Quality Has its Price! But Which? – Future of the Water Supply and Wastewater Sector

Presentation: Speech
Date: 30 October 2003
Location: Loccum, Germany
Speech: Wenke Schönfelder

The Evangelische Akademie Loccum hosted a conference on "GATS, EU-internal market and the liberalisation of general services in Germany". Wenke Hansen talked about the quality and price of water services in Europa.

Wenke Hansen presented inter alia the results of the project "International Comparison of Water Management". She addressed the evolution of prices and charges in the European water and sanitation sector, and the debate over the liberalisation of the German water sector. Together with Mr. Cronauge from the Association of Municipal Enterprises (VKU) and Dr. Verwey from Gelsenwasser AG, Wenke Hansen discussed future strategies of the German water industry in the context of current European developments.

Here you can download Wenke Hansen's presentation [pdf, 49 KB, German]. The documentation of the conference was published in book form.

International Comparison of Water Management

Year 2003

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On 15 October 2003, Wenke Hansen, Ecologic, one of the main authors of the comparative study on the international water sector presented some key messages of this study. On the occasion of the publication of the study in five volumes and the European Commission's Communication on the Internal Market Strategy the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (BAK) and the Austrian Association of Cities had invited to the event at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union in Brussels "Liberalisation of water for Europe's citizens? – The Internal Market Strategy in the light of European experiences".

International Comparison of Water Management

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