Focus on our client countries' specific requirements and demand for our services;
Develop partnership with interested parties including private energy and infrastructure companies,
financiers and NGOs; and
Combine the Bank Group instruments for maximum effectiveness.

Within the Europe and Central Asia Region, there are eight country units in charge of the Bank's work in 28 countries of the region. These units focus on designing country strategy and each is headed by a Director and staffed with a small support group. The responsibility for implementation of the strategy and the underlying activities is with the corresponding sector unit. The Infrastructure and Energy Sector is responsible for managing the activities in energy, mining, oil and gas, telecommunications, water, sanitation, transportation and municipal services. It is managed by a team consisting of the Director and four Sector Managers. The members of the management team are involved in the entire work program. However, each sector manager has a primary responsibility for a specific subsector and serves as a coordinator for activities in defferent countries.

The infrastructure and energy work program in each country is managed by one team leader if the program is of a modest size and compatible subsector orientation, and several team leaders if the program is large or diverse in technical requirements. The team leader and his/her team are ultimately responsible for all aspects of delivering the cluster of activities included in the corresponding work program. The team leader will draw on expertise from the Infrastructure and Energy Sector, other sector units in the Region, and other parts of the Bank to form the most qualified team and to implement the activities in the program.

To facilitate this sharing of expertise and knowledge, the Bank has established Networks that link Bank-wide communities of staff working in the same field across organizational boundaries and with external partners. The five Networks are in the areas of Private Sector Infrastructure, Human Development, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, and Operational Core Services. The majority of the Infrastructure and Energy Sector unit's activities fall within the Private Sector Infrastructure Network. However, knowledge sharing and cross-support occurs across units and Networks.

The Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) have recently created Global Products Groups (GPGs) in oil and gas, mining and telecommunications. These groups bring together the Bank and IFC instruments in order to maximize the effectiveness of the Bank Group support to its client countries. The GPGs work closely with the regional vice presidencies in formulating and implementing work programs in corresponding sectors. As more possibilities open for foreign private investment in the water, sanitation, transportation and traditionally municipal service sectors, more active partnerships will develop with IFC and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).