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UNDP's Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) Programme is pleased to present the 14th 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. Virginia Passes Act to Utilize PPPs For Educational Facilities
   2. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Water De-privatized
   3. Winners of the Stockholm Partnerships Award


2. Experiences with Innovative PPP Projects
   1. Daily realities from community water supply management
   2. First Lessons From Study on Sustainability of Changes in Hygiene Behavior
      

Please visit the PPP Project Database

3. New Publications
   1. For the Good of the People: Using Public-Private Partnerships to Meet America's Essential Needs
   2. A White Paper on Partnerships Prepared by The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships
   3. New Designs for Water and Sanitation Transactions: Making Private Sector Participation Work for the Poor
   4. Harnessing Private Funds For Financing Public Environmental Infrastructure
   5. The Environmental Implications of Privatization: Lessons in Developing Countries
   6. Enabling Conditions for Environmental Sustainability: Private and Public Roles
   7. Private Sector Development Strategy: Directions for the World Bank Group
   8. Contracting for public services: output-based aid and its applications
   9. Improving Urban Water and Sanitation - Can the Poor Effectively Participate?
   10. Financing for Sustainable Development: an Input to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
   11. Operation, maintenance and sustainability of services for the urban poor: Findings, lessons learned and case studies summary and analysis
   12. The Importance of Transparent and Effective Procurement Practices
       

Please also visit the PPP Virtual Library

4. Upcoming Events: Workshops and Conferences
   1. Workshops on Project Management for Public-Private Partnerships, Chicago, USA
   2. Course on public private partnerships, Sydney, Australia
   3. Public-Private Partnerships in Water and Sewerage Services Workshop, Washington, D.C
   4. Euromoney Training - Americas Project Finance Workshop, Euromoney Training Center, New York City
   5. World Summit WaterDome, Johannesburg, South Africa
   6. Assessment of Water Projects in Mexico
   7. Strategy Workshop on Public Private Partnerships in Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
   8. PPP in Greece: A workshop to be held in Rome, Italy
   9. WEFTEC 2002: 75th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA
   10. PPP & Managed Equipment Services Projects in Healthcare in Dublin, Ireland
   11. Model for Risk Assessment in PFI/PPP Projects
   12. PPP in Queensland, Australia
   13. XI World Water Congress: Water Resources Management in the 21st Century, Madrid, Spain
   14. Summer School on Private Participation in Infrastructure, Berlin, Germany
   15. 3rd Annual Telecommunications Brazil Roundtable, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   16. Partnering with East-Central Europe's Cities: Conference on East-Central Europe's Infrastructure in New York, USA
       

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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