How PPPs Are Ensuring Access to Water and Sanitation | Abu Dhabi PPP Forum

Clean water is essential for life, for industry, for #agriculture and for #energy. Our economies and societies simply cannot function without it.

However, despite access to #water and #sanitation being human rights, 2.2 billion people still lack access to safe water and 1.5 billion still lack basic sanitation services.

Various forms of public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been used for decades to improve access to water and wastewater services in all global regions. Today, developing and developed countries opt for PPPs to improve utility performance and build ground-breaking new assets. Modern water/wastewater PPPs are delivering cross-sector solutions supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation, including water reuse for agriculture and creating energy from wastewater treatment.

PPPs have proved to be game changers for governments and authorities on water and sanitation, but with the world so ‘off track’ in terms of the UN SDG6 goals, more finance for PPPs is urgently needed.

This session at the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals’ Annual Forum showcases some of the latest projects and demonstrates to investors the opportunities and challenges of PPP finance.

Throughout the conversation, speakers explored financing opportunities for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) across sectors like water, energy, and food, investigating how these partnerships operate and pinpointing potential investment options. The emphasis was on grasping the anticipated returns, investor expectations, factors related to cash flow, and the scalability of these ventures.

Speakers:

Mr Kaleem Sindhu, Partner, IConsult, Pakistan

Mr. Alex Similabwi, Executive Director of the Global Water Partnership, Africa

Mr. Hassan F. Choudhry, CFO, Umm Al Hayman for Wastewater Treatment Company

Mr. Muhammad Kaleem Sindhu, Partner, IConsult, Pakistan

Mr. Tim Clarke, CEO Warsan Waste Management Company

Mr. Siddharta Sativada, Director Corporate Strategy, TAQA

Moderator:

Ms Amanda Loeffen, WAPPP Chair of the Water Chapter & CEO Human Right 2 Water


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The WAPPP Annual Forum was hosted by the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP) at the 8th World Investment Forum in Abu Dhabi in October 2023.
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