France

Strengthening Community Water Management in Africa

July 2012
Jean-Claude Magalhaes, Yves Duval and Mario Milanesi

Over the last ten years, a successful public-public partnership has taken shape between the water users associations in a rural region of Senegal, the French city of Cherbourg-Octeville as well as several other partners including civil society groups in Senegal and Europe.

Paris: local authorities regain control of water management

August 2010
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.