BPD News: New Business Plan, 2007-12
Based on the findings of the DFID-sponsored evaluation last year in which it was unambiguously found that “BPD is doing the right things and doing them well”, a number of discussions at BPD’s Board level have focused on how the organisation should develop in the coming years. The result is a new 5-year business plan that maps out BPD’s efforts to meet demand.
BPD has maintained its overarching mission [to promote more effective delivery of safe water and sanitation services for poor communities in developing countries through multi-stakeholder partnership approaches]. Based on experience, though, BPD has refined its vision of systemic change with a view that the scope, purpose, structure and resource requirements of partnerships need to be more rigorously negotiated. For this to happen, partners need to create appropriate spaces for constructive dialogue. Please see www.bpdws.org for the executive summary of the BPD Business Plan and a summary of the contextual analysis around which the business plan is framed.
Events: Developing Partnerships in Practice: BPD Skills Training. Lilongwe, Malawi – 5-8 June 2007
Interest-based negotiation, analysing partnership enablers and disablers, roles and responsibilities for sanitation, planning how to exit… These were just some of the topics covered in the recent BPD partnership skills course offered in early June in Malawi. A diverse, vibrant and dedicated 40 participants from across the public, private and civil society sectors participated from 9 countries across the region. BPD is grateful to WaterAid Malawi for its support in organising the course. CREPA will co-host the next training (BPD’s first in French) in Niger the 1-5 October 2007. Please get in touch for more information (info@bpdws.org).
Resources: BPD Document Library
BPD has recently revamped its web-based document library. You can now search through and see all of BPD’s documents and resources in one place. This exciting new tool also makes it easier to download multiple documents and also enables us to seek feedback on our work. Please contact us with any comments.
BPD goes to Stockholm: 16th August, 9am-1pm
Armed with very positive feedback from our interactive session at last year’s Stockholm World Water Week, BPD is designing an event (9am-1pm, Thursday 16th August: Room 451 Norra Latin) for Stockholm that explores two topics: pro-poor regulation and partnership accountability.
Pro-poor regulation: In African cities well over half the people do not get their water straight from the utility. The situation is similar in Asia and Latin America. Fewer still have sewer connections. How useful to the poor then are regulations that focus on formal customers of the utility? Could these actually be an obstacle to progress? Where do informal providers fit in?
At this year’s Stockholm Water Week, BPD hosts a free-flowing debate on this crucial issue. Come and share your views on whether regulation should play a more proactive role in partnerships providing water to the poor.
Drowning in Accountability: Are water and sanitation partnerships losing their ability to innovate?
Some multi-stakeholder partnerships spend a lot of time on getting their own governance right. Others are less attentive. This session will explore how resource and risk allocation in multi-stakeholder partnerships can be fit for purpose. Can partnerships create accountable structures for internal co-ordination and external legitimacy that still allow for flexibility and innovation?
See http://www.bpdws.org/web/w/www_148_en.aspx for more details about BPD at Stockholm. Please let us know if you will join us or if you would like to know more about the event.
BPD Water and Sanitation
BPD Water and Sanitation
47-49 Durham Street
London, SE11 5JD, UK
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7793 4559
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7793 4545
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