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National Water Operators' Partnerships (WOPs) are an underused opportunity for locally-led water utility capacity development. National WOPs are taking place in a number of countries, but as they are generally small in nature and self-funded, they often go under the radar of global WOPs monitoring. Although few studies have been conducted on National WOPs, they are assumed to carry many of the advantages of south-south partnerships: such as...

Many water operators in developing countries face serious knowledge and capacity-related challenges that lead to poor service delivery. Water Operators' Partnerships (WOPs) are used as a mechanism to strengthen the capacity of water opera­tors for improved performance, by transferring new knowledge from mentoring water operators to mentee water operators. This study investigates knowledge management processes of water operators and the factors...

This Annual Report presents the highlights of the activities and achievements of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance in 2015

This report summarizes the outcomes of the Third Global WOPs Congress that took place in Barcelona, Spain in September 2015.

This Annual Report reflects the activities and achievements of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance in 2014

This report summarizes the proceedings of the second congress GWOPA, held in Barcelona in 2013, with its themes finance and results of Water Operators' Partnerships (WOPs), learning approaches, capacity development for non-revenue water management, water workers and risk reduction, along with an overview on the regional WOP platforms work, recent performance and future goals.

This Annual Report provides an overview of the activities and achievements of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance in 2013.

The present report presents the findings and recommendations of the independent expert on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation from her country visit to the United States of America from 22 February to 4 March 2011. In the report, the independent expert begins by outlining the international and domestic legal framework on the rights to water and sanitation. She then makes a general assessment of the enjoyment of the rights to...