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Title PPP for Municipal Service Provision and Local Economic Development Day / Time Thursday, June 22nd / 16:30 - 18:30 Room MR15 Event Description This event will stimulate discussion and interaction between private sector, municipal and national government representatives, civil society and development partners on municipal PPPs. It will serve to advocate inclusive PPPs at the local level as an alternative approach to sustainable provision of basic services benefiting the poor and, hence, the local developmental agenda. The pursuit of this purpose will be supported through brief presentations of experiences from municipality representatives, presentation of PPP initiatives and their impacts on local development. Networking, sharing of experiences and information exchange will also be advanced. The representatives of the PPP practices from Africa and Asia will make brief presentations on their initiatives, experiences and impacts on local development and poverty reduction efforts. The collaborating partners will make brief presentations further analysing, clarifying, and complementing the above practices. This event will be facilitated by a representative from the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which has significant experience in local level PPP and capacity development on pro-poor PPP for local stakeholders. This session will be an opportunity for all partners involved in PPP at the local level to share their experiences in pro-poor PPP in basic services provision and discuss how PPPs can contribute to create local economies. It is, also, envisaged the session will pave the way for relevant sharing knowledge products and the development of a learning network of practitioners engaged in local level poverty reduction initiatives involving private sector and the initiation of joint initiatives. Session Language English French Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Representative from Accra Metropolitan Assembly, City of Accra, Ghana. Representative from Aguas de Mozambique, private operator providing water under a lease arrangement Representative from Marikina Municipality, the Philippines   Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization UNDP Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE), UNDP Africa-Asia Eco-Partnership Programme (AAEP), The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), WASTE and UN-HABITAT Host Organization Description The Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) programme is UNDP's global and multi-partner initiative in support of alleviating poverty through public-private partnerships at the local level throughout the developing world. The core goal of the programme is to increase the access of the urban poor to basic services such as water, sanitation, solid waste management and decentralised energy services provision by promoting inclusive partnerships between local government, business and communities. The Africa-Asia Eco Partnership Programme (AAEP) is an inter-regional programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with a special emphasis on South-South paradigm. The programme is aimed to further support selected African and Asian cities in establishing environmentally sustainable urban societies through shared experiences and by promoting inter-city and intra-city partnerships. CIDA-Dhaka Environment Programme (DEP): It is a one generation Strategy to save the city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh from Environmental Catastrophe. Dhaka is expected to have a population of nearly 23 million people by 2020 making it the second biggest city in the world. Implementation of DEP is expected to save the city from an environmental catastrophe as its current infrastructure is capable of supporting a population of 10 million at best and already has a population of 13 million. DEP addresses various aspects of urban habitat. IHS is a leading international organization in applied knowledge for urban development. We provide advice, training and institutional support for managing cities worldwide. In our experience, public-private partnerships can significantly improve urban service delivery, provided the partnerships are well conceptualised, structured and managed. We assist public and private clients, and those supporting service partnerships, with professional advice linked to the transfer of knowledge and institutional capability. Our advice and tailored training is based on international experience and research, translated to the local conditions and circumstances of our clients. Website (Organizer and partners) pppue.undp.org/ www.ihs.nl

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