Characteristics and Areas of Interest WSA Public Private Partnerships
A distinctive feature of the model is that WSA, as an IGO, and in its role as intermediary and manager, not only has the ability to monitor the performance of all of the participants, including that of the Member State, but also has the ability through the Accession Agreement, Seat Agreement and Country Convention, to enforce the performance of all of the participants, with the full support of the entire membership of WSA as provided in its Constitutive Act.
In order to qualify for the preferential treatment extended to the private sector participants by the Member States to WSA PPP participants, a PPP and its business activity must first meet the following three criteria: (i) It must support the achievement of the MDGs, (ii) It must focus on supporting efficient resource development, and (iii) It must respond to the economic and social needs of the country’s population.
As of January 2009, WSA has identified 5 areas of interest to both the Public and Private sectors in which Public Private Partnerships can be created to support WSA’s activities. These areas include waste to fertilizer, waste to energy, hydro electricity, low cost housing and internet access, and can be developed as either micro integrated programs (Bio-fertilizer) or Macro programs (hydroelectricity).
Among the first of these PPP efforts was a micro integrated program created with the Republic of Niger in the sector of Waste to Fertilizer plants.
On an ongoing basis, WSA works with the public and private sectors to identify additional areas and projects which meet the Alliance’s basic criteria and which lend themselves to the WSA PPP format.
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