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INTEGRATED EVALUATION FOR SUSTAINABLE RIVER BASIN GOVERNANCE - ADVISOR
Edited by Nuno Videira, Giorgos Kallis, Paula Antunes and Rui Santos
IWA Publishing, January 2007, ISBN: 1843391481
(Posted 19 February 2007)

This report synthesizes the main results obtained throughout the ADVISOR research project (“Integrated Evaluation for Sustainable River Basin Governance”) funded by the European Commission, under the - ‘Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development’ theme of the 5th Framework Research Programme.

The aim of ADVISOR was to improve the understanding of evaluation processes as part of river basin planning and management and to provide a framework supported by a toolkit for the conduct of integrated and participatory evaluations.

For more details see the IWA Publishing website:
(http://www.iwapublishing.com/template.cfm?name=isbn1843391481&type=new)

WATER AND LIBERALISATION. EUROPEAN WATER SCENARIOS. ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SCENARIOS
Edited by Matthias Finger, Jeremy Allouche, Patrícia Luís-Manson
IWA Publishing, 2007, ISBN 1843391139
(Posted 19 February 2007)

The book presents the results of the EUROMARKET project that analysed the organisation of the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector in Europe. At the heart of the project was the development of possible scenarios for the future of the European WSS sector.

More information is available on the Ecologics website:
(http://www.ecologic.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1921)

DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL WATER AND WASTEWATER SECTOR
Clendan Mandri-Perrott
IWA Publishing, 132 pages, ISBN: 184339118X  Publication date: March 2007
(Posted 28 December 2006)

The purpose of this book is to provide practical guidance on how to achieve compliance with EU law principles of Competition and the Water framework Directive. It is a comprehensive assessment of the tools required to engage the private sector as a partner in helping accession countries meet WFD, one of the most important criteria for accession. By providing a critical examination of two real case studies, the reader is given a tool of possible strategies that can be used to achieve EU compliance.

For more details see the IWA Publishing website:
(http://www.iwapublishing.com/template.cfm?name=isbn184339118X)