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UNDP's Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) Programme is pleased to present the 17th 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. ARGENTINA: Tucumán Province gives PPP in water a second chance
   2. U.S.A.: Offers $2.56 billiion in Partnerships
   3. BHUTAN: Us$40 Million ADB Program Prioritize Private Sector Development
   4. POLAND: Warsaw seeks advisers for Czajka Wastewater Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)
   5. MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: a Viable Water Market for the Private Sector?
   6. WEST AFRICA: PPP in Water Aims to Prevent Diseases


2. Experiences with Innovative PPP Projects
   1. Public-private partnerships for the management of urban solid waste in San Salvador,
      El Salvador

Please visit the PPP Project Database

3. New Publications
   1. Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality
   2. The Environmental Implications of Privatization: Lessons for Developing Countries
   3. Realising the Global Deal: what can cross-sectoral collaborations deliver?
   4. Private Sector and Civil Society Contributions to Sustainable Development: WSSD Round Table in Copenhagen

Please also visit the PPP Virtual Library

4. Upcoming Events: Workshops and Conferences
   1. Restructuring Utilities: Strategies to Improve Management, Operations, and Financial
      Performance
   2. PPP in Italy
   3. The PPP Process
   4. PPP in Greece
   5. Environmental Innovations Summit 2002
   6. PPP in Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started
   7. WEFTEC 2002: 75th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference
   8. Financing Private Sector Projects
   9. Model for Risk Assessment in PFI/PPP Projects
   10. Latin America Investor Summit
   11. PPP in Queensland, Australia
   12. XI World Water Congress: Water Resources Management in the 21st Century
   13. Summer School on Private Participation in Infrastructure
   14. Contract Compliance and Performance Monitoring for Public-Private Partnership Projects
   15. PPP in the Nordics
   16. Opportunities in the German PPP/PFI markets
   17. Partnering with East-Central Europe's Cities: Conference on East-Central Europe's
       Infrastructure
   18. Risk and Legal and Contractual Issues in PPP/PFI Projects
   19. PPP in Portugal
   20. PPP in Health
   21. PPP in Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started
       

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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