Call for papers for the water seminar: "The commercialisation of water delivery in Europe: examining developments and exploring opportunities for reclaiming public water"

The Reclaiming Public Water Network and the Public Interest Research Network are hosting a seminar in Brussels the 7-8 January 2008 to discuss the developments in water delivery in Europe. The seminar aims to bring together campaigners and researchers to share experiences, research and practices; to discuss the nature of public water delivery; and to develop collaborative campaigning and research networks associated with movements to defend and reclaim public water in Europe. 

Contributions

We invite a broad range of papers documenting water delivery in Europe, inclusive of management and governance issues associated with the following themes. 

-           Conceptual discussion of water delivery in Europe  

-           Campaigns against commercialisation and privatisation of water delivery

-           Examples of developments in public participation and democratisation

-           Progressive institutional policy reform at management and governance level

-           Examples of neo-liberal policy agenda proposed by European and transnational institutions

-           Developing an alternative vision of water delivery and of water governance

The deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday 30 November 2007.

Attendance

Contact Tommy Kane (thomas.kane@strath.ac.uk) to register your interest and for information about bursaries for travel.