This section contains material used at the International Workshop "Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Environmental Services - from theory to practice" in Hannover and Berlin/Germany (October 23-27, 2000) and conclusions and recommendations from the workshop that were formulized during follow-up online discussions from November 1-21, 2000:

• General Conclusions of the Workshop
  Includes conclusions and recommendations for action for the following areas: Creating an enabling environment; implementation; and finance.
• Part I: Plenary Working Sessions: Presentations
  Includes a general introduction to public-private partnerships and a case study on management contracts
• Part II: Parallel Working Sessions & Marketplace
  Includes presentations from working sessions on basic pre-requisites on the national and the local level for assuring favourable frameworks for PPP, practical implementation, financing PPP projects and the Virtual Marketplace.
• General Information
  Includes workshop flyer, programme, list of participants and other relevant information.