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UNDP's Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) Programme is pleased to present the 12th issue of the Global Learning Network's Public Private Partnership Newsletter - PPP News. This informative newsletter is available to all members of PPPUE's Global Learning Network, an open community for those interested in increasing the access of the urban poor to basic services through sustainable public private partnership.

PPP News covers a wide range of current information on PPP for the Urban Environment including current events, publications, project news and vacancy announcements, information which will be invaluable to the PPP practitioner and researcher alike

PPP News is produced in partnership by the UNDP Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment programme (PPPUE) and the Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Please send contributions and feedback to pppue@yale.edu

Table of Contents

1. News Flash!
   1. Partnerships with the private sector can help Africa achieve development goals
   2. PPPs: Beneath the rhetoric
   3. Tri-Sector Partnerships: Harnessing Globalization for the Good of All
   4. Better data improve urban planning in Bahrain
      


2. Experiences with Innovative PPP Projects
   1. Public-private partnership to fight AIDS in Botswana
   2. NHPC plans 5 projects in West Bengal in India
   3. Investing in Education- Public Private Partnership, Edinburgh, Scotland

Please visit the PPP Project Database

3. New Publications
   1. Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health
   2. Instituting Corporate Governance in Developing, Emerging and Transitional Economies- A Handbook
   3. Leading by example: The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation's lessons for the Global Fund
   4. Summary Proceeding and Papers from the Regional Conference on The Reform of the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in Africa, "Enhancing Public-Private Partnership in the Context of the Africa Vision for Water (2025)"
   5. Reflections on African Water Supply and Sanitation Experience
   6. Water Supply and Sanitation in PRSP Initiatives: A Desk Review of Emerging Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
      

Please also visit the PPP Virtual Library

4. Upcoming Events: Workshops and Conferences
   1. Institutional Changes in the Urban Water and Sanitation Sector - Risks and Opportunities: Web-based Workshop
   2. Stakeholder Workshop on Asia Regional Air Quality Training Consortium, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines
   3. The Water Africa 2002 Sub-Sahara Exhibition, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
   4. IP3 Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships in the Power Sector, Washington DC
   5. Workshop on Municipal Water and Sanitation Pricing and Tariff Design in Developing Countries, Cambridge, MA
   6. International Conference on Water and Sanitation Services in Small Towns and Multi-Village Schemes, Adis Ababa, Ethiopia
   7. Management of Productivity at Water Utilities, Praha, Czech Republic
   8. Annual GWP Consulting Partners (CP) Meeting, Accra, Ghana
   9. Course on public private partnerships, Sydney, Australia
   10. Euromoney Training - Americas Project Finance Workshop, Euromoney Training Center, New York City
   11. Public-Private Partnerships in Water and Sewerage Services Workshop,
       Washington, D.C
   12. World Summit WaterDome, Johannesburg, South Africa
   13. Assessment of Water Projects in Mexico, Mexico
   14. Strategy Workshop on Public Private Partnerships in Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
   15. Summer School on Private Participation in Infrastructure, Berlin, Germany
       
       
       

Please also visit the PPP Events Calendar

Copyright Notice:
Information contained in this newsletter may be freely used for non-commercial purposes as long as due acknowledgement is provided to the UNDP PPPUE Program. Commercial use or redistribution in any form, printed or electronic, requires prior approval.

Editor: Yale-UNDP PPPUE Project Yale University New Haven, CT 06511 USA E-mail:pppue@yale.edu

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