations\/02_Mission_impossible\/02_04_Camilo_Lombana.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>SHUKALB would like to encourage water utility companies in Albania to participate in this initiative, by pre-registering through the below link: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScxQ7AglReGk5WeQV9qVRkaPip5xQuKKRnCpOKEMzb_mF0c8Q\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScxQ7AglReGk5WeQV9qVRkaPip5xQuKKRnCpOKEMzb_mF0c8Q\/viewform<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utility of the Future Center of Excellence Since 2019, the World Bank and its partners have been working with utilities throughout the world via the Utility of the Future (UoF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shukalb.al\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}