GROUP 3. WATER OPERATORS

DISCUSSION 1VISION

•WOPs are vehicle to improve water and sanitation services worldwide

•WOPs are not a vehicle to implement privatization

GROUP 3. WATER OPERATORS

DISCUSSION 1VISION

•WOPs is a shared responsibility to achieve total coverage of affordable and safe water,

•With a pro-poor and gender focus•The partnership must be based on mutual cooperation

and equality

GROUP 3. WATER OPERATORS

DISCUSSION 2PRINCIPLES

•Inclusiveness: all stakeholders involved, not only technically but also socially (workers, women, NGOs,

decision/policy makers)•Integrated water (from resource to resource)

•Not for profit (Knowledge of the weaker partner should not be abused + 5 years quarantine)

•Transparency in WOPs•Focus on improving public operator performances

•Focus not only on technical aspects but also institutional

GROUP 3. WATER OPERATORS

DISCUSSION 2PRINCIPLES

•Mutual benefits (e.g based on global citizenship, responsibility, more interesting

jobs…)

GROUP 3. WATER OPERATORS

DISCUSSION 3STRUCTURE

•Geographical representativeness•Acceptation of the principles to be a member

•Goal: to make WOPs worldwide accepted in 3 years•UN Secretariat as a permanent member

•Donors are special invitees•One representative of each regional WOP

•2 representatives of public utilities from each region•One representative of CSO (NGOs, Social Trust, Labor Unions …)

•One representative of private sector•One UNGSAB OBSERVER

•IWA as a special invitee

GROUP 3. WATER OPERATORS

DISCUSSION 4MANDATE AND TERM

•S.C. advises also regional WOP•2 years after the start, 50% will be replaced= term is 4 years•Bi-annual report to the GA (SC reports progress to the GA

+ prospective planning)