Membership
 
Welcome to the Website of AquaFed® - The International Federation of Private Water Operators. 
AquaFed® is an association set up to connect international organisations with private sector providers of water and sanitation services. It does this on the international scene, representing the operators through direct membership or through their national associations. AquaFed membership is open to all privately controlled companies irrespective of their size or location. To read more about AquaFed, please consult our Institutional Brochure.
AquaFed® has been recognized as the the voice of the private water industry vis-à-vis international organisations.
 
AquaFed® brings together over 200 water service providers operating in 38 countries worldwide. 
The Federation was created in 2005.
A small team of professionals is based in Brussels and Paris.
 
NEWS – May 2008  AquaFed @ UN-CSD16
The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development hosts its 16th session with a particular emphasis on the review of the CSD13 Decisions on Water and Sanitation.(website:http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/review.htm )
   
 - Statements by Gérard Payen, President of AquaFed, during the Plenary Meeting on May 12, 2008 on behalf of the UN CSD Major Group “Business and Industry” (pdf)

 - Statement by Jack Moss, during the Plenary Meeting on May 13, 2008 on behalf of the UN CSD Major Group “Business and Industry”(pdf)

 - Press Release by AquaFed (pdf) and Key Messages for CSD16 (pdf): “POPULATION, BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENT NEED MORE AMBITIOUS WATER AND SANITATION POLICIES” .
   
NEWS – February 2008  

The « Documents section » has been updated and contains a new section titled “Key Industry Positions and Contributions to International Debates and Consultations”. The Federation contributions to 2 ongoing debates at UN level have been posted:
   
- Practitioners’ Views on the Right to Water - AquaFed’s submission to the OHCHR study on human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation (pdf1; pdf2). AquaFed contributions  to the 2007 study by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights on human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation (OHCHR Website). The UN Human Rights Council will review the OHCHR report in its 7th Session in March 2008.

- 2005-2008 - Progress on CSD13 decisions on water and sanitation --- Perception of Private Water Operators (report). AquaFed contribution to UN report to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 16, May 2008) on their water and sanitation measures.
   
NEWS – October 2007  
- 2008 has been declared the International Year of Sanitation by the United Nations (more information: UNSGAB / IYS2008): as part of the preparations, AquaFed has published an note that clarifies the various “Components of Sanitation” that are being used. (see our Documents section).
- AquaFed welcomes BIWATER, as its newest corporate member
 
- Various presentations and publications have been added to our Documents section.
 
   
NEWS – March, 22 2007  
- March 22, 2007 - AquaFed’s Message for World Water Day 2007

March 22, 2007 - Half the developing world without a tap! On World Water Day 2007, AquaFed renews its call (see below for our March 8, 2007 statement on Gender) for significantly increasing the number of projects that connect more households to drinking water networks or provide better sanitation. The world is not on track to achieve the drinking water & sanitation Millennium Development Goals when these MDGs are about providing a kind of access that is not comparable to the situation in developed countries.

According to the most-recent UN official figures (Joint Monitoring Programme 2006 assessment for targets up until 2004), there are 1.1 billion people without access to “improved water sources”. Furthermore, 46% of the world population lives without a tap at home or nearby. This means that nearly 3 billion people - more than half of the population of the developing world - have to carry water every day. More “access to water and sanitation” projects are necessary worldwide!
 
- March 8, 2007 is International Women’s Day. AquaFed launches its new publication “Water and Sanitation for Women. Private Operators Contribute” (download: EN, FR, ES). Read the AquaFed Press Release (EN , FR , ES ). Download the publication in our documents section.
 
   
 
  
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Last update: May, 13 2008.