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UNDP's Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) Programme is pleased to present the 19th 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. USA: Protecting The Public's Health Through Public-Private Information Technology Partnerships
   2. LONDON: Pounds 25bn of public projects built with private case
   3. MOROCCO: 1.5 million villages still lack basic telephone connection
   4. LONDON: City Falls Out Of Love with the Private Finance Initiative
   5. GHANA: Water Privatization for Urban Dwellers, Not Rural
   6. GHANA: "Clean Hands, Healthy Life" Public-Private Partnership
   7. GHANA: Capacity Building for Ghana's Public Utility Regulations Commission
   8. PHILIPPINES: Public and private sectors at work to put up a cluster materials recovery facility (MRF) in Calamba
   9. LAOS: Providing more drinking water in Central and Northern Lao PDR


2. Experiences with Innovative PPP Projects
   1. INDONESIA, JAKARTA: Corrupt Staff Provide Illegal Connections
   2. BOLIVIA: Update on failed Cochabamba Privatization

Please visit the PPP Project Database

3. New Publications
   1. Greening Public Private Partnerships
   2. Benefits to Business of Tri-Sector Partnerships
   3. Learning from Experience: Water and Environmental Sanitation in India
   4. The Urban Environment and Development Co-operation: A Resource Book
      

Please also visit the PPP Virtual Library

4. Upcoming Events: Workshops and Conferences
   1. November 4, 2002: Kitakyushu Initiative Seminar on Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment in Beijing, China
   2. November 4-8, 2002: Privatization and Regulation of Urban Services: Water, Transport, and Poverty in Paris, France
   3. November 13, 2002: The PPP Process in Dublin, Ireland
   4. November 18-19, 2002: Risk and Legal and Contractual Issues in PPP/PFI Projects in London
   5. November 18,2002: East African Workshop on Water Policy Issues for Journalists
   6. November 25-26, 2002: PPP in Portugal in Lisbon
   7. November 25-26, 2002: PPP in Health in London
   8. November 28-29, 2002: PPP in Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started in Dublin, Ireland
   9. November 28-29, 2002: Southeast Asia Regional Dialogue On Water Governance in Bangkok, Thailand
   10. December 2-13, 2002: Drafting and Negotiating Legal Agreements for PPP and PSP Infrastructure Projects in Washington, DC
   11. December 10-13, 2002: Regional Forum On Capacity Building For IWRM in Southeast Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
   12. December 16, 2002: Meeting Public Needs through Public-Private Real Estate partnerships in Charleston, West Virginia

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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