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Water in Cities
The Role of Small Scale Private Water Providers in Serving the Poor



Description

This session will highlight the experiences of small-scale private water providers (SSPWPs) in 8 Asian cities (Cebu, Delhi, Dhaka, HoChiMin CityDelhi, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Shanghai and Ulaan Batar), focusing on their typology, volume of business and number of customers. The discussion will also cover the integration of SSWPs into management contracts to provide service coverage to poor urban areas, and strategies to incorporate them as actors in the water supply and sanitation sector.

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Key Issues

  • Integration of SSPWPs into management contracts
  • Introducing SSPWPs as a player in water supply sector policy and strategy discussions

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Date and Venue

19 March 2003; 8:45-11:30
Rooms 1009, Osaka Grand Cube
Osaka, Japan

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Program

ActivityPresenter
Opening and Introduction of Session ParticipantsMaria Paniagua
Asian Development Bank
Presentation: Profile of Small Scale Water Providers in Eight Asian CitiesHerve Conan
Burgeap, France
Questions and Answers 
Presentation of case studies:
Piped Water Networks Developed by Small Scale Private Water Providers: Customer Management and Business Strategies
Fiscalina Nolasco
University of San Carlos

Elsa Mejia
Inpart Engineering

Hervé Conan
Video"A Tale of Water in Three Cities"
Roles of SSPWP in the Water Supply Sector Strategy to Serve the Urban Poor Maria Paniagua
How to Integrate SSPWPs into Management Contracts - Presentation of Concept PaperMarc Vezina
PeSau, Paris
Panel Discussion: Steps for Moving ForwardHerve Conan
Fiscalina Nolasco
Elsa Mejia
Maria Paniagua

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