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Media Coverage
- Joint Forestry-UN course spans globe
Yale Daily News, 23 March 2001
The United Nations Development Program and the Forestry School have joined forces this semester in a high-tech course that collects, analyzes and shares methods for using public-private partnerships to improve the delivery of water, waste and energy services in developing countries. Most of the work has been funded by the U.N. development program as part of its effort to implement public-private partnerships in its client countries. Read more...
- A Global Course Focuses on Improving the Lot of the Urban Poor, The Chronicle of Higher Education
20 March 2001
The United Nations Development Program and Yale University are collaborating on a course that uses the Internet to help students around the globe share experiences and knowledge about ways to improve the conditions experienced by the urban poor. Read more...
- Students share solutions for urban ills via Internet
UNDP Newsfront, 22 February 2001
UNDP's Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) is pioneering new ways for government, the private sector and civil society to join forces to address problems facing the poor in cities on every continent. The new Distance Learning Course is harnessing the Internet to share ideas and experience on these new partnerships. Read more...
- Public-Private Partnerships are Vital for Solving Urban Environmental Problems
UNDP Newsfront, 14 November 2000
Jointly sponsored by UNDP and Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V. (CDG) on behalf of the German Government, the conference on Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Environmental Services, held on 26-27 October, drew 125 participants to explore challenges and recipes for success for private sector participation in urban environmental services in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The event focused on partnerships to finance water and waste projects. Read more...
Press Releases
- Mayors Recognise Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) as One Solution to Urban Environmental Problems (
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9 November 2000
In an unprecedented move, mayors, public officials and private sector representatives from 25 countries spanning four continents agreed on the need to facilitate private sector involvement in the development of urban environmental services in cities in the developing world. One hundred and twenty participants met at a two-day conference in Berlin on October 26-27 to discuss possibilities for PPP to finance water and waste projects.
- PPPUE Distance Learning Course kicks off with 19 universities and institutions from all corners of the globe ( 38kb / 13kb)
1 February 2001
On January 8, 2001, the UNDP's Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) launched its first Distance Learning Course. The Internet-based Course is an opportunity for practitioners, students and researchers to exchange knowledge on public-private partnerships. So far, 19 universities and institutions around the world have committed to join the Distance Learning Course and more are expected to sign on.
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