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<div>The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), founded in 1976 and formerly known as the [[Business Council on National Issues]], is a lobby group based in Ottawa Canada that represents business interests in Canada and around the world. By their own account they have “played a private sector leadership role in shaping fiscal, taxation, trade, competition, energy, environmental, education and corporate governance policies.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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The council states, “As Canada entered the 21st century, it became clear that ‘national issues’ increasingly had global dimensions. Addressing the key challenges facing the country therefore required a much greater degree of global engagement on the part of Canadian chief executives.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/history.php History and Background], accessed 5 December 2008.</ref> To this end, the council are vehement supporters of the [[North American Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and, along with the [[North Amercian Competitiveness Council]] (NACC), co-govern the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). The organisation claims that they are a “not-for-profit”, “non-partisan” organisation composed of CEOs and entrepreneurs, who collectively are responsible for administering C$3.5 trillion in assets and who have annual revenues in excess of C$800 billion. <ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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In 2003 the CCCE raised $2 million to launch the North American Peace and Prosperity Initiative, now called the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). Under the direction of [[Rick George]], president and CEO of [[Suncor Energy]], the CCCE made 15 recommendations concerning North American integration.<ref>Andrew Nikiforuk, [http://www.powi.ca/pdfs/events/powi20070910_9am_On_the_Table.pdf On the Table: Water, Energy and North American Integration], accessed 23 June 2009.p.3.</ref> Maude Barlow notes of the initiative, “This process culminated in a 2004 report calling on the Canadian government to seek a new relationship with the United States based on the twin notions of security and prosperity, in order to keep the border open to Canadian exports.” Barlow points out that the initiative recommended, “harmonized policies, including security and defense, immigration and customs, trade and commerce and a North American resource pact”<ref>Maude Barlow (2007) 'Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. p.194.</ref> In March of 2005 the Prime Minister of Canada, [[Paul Martin]], along with Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]] and US President [[George W. Bush]] signed the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] agreement. Though water is not specifically mentioned under the ‘resource pact’ it is not exempted. <br />
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Critics are concerned that the ‘negotiation of a comprehensive resource security pact’ would further open up markets in the areas of agricultural and forest products as well as energy, metals and minerals, including water. These resources would be considered continental resources under the SPP agreement and, consequently, countries’ ability to make decisions in their own national interests would be circumscribed as a result. <br />
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The Chief Executive and President of the CCCE is [[Thomas d’Aquino]]. Mr. d’Aquino is chief of policy and strategy. The Council’s Chairperson is [[Gordon M. Nixon]], President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Royal Bank of Canada]].<br />
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==Executive Committee Members==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[Hartley T. Richardson]] – [[James Richardson & Sons, Limited]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
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==The Board of Directors==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[J. Bruce Flatt]] – [[Brookfield Asset Management Inc.]]<br />
* [[Ronald N. Mannix]] – [[Coril Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[John C. Risley]] – [[Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.]]<br />
* [[Serge Godin]] – [[CGI Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[N. Murray Edwards]] – [[Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[David A. Ganong]] – [[Ganong Bros. Limited]]<br />
* [[M. Elyse Allan]] – [[General Electric Canada]]<br />
* [[Annette Verschuren]] – [[The Home Depot]] Canada and Asia<br />
* [[Paul J. Hill]] – [[Harvard Developments Inc.]] – [[A Hill Company]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Jeffrey M. Lipton]] – [[NOVA Chemicals]]<br />
* [[Ron A. Brenneman]] – [[Petro-Canada]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Richard B. Evans]] – [[Rio Tinto Alcan]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
* [[W. Edmund Clark]] – [[TD Bank Financial Group]]<br />
* [[Donald R. Lindsay]] – [[Teck Cominco Limited]]<br />
* [[Darren Entwistle]] – [[Telus]]<br />
* [[W. Geoffrey Beattie]] – [[The Woodbridge Company Limited]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91126Water Integrity Network2009-06-20T19:25:30Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: /* Defining Corruption */</p>
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<div>==Introduction and Background==<br />
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According to its website, [[Water Integrity Network]] (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
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WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. <br />
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Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
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Corruption takes many forms and occurs in both the public and private sector, as WIN suggests. However, WIN’s emphasis and focus concerning corruption is on isolated misdemeanours and the public sector. WIN implies that corruption is somehow indicative of the public sector in general. What is missing from WIN’s analysis of corruption, and this is evident from a survey of their ‘Glossary and Acronyms’ index, which serves to define the parameters and nature of corruption as understood by WIN – and they do this by defining frequently used concepts in the water governance community - is a systematic analysis of the reasons for and nature of corruption. <br />
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WIN avoids mentioning the private sector's profit motive as a primary source of corruption. WIN defines integrity as “the need for public officials to be honest in carrying out their functions and to ensure that they are immune from being corrupted. It requires that holders of public office do not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to individuals or organisations that may influence them in the performance of their duties”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN),[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> From this definition one may deduce that integrity, according to WIN, is a question of confidence only concerning public officials and that corruption originates and arrives in the form of public corruption. <br />
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Conversely, however, one could argue that corruption is, in the first instance, predicated on the existence of a private sector. The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), based at the University of Greenwich, argues, “corruption is a systemic feature of privatisation processes.” They continue, “corruption happens because bribery is a method by which companies can gain higher returns: either by winning contracts or concessions which they would not otherwise have won, or by gaining contracts or concession on more favourable, and so more profitable, terms.”<ref>Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), [http://www.psiru.org/reports/9909-U-U-Corrup.doc Privatisation, Multinationals, and Corruption], accessed 18 June 2009, p.4.</ref> The World Bank itself, in an article entitled, “The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences”, suggests, “... the privatisation process itself can create corrupt incentives.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref> In other words, corruption has come to play an integral part of the privatisation process where private firms compete for billions of dollars worth of procurement contracts. Indeed, as WIN notes, public officials are often complicit in corruption schemes. However, and as the World Bank confirms, “corruption thrives in an environment where the power of individual members of society is measured in terms of access to people in power… ”<ref> World Bank, [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20222075~menuPK:1165474~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> In other words, wealth and power in the private sector is often defined by access to public figures in power; but again, this is symptomatic of the need for the private sector to continuously seek out higher returns. The World Bank points out, “bribes are paid for two reasons: to obtain government benefits and to avoid costs.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] accessed 18 June 2009, </ref><br />
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In terms of WIN's analyses of corruption, there is a disproportionate amount focusing on ‘governance’ rather than within the bidding, acquisition, leasing or concession processes - in other words, the processes of commercialisation. And though WIN notes that governance and corruption are both public and private sector problems, it would seem that WIN overwhelmingly employs these terms (corruption and governance) in reference to public sector management and Third World countries. For example, in the “Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector” policy paper, WIN suggests, “The water sector, especially in the developing world, has certain fundamental characteristics, some shared by public service generally, which make it prone to corruption...”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> Such a statement, clearly, paints the public sector with a broad brush and, moreover, is constructed in such a way that readers may come away perceiving the public sector, and in particular the public water sector, especially within Third World countries, as unfavourable and/or undesirable. Similarly, WIN suggests that “a large flow of public money” is an additional dimension which makes the water sector “particularly susceptible to corruption.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> One may draw the conclusion, then, that this is the rationale, support or justification for increased privatisation; for what are the other options other than to keep water, and indeed large amounts of public funds that are much needed for construction and improvement projects in the water sector, in public hands? Surely the answer is increased commericalisation of public institutions or full-scale privatisation. Furthermore, readers may come away with a sense that corruption is an issue that can indeed be addressed by the private sector. In the same document WIN suggests, “Private investment in water is growing in countries already known to have high risks of corruption, posing particular challenges for international investors...” <ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> There perception is that there is more concern here about the needs of private investors than the need for water and its provision to stay in public hands. This analysis, it should be said, is carried out at the expense of a more holistic view of corruption that would explore corruption as a systemic problem. Indeed, it is important to note, as WIN does, that corruption is a problem that affects both the private and public sector; however, a holistic view would explore the systemic nature of the problem of corruption and view corruption as symptomatic of the nature of the privatisation process.<br />
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==Defining Corruption==<br />
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Defining corrupt activities is problematic. Definitions could be said to depend on ones world view. The World Bank rightly state "Corruption means different things to different people" <ref> World Bank Water Working Notes [http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/03/03/000333038_20090303233641/Rendered/PDF/468290REPLACEM10WN181Sourcebook1rev.pdf Note No. 18, December 2008 Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the URBAN Water Supply & Sanitation Sector A Sourcebook] Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. The Water Integrity Network define corruption as "The misuse of entrusted power for private gain. This applies not just to financial gain, but also to the kind associated with the furtherance of political ambitions, the promotion of one’s political party, family or business interests, or the furthering of one’s career. There are two generally accepted kinds of corruption – grand and petty. Grand corruption pervades the highest levels of government and distorts its central functions. Petty corruption involves the exchange of small amounts of money, the granting of minor favours or the employment of friends and relatives in lower positions" <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf Glossary and acronyms frequently used in water governance] Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. Partner of the Water Integrity Network, the [[World Bank]] assert, “Corruption is the abuse of public funds and/or office for private or political gain” <ref> World Bank Water Working Notes <br />
[http://www.wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/03/03/000333038_20090303233641/Rendered/PDF/468290REPLACEM10WN181Sourcebook1rev.pdf Note No. 18, December 2008 Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the URBAN Water Supply & Sanitation Sector A Sourcebook] (P4) Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. Transparency International state "Corruption involves behaviour on the part of officials in the public sector, whether politician or civil servants, in which they improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves, or those close to them, by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them" <ref> Ibid </ref>. <br />
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Once again the common theme amongst all these definitions is the focus on corruption amongst public officials within the public sector. Such a narrow focus fails to capture the broad range of potential corrupt activities and practices. Take one sentence from one defintion. Their could be a swathe of different possible interpretations of the notion of "The misuse of entrusted power for private gain". This could be applied in various ways, indeed even when considering the actions of people and organisations which in some countries are entirely legal. Depending on the mindset or political viewpopint some observers could define the selfish actions of a few for private gain corrupt, in that they have abused the power they have for private, self-interested gain and which are detrimental to the interests and material subsistence of the many. This could apply in the private water. A private water company, who wins a private contract to supply water to a mass of people, wwhich puts water prices up and makes it unaffordable, proceeds to make exhorbitant profits, cherry picks the profitable areas and doesn't supply in the poorer areas, makes connections of water prohibitively expensive for the poor and disconnects water to those connected but unable to pay their bills, may not be tightly defined as corrupt but perhaps would be its moral equivalent. <br />
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An example of how corruption can be narrowly focused upon, with some activities missed out or not seen as corrupt, is the case of 'gaming in England. The Water Inegrity Global Corruption Report (2008) did not mention this practice of gaming in its chapter discussing England and its water industry. David Hall describes gaming, <br />
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"Under the privatised system, the regulator, OFWAT, is responsible for setting price limits and incentives so that the companies, while making a profit, can deliver the service, and the prices, that consumers want. The water companies are responsible to their shareholders for achieving the best possible return. The system is intended to result in regulations which create incentives for the companies to improve their performance, but also creates incentives for the companies to try and arrive at a more favourable deal for themselves at the expense of consumers". <br />
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In attempting to garner themselves a 'more favourable deal' some of the English Water companies have indeed done so at the expense of customers. Yet despite, 'Transparency International' defining corruption as those who "improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves, or those close to them, by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them" the Global Corruption Report did not see fit to include these instances in its pages. Yet the profits made by the English companies as a result of pocketing monies supposed to be for investment are not insignificant sums.<br />
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"For the period 1995-2000 as a whole, capital investment totalled £17.5 billion - 10%, or £1,900 million, less than had been assumed when OFWAT set the price limits. This resulted in a corresponding boost to company profits.<br />
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The pattern continued in the subsequent period, 2000-2005. This was again obvious after the first year: capital expenditure for 2000-2001 was £700 million below projected levels. The underspend continued during the rest of the period, and capital expenditure for the full period 2000-05 was around £1.7 billion lower than the assumptions underpinning price limits over the five years as a whole, at £17.7 billion, compared with the £19.4 billion assumed, a shortfall of 9%. This again provided a boost to profits. From the last ten years, the companies have enjoyed windfall profits of over £3.4 billion as a result of these underspends. As a result: “Profits are at the highest levels that we have seen over the last five years.” <ref> David Hall and Emmanuelle Lobina, PSIRU 'From a private past to a public future? - the problems of water in England and Wales' (2008) </ref>. <br />
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Likewise, lobbying and the interface between lobbying, think tanks, transnational policy networks and political and governing institutions could be interpreted as bordering on corrupt activity. The disproportionate access and influence enjoyed by elite, powerful actors in the policy and political process could be interpreted by some as improper behaviour; similarily, the interchange between political office and business is, in the eyes of some, a dubious activity. The water industry is not immune to this activity. [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]] appear to have a strategy that identifies and recruits experienced political operators. [[Etienne Davignon]] of [[Suez]] is an ex European Commissioner, adviser to Commissioner Michels, trustee of the powerful Brussels Think Tank [[Friends of Europe]] and influential figure in the sinister [[Bilderberg Group]]. At [[Veolia]], Executive President Joachim Bitterlich is an ex adviser to Chancellor Kohl. Such activity to some may seem entirely normal. To others, such connections and closeness between business and politics may be too close and disconcerting. The Water Integrity Network appear to be in the former category. Their failure to include this as 'corrupt' merely underlining again the [[World Bank]] statement that "Corruption means different things to different people".<br />
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==Affilliations==<br />
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The private lobbyist [[Aquafed]] is a valued member of the Water Integrity Network. [[Donal O'Leary]], Senior Advisor at [[Transparency International]] (TI), which hosts the WIN Secretariat, stated when [[Aquafed]] joined, "I want to highlight the importance of tackling corruption in all areas of the water sector. This multi-stakeholder coalition can play an important role in initiating and supporting pro-poor actions to combat corruption. I am very happy that [[Aquafed]] is on board, as this organisation can make a valuable contribution to the anti-corruption efforts of the WIN" <ref> Veolia Environement [http://www.sustainable-development.veolia.com/en/Articles/20060928,water-integrity-network.aspx Veolia Joins the Water Integrity Network] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. The co-founders of [[Aquafed]], [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]], have both been implicated in cases of corruption <ref> Polaris Institute, [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/Suez%20Profile%20August%2018.pdf Corporate Profile Suez] Accessed 29th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Polaris Institute [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/veoliapdf.pdf Out from the Shadow of<br />
Vivendi Universal: A Profile of the Water Services Corporation: Veolia Environment] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/profilesuez.pdf A Report By Public Citizen, Suez a Corporate Profile] Accessed 28th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen [http://www.citizen.org/documents/Vivendi-USFilter.pdf Veolia A Corporate Profile], (2005) Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]], of [[Aquafed]], is a steering committee member of the Water Integrity Network and a contributor to the Global Corruption Report <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/430 Global Corruption Report] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
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Organisations partnering the Water Integrity Network are all listed on their Forming Coalitions for Advocacy Page. Partners include the [[World Water Council]] and the [[Global Water Partnership]] <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
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==Founding Members==<br />
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According to WIN:<br />
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WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
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*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
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*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
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==People==<br />
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The steering committee of the Water Integrity network appears to compose multi-stakeholder representation. There is a UN representative, institute members, government related members, research centre members, community and national representatives, a [[World Bank]] official, a private sector lobbyist and a [[Transparency International]] representative. Some could argue that the stakeholders represented on the steering committee are not as multi-faceted as could be. For instance, there is no Trade Union nor public utility representation. Moreover, the steering committee membership is disprortionately made up of people linked to organisations with a record of desiring an increase in private sector participation in the water and wastewater sector. Notably, the [[World Bank]] who have links to several of the members in shape or form. <br />
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Donal O'Leary was a World Bank official, prior to his appointment as Senior Water Adviser to [[Transparency International]] <ref> Donal O’ Leary Transparency International [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDECABCTOK2006/Resources/OLeary.pdf The Role of Transparency International in Fighting Corruption in Infrastructure] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]] represents the private lobbyist [[Aquafed]]. [[Janelle Plummer]] is an adviser to the [[World Bank]], she has written extensively on corruption. [[John Butterworth]] represents the [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]], amongst others they enjoy partnerships with the [[Global Water Partnership]] and the World Bank sponsored [[Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP). The [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]], (Nepal), is funded by the World Bank <ref> [http://www.oieau.fr/ciedd/contributions/at2/resume/r2nepal.htm Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Board], Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. Moreover, the [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] are undoubtedly in favour of private sector solutions in the provision of water and wastewater services' Stating, "The main objective of the Government to establish and operationalize the Board is to gradually transfer the water supply and sanitation service delivery responsibility to the private sector. With this objective, the Board is designed to operate in partnership with SOs and communities, and obtain the services of national SAs to provide it technical, institutional, and operational assistances in various stages of scheme implementation" <ref> [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] [http://www.rwss.org/contents.php?mainid=13#Promotion Program Concept] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. <br />
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===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
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*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy IRC – [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
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==Website==<br />
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==References==<br />
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<div>==Introduction and Background==<br />
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According to its website, [[Water Integrity Network]] (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
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WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. <br />
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Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
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Corruption takes many forms and occurs in both the public and private sector, as WIN suggests. However, WIN’s emphasis and focus concerning corruption is on isolated misdemeanours and the public sector. WIN implies that corruption is somehow indicative of the public sector in general. What is missing from WIN’s analysis of corruption, and this is evident from a survey of their ‘Glossary and Acronyms’ index, which serves to define the parameters and nature of corruption as understood by WIN – and they do this by defining frequently used concepts in the water governance community - is a systematic analysis of the reasons for and nature of corruption. <br />
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WIN avoids mentioning the private sector's profit motive as a primary source of corruption. WIN defines integrity as “the need for public officials to be honest in carrying out their functions and to ensure that they are immune from being corrupted. It requires that holders of public office do not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to individuals or organisations that may influence them in the performance of their duties”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN),[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> From this definition one may deduce that integrity, according to WIN, is a question of confidence only concerning public officials and that corruption originates and arrives in the form of public corruption. <br />
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Conversely, however, one could argue that corruption is, in the first instance, predicated on the existence of a private sector. The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), based at the University of Greenwich, argues, “corruption is a systemic feature of privatisation processes.” They continue, “corruption happens because bribery is a method by which companies can gain higher returns: either by winning contracts or concessions which they would not otherwise have won, or by gaining contracts or concession on more favourable, and so more profitable, terms.”<ref>Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), [http://www.psiru.org/reports/9909-U-U-Corrup.doc Privatisation, Multinationals, and Corruption], accessed 18 June 2009, p.4.</ref> The World Bank itself, in an article entitled, “The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences”, suggests, “... the privatisation process itself can create corrupt incentives.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref> In other words, corruption has come to play an integral part of the privatisation process where private firms compete for billions of dollars worth of procurement contracts. Indeed, as WIN notes, public officials are often complicit in corruption schemes. However, and as the World Bank confirms, “corruption thrives in an environment where the power of individual members of society is measured in terms of access to people in power… ”<ref> World Bank, [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20222075~menuPK:1165474~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> In other words, wealth and power in the private sector is often defined by access to public figures in power; but again, this is symptomatic of the need for the private sector to continuously seek out higher returns. The World Bank points out, “bribes are paid for two reasons: to obtain government benefits and to avoid costs.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] accessed 18 June 2009, </ref><br />
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In terms of WIN's analyses of corruption, there is a disproportionate amount focusing on ‘governance’ rather than within the bidding, acquisition, leasing or concession processes - in other words, the processes of commercialisation. And though WIN notes that governance and corruption are both public and private sector problems, it would seem that WIN overwhelmingly employs these terms (corruption and governance) in reference to public sector management and Third World countries. For example, in the “Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector” policy paper, WIN suggests, “The water sector, especially in the developing world, has certain fundamental characteristics, some shared by public service generally, which make it prone to corruption...”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> Such a statement, clearly, paints the public sector with a broad brush and, moreover, is constructed in such a way that readers may come away perceiving the public sector, and in particular the public water sector, especially within Third World countries, as unfavourable and/or undesirable. Similarly, WIN suggests that “a large flow of public money” is an additional dimension which makes the water sector “particularly susceptible to corruption.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> One may draw the conclusion, then, that this is the rationale, support or justification for increased privatisation; for what are the other options other than to keep water, and indeed large amounts of public funds that are much needed for construction and improvement projects in the water sector, in public hands? Surely the answer is increased commericalisation of public institutions or full-scale privatisation. Furthermore, readers may come away with a sense that corruption is an issue that can indeed be addressed by the private sector. In the same document WIN suggests, “Private investment in water is growing in countries already known to have high risks of corruption, posing particular challenges for international investors...” <ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> There perception is that there is more concern here about the needs of private investors than the need for water and its provision to stay in public hands. This analysis, it should be said, is carried out at the expense of a more holistic view of corruption that would explore corruption as a systemic problem. Indeed, it is important to note, as WIN does, that corruption is a problem that affects both the private and public sector; however, a holistic view would explore the systemic nature of the problem of corruption and view corruption as symptomatic of the nature of the privatisation process.<br />
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==Defining Corruption==<br />
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Defining corrupt activities is problematic. Definitions could be said to depend on ones world view. The World Bank rightly state "Corruption means different things to different people" <ref> World Bank Water Working Notes [http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/03/03/000333038_20090303233641/Rendered/PDF/468290REPLACEM10WN181Sourcebook1rev.pdf Note No. 18, December 2008 Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the URBAN Water Supply & Sanitation Sector A Sourcebook] Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. The Water Integrity Network define corruption as "The misuse of entrusted power for private gain. This applies not just to financial gain, but also to the kind associated with the furtherance of political ambitions, the promotion of one’s political party, family or business interests, or the furthering of one’s career. There are two generally accepted kinds of corruption – grand and petty. Grand corruption pervades the highest levels of government and distorts its central functions. Petty corruption involves the exchange of small amounts of money, the granting of minor favours or the employment of friends and relatives in lower positions" <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf Glossary and acronyms frequently used in water governance] Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. Partner of the Water Integrity Network, the [[World Bank]] assert, “Corruption is the abuse of public funds and/or office for private or political gain” <ref> World Bank Water Working Notes <br />
[http://www.wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/03/03/000333038_20090303233641/Rendered/PDF/468290REPLACEM10WN181Sourcebook1rev.pdf Note No. 18, December 2008 Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the URBAN Water Supply & Sanitation Sector A Sourcebook] (P4) Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. Transparency International state "Corruption involves behaviour on the part of officials in the public sector, whether politician or civil servants, in which they improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves, or those close to them, by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them" <ref> Ibid </ref>. <br />
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Once again the common theme amongst all these definitions is the focus on corruption amongst public officials within the public sector. Such a narrow focus fails to capture the broad range of potential corrupt activities and practices. Take one sentence from one defintion. Their could be a swathe of different possible interpretations of the notion of "The misuse of entrusted power for private gain". This could be applied in various ways, indeed even when considering the actions of people and organisations which in some countries are entirely legal. Depending on the mindset or political viewpopint some observers could define the selfish actions of a few for private gain corrupt, in that they have abused the power they have for private, self-interested gain and which are detrimental to the interests and material subsistence of the many. This could apply in the private water. A private water company, who wins a private contract to supply water to a mass of people, wwhich puts water prices up and makes it unaffordable, proceeds to make exhorbitant profits, cherry picks the profitable areas and doesn't supply in the poorer areas, makes connections of water prohibitively expensive for the poor and disconnects water to those connected but unable to pay their bills, may not be tightly defined as corrupt but perhaps would be its moral equivalent. <br />
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An example of how corruption can be narrowly focused upon, with some activities missed out or not seen as corrupt, is the case of 'gaming in England. The Water Inegrity Global Corruption Report (2008) did not mention this practice of gaming in its chapter discussing England and its water industry. David Hall describes gaming, <br />
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"Under the privatised system, the regulator, OFWAT, is responsible for setting price limits and incentives so that the companies, while making a profit, can deliver the service, and the prices, that consumers want. The water companies are responsible to their shareholders for achieving the best possible return. The system is intended to result in regulations which create incentives for the companies to improve their performance, but also creates incentives for the companies to try and arrive at a more favourable deal for themselves at the expense of consumers". <br />
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In attempting to garner themselves a 'more favourable deal' some of the English Water companies have indeed done so at the expense of customers. Yet despite, 'Transparency International' defining corruption as those who "improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves, or those close to them, by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them" the Global Corruption Report did not see fit to include these instances in its pages. Yet the profits made by the English companies as a result of pocketing monies supposed to be for investment are not insignificant sums.<br />
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Hall calculates,<br />
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"For the period 1995-2000 as a whole, capital investment totalled £17.5 billion - 10%, or £1,900 million, less than had been assumed when OFWAT set the price limits. This resulted in a corresponding boost to company profits.<br />
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The pattern continued in the subsequent period, 2000-2005. This was again obvious after the first year: capital expenditure for 2000-2001 was £700 million below projected levels. The underspend continued during the rest of the period, and capital expenditure for the full period 2000-05 was around £1.7 billion lower than the assumptions underpinning price limits over the five years as a whole, at £17.7 billion, compared with the £19.4 billion assumed, a shortfall of 9%. This again provided a boost to profits. From the last ten years, the companies have enjoyed windfall profits of over £3.4 billion as a result of these underspends. As a result: “Profits are at the highest levels that we have seen over the last five years.” <ref> David Hall and Emmanuelle Lobina, PSIRU 'From a private past to a public future? - the problems of water in England and Wales' (2008) </ref>. <br />
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Likewise, lobbying and the interface between lobbying, think tanks, transnational policy networks and political and governing institutions could be interpreted as bordering on corrupt activity. The disproportionate access and influence enjoyed by elite, powerful actors in the policy and political process could be interpreted by some as improper behaviour. The interchange between political office and business is in the eyes of some a dubious activity. The water industry is not immune to this activity. [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]] appear to have a strategy that identifies and recruits experienced political operators. [[Etienne Davignon]] of [[Suez]] is an ex European Commissioner, adviser to Commissioner Michels, trustee of the powerful Brussels Think Tank [[Friends of Europe]] and influential figure in the sinister [[Bilderberg Group]]. At [[Veolia]], Executive President Joachim Bitterlich is an ex adviser to Chancellor Kohl. Such activity to some may seem entirely normal. To others, such connections and closeness between business and politics may be too close and disconcerting. The Water Integrity Network appear to be in the former category. Their failure to include this as 'corrupt' merely underlining again the [[World Bank]] statement that "Corruption means different things to different people".<br />
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==Affilliations==<br />
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The private lobbyist [[Aquafed]] is a valued member of the Water Integrity Network. [[Donal O'Leary]], Senior Advisor at [[Transparency International]] (TI), which hosts the WIN Secretariat, stated when [[Aquafed]] joined, "I want to highlight the importance of tackling corruption in all areas of the water sector. This multi-stakeholder coalition can play an important role in initiating and supporting pro-poor actions to combat corruption. I am very happy that [[Aquafed]] is on board, as this organisation can make a valuable contribution to the anti-corruption efforts of the WIN" <ref> Veolia Environement [http://www.sustainable-development.veolia.com/en/Articles/20060928,water-integrity-network.aspx Veolia Joins the Water Integrity Network] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. The co-founders of [[Aquafed]], [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]], have both been implicated in cases of corruption <ref> Polaris Institute, [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/Suez%20Profile%20August%2018.pdf Corporate Profile Suez] Accessed 29th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Polaris Institute [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/veoliapdf.pdf Out from the Shadow of<br />
Vivendi Universal: A Profile of the Water Services Corporation: Veolia Environment] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/profilesuez.pdf A Report By Public Citizen, Suez a Corporate Profile] Accessed 28th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen [http://www.citizen.org/documents/Vivendi-USFilter.pdf Veolia A Corporate Profile], (2005) Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]], of [[Aquafed]], is a steering committee member of the Water Integrity Network and a contributor to the Global Corruption Report <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/430 Global Corruption Report] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
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Organisations partnering the Water Integrity Network are all listed on their Forming Coalitions for Advocacy Page. Partners include the [[World Water Council]] and the [[Global Water Partnership]] <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
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==Founding Members==<br />
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According to WIN:<br />
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WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
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*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
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*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
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==People==<br />
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The steering committee of the Water Integrity network appears to compose multi-stakeholder representation. There is a UN representative, institute members, government related members, research centre members, community and national representatives, a [[World Bank]] official, a private sector lobbyist and a [[Transparency International]] representative. Some could argue that the stakeholders represented on the steering committee are not as multi-faceted as could be. For instance, there is no Trade Union nor public utility representation. Moreover, the steering committee membership is disprortionately made up of people linked to organisations with a record of desiring an increase in private sector participation in the water and wastewater sector. Notably, the [[World Bank]] who have links to several of the members in shape or form. <br />
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Donal O'Leary was a World Bank official, prior to his appointment as Senior Water Adviser to [[Transparency International]] <ref> Donal O’ Leary Transparency International [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDECABCTOK2006/Resources/OLeary.pdf The Role of Transparency International in Fighting Corruption in Infrastructure] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]] represents the private lobbyist [[Aquafed]]. [[Janelle Plummer]] is an adviser to the [[World Bank]], she has written extensively on corruption. [[John Butterworth]] represents the [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]], amongst others they enjoy partnerships with the [[Global Water Partnership]] and the World Bank sponsored [[Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP). The [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]], (Nepal), is funded by the World Bank <ref> [http://www.oieau.fr/ciedd/contributions/at2/resume/r2nepal.htm Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Board], Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. Moreover, the [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] are undoubtedly in favour of private sector solutions in the provision of water and wastewater services' Stating, "The main objective of the Government to establish and operationalize the Board is to gradually transfer the water supply and sanitation service delivery responsibility to the private sector. With this objective, the Board is designed to operate in partnership with SOs and communities, and obtain the services of national SAs to provide it technical, institutional, and operational assistances in various stages of scheme implementation" <ref> [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] [http://www.rwss.org/contents.php?mainid=13#Promotion Program Concept] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. <br />
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===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
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*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy IRC – [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
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==Website==<br />
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[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91124Water Integrity Network2009-06-20T19:05:28Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
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<div>According to its website, [[Water Integrity Network]] (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
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WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. <br />
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Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
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Corruption takes many forms and occurs in both the public and private sector, as WIN suggests. However, WIN’s emphasis and focus concerning corruption is on isolated misdemeanours and the public sector. WIN implies that corruption is somehow indicative of the public sector in general. What is missing from WIN’s analysis of corruption, and this is evident from a survey of their ‘Glossary and Acronyms’ index, which serves to define the parameters and nature of corruption as understood by WIN – and they do this by defining frequently used concepts in the water governance community - is a systematic analysis of the reasons for and nature of corruption. <br />
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WIN avoids mentioning the private sector's profit motive as a primary source of corruption. WIN defines integrity as “the need for public officials to be honest in carrying out their functions and to ensure that they are immune from being corrupted. It requires that holders of public office do not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to individuals or organisations that may influence them in the performance of their duties”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN),[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> From this definition one may deduce that integrity, according to WIN, is a question of confidence only concerning public officials and that corruption originates and arrives in the form of public corruption. <br />
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Conversely, however, one could argue that corruption is, in the first instance, predicated on the existence of a private sector. The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), based at the University of Greenwich, argues, “corruption is a systemic feature of privatisation processes.” They continue, “corruption happens because bribery is a method by which companies can gain higher returns: either by winning contracts or concessions which they would not otherwise have won, or by gaining contracts or concession on more favourable, and so more profitable, terms.”<ref>Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), [http://www.psiru.org/reports/9909-U-U-Corrup.doc Privatisation, Multinationals, and Corruption], accessed 18 June 2009, p.4.</ref> The World Bank itself, in an article entitled, “The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences”, suggests, “... the privatisation process itself can create corrupt incentives.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref> In other words, corruption has come to play an integral part of the privatisation process where private firms compete for billions of dollars worth of procurement contracts. Indeed, as WIN notes, public officials are often complicit in corruption schemes. However, and as the World Bank confirms, “corruption thrives in an environment where the power of individual members of society is measured in terms of access to people in power… ”<ref> World Bank, [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20222075~menuPK:1165474~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> In other words, wealth and power in the private sector is often defined by access to public figures in power; but again, this is symptomatic of the need for the private sector to continuously seek out higher returns. The World Bank points out, “bribes are paid for two reasons: to obtain government benefits and to avoid costs.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] accessed 18 June 2009, </ref><br />
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In terms of WIN's analyses of corruption, there is a disproportionate amount focusing on ‘governance’ rather than within the bidding, acquisition, leasing or concession processes - in other words, the processes of commercialisation. And though WIN notes that governance and corruption are both public and private sector problems, it would seem that WIN overwhelmingly employs these terms (corruption and governance) in reference to public sector management and Third World countries. For example, in the “Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector” policy paper, WIN suggests, “The water sector, especially in the developing world, has certain fundamental characteristics, some shared by public service generally, which make it prone to corruption...”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> Such a statement, clearly, paints the public sector with a broad brush and, moreover, is constructed in such a way that readers may come away perceiving the public sector, and in particular the public water sector, especially within Third World countries, as unfavourable and/or undesirable. Similarly, WIN suggests that “a large flow of public money” is an additional dimension which makes the water sector “particularly susceptible to corruption.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> One may draw the conclusion, then, that this is the rationale, support or justification for increased privatisation; for what are the other options other than to keep water, and indeed large amounts of public funds that are much needed for construction and improvement projects in the water sector, in public hands? Surely the answer is increased commericalisation of public institutions or full-scale privatisation. Furthermore, readers may come away with a sense that corruption is an issue that can indeed be addressed by the private sector. In the same document WIN suggests, “Private investment in water is growing in countries already known to have high risks of corruption, posing particular challenges for international investors...” <ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> There perception is that there is more concern here about the needs of private investors than the need for water and its provision to stay in public hands. This analysis, it should be said, is carried out at the expense of a more holistic view of corruption that would explore corruption as a systemic problem. Indeed, it is important to note, as WIN does, that corruption is a problem that affects both the private and public sector; however, a holistic view would explore the systemic nature of the problem of corruption and view corruption as symptomatic of the nature of the privatisation process.<br />
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==Defining Corruption==<br />
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Defining corrupt activities is problematic. Definitions could be said to depend on ones world view. The World Bank rightly state "Corruption means different things to different people" <ref> World Bank Water Working Notes [http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/03/03/000333038_20090303233641/Rendered/PDF/468290REPLACEM10WN181Sourcebook1rev.pdf Note No. 18, December 2008 Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the URBAN Water Supply & Sanitation Sector A Sourcebook] Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. The Water Integrity Network define corruption as "The misuse of entrusted power for private gain. This applies not just to financial gain, but also to the kind associated with the furtherance of political ambitions, the promotion of one’s political party, family or business interests, or the furthering of one’s career. There are two generally accepted kinds of corruption – grand and petty. Grand corruption pervades the highest levels of government and distorts its central functions. Petty corruption involves the exchange of small amounts of money, the granting of minor favours or the employment of friends and relatives in lower positions" <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf Glossary and acronyms frequently used in water governance] Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. Partner of the Water Integrity Network, the [[World Bank]] assert, “Corruption is the abuse of public funds and/or office for private or political gain” <ref> World Bank Water Working Notes <br />
[http://www.wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/03/03/000333038_20090303233641/Rendered/PDF/468290REPLACEM10WN181Sourcebook1rev.pdf Note No. 18, December 2008 Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the URBAN Water Supply & Sanitation Sector A Sourcebook] (P4) Accessed 20th June 2009 </ref>. Transparency International state "Corruption involves behaviour on the part of officials in the public sector, whether politician or civil servants, in which they improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves, or those close to them, by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them" <ref> Ibid </ref>. <br />
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Once again the common theme amongst all these definitions is the focus on corruption amongst public officials within the public sector. Such a narrow focus fails to capture the broad range of potential corrupt activities and practices. Take one sentence from one defintion. Their could be a swathe of different possible interpretations of the notion of "The misuse of entrusted power for private gain". This could be applied in various ways, indeed even when considering the actions of people and organisations which in some countries are entirely legal. Depending on the mindset or political viewpopint some observers could define the selfish actions of a few for private gain corrupt, in that they have abused the power they have for private, self-interested gain and which are detrimental to the interests and material subsistence of the many. This could apply in the private water. A private water company, who wins a private contract to supply water to a mass of people, wwhich puts water prices up and makes it unaffordable, proceeds to make exhorbitant profits, cherry picks the profitable areas and doesn't supply in the poorer areas, makes connections of water prohibitively expensive for the poor and disconnects water to those connected but unable to pay their bills, may not be tightly defined as corrupt but perhaps would be its moral equivalent. <br />
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<br />
An example of how corruption can be narrowly focused upon, with some activities missed out or not seen as corrupt, is the case of 'gaming in England. The Water Inegrity Global Corruption Report (2008) did not mention this practice of gaming in its chapter discussing England and its water industry. David Hall describes gaming, <br />
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"Under the privatised system, the regulator, OFWAT, is responsible for setting price limits and incentives so that the companies, while making a profit, can deliver the service, and the prices, that consumers want. The water companies are responsible to their shareholders for achieving the best possible return. The system is intended to result in regulations which create incentives for the companies to improve their performance, but also creates incentives for the companies to try and arrive at a more favourable deal for themselves at the expense of consumers". <br />
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<br />
In attempting to garner themselves a 'more favourable deal' some of the English Water companies have indeed done so at the expense of customers. Yet despite, 'Transparency International' defining corruption as those who "improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves, or those close to them, by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them" the Global Corruption Report did not see fit to include these instances in its pages. Yet the profits made by the English companies as a result of pocketing monies supposed to be for investment are not insignificant sums.<br />
<br />
Hall calculates,<br />
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"For the period 1995-2000 as a whole, capital investment totalled £17.5 billion - 10%, or £1,900 million, less than had been assumed when OFWAT set the price limits. This resulted in a corresponding boost to company profits.<br />
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The pattern continued in the subsequent period, 2000-2005. This was again obvious after the first year: capital expenditure for 2000-2001 was £700 million below projected levels. The underspend continued during the rest of the period, and capital expenditure for the full period 2000-05 was around £1.7 billion lower than the assumptions underpinning price limits over the five years as a whole, at £17.7 billion, compared with the £19.4 billion assumed, a shortfall of 9%. This again provided a boost to profits. From the last ten years, the companies have enjoyed windfall profits of over £3.4 billion as a result of these underspends. As a result: “Profits are at the highest levels that we have seen over the last five years.” <ref> David Hall and Emmanuelle Lobina, PSIRU 'From a private past to a public future? - the problems of water in England and Wales' (2008) </ref>. <br />
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Likewise, lobbying and the interface between lobbying, think tanks, transnational policy networks and political and governing institutions could be interpreted as bordering on corrupt activity. The disproportionate access and influence enjoyed by elite, powerful actors in the policy and political process could be interpreted by some as improper behaviour. The interchange between political office and business is in the eyes of some a dubious activity. The water industry is not immune to this activity. [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]] appear to have a strategy that identifies and recruits experienced political operators. [[Etienne Davignon]] of [[Suez]] is an ex European Commissioner, adviser to Commissioner Michels, trustee of the powerful Brussels Think Tank [[Friends of Europe]] and influential figure in the sinister [[Bilderberg Group]]. At [[Veolia]], Executive President Joachim Bitterlich is an ex adviser to Chancellor Kohl. Such activity to some may seem entirely normal. To others, such connections and closeness between business and politics may be too close and disconcerting. The Water Integrity Network appear to be in the former category. Their failure to include this as 'corrupt' merely underlining again the [[World Bank]] statement that "Corruption means different things to different people".<br />
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==Affilliations==<br />
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The private lobbyist [[Aquafed]] is a valued member of the Water Integrity Network. [[Donal O'Leary]], Senior Advisor at [[Transparency International]] (TI), which hosts the WIN Secretariat, stated when [[Aquafed]] joined, "I want to highlight the importance of tackling corruption in all areas of the water sector. This multi-stakeholder coalition can play an important role in initiating and supporting pro-poor actions to combat corruption. I am very happy that [[Aquafed]] is on board, as this organisation can make a valuable contribution to the anti-corruption efforts of the WIN" <ref> Veolia Environement [http://www.sustainable-development.veolia.com/en/Articles/20060928,water-integrity-network.aspx Veolia Joins the Water Integrity Network] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. The co-founders of [[Aquafed]], [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]], have both been implicated in cases of corruption <ref> Polaris Institute, [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/Suez%20Profile%20August%2018.pdf Corporate Profile Suez] Accessed 29th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Polaris Institute [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/veoliapdf.pdf Out from the Shadow of<br />
Vivendi Universal: A Profile of the Water Services Corporation: Veolia Environment] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/profilesuez.pdf A Report By Public Citizen, Suez a Corporate Profile] Accessed 28th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen [http://www.citizen.org/documents/Vivendi-USFilter.pdf Veolia A Corporate Profile], (2005) Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]], of [[Aquafed]], is a steering committee member of the Water Integrity Network and a contributor to the Global Corruption Report <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/430 Global Corruption Report] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
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Organisations partnering the Water Integrity Network are all listed on their Forming Coalitions for Advocacy Page. Partners include the [[World Water Council]] and the [[Global Water Partnership]] <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
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==Founding Members==<br />
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According to WIN:<br />
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WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
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*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
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*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
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==People==<br />
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The steering committee of the Water Integrity network appears to compose multi-stakeholder representation. There is a UN representative, institute members, government related members, research centre members, community and national representatives, a [[World Bank]] official, a private sector lobbyist and a [[Transparency International]] representative. Some could argue that the stakeholders represented on the steering committee are not as multi-faceted as could be. For instance, there is no Trade Union nor public utility representation. Moreover, the steering committee membership is disprortionately made up of people linked to organisations with a record of desiring an increase in private sector participation in the water and wastewater sector. Notably, the [[World Bank]] who have links to several of the members in shape or form. <br />
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Donal O'Leary was a World Bank official, prior to his appointment as Senior Water Adviser to [[Transparency International]] <ref> Donal O’ Leary Transparency International [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDECABCTOK2006/Resources/OLeary.pdf The Role of Transparency International in Fighting Corruption in Infrastructure] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]] represents the private lobbyist [[Aquafed]]. [[Janelle Plummer]] is an adviser to the [[World Bank]], she has written extensively on corruption. [[John Butterworth]] represents the [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]], amongst others they enjoy partnerships with the [[Global Water Partnership]] and the World Bank sponsored [[Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP). The [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]], (Nepal), is funded by the World Bank <ref> [http://www.oieau.fr/ciedd/contributions/at2/resume/r2nepal.htm Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Board], Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. Moreover, the [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] are undoubtedly in favour of private sector solutions in the provision of water and wastewater services' Stating, "The main objective of the Government to establish and operationalize the Board is to gradually transfer the water supply and sanitation service delivery responsibility to the private sector. With this objective, the Board is designed to operate in partnership with SOs and communities, and obtain the services of national SAs to provide it technical, institutional, and operational assistances in various stages of scheme implementation" <ref> [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] [http://www.rwss.org/contents.php?mainid=13#Promotion Program Concept] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. <br />
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===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
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*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy IRC – [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
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==Website==<br />
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[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91064Water Integrity Network2009-06-19T19:52:25Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: /* Introduction and Background */</p>
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<div>==Introduction and Background==<br />
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Water Integrity Network (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations self-purportedly “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
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Corruption takes many forms and occurs in both the public and private sector as WIN does indeed suggest. However, WIN’s emphasis and focus concerning corruption is on the individual or the individual misdemeanour, or that corruption is somehow indicative of the public sector in general. What is missing from WIN’s analysis of corruption, and this is evident from a survey of their ‘Glossary and Acronyms’ index, which serves to define the parameters and nature of corruption as understood by WIN – and they do this by defining frequently used concepts in the water governance community - is a systemic analyses of the reasons for and nature of corruption. <br />
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For example, to explore WIN’s ambiguity over the private sector, especially in terms of WIN's ambiguous position concerning the private sector's profit motive as the primary source corruption, we turn to WIN’s definition of integrity. Integrity, as defined by WIN refers to “the need for public officials to be honest in carrying out their functions and to ensure that they are<br />
immune from being corrupted. It requires that holders of public office do not<br />
place themselves under any financial or other obligation to individuals or<br />
organisations that may influence them in the performance of their duties”<ref> Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> From this definition one may deduce that integrity, according to WIN, is a question of confidence only concerning public officials and that corruption originates and arrives in the form of public corruption. <br />
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Conversely, however, one could argue that corruption is, in the first instance, predicated on the existence of a private sector. The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), based at the University of Greenwich, argues, “corruption is a systemic feature of privatisation processes.” They continue, “corruption happens because bribery is a method by which companies can gain higher returns: either by winning contracts or concessions which they would not otherwise have won, or by gaining contracts or concession on more favourable, and so more profitable, terms.”<ref>Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), [http://www.psiru.org/reports/9909-U-U-Corrup.doc Privatisation, Multinationals, and Corruption], accessed 18 June 2009, p.4.</ref> The World Bank itself, in an article entitled, “The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences”, suggests, “... the privatisation process itself can create corrupt incentives.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref> In other words, corruption has come to play an integral part of the privatisation process where private firms compete for billions of dollars worth of procurement contracts. Indeed, as WIN notes, public officials are often complicit in corruption schemes. However, and as the World Bank confirms, “corruption thrives in an environment where the power of individual members of society is measured in terms of access to people in power… ”<ref> World Bank, [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20222075~menuPK:1165474~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> In other words, wealth and power in the private sector is often defined by access to public figures in power; but again, this is symptomatic of the need for the private sector to continuously seek out higher returns. The World Bank points out, “bribes are paid for two reasons: to obtain government benefits and to avoid costs.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] accessed 18 June 2009, </ref><br />
<br />
In terms of WIN's analyses of corruption, there is a disproportionate amount focusing on ‘governance’ rather than within the bidding, acquisition, leasing or concession processes - in other words, the processes of commercialisation. And though WIN notes that governance and corruption are both public and private sector problems, it would seem that WIN overwhelmingly employs these terms (corruption and governance) in reference to public sector management and Third World countries. For example, in the “Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector” policy paper, WIN suggests, “The water sector, especially in the developing world, has certain fundamental characteristics, some shared by public service generally, which make it prone to corruption...”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> Such a statement, clearly, paints the public sector with a broad brush and, moreover, is constructed in such a way that readers may come away perceiving the public sector, and in particular the public water sector, especially within Third World countries, as unfavourable and/or undesirable. Similarly, WIN suggests that “a large flow of public money” is an additional dimension which makes the water sector “particularly susceptible to corruption.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> One may draw the conclusion, then, that this is the rationale, support or justification for increased privatisation; for what are the other options other than to keep water, and indeed large amounts of public funds that are much needed for construction and improvement projects in the water sector, in public hands? Surely the answer is increased commericalisation of public institutions or full-scale privatisation. Furthermore, readers may come away with a sense that corruption is an issue that can indeed be addressed by the private sector. In the same document WIN suggests, “Private investment in water is growing in countries already known to have high risks of corruption, posing particular challenges for international investors...” <ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> There perception is that there is more concern here about the needs of private investors than the need for water and its provision to stay in public hands. This analysis, it should be said, is carried out at the expense of a more holistic view of corruption that would explore corruption as a systemic problem. Indeed, it is important to note, as WIN does, that corruption is a problem that affects both the private and public sector; however, a holistic view would explore the systemic nature of the problem of corruption and view corruption as symptomatic of the nature of the privatisation process.<br />
<br />
==Affilliations==<br />
<br />
The private lobbyist [[Aquafed]] is a valued member of the Water Integrity Network. [[Donal O'Leary]], Senior Advisor at [[Transparency International]] (TI), which hosts the WIN Secretariat, stated when [[Aquafed]] joined, "I want to highlight the importance of tackling corruption in all areas of the water sector. This multi-stakeholder coalition can play an important role in initiating and supporting pro-poor actions to combat corruption. I am very happy that [[Aquafed]] is on board, as this organisation can make a valuable contribution to the anti-corruption efforts of the WIN" <ref> Veolia Environement [http://www.sustainable-development.veolia.com/en/Articles/20060928,water-integrity-network.aspx Veolia Joins the Water Integrity Network] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. The co-founders of [[Aquafed]], [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]], have both been implicated in cases of corruption <ref> Polaris Institute, [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/Suez%20Profile%20August%2018.pdf Corporate Profile Suez] Accessed 29th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Polaris Institute [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/veoliapdf.pdf Out from the Shadow of<br />
Vivendi Universal: A Profile of the Water Services Corporation: Veolia Environment] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/profilesuez.pdf A Report By Public Citizen, Suez a Corporate Profile] Accessed 28th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen [http://www.citizen.org/documents/Vivendi-USFilter.pdf Veolia A Corporate Profile], (2005) Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]], of [[Aquafed]], is a steering committee member of the Water Integrity Network and a contributor to the Global Corruption Report <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/430 Global Corruption Report] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
Organisations partnering the Water Integrity Network are all listed on their Forming Coalitions for Advocacy Page. Partners include the [[World Water Council]] and the [[Global Water Partnership]] <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
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==Founding Members==<br />
<br />
According to WIN:<br />
<br />
WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
<br />
*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
<br />
<br />
*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
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<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
The steering committee of the Water Integrity network appears to compose multi-stakeholder representation. There is a UN representative, institute members, government related members, research centre members, community and national representatives, a [[World Bank]] official, a private sector lobbyist and a [[Transparency International]] representative. Some could argue that the stakeholders represented on the steering committee are not as multi-faceted as could be. For instance, there is no Trade Union nor public utility representation. Moreover, the steering committee membership is disprortionately made up of people linked to organisations with a record of desiring an increase in private sector participation in the water and wastewater sector. Notably, the [[World Bank]] who have links to several of the members in shape or form. <br />
<br />
Donal O'Leary was a World Bank official, prior to his appointment as Senior Water Adviser to [[Transparency International]] <ref> Donal O’ Leary Transparency International [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDECABCTOK2006/Resources/OLeary.pdf The Role of Transparency International in Fighting Corruption in Infrastructure] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]] represents the private lobbyist [[Aquafed]]. [[Janelle Plummer]] is an adviser to the [[World Bank]], she has written extensively on corruption. [[John Butterworth]] represents the [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]], amongst others they enjoy partnerships with the [[Global Water Partnership]] and the World Bank sponsored [[Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP). The [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]], (Nepal), is funded by the World Bank <ref> [http://www.oieau.fr/ciedd/contributions/at2/resume/r2nepal.htm Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Board], Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. Moreover, the [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] are undoubtedly in favour of private sector solutions in the provision of water and wastewater services' Stating, "The main objective of the Government to establish and operationalize the Board is to gradually transfer the water supply and sanitation service delivery responsibility to the private sector. With this objective, the Board is designed to operate in partnership with SOs and communities, and obtain the services of national SAs to provide it technical, institutional, and operational assistances in various stages of scheme implementation" <ref> [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] [http://www.rwss.org/contents.php?mainid=13#Promotion Program Concept] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. <br />
<br />
<br />
===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
<br />
*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy IRC – [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
<br />
[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91063Water Integrity Network2009-06-19T19:40:38Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: /* Introduction and Background */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction and Background==<br />
<br />
Water Integrity Network (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations self-purportedly “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
Corruption takes many forms and occurs in both the public and private sector as WIN does indeed suggest. However, WIN’s emphasis and focus concerning corruption is on the individual or the individual misdemeanour, or that corruption is somehow indicative of the public sector in general. What is missing from WIN’s analysis of corruption, and this is evident from a survey of their ‘Glossary and Acronyms’ index, which serves to define the parameters and nature of corruption as understood by WIN – and they do this by defining frequently used concepts in the water governance community - is a systemic analyses of the reasons for and nature of corruption. <br />
<br />
For example, to explore WIN’s ambiguity over the private sector, especially in terms of WIN's ambiguous position concerning the private sector's profit motive as the primary source corruption, we turn to WIN’s definition of integrity. Integrity, as defined by WIN refers to “the need for public officials to be honest in carrying out their functions and to ensure that they are<br />
immune from being corrupted. It requires that holders of public office do not<br />
place themselves under any financial or other obligation to individuals or<br />
organisations that may influence them in the performance of their duties”<ref> Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> From this definition one may deduce that integrity, according to WIN, is a question of confidence only concerning public officials and that corruption originates and arrives in the form of public corruption. <br />
<br />
Conversely, however, one could argue that corruption is, in the first instance, predicated on the existence of a private sector. The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), based at the University of Greenwich, argues, “corruption is a systemic feature of privatisation processes.” They continue, “corruption happens because bribery is a method by which companies can gain higher returns: either by winning contracts or concessions which they would not otherwise have won, or by gaining contracts or concession on more favourable, and so more profitable, terms.”<ref>Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), [http://www.psiru.org/reports/9909-U-U-Corrup.doc Privatisation, Multinationals, and Corruption], accessed 18 June 2009, p.4.</ref> The World Bank itself, in an article entitled, “The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences”, suggests, “... the privatisation process itself can create corrupt incentives.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref> In other words, corruption has come to play an integral part of the privatisation process where private firms compete for billions of dollars worth of procurement contracts. Indeed, as WIN notes, public officials are often complicit in corruption schemes. However, and as the World Bank confirms, “corruption thrives in an environment where the power of individual members of society is measured in terms of access to people in power… ”<ref> World Bank, [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20222075~menuPK:1165474~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> In other words, wealth and power in the private sector is often defined by access to public figures in power; but again, this is symptomatic of the need for the private sector to continuously seek out higher returns. The World Bank points out, “bribes are paid for two reasons: to obtain government benefits and to avoid costs.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] accessed 18 June 2009, </ref><br />
<br />
There is a disproportionate analyses of corruption in terms of ‘governance’ rather than within the bidding, acquisition, leasing or concession processes, in other words, the processes of commercialisation. And though WIN notes that governance and corruption are both public and private sector problems, it would seem that WIN overwhelmingly employ these terms (corruption and governance) in reference to public sector management and Third World countries. For example, in the “Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector” policy paper, WIN suggests, “The water sector, especially in the developing world, has certain fundamental characteristics, some shared by public service generally, which make it prone to corruption...”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> Such a statement, clearly, paints the public sector with a broad brush and, moreover, is constructed in such a way that readers may come away perceiving the public sector, and in particular the public water sector, especially within Third World countries, as unfavourable and/or undesirable. Similarly, WIN suggests that “a large flow of public money” is an additional dimension which makes the water sector “particularly susceptible to corruption.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> One may draw the conclusion, then, that this is the rationale, support or justification for increased privatisation; for what are the other options other than to keep water, and indeed large amounts of public funds that are much needed for construction and improvement projects in the water sector, in public hands? Surely the answer is increased commericalisation of public institutions or full-scale privatisation. Furthermore, readers may come away with a sense that corruption is an issue that can indeed be addressed by the private sector. In the same document WIN suggests, “Private investment in water is growing in countries already known to have high risks of corruption, posing particular challenges for international investors...” <ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> There perception is that there is more concern here about the needs of private investors than the need for water and its provision to stay in public hands. This analysis, it should be said, is carried out at the expense of a more holistic view of corruption that would explore corruption as a systemic problem. Indeed, it is important to note, as WIN does, that corruption is a problem that affects both the private and public sector; however, a holistic view would explore the systemic nature of the problem of corruption and view corruption as symptomatic of the nature of the privatisation process.<br />
<br />
==Affilliations==<br />
<br />
The private lobbyist [[Aquafed]] is a valued member of the Water Integrity Network. [[Donal O'Leary]], Senior Advisor at [[Transparency International]] (TI), which hosts the WIN Secretariat, stated when [[Aquafed]] joined, "I want to highlight the importance of tackling corruption in all areas of the water sector. This multi-stakeholder coalition can play an important role in initiating and supporting pro-poor actions to combat corruption. I am very happy that [[Aquafed]] is on board, as this organisation can make a valuable contribution to the anti-corruption efforts of the WIN" <ref> Veolia Environement [http://www.sustainable-development.veolia.com/en/Articles/20060928,water-integrity-network.aspx Veolia Joins the Water Integrity Network] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. The co-founders of [[Aquafed]], [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]], have both been implicated in cases of corruption <ref> Polaris Institute, [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/Suez%20Profile%20August%2018.pdf Corporate Profile Suez] Accessed 29th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Polaris Institute [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/veoliapdf.pdf Out from the Shadow of<br />
Vivendi Universal: A Profile of the Water Services Corporation: Veolia Environment] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/profilesuez.pdf A Report By Public Citizen, Suez a Corporate Profile] Accessed 28th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen [http://www.citizen.org/documents/Vivendi-USFilter.pdf Veolia A Corporate Profile], (2005) Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]], of [[Aquafed]], is a steering committee member of the Water Integrity Network and a contributor to the Global Corruption Report <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/430 Global Corruption Report] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
Organisations partnering the Water Integrity Network are all listed on their Forming Coalitions for Advocacy Page. Partners include the [[World Water Council]] and the [[Global Water Partnership]] <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Founding Members==<br />
<br />
According to WIN:<br />
<br />
WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
<br />
*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
<br />
<br />
*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
The steering committee of the Water Integrity network appears to compose multi-stakeholder representation. There is a UN representative, institute members, government related members, research centre members, community and national representatives, a [[World Bank]] official, a private sector lobbyist and a [[Transparency International]] representative. Some could argue that the stakeholders represented on the steering committee are not as multi-faceted as could be. For instance, there is no Trade Union nor public utility representation. Moreover, the steering committee membership is disprortionately made up of people linked to organisations with a record of desiring an increase in private sector participation in the water and wastewater sector. Notably, the [[World Bank]] who have links to several of the members in shape or form. <br />
<br />
Donal O'Leary was a World Bank official, prior to his appointment as Senior Water Adviser to [[Transparency International]] <ref> Donal O’ Leary Transparency International [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDECABCTOK2006/Resources/OLeary.pdf The Role of Transparency International in Fighting Corruption in Infrastructure] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]] represents the private lobbyist [[Aquafed]]. [[Janelle Plummer]] is an adviser to the [[World Bank]], she has written extensively on corruption. [[John Butterworth]] represents the [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]], amongst others they enjoy partnerships with the [[Global Water Partnership]] and the World Bank sponsored [[Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP). The [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]], (Nepal), is funded by the World Bank <ref> [http://www.oieau.fr/ciedd/contributions/at2/resume/r2nepal.htm Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Board], Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. Moreover, the [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] are undoubtedly in favour of private sector solutions in the provision of water and wastewater services' Stating, "The main objective of the Government to establish and operationalize the Board is to gradually transfer the water supply and sanitation service delivery responsibility to the private sector. With this objective, the Board is designed to operate in partnership with SOs and communities, and obtain the services of national SAs to provide it technical, institutional, and operational assistances in various stages of scheme implementation" <ref> [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] [http://www.rwss.org/contents.php?mainid=13#Promotion Program Concept] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. <br />
<br />
<br />
===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
<br />
*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy IRC – [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
<br />
[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91062Water Integrity Network2009-06-19T19:31:44Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: /* Introduction */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction and Background==<br />
<br />
Water Integrity Network (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations self-purportedly “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
Corruption takes many forms and occurs in both the public and private sector as WIN does indeed suggest. However, WIN’s emphasis and focus concerning corruption is on the individual or the individual misdemeanour, or that corruption is somehow indicative of the public sector in general. What is missing from WIN’s analysis of corruption, and this is evident from a survey of their ‘Glossary and Acronyms’ index, which serves to define the parameters and nature of corruption as understood by WIN – and they do this by defining frequently used concepts in the water governance community - is a systemic analyses of the reasons for and nature of corruption. <br />
<br />
For example, to explore WIN’s ambiguity over the private sector, especially in terms of WIN's ambiguous position concerning the private sector's profit motive as the primary source corruption, we turn to WIN’s definition of integrity. Integrity, as defined by WIN refers to “the need for public officials to be honest in carrying out their functions and to ensure that they are<br />
immune from being corrupted. It requires that holders of public office do not<br />
place themselves under any financial or other obligation to individuals or<br />
organisations that may influence them in the performance of their duties”<ref> Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> From this definition one may deduce that integrity, according to WIN, is a question of confidence only concerning public officials and that corruption originates and arrives in the form of public corruption. <br />
<br />
Conversely, however, one could argue that corruption is, in the first instance, predicated on the existence of a private sector. The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), based at the University of Greenwich, argues, “corruption is a systemic feature of privatisation processes.” They continue, “corruption happens because bribery is a method by which companies can gain higher returns: either by winning contracts or concessions which they would not otherwise have won, or by gaining contracts or concession on more favourable, and so more profitable, terms.”<ref>Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), [http://www.psiru.org/reports/9909-U-U-Corrup.doc Privatisation, Multinationals, and Corruption], accessed 18 June 2009, p.4.</ref> The World Bank itself, in an article entitled, “The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences”, suggests, “... the privatisation process itself can create corrupt incentives.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref> In other words, corruption has come to play an integral part of the privatisation process where private firms compete for billions of dollars worth of procurement contracts. Indeed, as WIN notes, public officials are often complicit in corruption schemes. However, and as the World Bank confirms, “corruption thrives in an environment where the power of individual members of society is measured in terms of access to people in power… ”<ref> World Bank, [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20222075~menuPK:1165474~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> In other words, wealth and power in the private sector is often defined by access to public figures in power; but again, this is symptomatic of the need for the private sector to continuously seek out higher returns. The World Bank points out, “bribes are paid for two reasons: to obtain government benefits and to avoid costs.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] accessed 18 June 2009, </ref><br />
<br />
There is a disproportionate analyses of corruption in terms of ‘governance’ rather than within the bidding, acquisition, leasing or concession processes, in other words, the processes of commercialisation. And though WIN notes that governance and corruption are both public and private sector problems, it would seem that WIN overwhelmingly employ these terms (corruption and governance) in reference to public sector management and Third World countries. For example, in the “Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector” policy paper, WIN suggests, “The water sector, especially in the developing world, has certain fundamental characteristics, some shared by public service generally, which make it prone to corruption...”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> Such a statement, clearly, paints the public sector with a broad brush and, moreover, is constructed in such a way that readers may come away perceiving the public sector, and in particular the public water sector, especially within Third World countries, as unfavourable and/or undesirable. Similarly, WIN suggests that “a large flow of public money” is an additional dimension which makes the water sector “particularly susceptible to corruption.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> One may draw the conclusion, then, that this is the rationale, support or justification for increased privatisation; for what are the other options other than to keep water, and indeed large amounts of public funds that are much needed for construction and improvement projects in the water sector, in public hands? Surely the answer is increased commericalisation of public institutions or full-scale privatisation. Furthermore, readers may come away with a sense that corruption is an issue that can indeed be addressed by the private sector. In the same document WIN suggests, “Private investment in water is growing in countries already known to have high risks of corruption, posing particular challenges for international investors...” <ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3754/69654/file/Advocating%20for%20integrity%20in%20the%20water%20sector.pdf Advocating for Integrity in the Water Sector], accessed 19 June 2009.p.4.</ref> There perception is that there is more concern here about the needs of private investors than the need for water and its provision to stay in public hands. This analyses, it should be said, is carried out at the expense of a more holistic view of corruption that would explore corruption as a systemic problem. Indeed, it is important to note, as WIN does, that corruption is a problem that affects both the private and public sector; however, a holistic view would explore the systemic nature of the problem of corruption and view corruption as symptomatic of the nature of the privatisation process.<br />
<br />
==Affilliations==<br />
<br />
The private lobbyist [[Aquafed]] is a valued member of the Water Integrity Network. [[Donal O'Leary]], Senior Advisor at [[Transparency International]] (TI), which hosts the WIN Secretariat, stated when [[Aquafed]] joined, "I want to highlight the importance of tackling corruption in all areas of the water sector. This multi-stakeholder coalition can play an important role in initiating and supporting pro-poor actions to combat corruption. I am very happy that [[Aquafed]] is on board, as this organisation can make a valuable contribution to the anti-corruption efforts of the WIN" <ref> Veolia Environement [http://www.sustainable-development.veolia.com/en/Articles/20060928,water-integrity-network.aspx Veolia Joins the Water Integrity Network] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. The co-founders of [[Aquafed]], [[Suez]] and [[Veolia]], have both been implicated in cases of corruption <ref> Polaris Institute, [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/Suez%20Profile%20August%2018.pdf Corporate Profile Suez] Accessed 29th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Polaris Institute [http://www.polarisinstitute.org/files/veoliapdf.pdf Out from the Shadow of<br />
Vivendi Universal: A Profile of the Water Services Corporation: Veolia Environment] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/profilesuez.pdf A Report By Public Citizen, Suez a Corporate Profile] Accessed 28th November 2008 </ref> <ref> Public Citizen [http://www.citizen.org/documents/Vivendi-USFilter.pdf Veolia A Corporate Profile], (2005) Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]], of [[Aquafed]], is a steering committee member of the Water Integrity Network and a contributor to the Global Corruption Report <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/430 Global Corruption Report] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
Organisations partnering the Water Integrity Network are all listed on their Forming Coalitions for Advocacy Page. Partners include the [[World Water Council]] and the [[Global Water Partnership]] <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Founding Members==<br />
<br />
According to WIN:<br />
<br />
WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
<br />
*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
<br />
<br />
*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
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<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
The steering committee of the Water Integrity network appears to compose multi-stakeholder representation. There is a UN representative, institute members, government related members, research centre members, community and national representatives, a [[World Bank]] official, a private sector lobbyist and a [[Transparency International]] representative. Some could argue that the stakeholders represented on the steering committee are not as multi-faceted as could be. For instance, there is no Trade Union nor public utility representation. Moreover, the steering committee membership is disprortionately made up of people linked to organisations with a record of desiring an increase in private sector participation in the water and wastewater sector. Notably, the [[World Bank]] who have links to several of the members in shape or form. <br />
<br />
Donal O'Leary was a World Bank official, prior to his appointment as Senior Water Adviser to [[Transparency International]] <ref> Donal O’ Leary Transparency International [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDECABCTOK2006/Resources/OLeary.pdf The Role of Transparency International in Fighting Corruption in Infrastructure] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. [[Jack Moss]] represents the private lobbyist [[Aquafed]]. [[Janelle Plummer]] is an adviser to the [[World Bank]], she has written extensively on corruption. [[John Butterworth]] represents the [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]], amongst others they enjoy partnerships with the [[Global Water Partnership]] and the World Bank sponsored [[Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP). The [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]], (Nepal), is funded by the World Bank <ref> [http://www.oieau.fr/ciedd/contributions/at2/resume/r2nepal.htm Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Development Board], Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. Moreover, the [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] are undoubtedly in favour of private sector solutions in the provision of water and wastewater services' Stating, "The main objective of the Government to establish and operationalize the Board is to gradually transfer the water supply and sanitation service delivery responsibility to the private sector. With this objective, the Board is designed to operate in partnership with SOs and communities, and obtain the services of national SAs to provide it technical, institutional, and operational assistances in various stages of scheme implementation" <ref> [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] [http://www.rwss.org/contents.php?mainid=13#Promotion Program Concept] Accessed 19th June 2009 </ref>. <br />
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===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
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*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy IRC – [[International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
<br />
[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91025Water Integrity Network2009-06-19T06:51:15Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
<br />
Water Integrity Network (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations self-purportedly “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
Corruption takes many forms and occurs in both the public and private sector as WIN does indeed suggest. However, WIN’s emphasis and focus concerning corruption is on the individual or the individual misdemeanour, or that corruption is somehow indicative of the public sector in general. What is missing from WIN’s analysis of corruption, and this is evident from a survey of their ‘Glossary and Acronyms’ index, which serves to define the parameters and nature of corruption as understood by WIN – and they do this by defining frequently used concepts in the water governance community - is a systemic analyses of the reasons for and nature of corruption. <br />
<br />
For example, to explore WIN’s ambiguity over the private sector, especially in terms of WIN's ambiguous position concerning the private sector's profit motive as the primary source corruption, we turn to WIN’s definition of integrity. Integrity, as defined by WIN refers to “the need for public officials to be honest in carrying out their functions and to ensure that they are<br />
immune from being corrupted. It requires that holders of public office do not<br />
place themselves under any financial or other obligation to individuals or<br />
organisations that may influence them in the performance of their duties”<ref> Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> From this definition one may deduce that integrity, according to WIN, is a question of confidence only concerning public officials and that corruption originates and arrives in the form of public corruption. <br />
<br />
Conversely, however, one could argue that corruption is, in the first instance, predicated on the existence of a private sector. The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), based at the University of Greenwich, argues, “corruption is a systemic feature of privatisation processes.” They continue, “corruption happens because bribery is a method by which companies can gain higher returns: either by winning contracts or concessions which they would not otherwise have won, or by gaining contracts or concession on more favourable, and so more profitable, terms.”<ref>Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), [www.psiru.org/reports/9909-U-U-Corrup.doc Privatisation, Multinationals, and Corruption], accessed 18 June 2009, p.4.</ref> The World Bank itself, in an article entitled, “The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences”, suggests, “... the privatisation process itself can create corrupt incentives.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref> In other words, corruption has come to play an integral part of the privatisation process where private firms compete for billions of dollars worth of procurement contracts. Indeed, as WIN notes, public officials are often complicit in corruption schemes. However, and as the World Bank confirms, “corruption thrives in an environment where the power of individual members of society is measured in terms of access to people in power… ”<ref> World Bank, [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20222075~menuPK:1165474~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> In other words, wealth and power in the private sector is often defined by access to public figures in power; but again, this is symptomatic of the need for the private sector to continuously seek out higher returns. The World Bank points out, “bribes are paid for two reasons: to obtain government benefits and to avoid costs.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Founding Members==<br />
<br />
According to WIN:<br />
<br />
WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
<br />
*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
<br />
<br />
*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
<br />
*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy [[IRC – International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
<br />
[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91024Water Integrity Network2009-06-19T06:41:28Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
<br />
Water Integrity Network (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations self-purportedly “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
Corruption takes many forms and occurs in both the public and private sectors as WIN does indeed suggest. However, WIN’s emphasis and focus concerning corruption is on the individual or the individual misdemeanour, or that corruption is somehow indicative of the public sector in general. What is missing from WIN’s analysis of corruption, and this is evident from a survey of their ‘Glossary and Acronyms’ index, which serves to define the parameters and nature of corruption as understood by WIN – and they do this by defining frequently used concepts in the water governance community - is a systemic analyses of the reasons for and nature of corruption. <br />
<br />
For example, to explore WIN’s ambiguity over the private sector, especially in terms of corruption, we turn to WIN’s definition of integrity. Integrity, as defined by WIN refers to “the need for public officials to be honest in carrying out their functions and to ensure that they are<br />
immune from being corrupted. It requires that holders of public office do not<br />
place themselves under any financial or other obligation to individuals or<br />
organisations that may influence them in the performance of their duties”<ref> Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3520/64611/file/Glossary%20and%20acronyms%20frequently%20used%20in%20water%20governance.pdf], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> From this definition one may deduce that integrity, according to WIN, is a question of confidence only concerning public officials and that corruption originates and arrives in the form of public corruption. <br />
<br />
Conversely, however, one could argue that corruption is, in the first instance, predicated on the existence of a private sector. The Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), based at the University of Greenwich, argues, “corruption is a systemic feature of privatisation processes.” They continue, “corruption happens because bribery is a method by which companies can gain higher returns: either by winning contracts or concessions which they would not otherwise have won, or by gaining contracts or concession on more favourable, and so more profitable, terms.”<ref>Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), [www.psiru.org/reports/9909-U-U-Corrup.doc Privatisation, Multinationals, and Corruption], accessed 18 June 2009, p.4.</ref> The World Bank itself, in an article entitled, “The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences”, suggests, “... the privatisation process itself can create corrupt incentives.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref> In other words, corruption has come to play an integral part of the privatisation process where private firms compete for billions of dollars worth of procurement contracts. Indeed, as WIN notes, public officials are often complicit in corruption schemes. However, and as the World Bank confirms, “corruption thrives in an environment where the power of individual members of society is measured in terms of access to people in power… ”<ref> World Bank, [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/EXTANTICORRUPTION/0,,contentMDK:20222075~menuPK:1165474~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:384455,00.html, Corruption, Poverty and Inequality], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> In other words, wealth and power in the private sector is often defined by access to public figures in power; but again, this is symptomatic of the need for the private sector to continuously seek out higher returns. The World Bank points out, “bribes are paid for two reasons: to obtain government benefits and to avoid costs.”<ref>World Bank, [http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PublicPolicyJournal/074ackerm.pdf The Political Economy of Corruption: Causes and Consequences] access 18 June 2009, p.</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Founding Members==<br />
<br />
According to WIN:<br />
<br />
WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
<br />
*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
<br />
<br />
*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
<br />
*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy [[IRC – International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
<br />
[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91023Water Integrity Network2009-06-19T06:10:59Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
<br />
Water Integrity Network (WIN) is a coalition of individuals and organisations self-purportedly “support(ing) anti-corruption activities in the water sector worldwide...” and promoting “solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/121 About Us], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN notes on their website, “If corruption in water worldwide is to be successfully contained, it requires the establishment and sustained functioning of local, national and international cross-sector coalitions made up of all stakeholders.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> WIN uses itself as a “primary example” of one of these coalitions. Indeed WIN does link itself with various stakeholders, notably however, with many pro-privatisation agencies such as the [[World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme]] (WSP), [[Aquafed]] – an international water industry lobby group described by the now Senior Water Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Maude Barlow, as a “player in the elite transnational water policy network.”<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/458 What is WIN?], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref><ref>Maude Barlow, (2007) ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.51.</ref> Additional high-profile partners and organisations with a pro-privatisation persuasion, which WIN claims make “good partners” include: [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP), [[World Water Council]], and [[Cap-Net]].<ref>Water Integrity Network (WIN), [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/content/download/3521/64614/file/Forming%20coalitions%20for%20advocacy.pdf Forming Coalitions for Advocacy], accessed 18 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
==Founding Members==<br />
<br />
According to WIN:<br />
<br />
WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
<br />
*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
<br />
<br />
*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
<br />
*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy [[IRC – International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
<br />
[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Integrity_Network&diff=91011Water Integrity Network2009-06-19T00:21:35Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
==Founding Members==<br />
<br />
According to WIN:<br />
<br />
WIN was founded in 2006 by some of the most active and well-known international water sector organisations and the leading global anti-corruption organisations. The founding members are: <br />
<br />
*[[IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre]] The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a globally known water and sanitation organisation and has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they use and maintain. <br />
*[[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI also hosts one of the other WIN partners, the Swedish Water House, a government-funded initiative that promotes network-building among Sweden-based internationally oriented academic institutions, consultants, government agencies, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders. <br />
*[[Transparency International]] (TI) Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. The TI secretariat is based in Berlin and is host to the WIN secretariat. <br />
*[[Water and Sanitation Program-Africa]] (WSP-AF) The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the [[World Bank]] with the goal of helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services. The program disseminates best practices across regions and places a strong focus on capacity building by forming partnerships with non-governmental organisations, governments at all levels, community organisations, private industry, and donors. <br />
<br />
<br />
*The WIN is currently funded by the [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (SIWI) | [[German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Development]] (BMZ) <br />
*The WIN secretariat is hosted by: [[Transparency International]]-Secretariat (TI-S) <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
<br />
===WIN Steering Committee===<br />
<br />
*Dr. [[Håkan Tropp]] - Chair Project Director [[Stockholm International Water Institute]] (Sweden) <br />
*Dr. [[John Butterworth]] Programme Officer, Knowledge Development & Advocacy [[IRC – International Water and Sanitation Centre]] (Netherlands) <br />
*[[Jack Moss]] Senior Adviser [[Aquafed]] (France) - The pre-eminent corporate lobby group for the international water industry.<br />
*Dr. [[Donal O’Leary]] Senior Adviser [[Transparency International]] (Germany) <br />
*[[Melody Diobodo Ogwezzy]] Chief Executive and Programme Coordinator Community Integrity Initiative (Nigeria) <br />
*[[Janelle Plummer]] Anti-Corruption Adviser [[World Bank]] <br />
*[[Ramesh Kumar Sharma]] Regional Manager [[Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board]] (Nepal) <br />
*[[Antonio Tujan Jr]]. International Director [[IBON Foundation]] (Philippines) <br />
*[[Henk Van Norden]] Senior Adviser [[Water, Environment and Sanitation]] (WES) section - [[UNICEF]] (United States) <br />
*[[Franz-Josef Batz]] Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Water Politics Department (Germany) <ref> Water Integrity Network [http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/page/451 International Steering Committee] Accessed 27th May 2009 </ref>.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
<br />
[http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/ Water Integrity Network]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Dianne_Rudo&diff=90896Dianne Rudo2009-06-16T17:38:15Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: New page: ==Introduction== Dianne Rudo is an investment banker and financial consultant with experience in international and domestic project and corporate finance transactions.<ref>Public-Private ...</p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
<br />
Dianne Rudo is an investment banker and financial consultant with experience in international and domestic project and corporate finance transactions.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=71 Technical Advisory Panel], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref><ref>Rudo International, [http://www.rudointernational.com/principal.htm Principal], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref> Ms. Rudo is Principal of her own international financial services firm, Rudo International, based in Washington, DC. She is also a member of the Technical Advisory Panel for the [[Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility]] (PPIAF) – a [[World Bank]] firm that grants funds to infrastructure projects seeking and facilitating public-private partnerships – and a member of Technical Panel for the Program Management Unit of the [[Private Infrastructure Development Group]] (PIDG) – a public-private financing firm in the business of promoting the private sector and investing in public-private infrastructure projects.<ref> Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), [http://www.pidg.org/sitePages.asp?step=4&navID=12&contentID=30 Origins, aims and ethos], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Before [[Rudo International]], Ms. Rudo was the vice-president and head of the project finance division of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. She also worked as an investment banker and vice president at the investment firm [[Drexel Burnham Lambert]] where, as it is reported on her Rudo International bio, she advised “corporate finance clients in the independent power industry on public offerings, private placements and project financings. Her experience includes originating, structuring, and negotiating project finance, secured asset, limited partnerships and leveraged lease transactions.”<ref>Rudo International, [http://www.rudointernational.com/principal.htm Principal], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref> Her ‘philosophical approach’ to financing infrastructure projects, as noted in the same bio, promotes “commercially viable infrastructure development.”<ref>Rudo International, [http://www.rudointernational.com/principal.htm Principal], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==Rudo International==<br />
<br />
[[Rudo International]] is a “international infrastructure advisory firm, specializing in project finance, private sector investment, capacity building and institutional development in the emerging markets”<ref>Rudo International, [http://rudointernational.com/], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/41/71/], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref>. <br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Public-Private_Infrastructure_Advisory_Facility&diff=90895Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility2009-06-16T16:45:50Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: /* Water Projects */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
<br />
In its ‘Program Charter’ the [[Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Council]] (PPIAF) suggests its operations are “helping to eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development by facilitating private involvement in infrastructure.”<ref> Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
PPIAF was established in 1999 by the governments of the United Kingdom and Japan in partnership with the [[World Bank]]. PPIAF is facilitated by the World Bank Group’s [[Infrastructure Action Program]] and managed by the World Bank’s Program Management Unit in Washington, DC. PPIAF is governed by a Program Council made up of donors who also own and direct the organisation. Some of these donors include, the [[World Bank]], the [[International Financial Corporation]] (IFC), the [[European Commission]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], the Asian Development Bank, as well as a host of First World governmental agencies. The Program Council is advised by a Technical Advisory Panel made up of members with expertise on issues relating to private sector participation including, pricing, restructuring and regulation of public sectors, corporate finance, development of consumer rights institutions.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/34/63/ Governance], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==PPIAF Operations==<br />
<br />
Pertaining to their operational logistics PPIAF notes, "Support comes in the form of grants to help governments explore public-private partnerships in the financing, ownership, operation, rehabilitation, maintenance, or management of eligible infrastructure services. These include roads, ports, airports, railways, electricity, telecommunications, solid waste, water and sewerage, and gas transmission and distribution."<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/35/62/ About Us], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
PPIAF doesn't fund privatisation projects, as their name suggests they are an 'advisory facility'.<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.2-3.</ref> Instead, as their mission statement suggests, the PPIAF: offers 'technical assistance'; 'identifies, disseminates and shares best practices'; 'frame(s) infrastructure development strategies', 'create(s) outreach and communication programs', 'design(s) and implement(s) policy'.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/37/67/ PPIAF's Mission], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref> In other words, as the World Development Movement (WDM) rightly notes, PPIAF is in the business of 'consensus building'. WDM point out that PPIAF's 'consensus building' activities "promote the benefits of privatisation or particular privatisation options and/or attempt to persuade members of governments, parliaments, business, trade uinons, civil society and citizens that privatisation in in their interests."<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.3.</ref> <br />
<br />
==Ideological Underpinnings==<br />
<br />
In its Program Charter, PPIAF uses many controversial yet quintessential free market ideological arguments to garner support for private sector participation. PPIAF stresses the importance of decentralization and an appropriate ‘enabling policy environment’ for public-private partnerships to thrive. PPIAF notes, "Experience over the last decade or so has confirmed the important contribution that the private sector can make toward the improvement of infrastructure services. Potential benefits of private involvement include access to management expertise, stronger incentives for efficient operation, improved financial performance, and enhanced responsiveness to consumers, Access to private financial resources can also free up public resource for other social purposes.”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009, p.1.</ref> <br />
<br />
Like many bilateral and multilateral development agencies and international financial institutions, it would seem that PPIAF uses the current global financial situation as rationale for increased private sector participation. In their 2008 Annual Report PPIAF’s Program Manager, [[Jyoti Shukla]] suggests, <br />
<br />
"Governments will be forced to rethink economic regulation across the board. As existing projects are tested by the stress of changing market conditions, new importance will be placed on post-transaction support. And as new projects deal with tightened credit markets, there will be a need for innovative project models and financing arrangements. Financing new projects may mean greater engagement with non-traditional financiers: non-OECDF investors, private equity partners, or sovereign wealth funds. PPIAF can provide the resources to help governments cope with the changing landscape of infrastructure finance and evolving regulatory needs."<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.6.</ref> <br />
<br />
==Water Projects==<br />
<br />
With respect to water and sanitation project the PPIAF note in their 2008 Annual Report that the number projects reached an all time high in 2007, with investment more than US$3.2 billion (an 18 percent increase from 2006).<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.10.</ref> Specific to water provision, PPIAF sheepishly notes that there may be a mixed record when it comes to public-private partnerships; even so, they note, “empirical studies have demonstrated that private participation is associated with increases in coverage, efficiency, and labour productivity. Other studies have shown that improvements in services have led to improvements in human health, such as lower child mortality and a reduction in waterborne diseases. Private sector participation has also reduced labour costs and increased efficiencies in the delivery of water and power.”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=153 What are Public-Private Partnerships?], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
These aforementioned comments are extremely misleading. Indeed it is the case that improvements in service relate to improvements in health, lower child mortality rates and a reduction in waterborne diseases; however, improvements in service do not necessarily take the form of public-private partnerships. There is an excess of reports that contradict PPIAF’s claims that the private sector increases efficiency. In fact, these reports (see Barlow & Clarke 2003; Grusky & Fill-Flynn 2004; Hall & Lobina 2005; Holland 2005; Krisberg 2003; Luoma 2004; Shiva 2002) link increased private involvement with negative health outcomes due to increased water rates and a decrease in service which is often symptomatic of a dismantled labour force – yet another characterisation of public-private sector partnerships as PPIAF so rightly notes in the abovementioned quote.<br />
<br />
==Government Agencies Involved in PPIAF’s Program Council==<br />
<br />
* Australia – Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)<br />
* Canada – Canada International Development Agency (CIDA)<br />
* France – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)<br />
* Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />
* Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Japan – Ministry of Finance <br />
* Netherlands – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Norway – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<br />
* Switzerland – State Secretariat for Foreign Economic Affairs<br />
* United Kingdom – Department for International Development (DFID)<br />
* United States – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<br />
<br />
==Technical Advisory Panel==<br />
* [[Anton Eberhard]] – Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br />
* [[Diane Rudo]] - President, Rudo International Advisors<br />
* [[Eduardo M. Engel]] - Professor of Economics, Yale University<br />
* [[Nasser Munjee]] – Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India<br />
* [[Robin Simpson]] - Independent Consultant<br />
* [[Valentine Chitalu]] – Former Head, Zambia Privatization Agency<ref>Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Panel (PPIAF),[http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=71 Technical Advisory Panel], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.53</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Governing Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Think Tanks]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Public-Private_Infrastructure_Advisory_Facility&diff=90893Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility2009-06-16T16:32:35Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
<br />
In its ‘Program Charter’ the [[Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Council]] (PPIAF) suggests its operations are “helping to eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development by facilitating private involvement in infrastructure.”<ref> Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
PPIAF was established in 1999 by the governments of the United Kingdom and Japan in partnership with the [[World Bank]]. PPIAF is facilitated by the World Bank Group’s [[Infrastructure Action Program]] and managed by the World Bank’s Program Management Unit in Washington, DC. PPIAF is governed by a Program Council made up of donors who also own and direct the organisation. Some of these donors include, the [[World Bank]], the [[International Financial Corporation]] (IFC), the [[European Commission]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], the Asian Development Bank, as well as a host of First World governmental agencies. The Program Council is advised by a Technical Advisory Panel made up of members with expertise on issues relating to private sector participation including, pricing, restructuring and regulation of public sectors, corporate finance, development of consumer rights institutions.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/34/63/ Governance], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==PPIAF Operations==<br />
<br />
Pertaining to their operational logistics PPIAF notes, "Support comes in the form of grants to help governments explore public-private partnerships in the financing, ownership, operation, rehabilitation, maintenance, or management of eligible infrastructure services. These include roads, ports, airports, railways, electricity, telecommunications, solid waste, water and sewerage, and gas transmission and distribution."<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/35/62/ About Us], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
PPIAF doesn't fund privatisation projects, as their name suggests they are an 'advisory facility'.<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.2-3.</ref> Instead, as their mission statement suggests, the PPIAF: offers 'technical assistance'; 'identifies, disseminates and shares best practices'; 'frame(s) infrastructure development strategies', 'create(s) outreach and communication programs', 'design(s) and implement(s) policy'.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/37/67/ PPIAF's Mission], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref> In other words, as the World Development Movement (WDM) rightly notes, PPIAF is in the business of 'consensus building'. WDM point out that PPIAF's 'consensus building' activities "promote the benefits of privatisation or particular privatisation options and/or attempt to persuade members of governments, parliaments, business, trade uinons, civil society and citizens that privatisation in in their interests."<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.3.</ref> <br />
<br />
==Ideological Underpinnings==<br />
<br />
In its Program Charter, PPIAF uses many controversial yet quintessential free market ideological arguments to garner support for private sector participation. PPIAF stresses the importance of decentralization and an appropriate ‘enabling policy environment’ for public-private partnerships to thrive. PPIAF notes, "Experience over the last decade or so has confirmed the important contribution that the private sector can make toward the improvement of infrastructure services. Potential benefits of private involvement include access to management expertise, stronger incentives for efficient operation, improved financial performance, and enhanced responsiveness to consumers, Access to private financial resources can also free up public resource for other social purposes.”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009, p.1.</ref> <br />
<br />
Like many bilateral and multilateral development agencies and international financial institutions, it would seem that PPIAF uses the current global financial situation as rationale for increased private sector participation. In their 2008 Annual Report PPIAF’s Program Manager, [[Jyoti Shukla]] suggests, <br />
<br />
"Governments will be forced to rethink economic regulation across the board. As existing projects are tested by the stress of changing market conditions, new importance will be placed on post-transaction support. And as new projects deal with tightened credit markets, there will be a need for innovative project models and financing arrangements. Financing new projects may mean greater engagement with non-traditional financiers: non-OECDF investors, private equity partners, or sovereign wealth funds. PPIAF can provide the resources to help governments cope with the changing landscape of infrastructure finance and evolving regulatory needs."<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.6.</ref> <br />
<br />
==Water Projects==<br />
<br />
With respect to water and sanitation project the PPIAF note in their 2008 Annual Report that the number projects reached an all time high in 2007, with investment more than US$3.2 billion (an 18 percent increase from 2006).<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.10.</ref> Specific to water provision, PPIAF sheepishly notes that there may be a mixed record when it comes to public-private partnerships; even so, they note, “empirical studies have demonstrated that private participation is associated with increases in coverage, efficiency, and labour productivity. Other studies have shown that improvements in services have led to improvements in human health, such as lower child mortality and a reduction in waterborne diseases. Private sector participation has also reduced labour costs and increased efficiencies in the delivery of water and power.”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=153 What are Public-Private Partnerships?], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
These aforementioned comments are extremely misleading. Indeed it is the case that improvements in service relate to improvements in health, lower child mortality rates and a reduction in waterborne diseases; however, improvements in service do not necessarily take the form of public-private partnerships. There is an excess of reports that contradict PPIAF’s claims that the private sector increases efficiency. In fact, these reports link increased private involvement with negative health outcomes due to increased water rates and a decrease in service which is often symptomatic of a dismantled labour force – yet another characterisation of public-private sector partnerships as PPIAF so rightly notes in the aforementioned quote. <br />
<br />
==Government Agencies Involved in PPIAF’s Program Council==<br />
<br />
* Australia – Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)<br />
* Canada – Canada International Development Agency (CIDA)<br />
* France – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)<br />
* Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />
* Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Japan – Ministry of Finance <br />
* Netherlands – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Norway – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<br />
* Switzerland – State Secretariat for Foreign Economic Affairs<br />
* United Kingdom – Department for International Development (DFID)<br />
* United States – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<br />
<br />
==Technical Advisory Panel==<br />
* [[Anton Eberhard]] – Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br />
* [[Diane Rudo]] - President, Rudo International Advisors<br />
* [[Eduardo M. Engel]] - Professor of Economics, Yale University<br />
* [[Nasser Munjee]] – Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India<br />
* [[Robin Simpson]] - Independent Consultant<br />
* [[Valentine Chitalu]] – Former Head, Zambia Privatization Agency<ref>Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Panel (PPIAF),[http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=71 Technical Advisory Panel], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.53</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Governing Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Think Tanks]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Public-Private_Infrastructure_Advisory_Facility&diff=90892Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility2009-06-16T16:31:06Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Introduction==<br />
<br />
In its ‘Program Charter’ the [[Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Council]] (PPIAF) suggests its operations are “helping to eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development by facilitating private involvement in infrastructure.”<ref> Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
PPIAF was established in 1999 by the governments of the United Kingdom and Japan in partnership with the [[World Bank]]. PPIAF is facilitated by the World Bank Group’s [[Infrastructure Action Program]] and managed by the World Bank’s Program Management Unit in Washington, DC. PPIAF is governed by a Program Council made up of donors who also own and direct the organisation. Some of these donors include, the [[World Bank]], the [[International Financial Corporation]] (IFC), the [[European Commission]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], the Asian Development Bank, as well as a host of First World governmental agencies. The Program Council is advised by a Technical Advisory Panel made up of members with expertise on issues relating to private sector participation including, pricing, restructuring and regulation of public sectors, corporate finance, development of consumer rights institutions.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/34/63/ Governance], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==PPIAF Operations==<br />
<br />
Pertaining to their operational logistics PPIAF notes, "Support comes in the form of grants to help governments explore public-private partnerships in the financing, ownership, operation, rehabilitation, maintenance, or management of eligible infrastructure services. These include roads, ports, airports, railways, electricity, telecommunications, solid waste, water and sewerage, and gas transmission and distribution."<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/35/62/ About Us], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
PPIAF doesn't fund privatisation projects, as their name suggests they are an 'advisory facility'.<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.2-3.</ref> Instead, as their mission statement suggests, the PPIAF: offers 'technical assistance'; 'identifies, disseminates and shares best practices'; 'frame(s) infrastructure development strategies', 'create(s) outreach and communication programs', 'design(s) and implement(s) policy'.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/37/67/ PPIAF's Mission], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref> In other words, as the World Development Movement (WDM) rightly notes, PPIAF is in the business of 'consensus building'. WDM point out that PPIAF's 'consensus building' activities "promote the benefits of privatisation or particular privatisation options and/or attempt to persuade members of governments, parliaments, business, trade uinons, civil society and citizens that privatisation in in their interests."<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.3.</ref> <br />
<br />
==Ideological Underpinnings==<br />
<br />
In its Program Charter, PPIAF uses many controversial yet quintessential free market ideological arguments to garner support for private sector participation. PPIAF stresses the importance of decentralization and an appropriate ‘enabling policy environment’ for public-private partnerships to thrive. PPIAF notes, "Experience over the last decade or so has confirmed the important contribution that the private sector can make toward the improvement of infrastructure services. Potential benefits of private involvement include access to management expertise, stronger incentives for efficient operation, improved financial performance, and enhanced responsiveness to consumers, Access to private financial resources can also free up public resource for other social purposes.”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009, p.1.</ref> <br />
<br />
Like many bilateral and multilateral development agencies and international financial institutions, it would seem that PPIAF uses the current global financial situation as rationale for increased private sector participation. In their 2008 Annual Report PPIAF’s Program Manager, [[Jyoti Shukla]] suggests, <br />
<br />
"Governments will be forced to rethink economic regulation across the board. As existing projects are tested by the stress of changing market conditions, new importance will be placed on post-transaction support. And as new projects deal with tightened credit markets, there will be a need for innovative project models and financing arrangements. Financing new projects may mean greater engagement with non-traditional financiers: non-OECDF investors, private equity partners, or sovereign wealth funds. PPIAF can provide the resources to help governments cope with the changing landscape of infrastructure finance and evolving regulatory needs."<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.6.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
==Water Projects==<br />
<br />
With respect to water and sanitation project the PPIAF note in their 2008 Annual Report that the number projects reached an all time high in 2007, with investment more than US$3.2 billion (an 18 percent increase from 2006).<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.10.</ref> Specific to water provision, PPIAF sheepishly notes that there may be a mixed record when it comes to public-private partnerships; even so, they note, “empirical studies have demonstrated that private participation is associated with increases in coverage, efficiency, and labour productivity. Other studies have shown that improvements in services have led to improvements in human health, such as lower child mortality and a reduction in waterborne diseases. Private sector participation has also reduced labour costs and increased efficiencies in the delivery of water and power.”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=153 What are Public-Private Partnerships?], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
These aforementioned comments are extremely misleading. Indeed it is the case that improvements in service relate to improvements in health, lower child mortality rates and a reduction in waterborne diseases; however, improvements in service do not necessarily take the form of public-private partnerships. There is an excess of reports that contradict PPIAF’s claims that the private sector increases efficiency. In fact, these reports link increased private involvement with negative health outcomes due to increased water rates and a decrease in service which is often symptomatic of a dismantled labour force – yet another characterisation of public-private sector partnerships as PPIAF so rightly notes in the aforementioned quote. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Government Agencies Involved in PPIAF’s Program Council==<br />
<br />
* Australia – Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)<br />
* Canada – Canada International Development Agency (CIDA)<br />
* France – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)<br />
* Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />
* Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Japan – Ministry of Finance <br />
* Netherlands – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Norway – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<br />
* Switzerland – State Secretariat for Foreign Economic Affairs<br />
* United Kingdom – Department for International Development (DFID)<br />
* United States – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<br />
<br />
==Technical Advisory Panel==<br />
* [[Anton Eberhard]] – Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br />
* [[Diane Rudo]] - President, Rudo International Advisors<br />
* [[Eduardo M. Engel]] - Professor of Economics, Yale University<br />
* [[Nasser Munjee]] – Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India<br />
* [[Robin Simpson]] - Independent Consultant<br />
* [[Valentine Chitalu]] – Former Head, Zambia Privatization Agency<ref>Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Panel (PPIAF),[http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=71 Technical Advisory Panel], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.53</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Governing Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Think Tanks]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Cirelli&diff=90891Jean-François Cirelli2009-06-16T16:25:17Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Jean-François Cirelli is Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of GDF [[Suez]]. After approximately 20 years in public office Mr. Cirelli moved to the private sector in a career change that positioned him as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of [[Gaz de France]] before taking his current position with GDF [[Suez]]. <br />
<br />
==Professional Career==<br />
<br />
* 2004-2008 – Chairman and Cheif Executive Officer of [[Gaz de France]]<br />
* 2002-2004 – Deputy Director of the Prime Minister’s Office (France)<br />
* 1997-2002 – Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic (France)<br />
* 1995-1997 – Technical Advisor to the President of the Republic (France)<br />
* 1985-1995 – different post in the Treasure Department of the Economy and Finance Ministry (France)<ref>GDF Suez, [ http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/group/governance/board-of-directors/biographies/biographies#cirelli Biographies], accessed 15 June 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==Other Professional Memberships and Offices==<br />
* Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[Electrabel]] Belgium<br />
* President of the [[Gaz de France]] Corporate Foundation<br />
* Director of [[Neuf Cegetel]], [[GDF Suez Energy Services]], [[Suez Environnement]], [[Suez-Tractebel]] Belgium, Member of the Supervisory Board of [[Atos Origin]]<ref>GDF Suez,[ http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/group/governance/board-of-directors/biographies/biographies#cirelli Biographies], accessed 15 June 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Public-Private_Infrastructure_Advisory_Facility&diff=90890Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility2009-06-16T16:24:30Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>In its ‘Program Charter’ the [[Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Council]] (PPIAF) suggests its operations are “helping to eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development by facilitating private involvement in infrastructure.”<ref> Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
PPIAF was established in 1999 by the governments of the United Kingdom and Japan in partnership with the [[World Bank]]. PPIAF is facilitated by the World Bank Group’s [[Infrastructure Action Program]] and managed by the World Bank’s Program Management Unit in Washington, DC. PPIAF is governed by a Program Council made up of donors who also own and direct the organisation. Some of these donors include, the [[World Bank]], the [[International Financial Corporation]] (IFC), the [[European Commission]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], the Asian Development Bank, as well as a host of First World governmental agencies. The Program Council is advised by a Technical Advisory Panel made up of members with expertise on issues relating to private sector participation including, pricing, restructuring and regulation of public sectors, corporate finance, development of consumer rights institutions.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/34/63/ Governance], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
Pertaining to their operational logistics PPIAF notes, "Support comes in the form of grants to help governments explore public-private partnerships in the financing, ownership, operation, rehabilitation, maintenance, or management of eligible infrastructure services. These include roads, ports, airports, railways, electricity, telecommunications, solid waste, water and sewerage, and gas transmission and distribution."<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/35/62/ About Us], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
PPIAF doesn't fund privatisation projects, as their name suggests they are an 'advisory facility'.<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.2-3.</ref> Instead, as their mission statement suggests, the PPIAF: offers 'technical assistance'; 'identifies, disseminates and shares best practices'; 'frame(s) infrastructure development strategies', 'create(s) outreach and communication programs', 'design(s) and implement(s) policy'.<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/37/67/ PPIAF's Mission], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref> In other words, as the World Development Movement (WDM) rightly notes, PPIAF is in the business of 'consensus building'. WDM point out that PPIAF's 'consensus building' activities "promote the benefits of privatisation or particular privatisation options and/or attempt to persuade members of governments, parliaments, business, trade uinons, civil society and citizens that privatisation in in their interests."<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.3.</ref> <br />
<br />
In its Program Charter, PPIAF uses many controversial yet quintessential free market ideological arguments to garner support for private sector participation. PPIAF stresses the importance of decentralization and an appropriate ‘enabling policy environment’ for public-private partnerships to thrive. PPIAF notes, "Experience over the last decade or so has confirmed the important contribution that the private sector can make toward the improvement of infrastructure services. Potential benefits of private involvement include access to management expertise, stronger incentives for efficient operation, improved financial performance, and enhanced responsiveness to consumers, Access to private financial resources can also free up public resource for other social purposes.”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009, p.1.</ref> <br />
<br />
With respect to water and sanitation project the PPIAF note in their 2008 Annual Report that the number projects reached an all time high in 2007, with investment more than US$3.2 billion (an 18 percent increase from 2006).<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.10.</ref> Specific to water provision, PPIAF sheepishly notes that there may be a mixed record when it comes to public-private partnerships; even so, they note, “empirical studies have demonstrated that private participation is associated with increases in coverage, efficiency, and labour productivity. Other studies have shown that improvements in services have led to improvements in human health, such as lower child mortality and a reduction in waterborne diseases. Private sector participation has also reduced labour costs and increased efficiencies in the delivery of water and power.”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=153 What are Public-Private Partnerships?], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref> <br />
<br />
These aforementioned comments are extremely misleading. Indeed it is the case that improvements in service relate to improvements in health, lower child mortality rates and a reduction in waterborne diseases; however, improvements in service do not necessarily take the form of public-private partnerships. There is an excess of reports that contradict PPIAF’s claims that the private sector increases efficiency. In fact, these reports link increased private involvement with negative health outcomes due to increased water rates and a decrease in service which is often symptomatic of a dismantled labour force – yet another characterisation of public-private sector partnerships as PPIAF so rightly notes in the aforementioned quote. <br />
<br />
Like many bilateral and multilateral development agencies and international financial institutions, it would seem that PPIAF uses the current global financial situation as rationale for increased private sector participation. In their 2008 Annual Report PPIAF’s Program Manager, [[Jyoti Shukla]] suggests, <br />
<br />
"Governments will be forced to rethink economic regulation across the board. As existing projects are tested by the stress of changing market conditions, new importance will be placed on post-transaction support. And as new projects deal with tightened credit markets, there will be a need for innovative project models and financing arrangements. Financing new projects may mean greater engagement with non-traditional financiers: non-OECDF investors, private equity partners, or sovereign wealth funds. PPIAF can provide the resources to help governments cope with the changing landscape of infrastructure finance and evolving regulatory needs."<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.6.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Government Agencies Involved in PPIAF’s Program Council==<br />
<br />
* Australia – Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)<br />
* Canada – Canada International Development Agency (CIDA)<br />
* France – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)<br />
* Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />
* Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Japan – Ministry of Finance <br />
* Netherlands – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Norway – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<br />
* Switzerland – State Secretariat for Foreign Economic Affairs<br />
* United Kingdom – Department for International Development (DFID)<br />
* United States – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<br />
<br />
==Technical Advisory Panel==<br />
* [[Anton Eberhard]] – Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br />
* [[Diane Rudo]] - President, Rudo International Advisors<br />
* [[Eduardo M. Engel]] - Professor of Economics, Yale University<br />
* [[Nasser Munjee]] – Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India<br />
* [[Robin Simpson]] - Independent Consultant<br />
* [[Valentine Chitalu]] – Former Head, Zambia Privatization Agency<ref>Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Panel (PPIAF),[http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=71 Technical Advisory Panel], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.53</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Governing Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Think Tanks]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Public-Private_Infrastructure_Advisory_Facility&diff=90889Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility2009-06-16T16:17:14Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>In its ‘Program Charter’ the [[Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Council]] (PPIAF) suggests its operations are “helping to eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development by facilitating private involvement in infrastructure”<ref> Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>.<br />
<br />
PPIAF was established in 1999 by the governments of the United Kingdom and Japan in partnership with the [[World Bank]]. PPIAF is facilitated by the World Bank Group’s [[Infrastructure Action Program]] and managed by the World Bank’s Program Management Unit in Washington, DC. PPIAF is governed by a Program Council made up of donors who also own and direct the organisation. Some of these donors include, the [[World Bank]], the [[International Financial Corporation]] (IFC), the [[European Commission]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], the Asian Development Bank, as well as a host of First World governmental agencies. The Program Council is advised by a Technical Advisory Panel made up of members with expertise on issues relating to private sector participation including, pricing, restructuring and regulation of public sectors, corporate finance, development of consumer rights institutions<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/34/63/ Governance], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>.<br />
<br />
Pertaining to their operational logistics PPIAF notes, "Support comes in the form of grants to help governments explore public-private partnerships in the financing, ownership, operation, rehabilitation, maintenance, or management of eligible infrastructure services. These include roads, ports, airports, railways, electricity, telecommunications, solid waste, water and sewerage, and gas transmission and distribution"<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/35/62/ About Us], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>.<br />
<br />
PPIAF doesn't fund privatisation projects, as their name suggests they are an 'advisory facility'<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.2-3.</ref>. Instead, as their mission statement suggests, the PPIAF: offers 'technical assistance'; 'identifies, disseminates and shares best practices'; 'frame(s) infrastructure development strategies', 'create(s) outreach and communication programs', 'design(s) and implement(s) policy'<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/37/67/ PPIAF's Mission], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref>. In other words, as the World Development Movement (WDM) rightly notes, PPIAF is in the business of 'consensus building'. WDM point out that PPIAF's 'consensus building' activities "promote the benefits of privatisation or particular privatisation options and/or attempt to persuade members of governments, parliaments, business, trade uinons, civil society and citizens that privatisation in in their interests"<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009, p.3.</ref>. <br />
<br />
In its Program Charter, PPIAF uses many controversial yet quintessential free market ideological arguments to garner support for private sector participation. PPIAF stresses the importance of decentralization and an appropriate ‘enabling policy environment’ for public-private partnerships to thrive. PPIAF notes, "Experience over the last decade or so has confirmed the important contribution that the private sector can make toward the improvement of infrastructure services. Potential benefits of private involvement include access to management expertise, stronger incentives for efficient operation, improved financial performance, and enhanced responsiveness to consumers, Access to private financial resources can also free up public resource for other social purposes”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009, p.1.</ref>. <br />
<br />
With respect to water and sanitation project the PPIAF note in their 2008 Annual Report that the number projects reached an all time high in 2007, with investment more than US$3.2 billion (an 18 percent increase from 2006)<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.10.</ref>. Specific to water provision, PPIAF sheepishly notes that there may be a mixed record when it comes to public-private partnerships; even so, they note, “empirical studies have demonstrated that private participation is associated with increases in coverage, efficiency, and labour productivity. Other studies have shown that improvements in services have led to improvements in human health, such as lower child mortality and a reduction in waterborne diseases. Private sector participation has also reduced labour costs and increased efficiencies in the delivery of water and power”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=153 What are Public-Private Partnerships?], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>. <br />
<br />
These aforementioned comments are extremely misleading. Indeed it is the case that improvements in service relate to improvements in health, lower child mortality rates and a reduction in waterborne diseases; however, improvements in service do not necessarily take the form of public-private partnerships. There is an excess of reports that contradict PPIAF’s claims that the private sector increases efficiency. In fact, these reports link increased private involvement with negative health outcomes due to increased water rates and a decrease in service which is often symptomatic of a dismantled labour force – yet another characterisation of public-private sector partnerships as PPIAF so rightly notes in the aforementioned quote. <br />
<br />
Like many bilateral and multilateral development agencies and international financial institutions, it would seem that PPIAF uses the current global financial situation as rationale for increased private sector participation. In their 2008 Annual Report PPIAF’s Program Manager, [[Jyoti Shukla]] suggests, <br />
<br />
"Governments will be forced to rethink economic regulation across the board. As existing projects are tested by the stress of changing market conditions, new importance will be placed on post-transaction support. And as new projects deal with tightened credit markets, there will be a need for innovative project models and financing arrangements. Financing new projects may mean greater engagement with non-traditional financiers: non-OECDF investors, private equity partners, or sovereign wealth funds. PPIAF can provide the resources to help governments cope with the changing landscape of infrastructure finance and evolving regulatory needs"<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.6.</ref>. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Government Agencies Involved in PPIAF’s Program Council==<br />
<br />
* Australia – Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)<br />
* Canada – Canada International Development Agency (CIDA)<br />
* France – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)<br />
* Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />
* Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Japan – Ministry of Finance <br />
* Netherlands – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Norway – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<br />
* Switzerland – State Secretariat for Foreign Economic Affairs<br />
* United Kingdom – Department for International Development (DFID)<br />
* United States – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<br />
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==Technical Advisory Panel==<br />
* [[Anton Eberhard]] – Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br />
* [[Diane Rudo]] - President, Rudo International Advisors<br />
* [[Eduardo M. Engel]] - Professor of Economics, Yale University<br />
* [[Nasser Munjee]] – Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India<br />
* [[Robin Simpson]] - Independent Consultant<br />
* [[Valentine Chitalu]] – Former Head, Zambia Privatization Agency<ref>Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Panel (PPIAF),[http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=71 Technical Advisory Panel], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.53</ref>.<br />
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==References==<br />
<References/><br />
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[[Category: Water]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Governing Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Think Tanks]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Public-Private_Infrastructure_Advisory_Facility&diff=90888Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility2009-06-16T16:10:13Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
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<div>In its ‘Program Charter’ the [[Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Council]] (PPIAF) suggests its operations are “helping to eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development by facilitating private involvement in infrastructure”<ref> Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>.<br />
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PPIAF was established in 1999 by the governments of the United Kingdom and Japan in partnership with the [[World Bank]]. PPIAF is facilitated by the World Bank Group’s [[Infrastructure Action Program]] and managed by the World Bank’s Program Management Unit in Washington, DC. PPIAF is governed by a Program Council made up of donors who also own and direct the organisation. Some of these donors include, the [[World Bank]], the [[International Financial Corporation]] (IFC), the [[European Commission]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], the Asian Development Bank, as well as a host of First World governmental agencies. The Program Council is advised by a Technical Advisory Panel made up of members with expertise on issues relating to private sector participation including, pricing, restructuring and regulation of public sectors, corporate finance, development of consumer rights institutions<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/34/63/ Governance], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>.<br />
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Pertaining to their operational logistics PPIAF notes, "Support comes in the form of grants to help governments explore public-private partnerships in the financing, ownership, operation, rehabilitation, maintenance, or management of eligible infrastructure services. These include roads, ports, airports, railways, electricity, telecommunications, solid waste, water and sewerage, and gas transmission and distribution"<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/35/62/ About Us], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>.<br />
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PPIAF doesn't fund privatisation projects, as their name suggests they are an 'advisory facility'<ref>World Development Movement (WDM), [http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/water/ppiafmediabriefing15052007.pdf How Aid For Water Privatisation Could Be Better Spent], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref>. As their mission statement suggests, the PPIAF: offers 'technical assistance'; 'identifies, disseminates and shares best practices'; 'frame(s) infrastructure development strategies', 'create(s) outreach and communication programs', 'design(s) and implement(s) policy'<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/37/67/ PPIAF's Mission], accessed 16 June 2009.</ref>. In other words, as the World Development Movement (WDM) rightly notes, PPIAF is in the business of 'consensus building'.<br />
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In its Program Charter, PPIAF uses many controversial yet quintessential free market ideological arguments to garner support for private sector participation. PPIAF stresses the importance of decentralization and an appropriate ‘enabling policy environment’ for public-private partnerships to thrive. PPIAF notes, "Experience over the last decade or so has confirmed the important contribution that the private sector can make toward the improvement of infrastructure services. Potential benefits of private involvement include access to management expertise, stronger incentives for efficient operation, improved financial performance, and enhanced responsiveness to consumers, Access to private financial resources can also free up public resource for other social purposes”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009, p.1.</ref>. <br />
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With respect to water and sanitation project the PPIAF note in their 2008 Annual Report that the number projects reached an all time high in 2007, with investment more than US$3.2 billion (an 18 percent increase from 2006)<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.10.</ref>. Specific to water provision, PPIAF sheepishly notes that there may be a mixed record when it comes to public-private partnerships; even so, they note, “empirical studies have demonstrated that private participation is associated with increases in coverage, efficiency, and labour productivity. Other studies have shown that improvements in services have led to improvements in human health, such as lower child mortality and a reduction in waterborne diseases. Private sector participation has also reduced labour costs and increased efficiencies in the delivery of water and power”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=153 What are Public-Private Partnerships?], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>. <br />
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These aforementioned comments are extremely misleading. Indeed it is the case that improvements in service relate to improvements in health, lower child mortality rates and a reduction in waterborne diseases; however, improvements in service do not necessarily take the form of public-private partnerships. There is an excess of reports that contradict PPIAF’s claims that the private sector increases efficiency. In fact, these reports link increased private involvement with negative health outcomes due to increased water rates and a decrease in service which is often symptomatic of a dismantled labour force – yet another characterisation of public-private sector partnerships as PPIAF so rightly notes in the aforementioned quote. <br />
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Like many bilateral and multilateral development agencies and international financial institutions, it would seem that PPIAF uses the current global financial situation as rationale for increased private sector participation. In their 2008 Annual Report PPIAF’s Program Manager, [[Jyoti Shukla]] suggests, <br />
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"Governments will be forced to rethink economic regulation across the board. As existing projects are tested by the stress of changing market conditions, new importance will be placed on post-transaction support. And as new projects deal with tightened credit markets, there will be a need for innovative project models and financing arrangements. Financing new projects may mean greater engagement with non-traditional financiers: non-OECDF investors, private equity partners, or sovereign wealth funds. PPIAF can provide the resources to help governments cope with the changing landscape of infrastructure finance and evolving regulatory needs"<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.6.</ref>. <br />
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==Government Agencies Involved in PPIAF’s Program Council==<br />
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* Australia – Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)<br />
* Canada – Canada International Development Agency (CIDA)<br />
* France – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)<br />
* Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />
* Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Japan – Ministry of Finance <br />
* Netherlands – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Norway – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<br />
* Switzerland – State Secretariat for Foreign Economic Affairs<br />
* United Kingdom – Department for International Development (DFID)<br />
* United States – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<br />
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==Technical Advisory Panel==<br />
* [[Anton Eberhard]] – Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br />
* [[Diane Rudo]] - President, Rudo International Advisors<br />
* [[Eduardo M. Engel]] - Professor of Economics, Yale University<br />
* [[Nasser Munjee]] – Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India<br />
* [[Robin Simpson]] - Independent Consultant<br />
* [[Valentine Chitalu]] – Former Head, Zambia Privatization Agency<ref>Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Panel (PPIAF),[http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=71 Technical Advisory Panel], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.53</ref>.<br />
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==References==<br />
<References/><br />
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[[Category: Water]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Governing Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Think Tanks]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Cirelli&diff=90841Jean-François Cirelli2009-06-16T06:15:38Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: New page: Jean-François Cirelli is Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of GDF Suez. After approximately 20 years in public office Mr. Cirelli moved to the private sector in a career chang...</p>
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<div>Jean-François Cirelli is Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of GDF [[Suez]]. After approximately 20 years in public office Mr. Cirelli moved to the private sector in a career change that positioned him as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of [[Gaz de France]] before taking his current position with GDF [[Suez]]. <br />
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==Professional Career==<br />
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* 2004-2008 – Chairman and Cheif Executive Officer of [[Gaz de France]]<br />
* 2002-2004 – Deputy Director of the Prime Minister’s Office (France)<br />
* 1997-2002 – Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic (France)<br />
* 1995-1997 – Technical Advisor to the President of the Republic (France)<br />
* 1985-1995 – different post in the Treasure Department of the Economy and Finance Ministry (France)<ref>GDF Suez, [ http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/group/governance/board-of-directors/biographies/biographies#cirelli Biographies], accessed 15 June 2009</ref>.<br />
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==Other Professional Memberships and Offices==<br />
* Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[Electrabel]] Belgium<br />
* President of the [[Gaz de France]] Corporate Foundation<br />
* Director of [[Neuf Cegetel]], [[GDF Suez Energy Services]], [[Suez Environnement]], [[Suez-Tractebel]] Belgium, Member of the Supervisory Board of [[Atos Origin]]<ref>GDF Suez,[ http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/group/governance/board-of-directors/biographies/biographies#cirelli Biographies], accessed 15 June 2009</ref>.<br />
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==References==<br />
<References/><br />
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[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Public-Private_Infrastructure_Advisory_Facility&diff=90840Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility2009-06-16T05:42:25Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: New page: In its ‘Program Charter’ the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Council (PPIAF) suggests their operations are “helping to eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development by...</p>
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<div>In its ‘Program Charter’ the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Council (PPIAF) suggests their operations are “helping to eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development by facilitating private involvement in infrastructure”<ref> Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>.<br />
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PPIAF was established in 1999 by the governments of the United Kingdom and Japan in partnership with the [[World Bank]]. PPIAF is facilitated by the World Bank Group’s [[Infrastructure Action Program]] and managed by the World Bank’s Program Management Unit in Washington, DC. PPIAF is governed by a Program Council made up of donors who also own and direct the organisation. Some of these donors include, the [[World Bank]], the [[International Financial Corporation]] (IFC), the [[European Commission]], [[United Nations Development Programme]], the Asian Development Bank, as well as a host of First World governmental agencies. The Program Council is advised by a Technical Advisory Panel made up of members with expertise on issues relating to private sector participation including, pricing, restructuring and regulation of public sectors, corporate finance, development of consumer rights institutions<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/34/63/ Governance], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>.<br />
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Pertaining to their operational logistics PPIAF notes, "Support comes in the form of grants to help governments explore public-private partnerships in the financing, ownership, operation, rehabilitation, maintenance, or management of eligible infrastructure services. These include roads, ports, airports, railways, electricity, telecommunications, solid waste, water and sewerage, and gas transmission and distribution"<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/content/view/35/62/ About Us], accessed 15 June 2009</ref>.<br />
<br />
In its Program Charter, PPIAF uses many controversial yet quintessential free market ideological arguments to garner support for private sector participation. PPIAF stresses the importance of decentralization and an appropriate ‘enabling policy environment’ for public-private partnerships to thrive. PPIAF notes, "Experience over the last decade or so has confirmed the important contribution that the private sector can make toward the improvement of infrastructure services. Potential benefits of private involvement include access to management expertise, stronger incentives for efficient operation, improved financial performance, and enhanced responsiveness to consumers, Access to private financial resources can also free up public resource for other social purposes”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Program_Charter_July_99__revised_July_2000_and_May_2001.pdf Program Charter], accessed 15 June 2009, p.1.</ref>. <br />
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With respect to water and sanitation project the PPIAF note in their 2008 Annual Report that the number projects reached an all time high in 2007, with investment more than US$3.2 billion (an 18 percent increase from 2006)<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.10.</ref>. Specific to water provision, PPIAF sheepishly notes that there may be a mixed record when it comes to public-private partnerships; even so, they note, “empirical studies have demonstrated that private participation is associated with increases in coverage, efficiency, and labour productivity. Other studies have shown that improvements in services have led to improvements in human health, such as lower child mortality and a reduction in waterborne diseases. Private sector participation has also reduced labour costs and increased efficiencies in the delivery of water and power”<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=153 What are Public-Private Partnerships?], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref>. <br />
<br />
These aforementioned comments are extremely misleading. Indeed it is the case that improvements in service relate to improvements in health, lower child mortality rates and a reduction in waterborne diseases; however, improvements in service do not necessarily take the form of public-private partnerships. There is an excess of reports that contradict PPIAF’s claims that the private sector increases efficiency. In fact, these reports link increased private involvement with negative health outcomes due to increased water rates and a decrease in service which is often symptomatic of a dismantled labour force – yet another characterisation of public-private sector partnerships as PPIAF so rightly notes in the aforementioned quote. <br />
<br />
Like many bilateral and multilateral development agencies and international financial institutions, it would seem that PPIAF uses the current global financial situation as rationale for increased private sector participation. In their 2008 Annual Report PPIAF’s Program Manager, [[Jyoti Shukla]] suggests, <br />
<br />
"Governments will be forced to rethink economic regulation across the board. As existing projects are tested by the stress of changing market conditions, new importance will be placed on post-transaction support. And as new projects deal with tightened credit markets, there will be a need for innovative project models and financing arrangements. Financing new projects may mean greater engagement with non-traditional financiers: non-OECDF investors, private equity partners, or sovereign wealth funds. PPIAF can provide the resources to help governments cope with the changing landscape of infrastructure finance and evolving regulatory needs"<ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.6.</ref>. <br />
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==Government Agencies Involved in PPIAF’s Program Council==<br />
<br />
* Australia – Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)<br />
* Canada – Canada International Development Agency (CIDA)<br />
* France – Agence Française de Développement (AFD)<br />
* Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />
* Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Japan – Ministry of Finance <br />
* Netherlands – Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br />
* Norway – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<br />
* Switzerland – State Secretariat for Foreign Economic Affairs<br />
* United Kingdom – Department for International Development (DFID)<br />
* United States – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)<br />
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==Technical Advisory Panel==<br />
* [[Anton Eberhard]] – Director, Management Program in Infrastructure Reform and Regulation, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br />
* [[Diane Rudo]] - President, Rudo International Advisors<br />
* [[Eduardo M. Engel]] - Professor of Economics, Yale University<br />
* [[Nasser Munjee]] – Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India<br />
* [[Robin Simpson]] - Independent Consultant<br />
* [[Valentine Chitalu]] – Former Head, Zambia Privatization Agency<ref>Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Panel (PPIAF),[http://www.ppiaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=71 Technical Advisory Panel], accessed 15 June 2009.</ref><ref>Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), [http://www.ppiaf.org/documents/Reports/PPIAF_Annual-Report-FY08_FINAL.pdf#page=56 PPIAF 2008 Annual Report], accessed 15 June 2009, p.53</ref>.<br />
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==References==<br />
<References/><br />
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[[Category: Water]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Governing Institutions]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Think Tanks]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Ismail_Serageldin&diff=89591Ismail Serageldin2009-05-28T02:50:27Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: New page: In a Newsweek magazine interview Ismail Serageldin stated, “If the wars of the 20th Century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Having held m...</p>
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<div>In a Newsweek magazine interview Ismail Serageldin stated, “If the wars of the 20th Century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Having held many senior positions at the [[World Bank]] and various global water agencies/institutions, Serageldin is a prominent neoliberal figure on the global water scene. Wageningen University (Netherlands), where he is a distinguished professor, refers to him as “very omniscient and experienced.”<ref>Wageningen University, [http://www.wageningenuniversiteit.nl/NL/nieuwsagenda/archief/agenda/2001/DrIsmailSerageldinSerageldingeefttoelichtingopWereldbankbeleidvoorWageningsestudenten.htm Ismail Serageldin], accessed December 17 2008.</ref> <br />
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A Knight of the [[French Legion of Honor]], Serageldin is currently the director of the Library of Alexandria and chairperson of the board of seven affiliated research institutes and three affiliated museums. He is a member of the Senate in Egypt, co-chair of the African Biotechnology Panel and Vice-President of [[The Academy of Sciences in the Developing World]] (TWAS). Serageldin has 22 honorary degrees and has authored over 60 books and 200 articles and book chapters.<ref>Serageldin.com, [http://www.serageldin.com/CV.htm Ismail Serageldin], accessed 8 December 2008.</ref><br />
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From 1972-99 Serageldin held many positions and worked in various capacities with the World Bank, including: Economist in education and human resources (1972-76); Division Chief for Technical Assistance and Special Studies (1977-80), and for Urban Projects in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (1980-83); Director for Programs in West Africa (1984-87), Country Director for Central and Occidental Africa (1987-89), Technical Director for all Sub-Saharan Africa (190-92), and Vice President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (1993-98). From 1998 to 1999 Serageldin promoted NGO-Bank relations and was Co-Chairperson of the NGO-Bank Committee.<ref>Serageldin.com, [http://www.serageldin.com/CV.htm Ismail Serageldin], accessed 8 December 2008.</ref><br />
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In addition to his work at the [[World Bank]] Serageldin has played a key role in institutions and processes advocating market-led reforms in the water and waste-water sector. He is a former chair of the [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP) and was chairperson of [[World Commission on Water for the 21st Century]].<br />
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==References==<br />
<References/><br />
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[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=World_Commission_on_Water_for_the_21st_Century&diff=89590World Commission on Water for the 21st Century2009-05-28T02:40:09Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
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<div>The World Commission on Water for the 21st Century (WCW) was established in partnership by the [[UN]] and the pro-privatisation think tank [[World Water Council]] following the 1st [[World Water Forum]] in Marrakech (1997). The Commission was charged with the responsibility of developing a global policy document on water governance and management with the purpose of building “consensus among professionals and stakeholders”. The commission presented their report, entitled “World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody’s Business”, at the 2nd World Water Forum in March 2000 in The Hague. The commission’s policy recommendations are undoubtedly in line with the World Water Council; after all, the report was authored by former president of the [[World Water Council]] [[William Cosgrove]] and [[Frank R. Rijsberman]] who was an active policy contributor within global water community, working on such documents and projects as the [[Dublin Statement]], the water-related [[Millennium Development Goals]] and the [[World Water Forum]] (second forum) and working with such organisations as the [[International Water Management Institute]] (IWMI), the [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP) and the [[World Water Council]] (WWC)<ref>International Water Management Institute (IWMI), [http://www.icuc-iwmi.org/files/News/CV-FRijsberman.doc F.R. Rijsberman Curriculum Vitae], accessed 27 May 2009.</ref>. <br />
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In addition to the authors, the Commission included notorious corporate executives and political figures advocating the neoliberal reform of public water infrastructure and delivery. At the time of the reports publishing the chairperson of the WCW was former vice-president of the World Bank [[Ismail Serageldin]] and a handful of members and advisors included: former president of [[Canadian International Development Agency]] (CIDA) and current chairperson of the [[Global Water Partnership]] [[Margaret Catley-Carlson]]; former executive director of water transnational [[Suez]] [[Jerome Monod]]; former president of the Inter-American Development Bank and member of the Camdessus Panel that produced the infamous [[Camdessus Report]] [[Enrique Iglesias]]; former [[World Bank]] advisor and chairperson and CEO of [[World Bank]]-founded [[Global Environmental Facility]] (GEF) [[Mohamed El-Ashry]]; former [[World Bank]] president [[Robert S. McNamara]]; former president of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] and former head of Canada’s External Aid Office (now recognised as [[Canadian International Development Agency]]) [[Maurice Strong]]; and former vice-presidents and two of the three founding members of the [[World Water Council]] [[Aly Shady]] and [[Rene Coulomb]]<ref>World Water Council (WWC), [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/WWVision/Appendix.pdf World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody’s Business], accessed 26 May 2009.</ref><ref>World Water Council (WWC), [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/About_us/official_documents/Constitution_approved4thGA.pdf World Water Council Constitution], accessed 26 May 2009.</ref><ref>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, [http://www.international.gc.ca/odskelton/strong_bio.aspx?lang=eng Maurice Strong], accessed 26 May 2009.</ref>. <br />
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The report argues that current global investment in water needs to increase by $90 to $100 billion a year to approximately $180 billion and that this investment should come mainly from the private sector and communities. The commission suggests, “pricing water to produce the cash flow for future investments and for operation and maintenance should go a long way towards making this (investment) possible”. Moreover, the commission proposes that this funding should come, in large part, by way of the private sector; in fact, the report intimates that governments need not necessarily increase investments in water. Using a common tactic of the neoliberal camp when arguing for increased private sector participation, the commission attacks public sector efficiency suggesting that public agencies in both the First and Third World have “become inefficient, unregulated, and unaccountable.” The commission argues for an institutional, regulatory and legal shift that would facilitate increased private sector involvement through the rule of law<ref>World Water Council, [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/WWVision/Chapter1.pdf World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody’s Business], accessed 26 May 2009, p.3.</ref>.<br />
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In terms of their view on pricing water, the report is forthright in its support of full cost recovery noting: “Making water available at low cost, or for free, does not provide the right incentive to users. Water services need to be priced at full cost for all users, which means all costs related to operation and maintenance and investment costs for at least domestic and industrial users. The basic water requirement needs to be affordable to all, but this can be done more effectively than by making all water available to all users at way below cost. Pricing water will provide an incentive for the private sector, large and small, domestic and international, to get involved”<ref>World Water Council (WWC), [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/WWVision/Chapter3.pdf World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody’s Business], accessed 26 May, 2009, p.41.</ref>. <br />
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==References==<br />
<References/><br />
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[[Category:Water: International Policy Initiatives]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=World_Commission_on_Water_for_the_21st_Century&diff=89589World Commission on Water for the 21st Century2009-05-28T02:38:31Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: New page: The World Commission on Water for the 21st Century (WCW) was established in partnership by the UN and the right-wing/pro-privatisation think tank World Water Council following the ...</p>
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<div>The World Commission on Water for the 21st Century (WCW) was established in partnership by the [[UN]] and the right-wing/pro-privatisation think tank [[World Water Council]] following the 1st [[World Water Forum]] in Marrakech (1997). The Commission was charged with the responsibility of developing a global policy document on water governance and management with the purpose of building “consensus among professionals and stakeholders”. The commission presented their report, entitled “World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody’s Business”, at the 2nd World Water Forum in March 2000 in The Hague. The commission’s policy recommendations are undoubtedly in line with the World Water Council; after all, the report was authored by former president of the [[World Water Council]] [[William Cosgrove]] and [[Frank R. Rijsberman]] who was an active policy contributor within global water community, working on such documents and projects as the [[Dublin Statement]], the water-related [[Millennium Development Goals]] and the [[World Water Forum]] (second forum) and working with such organisations as the [[International Water Management Institute]] (IWMI), the [[Global Water Partnership]] (GWP) and the [[World Water Council]] (WWC)<ref>International Water Management Institute (IWMI), [http://www.icuc-iwmi.org/files/News/CV-FRijsberman.doc F.R. Rijsberman Curriculum Vitae], accessed 27 May 2009.</ref>. <br />
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In addition to the authors, the Commission included notorious corporate executives and political figures advocating the neoliberal reform of public water infrastructure and delivery. At the time of the reports publishing the chairperson of the WCW was former vice-president of the World Bank [[Ismail Serageldin]] and a handful of members and advisors included: former president of [[Canadian International Development Agency]] (CIDA) and current chairperson of the [[Global Water Partnership]] [[Margaret Catley-Carlson]]; former executive director of water transnational [[Suez]] [[Jerome Monod]]; former president of the Inter-American Development Bank and member of the Camdessus Panel that produced the infamous [[Camdessus Report]] [[Enrique Iglesias]]; former [[World Bank]] advisor and chairperson and CEO of [[World Bank]]-founded [[Global Environmental Facility]] (GEF) [[Mohamed El-Ashry]]; former [[World Bank]] president [[Robert S. McNamara]]; former president of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] and former head of Canada’s External Aid Office (now recognised as [[Canadian International Development Agency]]) [[Maurice Strong]]; and former vice-presidents and two of the three founding members of the [[World Water Council]] [[Aly Shady]] and [[Rene Coulomb]]<ref>World Water Council (WWC), [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/WWVision/Appendix.pdf World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody’s Business], accessed 26 May 2009.</ref><ref>World Water Council (WWC), [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/About_us/official_documents/Constitution_approved4thGA.pdf World Water Council Constitution], accessed 26 May 2009.</ref><ref>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, [http://www.international.gc.ca/odskelton/strong_bio.aspx?lang=eng Maurice Strong], accessed 26 May 2009.</ref>. <br />
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The report argues that current global investment in water needs to increase by $90 to $100 billion a year to approximately $180 billion and that this investment should come mainly from the private sector and communities. The commission suggests, “pricing water to produce the cash flow for future investments and for operation and maintenance should go a long way towards making this (investment) possible”. Moreover, the commission proposes that this funding should come, in large part, by way of the private sector; in fact, the report intimates that governments need not necessarily increase investments in water. Using a common tactic of the neoliberal camp when arguing for increased private sector participation, the commission attacks public sector efficiency suggesting that public agencies in both the First and Third World have “become inefficient, unregulated, and unaccountable.” The commission argues for an institutional, regulatory and legal shift that would facilitate increased private sector involvement through the rule of law<ref>World Water Council, [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/WWVision/Chapter1.pdf World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody’s Business], accessed 26 May 2009, p.3.</ref>.<br />
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In terms of their view on pricing water, the report is forthright in its support of full cost recovery noting: “Making water available at low cost, or for free, does not provide the right incentive to users. Water services need to be priced at full cost for all users, which means all costs related to operation and maintenance and investment costs for at least domestic and industrial users. The basic water requirement needs to be affordable to all, but this can be done more effectively than by making all water available to all users at way below cost. Pricing water will provide an incentive for the private sector, large and small, domestic and international, to get involved”<ref>World Water Council (WWC), [http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/WWVision/Chapter3.pdf World Water Vision: Making Water Everybody’s Business], accessed 26 May, 2009, p.41.</ref>. <br />
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This water portal will track and profile global and regional governing institutions, lobby associations, policy planning organisations, think tanks and agents all involved in the water industry. It will include those of a pro-privatisatisation persuasion but also those who are promoting an alternative vision orientated towards publicly owned and participatory systems.<br />
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Water is vital to life. It is the essential component in all aspects and activities related to our well-being and existence – including food and energy production and manufacturing in general. It’s clear that if our water supply continues to dwindle, and/or, if water became unaffordable, our lives would be detrimentally transformed. Billions of people are already experiencing and suffering from the mismanagement and unequal allocation of water. Between 1.1 and 1.5 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. 2.2 million people die each year due to low quality drinking water and/or lack of sanitation – that is 42,000 people per week, 90 percent of whom are children (WHO/UNICET:2005). Exclusion to socially necessary goods and services such as fresh water has horrific consequences that are catastrophic, yet entirely preventable. <br />
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The struggle over fresh water goods and services has taken the form of a conflict over increasing commercialisation, privatisation and liberalisation. This struggle takes place in an era of economic globalisation where neoliberal policies transform all forms of social reproduction so that all goods and services that were once held in common (things such as fresh water, education and healthcare etc.) are increasingly exposed to the free market and in many cases transformed into a form of private property. <br />
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Karen Bakker, Neoliberalizing Nature? Market Environmentalism in Water Supply in England and Wales, [http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~bakker/PDF/neoliberalizing.pdf ''Forum on Privatisation and the Public Domain''], 2005.<br />
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Karen Bakker, Water: commons or commodity? [http://www.forumonpublicdomain.ca/files/Bakker%20alternatives%20article.pdf ''The Forum of Privatisation and the Public Domain''], 2003.<br />
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Maude Barlow, Our Water Commons – Toward a new fresh water narrative, [http://www.canadians.org/water/publications/water%20commons/index.html ''Council of Canadians''], 2008.<br />
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Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke, Who Owns Water? [http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/whoOwnsWater.pdf ''The Nation''], 2002.<br />
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Grusky, Sara & Maj Fiil-Flynn, Will the World Bank Back Down? Water Privatization in a Climate of Global Protest 2004, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/worldbank2004.pdf ''Public Citizen''], 2004.<br />
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Friends of the Earth, Privatization: Nature for Sale; The Impacts of Privatizing Water and Biodiversity, [http://www.foei.org/publications/pdfs/privatization.pdf ''Friends of the Earth''], 2005.<br />
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David Hall & Emanuele, Lobina, Water as a Public Service, [http://www.psiru.org/reports/2007-01-W-waaps.pdf ''PSIRU''], 2006.<br />
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Erik Swyngedouw, Privatising H20: Turning Local Waters into Global Money, [http://www.ru.nl/socgeo/colloquium/water.pdf ''Austrian Journal of Development''], 2003.<br />
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Eric Swyngedou, RE-TOOLING THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS: The contradictions of urbanising H2O under neo-liberalism<br />
[http://www.nu.ac.za/ccs/files/Swyngedouw%20CCS%20paper%203%20July%202008.pdf The Centre For Civil Society South Africa], 2008<br />
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Bill Marsden, Cholera and the Age of the Water Barons<br />
[http://projects.publicintegrity.org/water/report.aspx?aid=44 The Water Barons - The Center For Public Integrity], 2003<br />
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Daniel Politi, Privatizing Water: What the European Commission Doesn't Want You to Know, <br />
[http://projects.publicintegrity.org/water/report.aspx?aid=988 The Water Barons - The Center For Public Integrity]<br />
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Kyle Mitchell and Tommy Kane, Money in the Water<br />
[http://www.scottishleftreview.org/li/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=1 The Scottish Left Review], 2008<br />
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Kyle Mitchell and Tommy Kane, Governance of Water,<br />
[http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=7351 Senscot]<br />
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Pratap Ravindran, Water privatisation — Reaching epidemic proportions <br />
[http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/2003/03/25/stories/2003032500030800.htm Hindu Business Line]<br />
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Prof. Christine Cooper, Dr. William Dinan, Tommy Kane, Prof. David Miller and Shona Russell, Scottish Water The drift to privatisation and how democratisation could improve efficiency and lower costs<br />
[http://www.publicinterest.ac.uk/ Public Interest Research Network, Scotland] <br />
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Naran Prasad, Water and sanitation privatisation: do poor people benefit? <br />
[http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=0&i=u6np1g1&u=493be1ee ID21 Urban Development]<br />
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Shona Russell and Tommy Kane, Is Anything Public Anymore?, [http://www.scottishleftreview.org/li/images/stories/pdf/slr-945-SLRI40.pdf The Scottish Left Review] May/June 2007<br />
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'''Water Websites:'''<br />
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[http://www.righttowater.ca/ Right to Water] <br />
Launched by the Blue Planet Project, this is an excellent website with an extensive list of water resources. <br />
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[http://blueplanetproject.net/ Blue Planet Project]<br />
A global initiative working with partners around the world to achieve the goal of water justice.<br />
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[http://www.canadians.org/water/index.html Council of Canadians]<br />
Canada’s largest citizen’s organisation which promotes progressive policies in their numerous campaigns including, water, health care, trade, energy, food and peace amongst others.<br />
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[http://onthecommons.org/topic.php?topic=121 On the Commons]<br />
A network of citizens and organisations that champions the cause of the commons on many fronts.<br />
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[http://www.watertime.net/ Watertime]<br />
A research project funded by the European Commission and carried out by various research Partners including [http://www.psiru.org/ PSIRU]<br />
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[http://www.waterjustice.org/ Water Justice]<br />
Waterjustice.org is focused on alternatives to water privatisation and how to finance public water, it is a virtual resource centre and meeting place for exchanging experiences, debate and strategies.<br />
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[http://www.epsu.org/r/38 European Federation of Public Sector Unions (EPSU)]<br />
EPSU represents Europe’s water and sewerage workers in both public and private companies<br />
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[http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=l&w=e6 Id21]<br />
The natural resources Water Page of id21 is a research reporting service, bringing you UK-sourced research on developing countries.<br />
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[http://www.waterwiki.net/index.php?title=Category:Publication&until=Poland%2C+Millennium+Development+Goals+Report Publications Waterwiki]<br />
UN Waterwiki with various resources and used as a knowledge "map" and on-line collaboration platform for Water Practitioners Worldwide<br />
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[http://www.waterwebster.com/index.htm Water Webster]<br />
A web portal offering news and information about water today<br />
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[http://www.euwfd.com/index.html]<br />
A website, managed by the [http://www.fwr.org/ Foundation For Water Research], providing information relating to the Water Framework Directive. <br />
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[http://www.ifiwatchnet.org/?q=en/ifiwntags/list/9%2C74 IFIwatchnet.org]<br />
A website dedicated to monitoring the activities of the International Financial Institutions.<br />
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[http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-552209 Bretton Woods Project]<br />
Critical Voices on the World Bank and IMF<br />
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'''Water Journals'''<br />
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[http://www.water-alternatives.org/ Water Alternatives]<br />
An Inter-Disciplinary Journal on Water, Politics and Development<br />
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[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/lgd/2008_1/ Law, Justice and Social Development]<br />
Water Issue<br />
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Barlow, Maude (2007), ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. <br />
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Barlow, Maude, & Clarke, Tony, (2002), ‘Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World’s Water’, Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited.<br />
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Black, Maggie, (2004), ‘The No-nonsense Guide to Water’, Toronto: New Internationalist Publications.<br />
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Clarke, Tony, (2005), ‘Inside the Bottle: An Expose of the Bottled Water Industry’, Ottawa: Polaris Institute.<br />
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Hoedman, O, (et al) (2005), [http://www.waterjustice.org/?mi=23 'Reclaiming Public Water, Achievements, struggles and visions from around the world'] Transnational Institute, Corporate European Observatory <br />
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Holland, Sjolander, Ann-Christin, (2005), ‘The Water Business: Corporations Versus People’, Black Point: Fernwood Publishing.<br />
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Petrella, Ricardo, (2001) 'The Water Manifesto', Arguments for a World Water Contract', London: Zed Books. <br />
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Shiva, Vandana (2002), ‘Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, Profit’, Cambridge Massachusetts: South End Press.<br />
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Welcome to the Water Portal on [[SpinProfiles:About|Spinprofiles]]&mdash;your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR within the water industry. <br />
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This water portal will track and profile global and regional governing institutions, lobby associations, policy planning organisations, think tanks and agents all involved in the water industry. It will include those of a pro-privatisatisation persuasion but also those who are promoting an alternative vision orientated towards publicly owned and participatory systems.<br />
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*[[International Water Association]]<br />
*[[World Commission on Water for the 21st Century (WCW)]]<br />
*[[Water UK]]<br />
*[[Water Integrity Network]]<br />
*[[International Chamber of Commerce]]<br />
*[[European Services Forum]]<br />
*[[Margaret Catley-Carlson]]<br />
*[[DFID]]<br />
*[[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]]<br />
*[[Scottish CBI]]<br />
*[[Regulatory Policy Institute]]<br />
*[[GATS]]<br />
*[[Coca-Cola]]<br />
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Water is vital to life. It is the essential component in all aspects and activities related to our well-being and existence – including food and energy production and manufacturing in general. It’s clear that if our water supply continues to dwindle, and/or, if water became unaffordable, our lives would be detrimentally transformed. Billions of people are already experiencing and suffering from the mismanagement and unequal allocation of water. Between 1.1 and 1.5 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. 2.2 million people die each year due to low quality drinking water and/or lack of sanitation – that is 42,000 people per week, 90 percent of whom are children (WHO/UNICET:2005). Exclusion to socially necessary goods and services such as fresh water has horrific consequences that are catastrophic, yet entirely preventable. <br />
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The struggle over fresh water goods and services has taken the form of a conflict over increasing commercialisation, privatisation and liberalisation. This struggle takes place in an era of economic globalisation where neoliberal policies transform all forms of social reproduction so that all goods and services that were once held in common (things such as fresh water, education and healthcare etc.) are increasingly exposed to the free market and in many cases transformed into a form of private property. <br />
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This regulatory shift – from public to private – is by no means inevitable. The processes that facilitate this shift are a direct result of political and corporate elites exercising their power and will, through an organised network of connections, in order to achieve the free market conditions that are necessary to expand the reach of capital. <br />
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Karen Bakker, Neoliberalizing Nature? Market Environmentalism in Water Supply in England and Wales, [http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~bakker/PDF/neoliberalizing.pdf ''Forum on Privatisation and the Public Domain''], 2005.<br />
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Karen Bakker, Water: commons or commodity? [http://www.forumonpublicdomain.ca/files/Bakker%20alternatives%20article.pdf ''The Forum of Privatisation and the Public Domain''], 2003.<br />
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Maude Barlow, Our Water Commons – Toward a new fresh water narrative, [http://www.canadians.org/water/publications/water%20commons/index.html ''Council of Canadians''], 2008.<br />
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Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke, Who Owns Water? [http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/whoOwnsWater.pdf ''The Nation''], 2002.<br />
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Grusky, Sara & Maj Fiil-Flynn, Will the World Bank Back Down? Water Privatization in a Climate of Global Protest 2004, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/worldbank2004.pdf ''Public Citizen''], 2004.<br />
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Friends of the Earth, Privatization: Nature for Sale; The Impacts of Privatizing Water and Biodiversity, [http://www.foei.org/publications/pdfs/privatization.pdf ''Friends of the Earth''], 2005.<br />
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David Hall & Emanuele, Lobina, Water as a Public Service, [http://www.psiru.org/reports/2007-01-W-waaps.pdf ''PSIRU''], 2006.<br />
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Erik Swyngedouw, Privatising H20: Turning Local Waters into Global Money, [http://www.ru.nl/socgeo/colloquium/water.pdf ''Austrian Journal of Development''], 2003.<br />
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Eric Swyngedou, RE-TOOLING THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS: The contradictions of urbanising H2O under neo-liberalism<br />
[http://www.nu.ac.za/ccs/files/Swyngedouw%20CCS%20paper%203%20July%202008.pdf The Centre For Civil Society South Africa], 2008<br />
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Bill Marsden, Cholera and the Age of the Water Barons<br />
[http://projects.publicintegrity.org/water/report.aspx?aid=44 The Water Barons - The Center For Public Integrity], 2003<br />
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Daniel Politi, Privatizing Water: What the European Commission Doesn't Want You to Know, <br />
[http://projects.publicintegrity.org/water/report.aspx?aid=988 The Water Barons - The Center For Public Integrity]<br />
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Kyle Mitchell and Tommy Kane, Money in the Water<br />
[http://www.scottishleftreview.org/li/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=1 The Scottish Left Review], 2008<br />
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Kyle Mitchell and Tommy Kane, Governance of Water,<br />
[http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=7351 Senscot]<br />
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Pratap Ravindran, Water privatisation — Reaching epidemic proportions <br />
[http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/2003/03/25/stories/2003032500030800.htm Hindu Business Line]<br />
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Prof. Christine Cooper, Dr. William Dinan, Tommy Kane, Prof. David Miller and Shona Russell, Scottish Water The drift to privatisation and how democratisation could improve efficiency and lower costs<br />
[http://www.publicinterest.ac.uk/ Public Interest Research Network, Scotland] <br />
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Naran Prasad, Water and sanitation privatisation: do poor people benefit? <br />
[http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=0&i=u6np1g1&u=493be1ee ID21 Urban Development]<br />
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Shona Russell and Tommy Kane, Is Anything Public Anymore?, [http://www.scottishleftreview.org/li/images/stories/pdf/slr-945-SLRI40.pdf The Scottish Left Review] May/June 2007<br />
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[http://www.righttowater.ca/ Right to Water] <br />
Launched by the Blue Planet Project, this is an excellent website with an extensive list of water resources. <br />
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[http://blueplanetproject.net/ Blue Planet Project]<br />
A global initiative working with partners around the world to achieve the goal of water justice.<br />
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[http://www.canadians.org/water/index.html Council of Canadians]<br />
Canada’s largest citizen’s organisation which promotes progressive policies in their numerous campaigns including, water, health care, trade, energy, food and peace amongst others.<br />
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[http://onthecommons.org/topic.php?topic=121 On the Commons]<br />
A network of citizens and organisations that champions the cause of the commons on many fronts.<br />
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[http://www.watertime.net/ Watertime]<br />
A research project funded by the European Commission and carried out by various research Partners including [http://www.psiru.org/ PSIRU]<br />
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[http://www.waterjustice.org/ Water Justice]<br />
Waterjustice.org is focused on alternatives to water privatisation and how to finance public water, it is a virtual resource centre and meeting place for exchanging experiences, debate and strategies.<br />
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[http://www.epsu.org/r/38 European Federation of Public Sector Unions (EPSU)]<br />
EPSU represents Europe’s water and sewerage workers in both public and private companies<br />
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[http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=l&w=e6 Id21]<br />
The natural resources Water Page of id21 is a research reporting service, bringing you UK-sourced research on developing countries.<br />
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[http://www.waterwiki.net/index.php?title=Category:Publication&until=Poland%2C+Millennium+Development+Goals+Report Publications Waterwiki]<br />
UN Waterwiki with various resources and used as a knowledge "map" and on-line collaboration platform for Water Practitioners WORLDWIDE <br />
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[http://www.waterwebster.com/index.htm Water Webster]<br />
A web portal offering news and information about water today<br />
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[http://www.euwfd.com/index.html]<br />
A website, managed by the [http://www.fwr.org/ Foundation For Water Research], providing information relating to the Water Framework Directive. <br />
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[http://www.ifiwatchnet.org/?q=en/ifiwntags/list/9%2C74 IFIwatchnet.org]<br />
A website dedicated to monitoring the activities of the International Financial Institutions.<br />
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[http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-552209 Bretton Woods Project]<br />
Critical Voices on the World Bank and IMF<br />
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'''Water Journals'''<br />
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[http://www.water-alternatives.org/ Water Alternatives]<br />
An Inter-Disciplinary Journal on Water, Politics and Development<br />
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[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/lgd/2008_1/ Law, Justice and Social Development]<br />
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Barlow, Maude (2007), ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. <br />
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Barlow, Maude, & Clarke, Tony, (2002), ‘Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World’s Water’, Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited.<br />
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Black, Maggie, (2004), ‘The No-nonsense Guide to Water’, Toronto: New Internationalist Publications.<br />
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Clarke, Tony, (2005), ‘Inside the Bottle: An Expose of the Bottled Water Industry’, Ottawa: Polaris Institute.<br />
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Hoedman, O, (et al) (2005), [http://www.waterjustice.org/?mi=23 'Reclaiming Public Water, Achievements, struggles and visions from around the world'] Transnational Institute, Corporate European Observatory <br />
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Holland, Sjolander, Ann-Christin, (2005), ‘The Water Business: Corporations Versus People’, Black Point: Fernwood Publishing.<br />
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Petrella, Ricardo, (2001) 'The Water Manifesto', Arguments for a World Water Contract', London: Zed Books. <br />
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Shiva, Vandana (2002), ‘Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, Profit’, Cambridge Massachusetts: South End Press.<br />
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This water portal will track and profile global and regional governing institutions, lobby associations, policy planning organisations, think tanks and agents all involved in the water industry. It will include those of a pro-privatisatisation persuasion but also those who are promoting an alternative vision orientated towards publicly owned and participatory systems.<br />
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Water is vital to life. It is the essential component in all aspects and activities related to our well-being and existence – including food and energy production and manufacturing in general. It’s clear that if our water supply continues to dwindle, and/or, if water became unaffordable, our lives would be detrimentally transformed. Billions of people are already experiencing and suffering from the mismanagement and unequal allocation of water. Between 1.1 and 1.5 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. 2.2 million people die each year due to low quality drinking water and/or lack of sanitation – that is 42,000 people per week, 90 percent of whom are children (WHO/UNICET:2005). Exclusion to socially necessary goods and services such as fresh water has horrific consequences that are catastrophic, yet entirely preventable. <br />
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The struggle over fresh water goods and services has taken the form of a conflict over increasing commercialisation, privatisation and liberalisation. This struggle takes place in an era of economic globalisation where neoliberal policies transform all forms of social reproduction so that all goods and services that were once held in common (things such as fresh water, education and healthcare etc.) are increasingly exposed to the free market and in many cases transformed into a form of private property. <br />
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'''Water Articles:'''<br />
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Karen Bakker, Neoliberalizing Nature? Market Environmentalism in Water Supply in England and Wales, [http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~bakker/PDF/neoliberalizing.pdf ''Forum on Privatisation and the Public Domain''], 2005.<br />
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Karen Bakker, Water: commons or commodity? [http://www.forumonpublicdomain.ca/files/Bakker%20alternatives%20article.pdf ''The Forum of Privatisation and the Public Domain''], 2003.<br />
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Maude Barlow, Our Water Commons – Toward a new fresh water narrative, [http://www.canadians.org/water/publications/water%20commons/index.html ''Council of Canadians''], 2008.<br />
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Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke, Who Owns Water? [http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/whoOwnsWater.pdf ''The Nation''], 2002.<br />
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Grusky, Sara & Maj Fiil-Flynn, Will the World Bank Back Down? Water Privatization in a Climate of Global Protest 2004, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/worldbank2004.pdf ''Public Citizen''], 2004.<br />
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Friends of the Earth, Privatization: Nature for Sale; The Impacts of Privatizing Water and Biodiversity, [http://www.foei.org/publications/pdfs/privatization.pdf ''Friends of the Earth''], 2005.<br />
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David Hall & Emanuele, Lobina, Water as a Public Service, [http://www.psiru.org/reports/2007-01-W-waaps.pdf ''PSIRU''], 2006.<br />
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Erik Swyngedouw, Privatising H20: Turning Local Waters into Global Money, [http://www.ru.nl/socgeo/colloquium/water.pdf ''Austrian Journal of Development''], 2003.<br />
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Eric Swyngedou, RE-TOOLING THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS: The contradictions of urbanising H2O under neo-liberalism<br />
[http://www.nu.ac.za/ccs/files/Swyngedouw%20CCS%20paper%203%20July%202008.pdf The Centre For Civil Society South Africa], 2008<br />
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Bill Marsden, Cholera and the Age of the Water Barons<br />
[http://projects.publicintegrity.org/water/report.aspx?aid=44 The Water Barons - The Center For Public Integrity], 2003<br />
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Daniel Politi, Privatizing Water: What the European Commission Doesn't Want You to Know, <br />
[http://projects.publicintegrity.org/water/report.aspx?aid=988 The Water Barons - The Center For Public Integrity]<br />
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Kyle Mitchell and Tommy Kane, Money in the Water<br />
[http://www.scottishleftreview.org/li/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=1 The Scottish Left Review], 2008<br />
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Kyle Mitchell and Tommy Kane, Governance of Water,<br />
[http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=7351 Senscot]<br />
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Pratap Ravindran, Water privatisation — Reaching epidemic proportions <br />
[http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/2003/03/25/stories/2003032500030800.htm Hindu Business Line]<br />
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Prof. Christine Cooper, Dr. William Dinan, Tommy Kane, Prof. David Miller and Shona Russell, Scottish Water The drift to privatisation and how democratisation could improve efficiency and lower costs<br />
[http://www.publicinterest.ac.uk/ Public Interest Research Network, Scotland] <br />
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Naran Prasad, Water and sanitation privatisation: do poor people benefit? <br />
[http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=0&i=u6np1g1&u=493be1ee ID21 Urban Development]<br />
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Shona Russell and Tommy Kane, Is Anything Public Anymore?, [http://www.scottishleftreview.org/li/images/stories/pdf/slr-945-SLRI40.pdf The Scottish Left Review] May/June 2007<br />
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'''Water Websites:'''<br />
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[http://www.righttowater.ca/ Right to Water] <br />
Launched by the Blue Planet Project, this is an excellent website with an extensive list of water resources. <br />
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[http://blueplanetproject.net/ Blue Planet Project]<br />
A global initiative working with partners around the world to achieve the goal of water justice.<br />
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[http://www.canadians.org/water/index.html Council of Canadians]<br />
Canada’s largest citizen’s organisation which promotes progressive policies in their numerous campaigns including, water, health care, trade, energy, food and peace amongst others.<br />
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[http://onthecommons.org/topic.php?topic=121 On the Commons]<br />
A network of citizens and organisations that champions the cause of the commons on many fronts.<br />
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[http://www.watertime.net/ Watertime]<br />
A research project funded by the European Commission and carried out by various research Partners including [http://www.psiru.org/ PSIRU]<br />
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[http://www.waterjustice.org/ Water Justice]<br />
Waterjustice.org is focused on alternatives to water privatisation and how to finance public water, it is a virtual resource centre and meeting place for exchanging experiences, debate and strategies.<br />
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[http://www.epsu.org/r/38 European Federation of Public Sector Unions (EPSU)]<br />
EPSU represents Europe’s water and sewerage workers in both public and private companies<br />
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[http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=l&w=e6 Id21 Natural Resources - Water Page]<br />
id21 is a research reporting service, bringing you UK-sourced research on developing countries<br />
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[http://www.waterwiki.net/index.php?title=Category:Publication&until=Poland%2C+Millennium+Development+Goals+Report Publications Waterwiki]<br />
UN Waterwiki with various resources and used as a knowledge "map" and on-line collaboration platform for Water Practitioners WORLDWIDE <br />
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[http://www.waterwebster.com/index.htm Water Webster]<br />
A web portal offering news and information about water today<br />
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[http://www.euwfd.com/index.html]<br />
A website, managed by the [http://www.fwr.org/ Foundation For Water Research], providing information relating to the Water Framework Directive. <br />
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[http://www.ifiwatchnet.org/?q=en/ifiwntags/list/9%2C74 IFIwatchnet.org]<br />
A website dedicated to monitoring the activities of the International Financial Institutions.<br />
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[http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-552209 Bretton Woods Project]<br />
Critical Voices on the World Bank and IMF<br />
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'''Water Journals'''<br />
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[http://www.water-alternatives.org/ Water Alternatives]<br />
An Inter-Disciplinary Journal on Water, Politics and Development<br />
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[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/lgd/2008_1/ Law, Justice and Social Development]<br />
Water Issue<br />
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'''Water Books:'''<br />
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Barlow, Maude (2007), ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. <br />
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Barlow, Maude, & Clarke, Tony, (2002), ‘Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World’s Water’, Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited.<br />
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Black, Maggie, (2004), ‘The No-nonsense Guide to Water’, Toronto: New Internationalist Publications.<br />
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Clarke, Tony, (2005), ‘Inside the Bottle: An Expose of the Bottled Water Industry’, Ottawa: Polaris Institute.<br />
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Hoedman, O, (et al) (2005), [http://www.waterjustice.org/?mi=23 'Reclaiming Public Water, Achievements, struggles and visions from around the world'] Transnational Institute, Corporate European Observatory <br />
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Holland, Sjolander, Ann-Christin, (2005), ‘The Water Business: Corporations Versus People’, Black Point: Fernwood Publishing.<br />
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Petrella, Ricardo, (2001) 'The Water Manifesto', Arguments for a World Water Contract', London: Zed Books. <br />
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Shiva, Vandana (2002), ‘Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, Profit’, Cambridge Massachusetts: South End Press.<br />
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[[category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72294Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T20:57:21Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
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<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
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Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history of Jr.'s appointment. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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:Though the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais Sr.'s private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
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:“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
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:Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
:[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
:Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having close relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]] (CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of former Canadian Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72293Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T20:56:20Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history of Jr.'s appointment. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
:For the French...Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
:Though the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais Sr.'s private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
:“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
:Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
:[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
:Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having close relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]] (CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72292Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T20:55:34Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history of Jr.'s appointment. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
:For the French...Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
:Though the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais Sr.'s private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
:“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
:Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
:[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
:Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having close relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72291Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T20:53:41Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history of Jr.'s appointment. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
:For the French...Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
:Though the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais Sr.'s private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
:“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
:Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
:[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
:Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72290Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T20:52:50Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history of Jr.'s appointment. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
:For the French...Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
:Though the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
:“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
:Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
:[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
:Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72289Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T20:51:57Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history of Jr.'s appointment. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
:For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
:Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
:“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
:Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
:[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
:Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72274Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:24:07Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history of Desmarais' appointment. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
:For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
:Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
:“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
:Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
:[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
:Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72273Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:18:21Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history of Desmarais' appointment. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72272Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:16:21Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. He is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72271Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:15:16Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Board of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. <br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais, Jr. is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref>. <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72270Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:14:47Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), a lobby group that co-governs the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Borad of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. <br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais, Jr. is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref>. <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72269Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:13:38Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a key member of the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]], who were key players in the formation of the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America. He sits on the Executive Committee of the CCCE as well as the Borad of Directors and the Entrepeneurs' Circle. Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. <br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais, Jr. is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref>. <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72268Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:08:36Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a member of both the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America and the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE). Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. <br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais, Jr. is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref>. <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72267Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:07:53Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] Sr. who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a member of both the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America and the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE). Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. <br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais, Jr. is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref>. <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
==Current Directorships and Offices Held== <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Paul_Desmarais_Jr.&diff=72266Paul Desmarais Jr.2008-12-13T06:07:04Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>Paul Desmarais Jr. is one of Canada’s most influential business people. Desmarais, Jr. is currently Chairperson and co-Chief Executive Officer of [[Power Corporation of Canada]] alongside his brother [[Andre Desmarais]], who is also president of the company. The brothers took over the company from their father [[Paul Desmarais Sr.]] Sr. who transformed the corporation from a utility company in 1968 into a $16 billion international management and holding company with interests in North America, Europe and China.<ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> In 2007 the brothers earned Cdn$933,000 each in salary and Cdn$1.2 million each in bonus. <ref>TMX Money, [http://tsx.canadianbusiness.com/en/2007/cb_investor500/article.aspx?id=20070704_85510_85510&stb1=1&stb5=1&sub=1 Lists & Rankings: The Investor 500, 2007]], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a member of both the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] (SPP) of North America and the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE). Within the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] organisation he is also the co-Chair of Power Financial Corporation. <ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=profile Profile], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>Power Corporation of Canada, [http://www.powercorporation.com/index.php?lang=eng&comp=powercorp&page=directors Board of Directors], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Desmarais Jr. has been a participant at meetings of the highly secretive [[Bilderberg Group]]. <br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais, Jr. is of particular interest to water researchers because he sits of the Board of GDF-[[Suez]].<ref>GDF-Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref>. <br />
<br />
The history leading to his appointment on the board of GDF-Suez is most interesting and directly related to his father’s business dealings and political connections. His father, Desmarais, Sr., is the former CEO of Power Corporation of Canada. A report in one of Canada’s leading newspapers, The Globe and Mail, documents the history. It begins with the events leading up to France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy awarding [[Paul Desmarais, Sr.]], the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour – France’s highest distinction, an award given to few foreigners. Sarkozy once said of Desmarais Sr., “If I am President of the Republic, I owe it in part to the advice, friendship and loyalty of Paul Desmarais.”<ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> An excerpt from the Globe article reads:<br />
<br />
For the French, though, Mr. Desmarais has changed their world by pressing Mr. Sarkozy toward the top…<br />
<br />
Thought the President’s approval ratings have fallen like a failed soufflé, Mr. Desmarais remains loyal to the world leader (another one) he has mentored since giving Mr. Sarkozy a lift on his private jet in 1995. Mr. Sarkozy has spoken of the “long walks in the forest” at Sagard (Desmarais, Sr. private residence) during which Mr. Desmarais pushed him to pursue his goal.<br />
<br />
“When he came to Quebec, I encouraged him,” Mr. Desmarais tells Le Point. “France needs him…If France continues with social programs that is unable to afford, it’s on the wrong track. Sarkozy has arrived at the height of a [global] financial crisis. But he has a vision for France. He’s the right man for the situation.” Mr. Desmarais’ influence over Mr. Sarkozy has been detected in the latter’s move to redefine Canada-France relations by getting cosier with Ottawa and distancing la mere patrie from its officially neutral (but unofficially amenable) stance toward Quebec independence.<br />
<br />
Of course, Mr. Desmarais’ sway with Mr. Sarkozy goes beyond diplomacy. One of the President’s first moves after taking office was to relaunch the long-stalled merger between state-owned [[GAZ de France]] and the electric and gas utility [[Suez]] SA to create a massive global power player with €75 billion (CDN $121 billion) in sales.<br />
<br />
[[Groupe Bruxelles Lambert]], the European affiliate jointly controlled by Mr. Desmarais’ Power Financial Corp. and Mr. Frere’s Belgian holding company, is the largest shareholder in Suez with 9.5 per cent. It will emerge as the biggest shareholder after the French state in the combined GDF-[[Suez]] once the merger closes July 22 (2008).<br />
<br />
Paul Desmarais Jr., Power’s 54-year-old chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, will oversee the family’s interests as a member of the GDF-[[Suez]] board. <ref>Knorad Yaka buski, [http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GAM/20080703/RYAKABUSKI03 Paul Desmarais: A kingmaker expounds. Thursday, July 3 2008.], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The [[Power Corporation of Canada]] is well-known to be active in Canadian politics having closer relations with many political elites. In fact, [[Paul Martin]], the 21st Prime Minister of Canada once sat on the board of directors at the corporation as did the 20th Prime Minister [[Jean Chretien]]. Furthermore, [[Paul Martin]] became an executive at the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] when he became Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the companies shipping business, [[Canada Steamship Lines]](CSL).<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4469647.stm Profile: Paul Martin], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> Paul Martin eventually bought CSL and eventually transferred the ownership to his sons. [[France Chretien Desmarais]], daughter of [[Jean Chretien]], married [[Andre Desmarais]], current President and co-CEO of the [[Power Corporation of Canada]]. <br />
<br />
=Current Directorships and Offices Held= <br />
<br />
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of [[Power Financial Corporation]] (Canada). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of [[Pargesa Holding SA]] (Switzerland). <br />
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and member of the strategy committee of [[Imerys]] (France). <br />
* Director and member of the Management Committee of [[Great-West Lifeco Inc.]] and its main subsidiaries, of the [[Financial Firm IGM Inc]] (Canada) and its main subsidiaries. <br />
* Director and member of the permanent committee of the [[Bruxelles Lambert Group]] (Belgium). <br />
* Director of [[Lafarge]] and of [[Total SA]] (France). <br />
Member of the international board, of the board of directors and the audit committee of INSEAD. <br />
* Chairman of the international consultative council of [[HEC]] (Canada). <br />
* Chairman of the consultative committee of [[Sagard Private Equity Partners]] (France). <br />
* Member of the [[International Consultative Council of Merrill Lynch]].<ref>GDF Suez, [http://www.gdfsuez.com/en/groupe/gouvernance/board/biographies/ Board Biographies], accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<References/><br />
<br />
[[Category: Water: People]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Water_Portal&diff=72191Water Portal2008-12-11T23:55:16Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
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Welcome to the Water Portal on [[SpinProfiles:About|Spinprofiles]]&mdash;your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR within the water industry. <br />
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This water portal will track and profile global and regional governing institutions, lobby associations, policy planning organisations, think tanks and agents all involved in the water industry. It will include those of a pro-privatisatisation persuasion but also those who are promoting an alternative vision orientated towards publicly owned and participatory systems.<br />
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Spinprofiles has a policy of [[SpinProfiles:A Guide to Referencing|strict referencing]] and is overseen by an [[User:Claire Robinson|Managing editor]] and a [[User:David|Sysop]] and several Associate Portal editors. The Editors of the Water Portal are [[User:Tommy|Tommy Kane]] and [[User:Kyle_R_Mitchell|Kyle Mitchell]].<br />
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*[[Water Integrity Network]]<br />
*[[International Chamber of Commerce]]<br />
*[[European Services Forum]]<br />
*[[Margaret Catley-Carlson]]<br />
*[[DFID]]<br />
*[[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]]<br />
*[[Scottish CBI]]<br />
*[[Regulatory Policy Institute]]<br />
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Water is vital to life. It is the essential component in all aspects and activities related to our well-being and existence – including food and energy production and manufacturing in general. It’s clear that if our water supply continues to dwindle, and/or, if water became unaffordable, our lives would be detrimentally transformed. Billions of people are already experiencing and suffering from the mismanagement and unequal allocation of water. Between 1.1 and 1.5 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. 2.2 million people die each year due to low quality drinking water and/or lack of sanitation – that is 42,000 people per week, 90 percent of whom are children (WHO/UNICET:2005). Exclusion to socially necessary goods and services such as fresh water has horrific consequences that are catastrophic, yet entirely preventable. <br />
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The struggle over fresh water goods and services has taken the form of a conflict over increasing commercialisation, privatisation and liberalisation. This struggle takes place in an era of economic globalisation where neoliberal policies transform all forms of social reproduction so that all goods and services that were once held in common (things such as fresh water, education and healthcare etc.) are increasingly exposed to the free market and in many cases transformed into a form of private property. <br />
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This regulatory shift – from public to private – is by no means inevitable. The processes that facilitate this shift are a direct result of political and corporate elites exercising their power and will, through an organised network of connections, in order to achieve the free market conditions that are necessary to expand the reach of capital. <br />
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The Water Portal of SpinProfiles intends to expose and document the interlocking relationships between the political and corporate water elites. The aggregated contributions on the Water Portal will ultimately reveal the elite social structure within which these elites operate, thus exposing the global water industry accordingly. <br />
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* Water scarcity: a real crisis or an imbalance between production, distribution and consumption in the context of global capitalism? <br />
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Karen Bakker, Neoliberalizing Nature? Market Environmentalism in Water Supply in England and Wales, [http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~bakker/PDF/neoliberalizing.pdf ''Forum on Privatisation and the Public Domain''], 2005.<br />
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Karen Bakker, Water: commons or commodity? [http://www.forumonpublicdomain.ca/files/Bakker%20alternatives%20article.pdf ''The Forum of Privatisation and the Public Domain''], 2003.<br />
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Maude Barlow, Our Water Commons – Toward a new fresh water narrative, [http://www.canadians.org/water/publications/water%20commons/index.html ''Council of Canadians''], 2008.<br />
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Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke, Who Owns Water? [http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/whoOwnsWater.pdf ''The Nation''], 2002.<br />
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Grusky, Sara & Maj Fiil-Flynn, Will the World Bank Back Down? Water Privatization in a Climate of Global Protest 2004, [http://www.citizen.org/documents/worldbank2004.pdf ''Public Citizen''], 2004.<br />
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Friends of the Earth, Privatization: Nature for Sale; The Impacts of Privatizing Water and Biodiversity, [http://www.foei.org/publications/pdfs/privatization.pdf ''Friends of the Earth''], 2005.<br />
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David Hall & Emanuele, Lobina, Water as a Public Service, [http://www.psiru.org/reports/2007-01-W-waaps.pdf ''PSIRU''], 2006.<br />
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Erik Swyngedouw, Privatising H20: Turning Local Waters into Global Money, [http://www.ru.nl/socgeo/colloquium/water.pdf ''Austrian Journal of Development''], 2003.<br />
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Eric Swyngedou, RE-TOOLING THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS: The contradictions of urbanising H2O under neo-liberalism<br />
[http://www.nu.ac.za/ccs/files/Swyngedouw%20CCS%20paper%203%20July%202008.pdf The Centre For Civil Society South Africa], 2008<br />
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Bill Marsden, Cholera and the Age of the Water Barons<br />
[http://projects.publicintegrity.org/water/report.aspx?aid=44 The Water Barons - The Center For Public Integrity], 2003<br />
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Daniel Politi, Privatizing Water: What the European Commission Doesn't Want You to Know, <br />
[http://projects.publicintegrity.org/water/report.aspx?aid=988 The Water Barons - The Center For Public Integrity]<br />
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Kyle Mitchell and Tommy Kane, Money in the Water<br />
[http://www.scottishleftreview.org/li/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=1 The Scottish Left Review], 2008<br />
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Kyle Mitchell and Tommy Kane, Governance of Water,<br />
[http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=7351 Senscot]<br />
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Pratap Ravindran, Water privatisation — Reaching epidemic proportions <br />
[http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/2003/03/25/stories/2003032500030800.htm Hindu Business Line]<br />
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Prof. Christine Cooper, Dr. William Dinan, Tommy Kane, Prof. David Miller and Shona Russell, Scottish Water The drift to privatisation and how democratisation could improve efficiency and lower costs<br />
[http://www.publicinterest.ac.uk/ Public Interest Research Network, Scotland] <br />
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Naran Prasad, Water and sanitation privatisation: do poor people benefit? <br />
[http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=0&i=u6np1g1&u=493be1ee ID21 Urban Development]<br />
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'''Water Websites:'''<br />
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[http://www.righttowater.ca/ Right to Water] <br />
Launched by the Blue Planet Project, this is an excellent website with an extensive list of water resources. <br />
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[http://blueplanetproject.net/ Blue Planet Project]<br />
A global initiative working with partners around the world to achieve the goal of water justice.<br />
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[http://www.canadians.org/water/index.html Council of Canadians]<br />
Canada’s largest citizen’s organisation which promotes progressive policies in their numerous campaigns including, water, health care, trade, energy, food and peace amongst others.<br />
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[http://onthecommons.org/topic.php?topic=121 On the Commons]<br />
A network of citizens and organisations that champions the cause of the commons on many fronts.<br />
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[http://www.watertime.net/ Watertime]<br />
A research project funded by the European Commission and carried out by various research Partners including [http://www.psiru.org/ PSIRU]<br />
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[http://www.waterjustice.org/ Water Justice]<br />
Waterjustice.org is focused on alternatives to water privatisation and how to finance public water, it is a virtual resource centre and meeting place for exchanging experiences, debate and strategies.<br />
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[http://www.epsu.org/r/38 European Federation of Public Sector Unions (EPSU)]<br />
EPSU represents Europe’s water and sewerage workers in both public and private companies<br />
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[http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=l&w=e6 Id21 Natural Resources - Water Page]<br />
id21 is a research reporting service, bringing you UK-sourced research on developing countries<br />
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[http://www.waterwiki.net/index.php?title=Category:Publication&until=Poland%2C+Millennium+Development+Goals+Report Publications Waterwiki]<br />
UN Waterwiki with various resources and used as a knowledge "map" and on-line collaboration platform for Water Practitioners WORLDWIDE <br />
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[http://www.waterwebster.com/index.htm Water Webster]<br />
A web portal offering news and information about water today<br />
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[http://www.euwfd.com/index.html]<br />
A website, managed by the [http://www.fwr.org/ Foundation For Water Research], providing information relating to the Water Framework Directive. <br />
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'''Water Journals'''<br />
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[http://www.water-alternatives.org/ Water Alternatives]<br />
An Inter-Disciplinary Journal on Water, Politics and Development<br />
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[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/lgd/2008_1/ Law, Justice and Social Development Issue 2008 (1) Water Issue]<br />
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'''Water Books:'''<br />
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Barlow, Maude (2007), ‘Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. <br />
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Barlow, Maude, & Clarke, Tony, (2002), ‘Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World’s Water’, Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited.<br />
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Black, Maggie, (2004), ‘The No-nonsense Guide to Water’, Toronto: New Internationalist Publications.<br />
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Clarke, Tony, (2005), ‘Inside the Bottle: An Expose of the Bottled Water Industry’, Ottawa: Polaris Institute.<br />
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Hoedman, O, (et al) (2005), [http://www.waterjustice.org/?mi=23 'Reclaiming Public Water, Achievements, struggles and visions from around the world'] Transnational Institute, Corporate European Observatory <br />
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Holland, Sjolander, Ann-Christin, (2005), ‘The Water Business: Corporations Versus People’, Black Point: Fernwood Publishing.<br />
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Petrella, Ricardo, (2001) 'The Water Manifesto', Arguments for a World Water Contract', London: Zed Books. <br />
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Shiva, Vandana (2002), ‘Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, Profit’, Cambridge Massachusetts: South End Press.<br />
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[[category:Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Canadian_Council_of_Chief_Executives&diff=71919Canadian Council of Chief Executives2008-12-06T00:21:47Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
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<div>The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), founded in 1976 and formerly known as the Business Council on National Issues, is a lobby group based in Ottawa Canada that represents business interests in Canada and around the world. By their own account they have “played a private sector leadership role in shaping fiscal, taxation, trade, competition, energy, environmental, education and corporate governance policies.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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The council states, “As Canada entered the 21st century, it became clear that ‘national issues’ increasingly had global dimensions. Addressing the key challenges facing the country therefore required a much greater degree of global engagement on the part of Canadian chief executives.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/history.php History and Background], accessed 5 December 2008.</ref> To this end, the council are vehement supporters of the [[North American Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and, along with the [[North Amercian Competitiveness Council]] (NACC), co-govern the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). The organisation claims that they are a “not-for-profit”, “non-partisan” organisation composed of CEOs and entrepreneurs, who collectively are responsible for administering C$3.5 trillion in assets and who have annual revenues in excess of C$800 billion. <ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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In 2003 the CCCE raised $2 million to launch the North American Peace and Prosperity Initiative, now called the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). Maude Barlow notes of the initiative, “This process culminated in a 2004 report calling on the Canadian government to seek a new relationship with the United States based on the twin notions of security and prosperity, in order to keep the border open to Canadian exports.” Barlow points out that the initiative recommended, “harmonized policies, including security and defense, immigration and customs, trade and commerce and a North American resource pact”<ref>Maude Barlow (2007) 'Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. p.194.</ref> In March of 2005 the Prime Minister of Canada, [[Paul Martin]], along with Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]] and US President [[George W. Bush]] signed the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] agreement. Though water is not specifically mentioned under the ‘resource pact’ it is not exempted. <br />
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Critics are concerned that the ‘negotiation of a comprehensive resource security pact’ would further open up markets in the areas of agricultural and forest products as well as energy, metals and minerals, including water. These resources would be considered continental resources under the SPP agreement and, consequently, countries’ ability to make decisions in their own national interests would be circumscribed as a result. <br />
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The Chief Executive and President of the CCCE is [[Thomas d’Aquino]]. Mr. d’Aquino is chief of policy and strategy. The Council’s Chairperson is [[Gordon M. Nixon]], President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Royal Bank of Canada]].<br />
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==Executive Committee Members==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[Hartley T. Richardson]] – [[James Richardson & Sons, Limited]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
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==The Board of Directors==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[J. Bruce Flatt]] – [[Brookfield Asset Management Inc.]]<br />
* [[Ronald N. Mannix]] – [[Coril Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[John C. Risley]] – [[Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.]]<br />
* [[Serge Godin]] – [[CGI Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[N. Murray Edwards]] – [[Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[David A. Ganong]] – [[Ganong Bros. Limited]]<br />
* [[M. Elyse Allan]] – [[General Electric Canada]]<br />
* [[Annette Verschuren]] – [[The Home Depot]] Canada and Asia<br />
* [[Paul J. Hill]] – [[Harvard Developments Inc.]] – [[A Hill Company]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Jeffrey M. Lipton]] – [[NOVA Chemicals]]<br />
* [[Ron A. Brenneman]] – [[Petro-Canada]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Richard B. Evans]] – [[Rio Tinto Alcan]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
* [[W. Edmund Clark]] – [[TD Bank Financial Group]]<br />
* [[Donald R. Lindsay]] – [[Teck Cominco Limited]]<br />
* [[Darren Entwistle]] – [[Telus]]<br />
* [[W. Geoffrey Beattie]] – [[The Woodbridge Company Limited]]<br />
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[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Canadian_Council_of_Chief_Executives&diff=71918Canadian Council of Chief Executives2008-12-06T00:21:11Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), founded in 1976 and formerly known as the Business Council on National Issues, is a lobby group based in Ottawa Canada that represents business interests in Canada and around the world. By their own account they have “played a private sector leadership role in shaping fiscal, taxation, trade, competition, energy, environmental, education and corporate governance policies.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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The council states, “As Canada entered the 21st century, it became clear that ‘national issues’ increasingly had global dimensions. Addressing the key challenges facing the country therefore required a much greater degree of global engagement on the part of Canadian chief executives.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/history.php History and Background], accessed 5 December 2008.</ref> To this end, the council are vehement supporters of the [[North American Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and, along with the [[North Amercian Competitiveness Council]] (NACC), co-govern the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). The organisation claims that they are a “not-for-profit”, “non-partisan” organisation composed of CEOs and entrepreneurs, who collectively are responsible for administering Cdn$3.5 trillion in assets and who have annual revenues in excess of C$800 billion. <ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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In 2003 the CCCE raised $2 million to launch the North American Peace and Prosperity Initiative, now called the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). Maude Barlow notes of the initiative, “This process culminated in a 2004 report calling on the Canadian government to seek a new relationship with the United States based on the twin notions of security and prosperity, in order to keep the border open to Canadian exports.” Barlow points out that the initiative recommended, “harmonized policies, including security and defense, immigration and customs, trade and commerce and a North American resource pact”<ref>Maude Barlow (2007) 'Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. p.194.</ref> In March of 2005 the Prime Minister of Canada, [[Paul Martin]], along with Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]] and US President [[George W. Bush]] signed the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] agreement. Though water is not specifically mentioned under the ‘resource pact’ it is not exempted. <br />
<br />
Critics are concerned that the ‘negotiation of a comprehensive resource security pact’ would further open up markets in the areas of agricultural and forest products as well as energy, metals and minerals, including water. These resources would be considered continental resources under the SPP agreement and, consequently, countries’ ability to make decisions in their own national interests would be circumscribed as a result. <br />
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The Chief Executive and President of the CCCE is [[Thomas d’Aquino]]. Mr. d’Aquino is chief of policy and strategy. The Council’s Chairperson is [[Gordon M. Nixon]], President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Royal Bank of Canada]].<br />
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==Executive Committee Members==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[Hartley T. Richardson]] – [[James Richardson & Sons, Limited]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
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==The Board of Directors==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[J. Bruce Flatt]] – [[Brookfield Asset Management Inc.]]<br />
* [[Ronald N. Mannix]] – [[Coril Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[John C. Risley]] – [[Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.]]<br />
* [[Serge Godin]] – [[CGI Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[N. Murray Edwards]] – [[Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[David A. Ganong]] – [[Ganong Bros. Limited]]<br />
* [[M. Elyse Allan]] – [[General Electric Canada]]<br />
* [[Annette Verschuren]] – [[The Home Depot]] Canada and Asia<br />
* [[Paul J. Hill]] – [[Harvard Developments Inc.]] – [[A Hill Company]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Jeffrey M. Lipton]] – [[NOVA Chemicals]]<br />
* [[Ron A. Brenneman]] – [[Petro-Canada]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Richard B. Evans]] – [[Rio Tinto Alcan]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
* [[W. Edmund Clark]] – [[TD Bank Financial Group]]<br />
* [[Donald R. Lindsay]] – [[Teck Cominco Limited]]<br />
* [[Darren Entwistle]] – [[Telus]]<br />
* [[W. Geoffrey Beattie]] – [[The Woodbridge Company Limited]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Canadian_Council_of_Chief_Executives&diff=71917Canadian Council of Chief Executives2008-12-06T00:20:46Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), founded in 1976 and formerly known as the Business Council on National Issues, is a lobby group based in Ottawa Canada that represents business interests in Canada and around the world. By their own account they have “played a private sector leadership role in shaping fiscal, taxation, trade, competition, energy, environmental, education and corporate governance policies.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The council states, “As Canada entered the 21st century, it became clear that ‘national issues’ increasingly had global dimensions. Addressing the key challenges facing the country therefore required a much greater degree of global engagement on the part of Canadian chief executives.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/history.php History and Background], accessed 5 December 2008.</ref> To this end, the council are vehement supporters of the [[North American Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and, along with the [[North Amercian Competitiveness Council]] (NACC)co-govern the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). The organisation claims that they are a “not-for-profit”, “non-partisan” organisation composed of CEOs and entrepreneurs, who collectively are responsible for administering Cdn$3.5 trillion in assets and who have annual revenues in excess of C$800 billion. <ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
In 2003 the CCCE raised $2 million to launch the North American Peace and Prosperity Initiative, now called the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). Maude Barlow notes of the initiative, “This process culminated in a 2004 report calling on the Canadian government to seek a new relationship with the United States based on the twin notions of security and prosperity, in order to keep the border open to Canadian exports.” Barlow points out that the initiative recommended, “harmonized policies, including security and defense, immigration and customs, trade and commerce and a North American resource pact”<ref>Maude Barlow (2007) 'Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. p.194.</ref> In March of 2005 the Prime Minister of Canada, [[Paul Martin]], along with Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]] and US President [[George W. Bush]] signed the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] agreement. Though water is not specifically mentioned under the ‘resource pact’ it is not exempted. <br />
<br />
Critics are concerned that the ‘negotiation of a comprehensive resource security pact’ would further open up markets in the areas of agricultural and forest products as well as energy, metals and minerals, including water. These resources would be considered continental resources under the SPP agreement and, consequently, countries’ ability to make decisions in their own national interests would be circumscribed as a result. <br />
<br />
The Chief Executive and President of the CCCE is [[Thomas d’Aquino]]. Mr. d’Aquino is chief of policy and strategy. The Council’s Chairperson is [[Gordon M. Nixon]], President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Royal Bank of Canada]].<br />
<br />
==Executive Committee Members==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[Hartley T. Richardson]] – [[James Richardson & Sons, Limited]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
<br />
==The Board of Directors==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[J. Bruce Flatt]] – [[Brookfield Asset Management Inc.]]<br />
* [[Ronald N. Mannix]] – [[Coril Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[John C. Risley]] – [[Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.]]<br />
* [[Serge Godin]] – [[CGI Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[N. Murray Edwards]] – [[Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[David A. Ganong]] – [[Ganong Bros. Limited]]<br />
* [[M. Elyse Allan]] – [[General Electric Canada]]<br />
* [[Annette Verschuren]] – [[The Home Depot]] Canada and Asia<br />
* [[Paul J. Hill]] – [[Harvard Developments Inc.]] – [[A Hill Company]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Jeffrey M. Lipton]] – [[NOVA Chemicals]]<br />
* [[Ron A. Brenneman]] – [[Petro-Canada]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Richard B. Evans]] – [[Rio Tinto Alcan]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
* [[W. Edmund Clark]] – [[TD Bank Financial Group]]<br />
* [[Donald R. Lindsay]] – [[Teck Cominco Limited]]<br />
* [[Darren Entwistle]] – [[Telus]]<br />
* [[W. Geoffrey Beattie]] – [[The Woodbridge Company Limited]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Canadian_Council_of_Chief_Executives&diff=71916Canadian Council of Chief Executives2008-12-06T00:18:07Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), founded in 1976 and formerly known as the Business Council on National Issues, is a lobby group based in Ottawa Canada that represents business interests in Canada and around the world. By their own account they have “played a private sector leadership role in shaping fiscal, taxation, trade, competition, energy, environmental, education and corporate governance policies.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The council states, “As Canada entered the 21st century, it became clear that ‘national issues’ increasingly had global dimensions. Addressing the key challenges facing the country therefore required a much greater degree of global engagement on the part of Canadian chief executives.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/history.php History and Background], accessed 5 December 2008.</ref> To this end, the council are vehement supporters of the [[North American Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and co-governors of the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). The organisation claims that they are a “not-for-profit”, “non-partisan” organisation composed of CEOs and entrepreneurs, who collectively are responsible for administering Cdn$3.5 trillion in assets and who have annual revenues in excess of C$800 billion. <ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
In 2003 the CCCE raised $2 million to launch the North American Peace and Prosperity Initiative, now called the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). Maude Barlow notes of the initiative, “This process culminated in a 2004 report calling on the Canadian government to seek a new relationship with the United States based on the twin notions of security and prosperity, in order to keep the border open to Canadian exports.” Barlow points out that the initiative recommended, “harmonized policies, including security and defense, immigration and customs, trade and commerce and a North American resource pact”<ref>Maude Barlow (2007) 'Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. p.194.</ref> In March of 2005 the Prime Minister of Canada, [[Paul Martin]], along with Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]] and US President [[George W. Bush]] signed the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] agreement. Though water is not specifically mentioned under the ‘resource pact’ it is not exempted. <br />
<br />
Critics are concerned that the ‘negotiation of a comprehensive resource security pact’ would further open up markets in the areas of agricultural and forest products as well as energy, metals and minerals, including water. These resources would be considered continental resources under the SPP agreement and, consequently, countries’ ability to make decisions in their own national interests would be circumscribed as a result. <br />
<br />
The Chief Executive and President of the CCCE is [[Thomas d’Aquino]]. Mr. d’Aquino is chief of policy and strategy. The Council’s Chairperson is [[Gordon M. Nixon]], President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Royal Bank of Canada]].<br />
<br />
==Executive Committee Members==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[Hartley T. Richardson]] – [[James Richardson & Sons, Limited]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
<br />
==The Board of Directors==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[J. Bruce Flatt]] – [[Brookfield Asset Management Inc.]]<br />
* [[Ronald N. Mannix]] – [[Coril Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[John C. Risley]] – [[Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.]]<br />
* [[Serge Godin]] – [[CGI Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[N. Murray Edwards]] – [[Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[David A. Ganong]] – [[Ganong Bros. Limited]]<br />
* [[M. Elyse Allan]] – [[General Electric Canada]]<br />
* [[Annette Verschuren]] – [[The Home Depot]] Canada and Asia<br />
* [[Paul J. Hill]] – [[Harvard Developments Inc.]] – [[A Hill Company]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Jeffrey M. Lipton]] – [[NOVA Chemicals]]<br />
* [[Ron A. Brenneman]] – [[Petro-Canada]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Richard B. Evans]] – [[Rio Tinto Alcan]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
* [[W. Edmund Clark]] – [[TD Bank Financial Group]]<br />
* [[Donald R. Lindsay]] – [[Teck Cominco Limited]]<br />
* [[Darren Entwistle]] – [[Telus]]<br />
* [[W. Geoffrey Beattie]] – [[The Woodbridge Company Limited]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Canadian_Council_of_Chief_Executives&diff=71915Canadian Council of Chief Executives2008-12-06T00:17:09Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), formerly known and founded in 1976 as the Business Council on National Issues, is a lobby group based in Ottawa Canada that represents business interests in Canada and around the world. By their own account they have “played a private sector leadership role in shaping fiscal, taxation, trade, competition, energy, environmental, education and corporate governance policies.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The council states, “As Canada entered the 21st century, it became clear that ‘national issues’ increasingly had global dimensions. Addressing the key challenges facing the country therefore required a much greater degree of global engagement on the part of Canadian chief executives.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/history.php History and Background], accessed 5 December 2008.</ref> To this end, the council are vehement supporters of the [[North American Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and co-governors of the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). The organisation claims that they are a “not-for-profit”, “non-partisan” organisation composed of CEOs and entrepreneurs, who collectively are responsible for administering Cdn$3.5 trillion in assets and who have annual revenues in excess of C$800 billion. <ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
In 2003 the CCCE raised $2 million to launch the North American Peace and Prosperity Initiative, now called the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). Maude Barlow notes of the initiative, “This process culminated in a 2004 report calling on the Canadian government to seek a new relationship with the United States based on the twin notions of security and prosperity, in order to keep the border open to Canadian exports.” Barlow points out that the initiative recommended, “harmonized policies, including security and defense, immigration and customs, trade and commerce and a North American resource pact”<ref>Maude Barlow (2007) 'Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. p.194.</ref> In March of 2005 the Prime Minister of Canada, [[Paul Martin]], along with Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]] and US President [[George W. Bush]] signed the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] agreement. Though water is not specifically mentioned under the ‘resource pact’ it is not exempted. <br />
<br />
Critics are concerned that the ‘negotiation of a comprehensive resource security pact’ would further open up markets in the areas of agricultural and forest products as well as energy, metals and minerals, including water. These resources would be considered continental resources under the SPP agreement and, consequently, countries’ ability to make decisions in their own national interests would be circumscribed as a result. <br />
<br />
The Chief Executive and President of the CCCE is [[Thomas d’Aquino]]. Mr. d’Aquino is chief of policy and strategy. The Council’s Chairperson is [[Gordon M. Nixon]], President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Royal Bank of Canada]].<br />
<br />
==Executive Committee Members==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[Hartley T. Richardson]] – [[James Richardson & Sons, Limited]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
<br />
==The Board of Directors==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[J. Bruce Flatt]] – [[Brookfield Asset Management Inc.]]<br />
* [[Ronald N. Mannix]] – [[Coril Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[John C. Risley]] – [[Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.]]<br />
* [[Serge Godin]] – [[CGI Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[N. Murray Edwards]] – [[Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[David A. Ganong]] – [[Ganong Bros. Limited]]<br />
* [[M. Elyse Allan]] – [[General Electric Canada]]<br />
* [[Annette Verschuren]] – [[The Home Depot]] Canada and Asia<br />
* [[Paul J. Hill]] – [[Harvard Developments Inc.]] – [[A Hill Company]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Jeffrey M. Lipton]] – [[NOVA Chemicals]]<br />
* [[Ron A. Brenneman]] – [[Petro-Canada]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Richard B. Evans]] – [[Rio Tinto Alcan]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
* [[W. Edmund Clark]] – [[TD Bank Financial Group]]<br />
* [[Donald R. Lindsay]] – [[Teck Cominco Limited]]<br />
* [[Darren Entwistle]] – [[Telus]]<br />
* [[W. Geoffrey Beattie]] – [[The Woodbridge Company Limited]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Canadian_Council_of_Chief_Executives&diff=71914Canadian Council of Chief Executives2008-12-06T00:14:38Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), formerly known and founded in 1976 as the Business Council on National Issues, is a lobby group based in Ottawa Canada that represents business interests in Canada and around the world. By their own account they have “played a private sector leadership role in shaping fiscal, taxation, trade, competition, energy, environmental, education and corporate governance policies.”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The council states, “As Canada entered the 21st century, it became clear that ‘national issues’ increasingly had global dimensions. Addressing the key challenges facing the country therefore required a much greater degree of global engagement on the part of Canadian chief executives”<ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/history.php History and Background], accessed 5 December 2008. TO this end, the council are vehement supporters of the [[North American Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and co-governors of the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). The organisation claims that they are a “not-for-profit”, “non-partisan” organisation composed of CEOs and entrepreneurs, who collectively are responsible for administering Cdn$3.5 trillion in assets and who have annual revenues in excess of C$800 billion. <ref>Canadian Council of Chief Executives, [http://www.ceocouncil.ca/en/about/about.php About CCCE], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
In 2003 the CCCE raised $2 million to launch the North American Peace and Prosperity Initiative, now called the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP). Maude Barlow notes of the initiative, “This process culminated in a 2004 report calling on the Canadian government to seek a new relationship with the United States based on the twin notions of security and prosperity, in order to keep the border open to Canadian exports.” Barlow points out that the initiative recommended, “harmonized policies, including security and defense, immigration and customs, trade and commerce and a North American resource pact”<ref>Maude Barlow (2007) 'Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. p.194.</ref> In March of 2005 the Prime Minister of Canada, [[Paul Martin]], along with Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]] and US President [[George W. Bush]] signed the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] agreement. Though water is not specifically mentioned under the ‘resource pact’ it is not exempted. <br />
<br />
Critics are concerned that the ‘negotiation of a comprehensive resource security pact’ would further open up markets in the areas of agricultural and forest products as well as energy, metals and minerals, including water. These resources would be considered continental resources under the SPP agreement and, consequently, countries’ ability to make decisions in their own national interests would be circumscribed as a result. <br />
<br />
The Chief Executive and President of the CCCE is [[Thomas d’Aquino]]. Mr. d’Aquino is chief of policy and strategy. The Council’s Chairperson is [[Gordon M. Nixon]], President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Royal Bank of Canada]].<br />
<br />
==Executive Committee Members==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[Hartley T. Richardson]] – [[James Richardson & Sons, Limited]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
<br />
==The Board of Directors==<br />
* [[Thomas d’Aquino]] – [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]]<br />
* [[J. Bruce Flatt]] – [[Brookfield Asset Management Inc.]]<br />
* [[Ronald N. Mannix]] – [[Coril Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[John C. Risley]] – [[Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.]]<br />
* [[Serge Godin]] – [[CGI Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[N. Murray Edwards]] – [[Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.]]<br />
* [[David A. Ganong]] – [[Ganong Bros. Limited]]<br />
* [[M. Elyse Allan]] – [[General Electric Canada]]<br />
* [[Annette Verschuren]] – [[The Home Depot]] Canada and Asia<br />
* [[Paul J. Hill]] – [[Harvard Developments Inc.]] – [[A Hill Company]]<br />
* [[Dominic D’Alessandro]] – [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
* [[Jeffrey M. Lipton]] – [[NOVA Chemicals]]<br />
* [[Ron A. Brenneman]] – [[Petro-Canada]]<br />
* [[Paul Desmarais, Jr.]] – [[Power Corporation of Canada]]<br />
* [[Richard B. Evans]] – [[Rio Tinto Alcan]]<br />
* [[Gordon M. Nixon]] – [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
* [[Jacques Lamarre]] – [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
* [[Richard L. George]] – [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
* [[W. Edmund Clark]] – [[TD Bank Financial Group]]<br />
* [[Donald R. Lindsay]] – [[Teck Cominco Limited]]<br />
* [[Darren Entwistle]] – [[Telus]]<br />
* [[W. Geoffrey Beattie]] – [[The Woodbridge Company Limited]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]<br />
[[Category: Water]]</div>Kyle R Mitchellhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=North_American_Competitiveness_Council&diff=71879North American Competitiveness Council2008-12-05T16:10:52Z<p>Kyle R Mitchell: </p>
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<div>North American leaders thought that in order to accelerate the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America (SPP), they would need strong private sector support and advice.<ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [http://www.aaccla.org/issues/index/international/nacc.htm North American Competitiveness Council (NACC)], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> This would arrive in the form of the North American Competitiveness Council (NACC). The [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] notes, “the creation of the NACC not only provides a voice for the private sector, it also engages them as partners in finding solutions.”<ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [http://www.aaccla.org/NR/rdonlyres/eytj3eowm6hak6mtvk3rnqydukoqzd3273kpae4i2artdkyldxxarq62bgkn773srmmwwvgrbgz2yvuwfb3pnba2e4f/02FrequentlyAskedQuestionsFAQs.pdf Frequently Asked Questions], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> In partnership with the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE) the NACC was established to co-govern the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership]] of North America. <br />
<br />
The NACC is made up of thirty North American corporations, including [[Lockheed Martin]], [[Procter & Gamble]], [[Chevron]], [[ExxonMobil]], [[General Motors]], [[ManuLife]], [[Suncor Energy Inc.]], and [[General Electric]] who recently entered into the water industry (find an exhaustive list of the members below).<ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [http://www.aaccla.org/NR/rdonlyres/eytj3eowm6hak6mtvk3rnqydukoqzd3273kpae4i2artdkyldxxarq62bgkn773srmmwwvgrbgz2yvuwfb3pnba2e4f/02FrequentlyAskedQuestionsFAQs.pdf Frequently Asked Questions], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> The secretariats of the NACC are the [[Canadian Council of Chief Executives]] (CCCE), the [[Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad]] (IMCO), the [[Council of the Americas]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]. <ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [http://www.aaccla.org/NR/rdonlyres/eytj3eowm6hak6mtvk3rnqydukoqzd3273kpae4i2artdkyldxxarq62bgkn773srmmwwvgrbgz2yvuwfb3pnba2e4f/02FrequentlyAskedQuestionsFAQs.pdf Frequently Asked Questions], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
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The NACC proposed 51 recommendations for action in three general areas: border crossing facilitation; standards and regulatory cooperation; and energy integration. <ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [http://www.aaccla.org/issues/index/international/nacc.htm North American Competitiveness Council (NACC)], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> As Teresa Healy suggests, these recommendations are “Designed to build consensus for amore ambitious plan for the ongoing restructuring of North American. These include calls to build a commons security perimeter; agree to a unified border action plan, including a North American pass with biometric identifiers; expand customs facilities; establish a common tariff; develop a commons energy strategy and a regional alternative to Kyoto; revisit NAFTA to include excluded sectors; develop a common regulatory plan; expand the Temporary Foreign Worker program; increase foreign investment in Mexico’s energy sector; and convene an annual North American Leaders' Summit”<ref>Teresa Healy, [http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2008/HarperRecord/The_Harper_Record.pdf The Harper Record, p.13], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> <br />
<br />
The ambitious, highly politically sensitive and secretive project has three time frames, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: “those that can be accomplished immediately, those that can be accomplished before the end of 2008, and those that will require additional time to address, with a goal of completion by 2010.” <ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [http://www.aaccla.org/issues/index/international/nacc.htm North American Competitiveness Council (NACC)], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref><br />
<br />
The first report of the NACC was presented to Prime Minster [[Stephen Harper]] of Canada, President [[Felipe Calderon]] of Mexico, and President [[George W. Bush]] of the US during the North American Leaders’ Summit in Montebello, Quebec in August of 2007.<ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [http://www.aaccla.org/issues/index/international/nacc.htm North American Competitiveness Council (NACC)], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref> The report was presented in the form of a report card outlining the progress made on 51 previous recommendations for action. The second report was presented to the leaders during the North American Leaders’ Summit in New Orleans where the NACC and the three leaders reviewed progress and made additional recommendations for further action. <br />
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Commenting on the objective of the NACC as well as the supposed success and proposed extension of NAFTA, the U.S. Chamber of commerce suggests, “The first priority, improving the secure flow of goods and people within North<br />
America, is essential to the global competitiveness of enterprises in all three<br />
countries. Because production patterns within North America have become so closely<br />
integrated, any tightening of the borders between Canada, Mexico, and the United<br />
States threatens to erode the North American advantage created by the NAFTA.”<ref>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, [http://www.uschamber.com/NR/rdonlyres/exk3zkh2sbmotzs5qmzv24wzakqzokii6zl7rtxqxd4ce7hauejqtlivmhrkirpczmn6gukwlg4iskst3u4vdfvce3e/12NACCReporttoMinistersFebruary232007.pdf Enhancing Competitiveness in Canada, Mexico, and the United States: Private-Sector Priorities for the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), p.3], accessed 4 December 2008.</ref><br />
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===Members of the NACC===<br />
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====US Members==== <br />
*[[Campbell Soup Company]]<br />
*[[Chevron]]<br />
*[[Chrysler LLC]]<br />
*[[Con-way Inc.]]<br />
*[[ExxonMobil]]<br />
*[[FedEx Corporation]]<br />
*[[General Motors Corporation]]<br />
*[[Kansas City Southern]]<br />
*[[Lockheed Martin Corporation]]<br />
*[[MetLife]]<br />
*[[NBCU]] / [[General Electric]]<br />
*[[Procter & Gamble]]<br />
*[[UPS]]<br />
*[[Whirlpool Corporation]]<br />
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====Canadian Members====<br />
*[[Dominic D’Alessandro]], President and CEO, [[Manulife Financial]]<br />
*[[Bruce Flatt]], President and CEO, [[Brookfield Asset Management Inc.]]<br />
*[[David A. Ganong]], President, [[Ganong Bros. Limited]]<br />
*[[Richard L. George]], President and CEO, [[Suncor Energy Inc.]]<br />
*[[Linda Hasenfratz]], CEO, [[Linamar Corporation]]<br />
*[[Jacques Lamarre]], President and CEO, [[SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.]]<br />
*[[Gordon Nixon]], President and CEO, [[Royal Bank of Canada]]<br />
*[[Nancy Southern]], President and CEO, [[ATCO Group]]<br />
*[[Marc P. Tellier]], President and Chief Executive Officer, [[Yellow Pages<br />
Group Co.]]<br />
*[[Annette Verschuren]], President, [[The Home Depot]] Canada<br />
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====Mexican Members====<br />
*[[César de Anda Molina]], President and CEO, [[Avicar de Occidente]]<br />
*[[José Luis Barraza]], President, [[Grupo Impulso, S.A. de C.V.]]<br />
*[[Luis Berrondo Ávalos]], Chairman of the Board, [[MABE]]<br />
*[[Eugenio Garza Herrera]], Chairman and CEO, [[XIGNUX, S.A. de C.V.]]<br />
*[[Claudio González Laporte]], Chairman and CEO, [[Kimberly-Clark de<br />
Mèxico, S.A. de C.V.]]<br />
*[[Armando Paredes Arroyo]], President, [[Consejo Coordinator Empresarial]]<br />
(CCE)<br />
*[[Ismael Plascencia]], President, [[Confederación de Cámaras Industriales]]<br />
(CONCAMIN)<br />
*[[Daniel Servitje Montull]], CEO, [[Grupo BIMBO, S.A.B. de C.V.]]<br />
*[[Guillermo Vogel]], Vice Chairman, [[TAMSA American Iron and Steel<br />
Institute]], Chairman, [[North American Steel Council]]<br />
*[[Jaime Yesaki Cavazos]], President, [[Consejo National Agropecuario]] (CNA)<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category: Water]]<br />
[[Category:Water: Think Tanks]]<br />
[[Category:Lobbying Groups]]</div>Kyle R Mitchell