Philipp Terhorst

Philipp Terhorst

Philipp Terhorst (PhD at the Water Engineering and Development Centre, WEDC) is an activist researcher and collaborates with the TNI Water Justice Project.

Work area:

Water Justice

Contact

English, Spanish

Canada
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Recent content by Philipp Terhorst

A critique of the Water Operators Partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean (WOP-LAC)

September 2012
Public Public Partnerships: , Water Justice:
This discussion paper aims to generate much-needed discussions about the experiences with Water Operators Partnerships (WOPs) projects on the ground, in this case in Latin America. The paper highlights a number of serious problems with the WOP-LAC projects, many of which are run by commercially oriented or private water operators.
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Public-public partnerships (PUPs) in water

March 2009
Out of sight of many global policy-makers, a growing number of public sector water companies have been engaged, in a great variety of ways, in helping others develop the capacity to be effective and accountable public services.
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Progressive Public Water Management in Europe

February 2009
Despite decades of intense pressure to commercialise and privatise water delivery, there are still numerous inspiring examples of successful public water management in cities and regions across Europe.

Huancayo: From resistance to public-public partnership

April 2008
The Andean city of Huancayo has shown that a strong local movement of citizens and workers can expand the struggle against privatisation into reclaiming public water services.  

Por um modelo público de água

July 2007
Estão reunidos na obra experiências de resistência contra a privatização e mercantilização e casos exemplares de gestão pública da água.

Reclaiming Public Water (Japanese edition)

June 2007
Japanese edition of "Reclaiming Public Water" book.

Reclaiming Public Water (Hindi edition)

April 2007
Hindi edition including two extra chapters in English on struggles to reclaim public water in India

Reclaiming Public Water (Korean edition)

March 2007
Korean version of Reclaiming Public Water was published by the Korean Government Employees' Union (KGEU).

Reclaiming Public Water (Indonesian edition)

March 2007
Indonesian edition.

Acqua: Per un modello publico di gestione

March 2007
E' incredibile come, nonostante le diversità dei contesti sociali, giuridici ed ambientali e dei processi attivati dalle diverse campagne, alcune proposte concrete siano alla fine molto simili tra di loro.