Brokering, facilitating and providing relevant supporting documentation to water operators interested in partnership approaches to improving their own operational efficiency;
Supporting WOPs development in target regions of: Latin America & Caribbean (via the WOP-LAC Secretariat); Africa (through a joint venture with the African Water Association) and East Asia & Pacific (through the WaterLinks secretariat);
Systematic documentation of operators experience with WOPs, including best practice, case studies and wider forms of documentation;
Staging events relating to WOPs (such as the annual WaterLinks Forum in East Asia & Pacific, or training/informaton workshops in LAC and Africa;
Development of capacity building materials and joint management of training courses for operator staff, in conjunction with Cap-Net (UNDP) and the Global WOPs Alliance.
IWA is a core member of the Global WOPs Alliance (GWOPA)
For more information on any of the above, please contact steen.bjerggaard@iwahq.org
A WOP is defined as any form of simple or structured partnership aimed at capacity building on a not-for-profit basis. Partnerships can take a multitude of different forms and have various technical, legal and social dimensions depending on individual circumstances.
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