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UNDP's Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) Programme is pleased to present the 9th 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

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Table of Contents

1. News Flash!
   None this month.

2. Experiences with Innovative PPP Projects
   1. New Toll Road Will Link Maputo, Walvis Bay, South Africa.
   2. Financing Fund for African Infrastructure Launched.
   3. New NGO Emerges To Tackle Future Emergencies.
   4. Britain Launches $168b Fund for African Infrastructure.
   5. Global Public-Private Partnership Launches Initiative to Deliver Digital
      Opportunity for All.
   6. Scaling Up Water Services Reforms in Ethiopia.
   7. Promotion of Effective Water Management Policies and Practices in Asia
      and the Pacific.
   8. Contracting Firm Begins Demolition of Its Old Steel Warehouse in Tulsa
      (OK), USA.
   9. Consortium Announces Plans for New Toronto City Centre Airline in Canada.
   10. London Underground Limited (LUL) moves to a Public-Private Partnership
       (PPP).

Please visit the PPP Project Database

3. New Publications
   1. The new economy of water: the risks and benefits of globalization and
      privatization of fresh water.
   2. Executive Summary on Good Urban Governance and Responses to HIV/AIDS.
   3. Serving the Water and Sanitation Sector: Resource centre experiences,
      developments and future trends .
   4. Tomorrow's Markets Global Trends and Their Implications for Business .

Please also visit the PPP Virtual Library

4. Upcoming Events: Workshops and Conferences
   1. Online Conference on "Hygiene Improvement Framework".
   2. One On One - Developing Business In Latin America: Transportation,
      Environment And Information Technology Conference.
   3. China Public-Private-Partnership & Infrastructure Financing 2002.
      
   4. Seminar on Public/Private Sector Partnership (PPP) for Urban
      Infrastructure and Service Delivery.
      
   5. London Underground's Public Private Partnership (PPP)
   6. IP3 Training Workshop: Public-Private Partnership in Solid Waste
      Collection, Transfer, and Disposal
   7. Information and Communication Technology: Strategies to Promote
      Public-Private Partnerships through New Technology.
   8. Identifying, Developing, Financing And Mitigating Risk
   9. Network of Local Government Training and Research Institutes for Asia
      and the Pacific (LOGOTRI) Workshop on Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
   10. Public-Private Partnerships Policies and Strategies: Promoting Efficient
       Public Services Delivery.
   11. The Water Africa 2002 Sub-Sahara Exhibition.
   12. Workshop on Municipal Water and Sanitation Pricing and Tariff Design in
       Developing Countries.

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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