Water Expo Zaragoza (2008). The Government of Spain requested the World Bank contribute technical expertise and content through the World Bank Institute and the Water Anchor. About forty Bank staff and clients participated as speakers and panelists in approximately one third of the sessions of the Expo over nine weeks.

 

African Water Operators Partnership (2007) (pdf). Participants representing 70 water utilities from 30 countries in Africa met in Johannesburg to deliberate on the operationalization of this African partnership.

4th World Water Forum (2006) (pdf). At the invitation of the Government of Mexico, the Bank supported both Thematic and Regional preparations for the Forum. Given the importance of global water issues and our relationship with Mexico, staff across the Bank have become involved in preparations for the Forum.

 

IWA World Water Conference (2006) (pdf)
IWA World Water Conference (2008) (pdf)
These conferences connect water professionals around the globe, incorporating the professional thought on research and practice, regulators and the regulated, across national boundaries and across the drinking water and wastewater disciplines.

 

 

OECD: Global Forum on PPPs in WSS
(2006) (pdf). This meeting brought together private operators and government representatives from the OECD and developing countries to discuss the status of public-private partnerships in the water supply and sanitation sector.