Registration: from 8:30
Opening: 9:00

              9.00 Session I: Czech Water Sector Challenge: Grant Financing

Current situation in financing water infrastructure projects

František Barák, CEO, Czech Water and Wastewater Industry Association

Municipalities’ perspective

Oldřich Vlasák, MEP, President of Association of Czech Municipalities

“Conditions of Acceptance” of water supply and water waste projects for EU grants

Jan Kříž, director, EU Funds Dept., Ministry of Environment CR

Evaluation of priority investments in water and wastewater sector and financing from public resources

Jan Plechatý, Vodohospodářský rozvoj a výstavba a.s., Praha (Water Development & Construction Plc.)

Financing of water & wastewater projects from bank’s perspective

Květoslava Botková, Head of KB EU POINT, Komerční banka, a.s., Prague
Miroslav Pavlas, Specialist, KB EU POINT, Komerční banka, a.s., Prague
Jan Hanuš, Head of Municipalities and Public Support Programs,
KB EU POINT, Komerční banka, a.s., Praha

10.50 Coffee Break

                               11.20 Sesion II: Regulation in Water Industry

Can we finance our projects without grants?

Albín Dobeš, CFO, Severomoravské vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava a.s. (North Moravia Water Comp. Plc.), Ostrava

Portugal experience in regulation of water supply sector

Jaime Melo Baptista, president, Instituto regulador de aguas e residuos (water regulation authority) Portugal

Do we need an independent regulator in Czech Republic? Benchmarking and service quality improvement in water and wastewater industry?

Ondřej Beneš, Managing Director, Severočeské vodovody a kanalizace, a.s., Teplice
(North Bohemia Water Comp. Plc.,)
Pavel Punčochář, Head of Water Management, Ministry of Agriculture CR
Jan Kříž, director of EU Funds Dept., Ministry of Environment CR
Kamil Blažek, lawyer, Kinstellar

13.00 Lunch

14.15

Up-to-date experience with use of the Financial model and the Compensatory instrument for operational contracts in the water industry

Tim Young, consultant, Mott MacDonald, s.r.o., Prague

What the proper Operational Contract should be like?

Miroslav Klos, Managing Director, Vodárenská akciová společnost, (South Moravia Water Comp. Plc,) Brno

Possible impacts of partial adjustments of operational contracts

Miroslav Bernášek, Deputy Mayor of Kladno

Alternative options of water-supply and water waste infrastructure development financing

Antonín Raizl, Business Advisory Services, Ernst & Young Audit & Advisory, s.r.o., Praha

Impacts of Concession law on existing operational contracts

David Dvořák, partner, MT Legal, Ld. (law office)

When and why it is necessary to exercise the Concession Proceedings for operational contracts

Lenka Krutáková, lawyer, Wolf Theiss Prague

Possible options of combining PPP and EU grants

Jiří Došlý, Project manager, Czech PPP Association

17.30 Discussion, end of conference, cocktail