Policy principles and implementation guidelines for private sector participation in the water sector — a step towards better results

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
pp. 61-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Rothenberger ◽  
U. Frei ◽  
F. Brugger
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Sustainable Water Supply ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Implementation Guidelines ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Water Supply And Sanitation

To achieve the Millennium Development Goals, all partners (public, private, NGOs) must be engaged for improving and expanding the water supply and sanitation services. Yet, high transaction costs, unclear role allocation and lack of trust and commitment put Private Sector Participation (PSP) at risk. The initiative “Policy Principles and Implementation Guidelines for Private Sector Participation in Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation” contributes to equitable, effective, ecological and efficient PSP projects. Based on a multi stakeholder process, the Policy Principles are offering an open and transparent framework for the negotiation of valid, widely accepted and action-oriented solutions, while the Implementation Guidelines focus on success factors for building partnerships on the operational level.

Private Operation of Water Utilities and Public Asset Holding Companies – Winning Combination or Losing Battle?

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-163
Author(s):  
Michel Kerf ◽  
Elisa Muzzini
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Holding Companies ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Private Participation ◽  
Asset Holding ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Exclusive Or ◽  
Water Supply And Sanitation

Several African governments, like others throughout the world, have been experimenting for some time with private sector participation in the provision of water supply and sanitation services. Some of these governments, though not all, decided to establish asset holding companies, in an effort to facilitate the transition to private participation. Those asset holding companies are state-owned entities entrusted with exclusive or partial responsibility for one or more of the following tasks: (i) owning infrastructure assets; (ii) planning and financing investments in the water supply and sanitation sector; (Hi) regulating the activities of the private operator; and (iv) promoting public acceptance of private sector participation in the sector. The present paper discusses a number of African experiences with private sector participation in water supply and sanitation – some of which involved the creation of such asset holding companies and some of which did not – in an attempt to shed light on the pros and cons of establishing asset holding companies in the context of water supply and sanitation reform. The paper concludes that asset holding companies might have a comparative advantage only with respect to one of the functions listed above – the planning and financing of investments – and then only in some specific circumstances.

Securing 2020 vision for 2030: climate change and ensuring resilience in water and sanitation services

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Howard ◽  
Katrina Charles ◽  
Kathy Pond ◽  
Anca Brookshaw ◽  
Rifat Hossain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Sanitation Systems ◽  
Water Supply And Sanitation

Drinking-water supply and sanitation services are essential for human health, but their technologies and management systems are potentially vulnerable to climate change. An assessment was made of the resilience of water supply and sanitation systems against forecast climate changes by 2020 and 2030. The results showed very few technologies are resilient to climate change and the sustainability of the current progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) may be significantly undermined. Management approaches are more important than technology in building resilience for water supply, but the reverse is true for sanitation. Whilst climate change represents a significant threat to sustainable drinking-water and sanitation services, through no-regrets actions and using opportunities to increase service quality, climate change may be a driver for improvements that have been insufficiently delivered to date.

scholarly journals Stakeholders' response to the private sector participation of water supply utility in Karachi, Pakistan

Water Policy ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ahmed ◽  
M. Sohail
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Urban Water Supply ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Institutional Efficiency ◽  
Supply Systems

Changes are proposed to improve urban water supply systems around the globe. Improvement in service delivery mechanisms, institutional efficiency, financial viability and acceptance by users are the key criteria for initiating and sustaining a change. To improve the situation of water supply in Karachi, Pakistan, advised by the World Bank, a private sector participation (PSP) strategy was formed during the 1990s. The strategy aimed to promote a gradual increase of PSP in water and sanitation services. The proposed project faced strong resistance from stakeholders, mainly civil society, leading to its suspension. Efforts are being made to revive the PSP and to make it acceptable to the stakeholders concerned. The paper documents and analyses the stakeholders response to the anticipated PSP process and the possible social and economic impacts. The study makes a contribution in the areas of participation and consensus building in the context of PSP. Willingness to negotiate continuously and even consideration of possible alternatives based on the changing situations are the key to any way forward for sustainable improvements.

Reinforcing water and sanitation sector reform in South Africa

Water Policy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ola Busari ◽  
Barry Jackson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Remarkable Progress ◽  
Water Supply And Sanitation

Some ten years ago, South Africa's newly elected government inherited huge services backlogs with respect to access to water supply and sanitation. About 15 million people were without safe water supply and over 20 million without adequate sanitation services. Since then, the country has made remarkable progress with regard to accelerating the pace of services provision and restructuring and refocusing the entire water sector. Having ensured access to an additional population of over 10 million people, South Africa is well on track to wipe out the infrastructure backlog for basic water supply by 2008, exceeding the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target. But first, with respect to sanitation for which the national target is universal access to a functioning facility by 2010, the picture is somewhat different. Second, substantial challenges remain in addressing historical inequalities in access to both water supply and sanitation, and in sustaining service provision over the long term.

Managing water supply and sanitation services to developing communities: key success factors

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.F. Schutte
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
Developing Communities ◽  
Sustained Success ◽  
The Many ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Organisation Culture ◽  
Water Supply And Sanitation

A number of key success factors in the management of organisations responsible for the provision of water supply and sanitation services to developing communities have been identified as critical to the sustained success of such organisations. These factors have to receive specific and sustained attention from management. They should form the focus of management attention in addition to the many other important factors requiring management input. The key success factors which are critical to ensure a sustained water supply and the provision of sanitation services to developing communities centre around two main areas, i.e. the credibility of the organisation with the community it serves and the creation of an organisation culture of focusing on service to the community, on income generation and on minimising of losses.

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