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By Abdel-Mawla Ismail , October 2008 From the second half of 2007 till January 2008, Egypt has witnessed a wave of about 40 protests· about the absence of basic rights with relation to drinking water. This shows that thirst protests or intifadas, as some people have called them, started to represent a new path for a social movement that accompanies protests to obtain bread.

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March 2009 co-published by TNI, Reclaiming Public Water network, OTHER WORLDS, Food&Water Watch, RedVida this 55-page booklet collects twelve brief interviews with water activists from Latin America as well as declarations from a historic gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in August, 2008, where leading figures in the social movements of the Americas came together to envision the way forward for community-controlled water management. Critical reading for proponents of the right to water.

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This paper by CEO, PSIRU and PSI details the continuing influence of water multinationals on the World Water Forum and its agenda.

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A public-public partnership (PUP) is a collaboration between two or more public authorities or organisations, based on solidarity, to improve the capacity and effectiveness of one partner in providing public water or sanitation services. This new paper by PSI, PSIRU and TNI provides an overview of the typical objectives of PUPs; the different forms of PUPs and partners involved; a series of case studies of actual PUPs; and an examination of the recent WOPs initiative. It then offers recommendations for future development of PUPs. The paper includes an overview of over 130 PUPs in around 70 countries. This means that far more countries have hosted PUPs than host PPPs in water – according to a report from PPIAF in December 2008, there are only 44 countries with private participation in water.

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Transnational Institute and Corporate Europe Observatory, Enero 2009 A pesar de décadas de presiones intensas de comercializar y privatizar la gestión de agua, hay todavía numerosos ejemplos inspiradores de gestión pública de agua exitosa en ciudades y regiones a través de Europa. Un nuevo documento de debate, publicado por TNI y CEO, explora las lecturas que ofrecen diez de estos ejemplos, en base a nuevos criterios por una progresiva gestión de agua.

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Transnational Institute and Corporate Europe Observatory, January 2009 Despite decades of intense pressure to commercialise and privatise water delivery, there are still numerous inspiring examples of successful public water management in cities and regions across Europe. A new discussion paper published by TNI and CEO explores the lessons to be learned from ten such examples, on the basis of nine key criteria for progressive public water management.

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the delegates of the Pan-Asia Water Colloquium, “Water: Common Good, Public Management and Alternatives” gathered between September 25-27, 2008 at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras in Chennai, Tamil Nadu State, India, declare this statement.

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Read this report (6 pages) on the Pan-Asia Water Colloquium, “Water: Common Good, Public Management and Alternatives Securing the Right to Water—Challenges and Solutions in Asia” (September 25-27, 2008 in Chennai, India).