Second Announcement and Call for Papers: ACWUA’s 4th Best Practices Conference

Water and Wastewater Utilities Reform “Changes and Challenges”

7-8 December 2011

Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt

Some of the water and wastewater utilities in the Arab region have been going through various reforms and restructuring initiatives to improve operational performance, extend services, and advance management systems.  The debate question is: how much does the shape and structure of the utility affect its management performance?  Utilities ownership, private sector participation, public-private partnerships, public-public partnerships, commercialization, and utility competiveness are some of the debated structures under utility reform initiatives. 

The reform debate extended beyond shapes and structures to address business practices including autonomy, recovery of costs, corporate governance, and performance management; ACWUA will cease the opportunity through its Best Practices conferences platform and employ the topic of utilities reform in the 4^th Best Practices Conference.

Conference Themes and Topics

This year focus area will be Water and Wastewater Utilities Reform: Changes and Challenge

Conference key themes

1.   The paradigm shift in managing water utilities

2.   Challenges prohibiting a successful utility reform

3.   Capacity building in water utilities reform

4.   Best practices in water utilities reform

Deadlines

Deadline for submitting abstracts:                                                 30 August 2011

Announcement of results and selection process will start on:       20 September 2011

Deadline for submitting the presentations and papers:                 7 November 2011

Enquiries

Technical and Scientific Program: bpconference@acwua.org

General Information: acwua_secretariata@cwua.org    

For more information

Please have a look at the Conference flyer: http://issuu.com/obidallah/docs/acwua_flyer_4_pages

Contact information	ACWUA - Arab Countries Water Utilities Association, Umm Umarah Street 19 A, Alrasheed Area, P.O. Box 962449, Amman 11196, Jordan / Mohammed T. Obidallah (M. Sc.) Director of Communications (email: bpconference@acwua.org ; acwua_secretariata@cwua.org )
News type	CallForPaper
File link	http://www.acwua.org/index.php?id=241
File link local	BP-Abstract submission form.doc (DOC, 97 Kb)
Source of information	http://issuu.com/obidallah/docs/acwua_flyer_4_pages
Subject(s)	INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , WATER DEMAND
Relation	http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/events/2011/12/acwua-s-4th-best-practices-conference-water-and-wastewater-utilities-reform
Geographical coverage	Egypt,
News date	04/08/2011
Working language(s)	ENGLISH