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FAN at Bonn
- FAN coordinated the preparations of the NGO background papers to the Multistakeholder Dialogue Sessions
- FAN facilitated daily NGO strategy meetings to improve effective NGO participation in the discussions and to nominate NGO speakers for the plenary sessions
- FAN members at Bonn worked successfully at putting the following issues on the agenda:
- Prioritise water and sanitation in national development planning, poverty reduction strategies and in the use of debt relief. Debt cancellation is a prerequisite to increasing national expenditure on water supply and sanitation.
- Call for a multi-stakeholder review of donor policies in water and sanitation sector, including the promotion of the demand responsive approach and private sector participation. The review should focus on the impact of these policies on water and sanitation provision to the poor.
- Private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector should not be imposed as a conditionally for loans, aid and debt relief.
- A free lifeline supply of water to the poor and cross subsidisation mechanisation such as rising block tariffs.
- Cost recovery, if implemented, must not be a barrier to access water.
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NGO Background Papers
International Conference on Freshwater, Bonn 2001: Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Session : Background Paper of NGO Major Group on Equitable Access and Sustainable Supply of Water for the Poor
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