CURRENT WORK
AquaFed is working on a wide range of issues for our members. There are details below about some of the examples of current work.
We warmly welcome all comments, support, partnering and collaboration opportunities through our work. Please contact us at: info@aquafed.org
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4Ps Initiative
Through our 4Ps Initiative, we are currently creating the Global Water PPP Hub. The objective is for the Hub to be the first place anyone would go to find information on water PPPs. It will be an online portal, available from the AquaFed site.
The Hub will provide the following information:
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Case studies on water PPP projects (including water, wastewater, reuse, desalination)
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Best practise guides on various aspects of the PPP process – from the essential governance (policy, legal and regulatory frameworks), project inception and initial feasibility, right through to contract monitoring and re-tendering.
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Information about PPP models and how they are structured and financed.
We expect to launch the Hub by the end of January 2026.
As part of our work to promote water PPPs, we have held two major stakeholder forums this year, at the GWI Summit and at the UN Water Conference PGA meeting in July 2025 to focus on how to grow the pipeline of PPP Projects.
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AquaFed's High-Level Roundtable held in New York in July 2025, launching the 4Ps Initiative
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AquaFed's Expert Panel at the Global Water Summit held in Paris in May 2025
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Water Regulation Maps​
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Our water regulation maps show the governance frameworks for private operators in a range of countries. The objective for publishing these maps is to help governments and public authorities understand the various options for how to arrange and organise institutions, laws and regulations, to put water PPPs in place.
We have intended to make the maps simple and user-friendly, so policymakers can have an immediate understanding of various country frameworks.
The maps are our contribution to the IWA Call to Action to strengthen water and sanitation regulation.
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-> Angola Water Regulation Map
-> Portugal Water Regulation Map
-> France Water Regulation Map
-> Brazil Water Regulation Map
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UN 2026 Water Conference
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We continue to support the governments of the UAE and Senegal, plus UN Water, to develop a 2026 Water Conference that delivers action on the ground and accelerates progress on SDG6.
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Recent activities include contributing to the consultation on the themes of the conference and also making a statement at the UN about the role of PPPs and how they are an option for governments. We also co-chaired a stakeholder brainstorm (scroll forward to 1 hour and 3 minutes) during the July 2025 preparation meetings for the 2026 conference.
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AquaFed's President, Cyril Courjaret, giving a statement at the UN in July 2025
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We also remain a committed UN Water partner, contributing to various expert groups including climate change and the post-2030 agenda. Our proposal for ‘Country Days’ to support the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation, was adopted. Country Days will strengthen coordination of projects on water at country level, through multi-stakeholder action focused on streamlining water programming with country needs and funding opportunities.
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World Water Forum 2027
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We represented our members at the official launch of preparations for the 11th World Water Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We contributed ideas for specific issues that should be discussed under the six Forum themes both during the discussions at the launch and a consultation from the World Water Council.
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COP30
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As a core partner of the ‘Water Pavilion’, we are working with SIWI and other organisations to develop the discussions on water at this year’s climate COP in Brazil. We are in a group focused on urban water resilience, led by ICLEI.​​​​
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