Water Justice
Recent content by Water Justice
2 Million signatures across Europe
September 2013
The national branches of the right2water.eu campaign have handed in the signatures collected to the respective national authorities. Now we demand the European Commission to implement the Human Right to water and sanitation in European Union basic legislation.
Investors requested to withdraw bids for Thessaloniki
July 2013
(Press release: 24 July 2013) A large group of Greek, European and international organisations, networks and others have requested the bidders for the Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Company to withdraw their bids. They want the bidders to respect the wishes of the workers and local communities who do not want their company to be run by private operators.
Revival of the public water sector
October 2011
As Amsterdam hosts its first International Water Week, TNI and its allies will be actively promoting Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) between public water utilities as the best means to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Strengthening public water in Africa: South South North networked model of Public-public Partnerships
May 2011
Samir Bensaid is author of the new chapter addition to the collaborative book project "Reclaiming Public Water"- part of TNI's Water Justice programme - which brings experience and insight from Morocco and Mauritania.
The politics of achieving the Right to Water
April 2011
Privatisation offers nothing to the 43 percent of Africans in cities who have no access to water. On World Water Day 2011, experts met in Cape Town to share experiences of successful public-public partnerships for equal public access.
Open letter to UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Joan Clos, on UN funding for water justice
April 2011
Recent plans to cut funds for the UN's water related work - meaning support for water operator partnership (WOP) alliances would be lost - is a major threat to the great progress which has already been achieved and threatens to undermine the provision of universal access to clean public water.
UN World Water Day 2011: Reclaiming public water for our cities
March 2011
TNI's Water Justice programme is marking this year's UN World Water Day in Cape Town at the GWOPA (Global Water Operator partnerships Alliance) Congress, in the continuing struggle to reclaim public water.
Public Community Partnerships in Peru and Uruguay
March 2011
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.
EU awards €40 million to support water partnership projects in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific
August 2010
PSIRU at the University of Greenwich has created the www.acp-eu-waterpartnerships.org website help water utilities, local authorities and civil society organisations access and use EU aid to build not-for-profit ACP-EU water partnerships.
UN declares water and sanitation a human right
July 2010
In an historic victory for social movements, the UN declared water and sanitation a human right despite opposition from countries like the US, UK and Canada.
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