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UNDP's Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) Programme is pleased to present the 18th 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. SOUTH AFRICA: UNDP-PPPUE and the Development Bank of Southern Africa
      (DBSA) Launch Municipal PPP Workshop
   2. BELGIUM: EU Launch Water for Life partnership
   3. Privatization: Negative Impacts on Child Poverty
   4. UGANDA: Water and Power Performance Partnership


2. Experiences with Innovative PPP Projects
   1. ARGENTINA: Water and Sanitation public-private partnerships in the Municipality of San Fernando

Please visit the PPP Project Database

3. New Publications
   1. Everyday Water Struggles in Buenos Aires, Argentina
   2. Small-Scale Private Sector Participation in Niassa Province, Mozambique
   3. Water Utility Reform and Private Sector Participation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
   4. The Paradoxes of Funding and Infrastructure Development in Uganda
   5. Public Interest Vs. Profits: The Case of Water Supply and Sewage in Porto Alegre City, Brazil
      

Please also visit the PPP Virtual Library

4. Upcoming Events: Workshops and Conferences
   1. October 5-9, 2002: XI World Water Congress: Water Resources Management in the
      21st Century in Madrid, Spain
   2. October 6-13, 2002: Summer School on Private Participation in Infrastructure in Germany
   3. October 14-25, 2002: Contract Compliance and Performance Monitoring for Public-Private
      Partnership Projects in Washington, DC
   4. October 15-17, 2002: Capacity Building Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships for
      Municipalities in the SADC Region in Johannesburg, South Africa
   5. October 21-22, 2002: PPP in the Nordics in Copenhagen
   6. October 29-30, 2002: Private Solutions for the Poor: The Asian Perspective in
      Asian Development Bank, Philippines
   7. October 28-29, 2002: Opportunities in the German PPP/PFI markets in Frankfurt,
      Germany
   8. October 30-31, 2002: Partnering with East-Central Europe's Cities: Conference on
      East-Central Europe's Infrastructure in New York
   9. November 4-8, 2002: Privatization and Regulation of Urban Services: Water, Transport,
      and Poverty in Paris, France
   10. November 13, 2002: The PPP Process in Dublin, Ireland
   11. November 18-19, 2002: Risk and Legal and Contractual Issues in PPP/PFI Projects in London
   12. November 25-26, 2002: PPP in Portugal in Lisbon
   13. November 25-26, 2002: PPP in Health in London
   14. November 28-29, 2002: PPP in Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started
       in Dublin, Ireland
       

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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