Created in 2005, AquaFed is the International Federation of Private Water Operators. AquaFed represents more than 400 private operator providing water and sanitation services in more than 40 countries worldwide. According to GWI (2013), over 1 Billion people count on private operators to serve them on a daily basis.

AquaFed is a non-profit organization ruled by Association 1901 status (France) and a Code of Ethics.

AquaFed is governed by its Members through an annual General Assembly, at which they appoint the President, the Executive Committee and determine the organization's objectives and strategies.

AquaFed’s President is directing the Executive Committee that is responsible for:

- Developing the Federation’s positions on the world’s water challenges.
- Overseeing the pursuit of the Federation’s objectives

## The Executive Committee

- Frédéric VAN HEEMS, President
- Cyril COURJARET, Vice-President
- Juan Antonio GUIJARRO, Vice-President
- Criselle ALEJANDRO, Member of the Committee
- Aurélie COLAS, Member of the Committee
- Mamadou DIA, Honorary President  and Member of the Committee
- Dominique GATEL, Member of the Committee
- Alejandro JIMENEZ MARCONI, Member of the Committee
- Mark MULLER AGUIRRE, Member of the Committee
- Lorena SCHMITT, Member of the Committee
- Alejandra SUAREZ, Member of the Committee

- Gerard PAYEN, Honorary President


## The Secretariat

The secretariat is based in Paris and Brussels, and supports the Federation’s missions. The multicultural team is comprised of water professionals with significant field experience.  The team relies on a worldwide network of industry colleagues and works in close cooperation with national and corporate members. 

Within the membership, AquaFed secretariat coordinates federation thematic working groups on PPP and Performance, Rights to water and to sanitation, Water quality and benchmarking, the 2030 goals.

Over the years, the Federation secretariat has been active on all continents and in all main water related conferences and involved in international discussion on water issues.

The President and Executive Director are responsible for administrating AquaFed on a day-to-day basis


- Frédéric VAN HEEMS, President
- Neil DHOT, Executive Director
- Thomas VAN WAEYENBERGE, Senior Adviser  
- Sylvaine COURAYE, Office Manager

Every year, the secretariat is supported by temporary staff, if you are young professional, or  a university student looking for a first experience, do not hesitate to send us your CV.

## Legal Information, Trademark information and Copyright notice

All information on this website is copyrighted by AquaFed © - all rights reserved (2005-2024) except where indicated. 
Information can be shared on the condition that appropriate reference is given. 
AquaFed is a registered trademark name, filed since 2005 with the appropriate authorities.

This website is hosted in France and is operated in accordance with French and EU legislation (and in particular GDPR). In particular, the website complies with dispensations 6, 7 and 8 of the French Communication Act: French Law n° 2004-575 of June 21, 2004. The AquaFed website is a non-commercial website presenting the AquaFed, a "type 1901 Association". The AquaFed team takes compliance with French and European law seriously and will never transfer your data to third parties. You have a right to consult, edit and request deletion of  your database entry if you signed up to our mailing list. This website is maintained by the AquaFed team under supervision of its President, Mamadou Dia.  The technical contact person is Thomas Van Waeyenberge (thomas@aquafed.org).


- AquaFed was incorporated on March 3, 2005 as a non-for-profit non-governmental organisation under the French Law governing "associations under the Law 1901". Profile is visible under the French official website:  [http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr](http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr). Our UN ECOSOC NGO database entry is accessible [here](http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/association/index.php?ACTION=Rechercher&HI_PAGE=1&HI_COMPTEUR=0&original_method=get&WHAT=aquafed&JTH_ID=&JAN_BD_CP=&JRE_ID=&JAN_LIEU_DECL=&JTY_ID=&JTY_WALDEC=&JTY_SIREN=&JPA_D_D=&JPA_D_F=&rechercher.x=21&rechercher.y=6).
- AquaFed SIRET number:  48464640100022
- AquaFed Intra-European VAT number is: FR 0748464601


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Governance

Frederic VAN HEEMS

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Cyril COURJARET

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Juan Antonio GUIJARRO

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Criselle ALEJANDRO

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Aurélie COLAS

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Mamadou DIA

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Dominique GATEL

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Alejandro JIMENEZ MARCONI

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Mark MULLER

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Lorena SCHMITT

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Alejandra SUAREZ ALLER

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Gerard PAYEN

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Neil Dhot

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Thomas Van Waeyenberge

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Sylvaine Couraye

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AquaFed has two membership 'Colleges'.  


College 1 is for private companies that are active in public water and/or wastewater service management through contracts, joint-ventures or licenses with public authorities. This includes organisations that are public but compete for contracts in other countries.


College 2 is for all organisations - for example engineering companies, investors, civil society groups, academics. AquaFed is open to all organisations and individuals.

You can find out more information about our members via the icons below.

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Members

AquaFed’s main action aims at:

- Connecting private water operators with all stakeholders engaged at the international level on water services and challenges:
- International organisations (UN, OECD, etc.)
- Public authorities
- Civil society (researchers, academics, experts, NGOs, journalists, etc.)
- Advocating for the benefits of public-private partnerships as an option in managing water and sanitation services for public authorities and consumers, depending on the local context.
- Promoting the role of water and sanitation in 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the realisation of human rights.
- Improving the water industry and solving issues: AquaFed is sharing the expertise of the private operators and is working with the international community to identify solutions to address world’s water issues.
- Providing information and counsel: AquaFed aims at being a reliable source of information on private operators’ contributions for all stakeholders interested in water and sanitation services.

Accreditations:

- AquaFed is one of the few representatives of the water business community to have these accreditations, which makes the federation a preferred partner to promote water issues
- AquaFed is an [NGO with special Consultative status](http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/showProfileDetail.do?method=showProfileDetails&profileCode=7534&locale=en) at the United Nations ECOSOC (since July 2011)
- AquaFed is [registered](http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=09175433167-27) in the joint voluntary transparency register of the European Commission and the European Parliament
- AquaFed representatives are accredited to the European Parliament


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