Jan. 29, 2010 Europe: Privatised Services Back in Public HandsBy Julio Godoy BERLIN, Jan 28, 2010 (IPS) - After the wave of de-privatisation of water services facilities that started across the world two years ago, municipalities in Europe are now buying back
Feb. 03, 2010 Reclaiming Public Water Network considers achievements, struggles and visions from around the world Water activists, social action groups and trade unions from Europe and across the world met to consider the future work to defend and promote public water services.
Mar. 04, 2010 Italian water activists start referendum to oppose privatization of water services (4 March 2010) The Berlusconi government adopted a law which demands of the regional and municipal governments that they reduce their ownership in the water companies. This law is controversial
Mar. 15, 2010 Report of Reclaiming Public Water Strategy seminar (15 March 2010) The detailed conclusions of the seminar are now available for EPSU affiliated unions here. See also here for a report on the meeting 1-3 February 2010. For
Mar. 22, 2010 PSI on Public Public Partnerships (22 March 2010) On the occasion of World Water Day, Public Services International calls on our affiliated unions in the water and sanitation sector to actively participate in the new
Mar. 23, 2010 Coalition urges Commission to support Public-Public Partnerships more (23 March 2010) On the occasion of World Water Day, a broad global coalition of trade unions, water activists, environmental and social action groups supported the European Commission’s funding for
Mar. 23, 2010 Rally against privatisation of water – Rome, close to 200.000 people (23 March 2010) The Berlusconi government adopted a law to privatise water services by forcing municipal companies to sell their shares. This is not accepted by many Italians and including
Apr. 27, 2010 Big victory for Italian unions and water activitists The Italian unions and other water activists collected 100 000 signatures to demand a referendum to repeal a law of the Berlusconi government to privatise water services, and in just
May. 20, 2010 EU urges higher water prices as supplies dry up (20 May 2010) The European Commission is undertaking a review of its water policy. One of the messages is that water prices will have to agree for water users. And
Aug. 24, 2010 ACP-EU Water Partnerships attracting attention – news letter and website (24 August 2010) In 2010 the EU earmarked €40 million of the ACP-EU Water Facility to support water partnership projects. These are not-for-profit partnerships intended to: “develop capacity in the
Aug. 31, 2010 How did Paris remunicipalise its water services ? The benefits of public ownership. (31 August 2010) Anne Le Strat, Deputy Mayor of Paris and President of the Eau de Paris, (the city's new public water company) has contributed a chapter to the upcoming
Aug. 31, 2010 Thirsty for Change: A critique of World Bank policies in water (31 August 2010) The Boston-based group Corporate Accountability International has published a 16-page report called { {{"Thirsty for Change"}} } The report criticizes the policies of the World Bank. Several
Oct. 11, 2010 Updated report on corporate water policies (11 October 2010) EPSU commissioned PSIRU a report on the developments of water companies in Europe. The report also explored the eligibility of companies for a European Works Council. Some
Mar. 22, 2011 Water - follow-up conference & WWD Water follow-up meeting to the EPSU Conference on Utilities in the European context - Change, Modernization and Adaptation; Lisbon agenda 2020 and workers World Water Day, 22 March 2011 9.30
Nov. 04, 2010 The water contract between Berlin and RWE/Veolia finally published – guarantees for excessive profits (4 November 2010) Citizens in Berlin have long been campaigning to get insight into the contract between the large water companies and the city since the water services were farmed