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Stockholm World Water Week

BPD will be presenting its latest research at
World Water Week 2010 in Stockholm,
from 5th-12th September.
More information to follow soon.

BPD will be at World Water Week 2010 in Stockholm and will be hosting a side event on its ongoing work with WaterAid on water and sanitation in small towns. The event will build on stimulating discussions from the 2009 small towns side event and other workshops held during the last year. More information will be posted on this page when finalised.    

Small Town Water & Sanitation | Small Towns Side Event 2009

BPD at Stockholm 2009

During last year's World Water Week, BPD had an exhibition stand and held the following sessions: 

BPD & Water for People Session
16th August 2009

Harnessing the Private Sector to Provide Sanitation to the Poor

How do you catalyse businesses that address sanitation needs in poor communities?  BPD and Water for People have been exploring the role of the local private sector in providing sanitation for several years and debated this and other key pro-poor sanitation issues at the session.

Sanitation is often seen as a household responsibility and recently a lot of attention has been paid to why households invest in it, if at all.  Less has been said about who these households deal with when they want sanitation services. Recent work by BPD and others has shown that governments provide only the minority of sanitation services to poor communities. A larger player is the local private sector; numerous diverse entrepreneurs offer a range of sanitation services to communities, often with only limited oversight or support.

In discussion with sanitation entrepreneurs and those who support them, this interactive session engaged participants in a debate on how best to harness entrepreneurial activities for the public good. It was co-convened by BPD and Water for People. 
Stockholm Briefing Note (pdf) - Harnessing the Private Sector

BPD & WaterAid Side Event
17th August 2009

Improving Access to Water and Sanitation in Small Towns

Small towns in developing countries present both a challenge and an opportunity to those in water and sanitation. We need more strategic ways to intervene in these fast-growing places. This participatory session discussed early findings from a multi-disciplinary team, with the debate feeding directly into interesting action-research by WaterAid and BPD in Africa and South Asia.

Small Towns One-page Project Description (pdf)

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BPD at Stockholm 2008
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Related Resources

Stockholm Briefing Note  - Harnessing the Private Sector  pdf symbol

 

 

 

Dakar Case Study 

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Lesotho Case Study

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Small Towns One-page Project Description

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BPD at Previous Stockholm Events

Stockholm 2008
- Pro-poor regulation and small town sanitation

Stockholm 2007 
- Pro-poor regulation and partnership accountability

Stockholm 2006 
- Sanitation partnerships