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2 September 2011

Newsletter 1 September

Public run water works!

World Water Week was held this August in Stockholm, bringing together water experts to discuss possible solutions to the challenges in meeting global water needs. This year’s week was themed Responding to Global Changes - Water in an Urbanising World. The majority of participants are from the powerful and wealthy organizations. Satoko Kishimoto (who leads TNI's Water Justice project) was there representing public, non-profit and pro-poor perspectives, to balance what is too often a conversation dominated by commercial interests. Read her series of blogs from the week.

bottles of water
Japan’s role in global water: big choice ahead
Satoko Kishimoto [blog]
Japanese water companies should avoid investing in for-profit water service ventures abroad, and should focus on non-profit, public-public partnerships instead.

flags of norway and the worldwaterweek
600.000 new water connections due to Asian WOPs
Satoko Kishimoto [blog]
Stockholm Water Week included a whole day of seminars with a regional focus and I opted to attend 'Eye on Asia: Partnerships for Water: How Can Asia Do More?'

Satoko asking a question
Pro-poor water management: community participation and ownership
Satoko Kishimoto [blog]
Pro-poor urban water provision’ was a big theme at World Water Week in Stockholm this year. But what is pro-poor water provision, in practice?

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Strengthening public water in Africa
Samir Bensaid
While both North–South partnerships and SouthSouth Partnerships have strengths and limitations, linking these in networked models is an effective way to mobilise expertise and funding and achieve success.

The Way Forward - Voices from the Global Water Operator Partnership Alliance
Short video
GWOPA brings together public water operators, trade unions, workers and civil society on a platform to discuss, learn and develop model practices for the provision of fair and equal access to public water.

Public Community Partnerships in Peru and Uruguay
Philipp Terhorst talks to Alicia Araujo, Luis Isarra and Adriana Marquisio
Citizen struggles for public water in Peru and Uruguay share many similarities and a common vision, with "public-community partnerships" bringing trade unions and water utility managers together on a shared platform.

Paris: local authorities regain control of water management
Anne Le Strat
The President of Paris' remunicipalised water utility tells the inspiring story of how water was taken back into public hands, and why this has prompted a major expansion in reinvestment, public participation, and international solidarity cooperation.

Reclaiming public water 10 years after the 'Water War'
From resisting privatisation to constructing alternatives
Inspiring and informative video debate amongst global social movement leaders as they assess progress and challenges in the dynamic international movement to reclaim Public Water.

Is the water privatisation tide finally turning?
Nick Buxton

Books & Reports


		Public-public partnerships (PUPs) in water
Reclaiming Public Water book	Progressive Public Water Management in Europe

En español

Soldier in dusty wind
Permanecer en Afganistán
Ross Eventon
Mientras los EE.UU. consolidan su presencia militar en Afganistán, concebida para explotar las reservas energéticas de Asia Central, el supuesto objetivo de ‘lucha contra el terrorismo’ es sólo un lejano recuerdo.

Perú: un nuevo Gobierno, una nueva política de drogas
Amira Armenta
La erradicación compulsiva de coca ha sido infructuosa. ¿Por qué no probar ahora a erradicar la pobreza rural como medio para reducir la producción de coca?

Perú: hacia una política eficaz y coherente en materia de drogas

Ricardo Soberon
Ricardo Soberón asume la presidencia ejecutiva de DEVIDA, ente rector de políticas sobre drogas de Perú, con el fin de impulsar una acción sensata, proporcionada y respetuosa de los derechos humanos.

Abandonemos el Consenso de Washington, forjemos el Consenso de Estambul
Susan George
El mundo ya tuvo más que suficiente con el Consenso de Washington. Es hora de imponer el Consenso de Estambul, un acuerdo basado en el sentido común, las soluciones de bajo costo, la transparencia y la justicia.

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Events

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Economic governance for people or for the banks?
Susan George moderates
12 October 2011 in Brussels

International Forum on BITs and Alternative Investment Regime
TNI together with Seattle to Brussels Network
5 and 6 November 2011 in Brussels

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Global Inequalities, Alternative Regionalism and the Future of Socialism
Tom Reifer
Global inequalities and the future of capitalism and socialism.

Land tenure and International Investments in agriculture
United Nations Committee on Food Security, High level Panel of Experts
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