Public-Private Partnerships and the Financial Sustainability of the Water Sector
Ensuring the financial sustainability of the water sector is of paramount importance to support economic growth and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Mediterranean region. But public budgets alone are not sufficient to finance the large investments required to achieve national water goals. While different countries in the region have different positions about private sector participation in the provision of water services, the private sector also includes large water users, banks, and financial investors.
As economic growth has increased savings in most countries in the region, domestic commercial financial institutions are looking for opportunities to lend money to projects with appropriate risk/return profiles.
• How can private sectors actors contribute to the financial sustainability of the water sector?
• What policy environment is required for private sector actors to perform those roles?
• What are the opportunities to mobilise domestic commercial finance for water investments?
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Speakers
- Almotaz Abadi, Managing Director for Water, UfM
- Ali Subah, Secretary General, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan
- Niklas Wiberg, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Sweden
- Michael Scullos, Chairman, GWP-Med
- Isidro Gonzalez Afonso, Deputy Secretary General for Water, Environment and Blue Economy, UfM
- Ali Subah, Secretary General, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan
- Adli Kandah, General Director, Association of Banks in Jordan
- Ger Bergkamp, Manager Business Development, Climate Investor 2, Climate Fund Managers
- Thomas Van Gilst, Head of Water Management Division, Projects Directorate, EIB
- Oliver Loebel, Secretary General, EurEau
- Amb. Enrico Granara, Coordinator of Euro-Mediterranean Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
- Hon. Emanuela del Re, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
- H.E. Nasser Kamel, Secretary-General, UfM
- H.E. Joe Mizzi, Minister for Energy and Water Management, Malta
- H.E. Ali Subah, Secretary General, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan
- H.E. Samir Taeib, Minister for Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Tunisia
- Manuel Sapiano, CEO, The Energy and Water Agency, Ministry of Energy and Water Management, Malta
- Fadila Hamdoui, Director of Planning and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Water Resources, Algeria
- Olga Slepner, Advisor to the Director General and head of the International Relations Unit, Governmental Authority for Water and Sewage, Israel
- Ali Subah, Secretary General, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan
- Sadi Ali, General Director of Projects Management Unit, Palestinian Water Authority, Palestine
- Manuel Sapiano, CEO, The Energy and Water Agency, Ministry of Energy and Water Management, Malta
- Alain Meyssonnier, Secretary, The International Federation of Private Water Operators (Aquafed)
- Andrea Guerrini, President, European Water Regulators (WAREG)
- Nadia Rhatoussi, Head of Division for PPPs, Ministry of Finance, Morocco
- Fadi Comair, Director General of Hydraulic and Electrical Resources, Ministry of Energy and Water, Lebanon
- H.E. Nasser Kamel, Secretary General, UfM
- Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Manager of the Centre for Mediterranean Integration, World Bank
- Manuel Sapiano, CEO, The Energy and Water Agency, Ministry of Energy and Water Management, Malta
- Eng. Ali Subah, Secretary General, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan
- Amb. Enrico Granara, Coordinator of Euro-Mediterranean Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
