About us

DEFINING FUTURE OPTIONS has a distinct offer: expertise that covers international political and strategical experience, public and private utilities’ management experience, and engineering and economical background in the Water Sector.

DEFINING FUTURE OPTIONS stands out for its level of seniority, its knowledge of the water sector, as well as its experience in management and strategic development and organization.

DEFINING FUTURE OPTIONS Executive Director and its consultants have extensive experience in project development in the water sector, having collaborated with Governments, Regulators, Municipalities, line agencies, major operators and managers worldwide.

DEFINING FUTURE OPTIONS Executive Director and its consultants have large experience in: conducting strategy and business plans; formulating base cases; conducting management, technical and commercial operations’ reforms; providing quality management for the implementation of investment programs and; improving network efficiency and quality of service.

DEFINING FUTURE OPTIONS Executive Director and its consultants have broad knowledge in Water Utilities’ Executive Management and in international Project Management, with outstanding skills.

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Portugal

- 70+ Client Municipalities
- Aggregation of Municipal services into
large regional Utilities
- Advisory to the Regulator, ERSAR
- Technical Assistance to Public Companies
- Establishing and reforming Public and
Private Utilities
- Improve utilities operations

Angola

- Technical Assistance for the establishment
of 7 Provincial Water and Sanitation Utilities, DNA
- Support to Water Sector Reform through a
PPP in Cabinda, Angola
- WASH Public Financing Bottleneck Analysis
- Procurement and Financial Management
of the project components related to the EIB
parallel financing within WSIDP-2 (Goods, Works,
Consulting and Non-Consulting Services for the
Lunda Norte, Moxico and Nabime PWSU)

Moçambique

For AURA, IP, Water and Sanitation Mozambican Regulator:
- Tariff Model Study and Mechanism of cross subsidies for poor Sustainability
- Strategic Plan 2020-2024
- Specialized technical assistance
- Design of the regulatory frameworks and sanctioning regime applicable to commercial companies
- Incentives and Sanctions Regime (RIS) for the provision of public water supply and sanitation services

For AIAS, Water and Sanitation Administration:
- Transaction Advisory for PPP Model of 130 small towns, Small Towns Water Infrastructure Fund Feasibility Study
- Tariff model study (structure and mechanism of cross subsidies for poor and sustainability of connections fees subsidy)

For DNAAS:
- Public-private cooperation strategy for water concession, distribution, and collection

Botswana

Gaborone WWTP and reuse PPP
tariff structure, Botswana

Moldova

Program for Regionalization and Professionalization
of Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Moldova

Peru

Advisory in investment planning
and financing capacity to inform
decision-making PPPs, SEDAPAL, Peru

Caribbean

Feasibility analyses for a Mutual for
Caribbean water utility companies,
CWUIC, to insure natural disasters
related risks

Lebanon

Crisis Response Management Plan,
for four Regional Water Establishments,
Lebanon

Albania

Advisory for the design of the
World Bank operation to support
the Albanian Government WSS
modernisation program

Policy guidelines to support the
government to develop new financing
instruments to Regional Water Utilities

Romania

Support the World Bank and the Romanian
Government to outline the National WSS
Strategic Plan and compliance with EU UWWTD

East Europe

Institutional and Governance Advisory
of Portugal WSS experience

Indonésia

Institutional Transformation of Water Supply in Indonesia – Case Study Bali Province