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With over a billion people without access to drinking water and 2.6 billion lacking basic sanitation, developing water and sanitation infrastructure constitutes a major challenge. Just halving the proportion of people without access to drinking water and sanitation by 2015 would require investments of some 30 billion USD per year, double the current level. To meet these tremendous needs, many countries have sought the involvement of the private sector in developing a water and sanitation infrastructure. Optimising such partnerships for the benefit of all constituencies is a major challenge.
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Against this background, the OECD aims to develop practical guidance for governments wishing to engage the private sector in the development and management of water and sanitation infrastructure, as a means to extend and accelerate access to drinking water and sanitation. This project is overseen by the OECD Investment Committee and is part of a broader OECD project on sustainable financing to ensure affordable access to water and sanitation, led by the Environment Directorate.
The project builds on the OECD Principles for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure and makes use of the tools developed by the OECD Investment Committee and its partners, such as the Policy Framework for Investment and the Risk Awareness Tool for Multinationals in Weak Governance Zones, as well as the expertise developed by other OECD bodies, notably DAC, the Development Centre and Environment on water issues and financing for development.
The practical guidance to optimise private sector participation in water and sanitation infrastructure is being developed through multi-stakeholder dialogues and in-depth reviews of specific country experiences. The project involves three interlinked dimensions:
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adapting the Principles for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure to the water and sanitation sector
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building a database of country experiences on private sector involvement in water and sanitation
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engaging stakeholders
The project will be carried out over 2007 and 2008, with the aim of making its results available to contribute to the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul in March 2009.
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