In a competitive tender procedure in 2008, Skat has been selected as the new implementer of the Swiss Water and Sanitation Project (ApaSan) conducted and financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in the Republic of Moldova since 2001. In its new phase, the project aims at scaling-up replicable models for decentralized rural water supply and sanitation services delivery and management introduced by SDC over the past years.

After a clarification mission to Moldova performed in November 2008, Skat was contracted by SDC for a start-up phase over 5 months (01.12.08 - 30.04.09) in order to implement the transition and administrative change, as well as to conduct a detailed sector surveys, team / partnership building and final project document / budget elaboration. In consultation with the project's key stakeholders and partners, a draft ProDoc has been elaborated and submitted to SDC during a mission of Skat's project management team (Roger Schmid and Agnès Montangero) to Moldova, March 9th to 18th, 2009.

For further information, see the ApaSan Project description.