Background and partners

Since 1998 the International Institute for Environment and Development, an NGO, has been working on water and sanitation issues in other area of Greater Buenos Aires in partnership with a company concessionaire of water supply and sanitation services, Aguas del Gran Buenos Aires. Up to 2001 the NGO managed in association with the Municipality of Moreno a social program for vulnerable groups (PAGV). The PPP project was formulated by the International Institute for Environment and Development and selected by UNDP.

Partners

Roles and responsibilities

Municipality of Moreno

Member of the Administrative Team for the project

Organismo Regulador de Aguas Bonaerenses

Regulatory agency

Aguas del Gran Buenos Aires

Concessionaire under contract to supply water and sanitation services to the Municipality of Moreno and other six municipalities in the Greater Buenos Aires District

International Institute for Environment and Development - Latin America

NGO

Initiated the partnership and acted as the coordinating body

Local community groups

In charge of autonomous water networks of 21 poor neighborhoods across the county of Moreno