Open letter: EU must continue support for innovative non-profit partnerships
Water JusticeTNI joined several NGOs and trade unions in calling on Andris Piebalgs (EU Commissioner for Development) to increase EU support for non-profit partnership water projects in Africa,...
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Remunicipalisation in the water sector: an unstoppable wave
Notes on the debate and action Beatriz MartínezWater remunicipalisation is a growing trend across the world.read more
View ArticleReclaiming Public Water book
Achievements, Struggles and Visions from Around the World Brid BrennanOlivier HoedemanPhilipp TerhorstSatoko Kishimoto Belén Balanyá The groundbreaking book on how reformed public water services can...
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Thessaloniki, Greece: Struggling against water privatisation in times of crisis
Lavinia Steinfort Already subjected to the consequences of the European and Greek debt crisis and the resulting austerity measures, privatisation will continue to hit Thessaloniki hard. The people...
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Post Privatisation Challenges of Public Water in Ghana
Leonard Shang-Quartey Despite large aid support, Ghana's privatised water utility AVRL consistently failed to meet its contractual commitments. Water is now back in state hands, but it will need...
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Remunicipalisation in Berlin after the buy-back
From de-privatisation to demands for democratisation Philipp TerhorstThe largest Public-Private Partnership in water sector in Germany ended in 2013 after the longstanding social mobilisation....
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The Global Water Grab: A Primer
Jennifer FrancoSatoko KishimotoSylvia KayTimothé Feodoroff Gloria Pracucci Water grabbing refers to situations where powerful actors take control of valuable water resources for their own benefit,...
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Prospects of Quito's Public Water and Sanitation Company's Compliance with...
Juan Carlos Romero The 2008 Constitution of Ecuador enshrines the rights of nature and the human right to water. Juan Carlos Romero, former official at the water public utility EPMAPS, argues that...
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Remunicipalisation Tracker
Transformation from Corporate Control over Water Services into Public Control The Remunicipalisation Tracker documents more than 45 showcases of cities, regions and countries that have rolled back...
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A Peoples' vision for a just and inclusive Asia and Europe
Recommendations to the ASEM summit One week before the official Asia-Europe government meeting (ASEM) gathers in Milan, over 400 people from 42 countries in Europe and Asia gathered at the 10th...
View ArticleSoaring bills see privatised water services handed back to public sector -...
Soaring water bills, a lack of transparency and under investment have persuaded governments worldwide to give back control of privatised water services to the public sector, according to a report...
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Here to stay: Water remunicipalisation as a global trend
In the last 15 years there have been at least 180 cases of water remunicipalisation in 35 countries, both in the global North and South, including high profile cases in Europe, the Americas, Asia and...
View ArticleWater and Power: Are public services still public?
Public water and electricity are back in vogue. Yet many state-owned utilities are now undergoing corporatisation: they have legal autonomy and manage their own finances. Is this a positive...
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World Water Day Statement 2015
Struggles and victories of the global water justice movements We commemorate World Water Day 2015 by celebrating the struggles and victories of the global water justice movements. These achievements...
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Our Public Water Future
The global experience with remunicipalisation Privatisation on the backfoot as new book shows that the growing wave of cities putting water back under public control has now spread to 37 countries...
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