World Water Council
The World Water Council (English: "World Water Council ," WWC ) is a company incorporated in 1996, political think tank based in Marseille.
The World Water Council initiated under his then President Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, which, since 1997, every three years held, the World Water Forum. The World Water Council includes 323 representatives (March 2006) (eg the World Bank), the United Nations and local governments of the economy ( for example, the French utility EDF and the construction company Mitsubishi Heavy Industry ), ministries, academia, international financial institutions. Among the founders of the " World Water Council " include the directors of international companies, such as the multinational Suez.
Objectives
According to information from the World Water Council wants to promote " awareness and action on critical issues on the subject of water at all levels, including at the highest decision-making level, and the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis to promote for the benefit of all life on Earth. " the world Water Council is funded by its own account through contributions from its members, and by the support of the city of Marseille. Individual projects of the WWC are funded by donations and grants from governments, international organizations and NGOs.
Organization
William J. Cosgrove, former Vice President of the World Bank until 2004, was Director of the World Water Council. He was succeeded on 18 March 2005 Loïc Fauchon, head of the " Groupe des Eaux de Marseille ". Loïc Fauchon was previously an advisor to the President of the WWC and then Vice President of the organization.
Criticism
Critics of the World Water Council expedite the privatization of water supply. One indication of this is the great influence of the water companies in the World Water Council. The Canadian activist Tony Clarke called the World Water Council as a " cloak of water lobby ".