Issue 2 - How can the private sector help provide access to drinking water in developing countries?

Aymeric Blanc graduated as an engineer from the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He joined the External Economic Relations Department of the French Ministry of Finance in 1997 and the AFD Research Department in 2005, where he works on public-private partnerships >> Read Aymeric Blanc and Lise Breuil's paper

  Lise Breuil graduated as an engineer from the École Polytechnique and the École nationale du génie rural des eaux et des forêts. Following a PhD on the renewal of PPPs in the water sector in developing countries, she held several positions at the Ministry of Ecology and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France before joining Agence française de développement’s Water and Sanitation Division in 2007 . >> Read Aymeric Blanc and Lise Breuil's paper

Alexandre Brailowsky is a medical doctor and holds qualifications in Primary Health Care in developing countries and Disaster Medicine. He has worked for both Médecins du Monde and Médecins sans Frontières. Between 1994 and 1999 he coordinated drinking water supply programs for Haiti’s slums for the GRET (research and technological exchange group). From 1999 to 2006 he was Director of Sustainable Development at “Aguas Argentinas”, Suez’s Buenos Aires subsidiary. He has been Societal Engineering Director at Suez Environment headquarters since 2006 >> Read Alexandre Brailowsky's paper

Bertrand Dardenne graduated as a civil engineer from the École Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts, holds a PhD in development economics and is a specialist in water service management in developing countries. He manages ASPA Utilities, a consulting firm specialized in drinking water and sanitation services >> Read Bertrand Dardenne's paper

Patrice Fonlladosa graduated from the Institut Français de Gestion and developed his expertise in the water sector at Veolia Environment Group. He is Chairman and CEO of Veolia Water AMI (Africa, Middle East, Indian Sub-continent), has also reorganized Veolia Water North America and successfully conducted the opening of VW AMI’s capital to institutional partners (IFC and Proparco). Finally, Patrice Fonlladosa is Chairman of the (re)sources Think Tank (www. re-sources-network.com) >> Read Patrice Fonlladosa's paper

Christoph Jakob , after studying political science and law, worked for various local and international organizations, particularly in South America and Southeast Asia. He was subsequently head of quality assurance at the Humanitarian Aid Department of SDC (Swiss cooperation) between 2002 and 2006. He has been on secondment from SDC since 2006 and works in the World Economic Forum environmental initiatives team where he is in charge of implementing platforms for water in the framework of public-private partnerships >> Read Christoph Jakob's article

Philippe Marin is a water and sanitation specialist at the World Bank. He is an agronomic engineer and also holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. An expert in water utilities reforms and public-private partnerships, he has worked in more than 40 countries on institutional reforms, infrastructure finance and utilities management, both in the private sector and several international financial institutions. He joined the World Bank Group in 2001. >> Read Philippe Marin's paper

Jean-Marie Tétard began his career at the French Ministry of the Environment in the Department of Pollution Prevention. He has also conducted various expert missions for the World Bank, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French Ministry of Equipment, and was for 5 years assistant to the Director of Urban Planning on the issue of developing countries. He is currently special advisor on essential services to the Chairman of the Institut de la Gestion Déléguée >> Read Jean-Marie Tétard's paper