EIP: Rapid Benefits for Benchmarking Action Group

The European Benchmarking Co-operation (EBC) Foundation was selected as an EIP Water Action Group in March 2014 and started its activities immediately. The EBC Foundation is a not-for-profit water industry initiative, which offers a benchmarking programme for water and wastewater utilities in Europe; it aims to improve and innovate their services through mutual learning.

To date, not many utilities from Eastern Europe have benefited from this benchmarking. The Danube Water Programme, a capacity-building initiative of the World Bank and International Association of Water Supply Companies in the Danube for utilities and associations in the Danube region, has selected EBC as preferred partner to facilitate utility benchmarking. The recent selection of EBC as an EIP Water Action Group has accelerated this process significantly: it allowed the EBC Foundation to be contracted by the World Bank as a single-source provider and quickly start facilitating benchmarking activities for the Danube region. Congratulations!