Right to water and sustainable financing

Water is a common good, and access to it is a fundamental human right. Water needs to be managed in a socially responsible way to ensure everyone has a fair share, and to secure its conservation for the benefit of future generations.

Aqua Publica Europea works to help its members realise the right to water, and reconcile it with environmental and financial sustainability.

APE Events

APE Seminar | How to Ensure Water Affordability: Approaches And Challenges

Italy
10 October 2017 10:00–13:00

On the 10th of October Aqua Publica Europea and Utilitialia, the national federation of Italian utilities, organised a seminar on Water Affordability during the Festival dell Acqua in Bari (Italy). The aim of the seminar was to present the approaches to ensuring the access to water in different European countries, including Belgium, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and Scotland.

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WORLD WATER WEEK | Water Operators’ Partnerships Europe: Leveraging utilities, governments & investments for SDGs

Sweden 28 August 2019

Aqua Publica Europea is co-organising, with the European Commission's Directorate General for Development and International Cooperation (DG DEVCO) and with the Global Water Operator Partnership Alliance (GWOPA) a session to discuss the potential of not-for-profit water operator partnerships in the achievement of the global Sustainable Development Goal 6: clean water

Members' activities

APE President participates in the Social Forum of the UN Human Right Council

Aqua Publica Europea's President, Bernard Van Nuffel, participated in a panel on “governance and participation” at the United Nations Human Rights Council 2022 Social Forum, which took place in Geneva on 3 and 4 November. The panel, moderated by the former UN Rapporteur for the human right to water and

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EVENT | WATER SCARCITY AND DROUGHT: from crisis management to long term adaptation

More than 100 persons attended – in person or from remote - the seminar “WATER SCARCITY AND DROUGHT: from crisis management to long term adaptation”, which was held in Seville on 5 July.

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10 cities of Aqua Publica members will participate in the EU Mission for climate-neutral, smart cities by 2030.

The European Commission announced that 100 cities will participate in the EU Mission for climate-neutral, smart cities by 2030. 10 cities from Aqua Publica members are among the selected cities.

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Gruppo CAP receives one the first Green loans of €100 from the European Investment Bank to upgrade water infrastructure in the Milan metropolitan area

The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted the first Green loan of €100 to Gruppo CAP (Milan Metropolitan area, Italy) to improve the coverage, quality and resilience of integrated water services in Milan. The financing will support the company's four-year Sustainability Plan, which includes €200 million for 44 projects aiming to

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MERLIN | Webinar: Monitoring and Evaluation of Nature-Based Solutions – thinking outside the box! -Online, 3 May 2022

3 May 2022

On 03 May 2022, the MERLIN consortium, a ‘research and innovation action’ EU funded under the H2020 programme, organises the fith of a series of webinars on freshwater ecosystem restoration. On this occasion, Kerry Waylen (James Hutton Institute) will talk about the importance of monitoring and evaluation in the NbS field.

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NEWSLETTER | Spring 2022

In our Spring 2022 newsletter, we talk about World Water Day 2022 and the situation in Ukraine, we welcome one new member, we invite you to our next Webinar on water security and you will find our last position papers.

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Public Water Operators support Ukrainian people and the water sector

Aqua Publica Europea has held exchanges with the Ukrainian Association of Water Supply and Sewerage Enterprises to better understand their needs and try to provide some support. Several members of Aqua Publica Europea are then providing both humanitarian aid and technical support

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Eau du Ponant: Wolrd Water day in Brest (France), 19-22 March 2022

19 March 2022

On the occasion of World Water Day, Eau du Ponant (Brest, France) proposes several activities: workshops, school visits and a final conference "Water management in Brest and in the world."

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EAU DE PARIS | "L’homme augmenté en Eau", Online - 14 April 2022

14 April 2022

On 14 April 2022, Eau de Paris organises a new online edition of its “Atelier des Métamorphoses’ series of workshops which invites to reflect on the water-related challenges that the local territories are facing.

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APE members developing international solidarity projects

The EU-WOP programme is starting in 2022! Six proposals presented by Aqua Publica Europea members are among the 22 final selected.