PUC experts shall meet WAREG Association at least once a year. WAREG is made up of 25 Members and 5 Observers, represented by the highest bodies within national and regional public authorities. WAREG is a membership organisation that builds upon the support of its Members in facilitating proactive collaboration, knowledge exchange and capacity building activities.
The Working Group is established within the framework of the Association of European Water Regulators (WAREG), taking into account the contact network of this association. It operates the Latvian regulator, in cooperation with other national regulators from the Azores (Portugal), Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal and Romania, which governs the water management and also the waste management industry at the national level. The aim of the regulators is to share knowledge, experience and promote effective and transparent economic regulation across Europe, building it on the fundamental principles of the circular economy.
The Regulator is actively involved in the Network of Economic Regulators established in 2014, thus supporting Latvia's co-operation with the OECD, which is one of Latvia's foreign policy priorities. In 2015, a peer review of the Regulator was launched by the OECD, which was completed in September 2016, providing recommendations for the Regulator's future activities both from the aspect of institutional strengthening and on regulatory issues. The Regulator started implementing the recommendations and continues to improve its work. The OECD recommendations have also been enshrined in the Law on Regulators of Public Utilities. In June 2021, the OECD’s work on the evaluation of the Regulator's performance was successfully completed, reflecting the progress in the development of the Regulator's performance after 2016. We invite you to get acquainted with the OECD assessment on the OECD website.