Satoko Kishimoto

Satoko Kishimoto

Coordinator, Water Justice Project

She was an environmental activist and active in the youth environmental movement in Japan in the 1990s. She began working with TNI in 2003, at the time of 3rd World Water Forum held in Kyoto, Japan. TNI successfully organized a seminar on Alternatives to Water Privatisation, which was the starting point of the Water Justice Project. In 2005, the Reclaiming Public Water (RPW) Network was created with the contributors to the book 'Reclaiming Public Water'. TNI serves as the coordinating hub of the RPW network and Satoko is the coordinator of the network. The RPW network connects activists, trade unionists, researchers, community activists, and public water operators from around the world, and advocates progressive public water reforms and Public-Public Partnerships as the key elements for solving the global crisis in access to clean water and sanitation. 

Work area:

Water Justice

Contact

English, Japanese

Selected publications

Reclaiming Public Water: Participatory Alternatives to Privatisation
Reclaiming Public Water book
Public-public partnerships (PUPs) in water

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Recent content by Satoko Kishimoto

Blunt speaking opens up important debate at water summit

October 2013
Financing Public Water: , Privatisation: , Public Public Partnerships: , Public Water Sector Reforms: , Remunicipalisation:
Instead of an ideological obsession with illusory private sector ‘solutions’, the international community would do better to support socially ambitious public operators working together in partnership with other public utilities.

Budapest Water Summit offers mirage of water for all

October 2013
Privatisation: , Remunicipalisation: , Water Grabbing: , Water Justice:
It had been billed as a summit to push for universal access to water, but attending the Budapest Water Summit held last week felt like grasping at a mirage of water in a desert. The slogans and appearance were attractive, but held no prospect of delivering the human right to water for all.

Struggle for water is struggle for democracy

September 2013
As thousands of water specialists gather in Stockholm for World Water Week, there will be a lot of discussions around technical and efficient delivery of water but too few conversations on the nature of water as a public and democratic good.

Networking against Fracking

April 2013
Social forums: , Water Grabbing:
Global networking is key to winning battle against fracking, say activists at WSF.

Remunicipalisation

March 2013
Financing Public Water: , Remunicipalisation:
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

February 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

September 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

August 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

August 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?

Fighting corruption with the Water TAP plus A

August 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.