Video Documentary: Global Crises, Regional Solutions
Activists from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe argue that regional integration is the only viable response to the convergence of economic, climate, food and energy crises.read more
View ArticleReclaiming Public Water book
Achievements, Struggles and Visions from Around the World Brid BrennanOlivier HoedemanPhilipp TerhorstSatoko Kishimoto Belén Balanyá The groundbreaking book on how reformed public water services can...
View ArticleRemunicipalisation in Berlin after the buy-back
From de-privatisation to demands for democratisation Philipp TerhorstThe largest Public-Private Partnership in water sector in Germany ended in 2013 after the longstanding social mobilisation....
View ArticleThe Global Water Grab: A Primer
Jennifer FrancoSatoko KishimotoSylvia KayTimothé Feodoroff Gloria Pracucci Water grabbing refers to situations where powerful actors take control of valuable water resources for their own benefit,...
View ArticleProspects of Quito's Public Water and Sanitation Company's Compliance with...
Juan Carlos Romero The 2008 Constitution of Ecuador enshrines the rights of nature and the human right to water. Juan Carlos Romero, former official at the water public utility EPMAPS, argues that...
View ArticleRemunicipalisation Tracker
Transformation from Corporate Control over Water Services into Public Control The Remunicipalisation Tracker documents more than 45 showcases of cities, regions and countries that have rolled back...
View ArticleInternational seminar: Public enterprises and development
LocationUniversidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica Experiences, lessons and challenges The international seminar'Public enterprises and development: experiences, lessons and aims to open a space for in-depth...
View ArticleA Peoples' vision for a just and inclusive Asia and Europe
Recommendations to the ASEM summit One week before the official Asia-Europe government meeting (ASEM) gathers in Milan, over 400 people from 42 countries in Europe and Asia gathered at the 10th...
View ArticleSoaring bills see privatised water services handed back to public sector -...
Soaring water bills, a lack of transparency and under investment have persuaded governments worldwide to give back control of privatised water services to the public sector, according to a report...
View ArticleHere to stay: Water remunicipalisation as a global trend
In the last 15 years there have been at least 180 cases of water remunicipalisation in 35 countries, both in the global North and South, including high profile cases in Europe, the Americas, Asia and...
View ArticleWater and Power: Are public services still public?
Public water and electricity are back in vogue. Yet many state-owned utilities are now undergoing corporatisation: they have legal autonomy and manage their own finances. Is this a positive...
View ArticleWorld Water Day Statement 2015
Struggles and victories of the global water justice movements We commemorate World Water Day 2015 by celebrating the struggles and victories of the global water justice movements. These achievements...
View ArticleOur Public Water Future
The global experience with remunicipalisation Privatisation on the backfoot as new book shows that the growing wave of cities putting water back under public control has now spread to 37 countries...
View ArticleUK elections exposes new unpredictable political landscape
The uncertainty about UK's election results reflects an important opening up of politics and expectations in the UK and an opportunity for social movements to push for anti-austerity and progressive...
View ArticleRadical Community Manager Seminar in Amsterdam
Spanish collective Xnet that helped arrest the former Managing Director of the IMF came to Amsterdam to share their skills, tools and strategies with social movements, civil society organisations from...
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