AquaFed – The International Federation of Private Water Operators
AquaFed, the International Federation of Private Water Operators, brings together more than 400 private water and wastewater services providers from all over the world. Created in 2005, AquaFed is one of the few business federations recognized in the UN ECOSOC system as an NGO in special consultative status.
For many years AquaFed has been a “Friend” of UNWATER. AquaFed aims to bring practitioners’ views and experiences to international debates. Collectively, our members serve up to 1 billion people on a daily basis and transform human rights into a reality through a wide variety of contractual models.
Joint work with NGOs such as WWFP and Borda in the framework of the World Water Forums
At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, a multimedia Water Pavilion is hosted between 1 – 12 November 2021. The Water Pavilion programme offers a wide-ranging and inclusive series of events demonstrating the numerous ways that water is enabling transformative climate action – at all … Read more
World Toilet Day, 19 November, celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. Worl … Read more
On 22 March, 2021, World Water Day will be celebrated in an online event. The World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the global water crisis, and a core focus of the observance is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 20 … Read more
World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. The theme of World Water Day 2021 is va … Read more
On 16 October, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, is organizing the virtual side-event ‘Private actors, privatization and the human rights to water and sanitation’. Since 2018 the Special Rapporteur has organized a series of Human Rights Youth Challe … Read more
