Voice for Change Partnership : roles of CSOs in achieving SDG6
Session Finance 4b - Faraj El-awar and Christian Schlosser un-habitat (pptminimizer)
1. Global Water Operators Alliance activities to improve financial management of Water Operators Faraj El-Awar Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance /UN-HABITAT & Christian Schlosser Transport and Energy Policy Section /UN-HABITAT International Symposium on Sustainable Rural Water Services Kampala, Uganda, 13-15 April 2010
2. UN-HABITAT to host the Global WOPs Mechanism with the help of partners Many countries are off track to meet the water & sanitation MDGs Urgent need to accelerate Progress Response to a Global Challenge Enhancing Water Operators capacity is essential to achieving the MDGs. Capacity development through PARTNERSHIPS between operators Water Operators’ Partnerships a key component of UNSGAB’s Hashimoto Action Plan to step up effort to achieve MDGs Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance GWOPA formed as an alliance of partners to help increase the scope and impact of WOPs
3. What are WOPs? Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance
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7. Many solutions developed for the problems of small towns are applicable for rural settlements Links between small urban and rural water operators (2) Business-type approaches in water provision are getting popular in rural areas Opportunity to expand urban Peer-to-Peer Twinning approaches to support entrepreneur’ capacity in operation and financial management
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16. GWOPA Facility – initial findings (1) Performance Indicators of 2 Water Utilities analyzed
17. GWOPA Facility – initial findings (2) Achievement against targets of UN-Habitat Performance Improvements Plans (%)