Satoko Kishimoto

Recent content by Satoko Kishimoto

Remunicipalisation (7 Mar 2012)

After decades of failed water privatisation, cities like Paris are starting to bring water back into public hands. Download this free 'must-read' book for policy makers and activists looking to democratise water services.

Citizens’ participation is key for water efficiency (14 Feb 2012)

Active citizens’ participation in water and sanitation initiatives is crucial to ensure sustainable improvements in water services for the poorest. Experiences from Tanzania, Spain, India and Uruguay show how citizen and labour participation can transform public services.

600.000 new water connections due to Asian WOPs (1 Sep 2011)

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?'

Japan’s role in global water: big choice ahead (30 Aug 2011)

Japanese water companies should avoid investing in for-profit water service ventures abroad, and should focus on non-profit, public-public partnerships instead.

Pro-poor water management: community participation and ownership (24 Aug 2011)

‘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?

Many little streams make a mighty river – the 1 per cent solidarity levy (23 Aug 2011)

How an innovative financial scheme could help to finance international public-public water projects in the global south.

Fighting corruption with the Water TAP plus A (23 Aug 2011)

Using research, workshops and local user's committies to help tackle corruption in the governance of private and public utilities - a case study from Kenya.

Stockholm Water Week 2011 has started (21 Aug 2011)

World Water Week took place in Stockholm this year. Water activists again participated in sessions to ensure that critical voices were heard. Satoko Kishimoto writes about her experiences.

Money matters at Stockholm Water Week (21 Aug 2011)

The tone of the debates in Stockholm has improved compared to previous years, less focus on private sector expansion, more on genuine solutions.

Activists mark one-year anniversary of recognition of human right to water and sanitation (2 Aug 2011)

A group of activists celebrated the right to water in front of a public water fountain in the centre of Brussels on 27 July. The occasion was the one-year anniversary of the UN's recognition of right to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation as human right.