Partners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) Initiative Les Peacock Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

The PAWS Initiative The partnership consists of Government Departments, Private Sector Companies, and Civil Society Organisations. Registered as a Type II partnership at the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Partner Organisations Babtie Group Biwater Bristol Water British Water Building Partnerships for Development (BPD) Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Department for International Development (DfID) Folkestone and Dover Water Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Game6 Halcrow Group Ltd. Halliburton Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) International Water Association (IWA) Kelda Group Midkent Water Nicholson Graham and Jones Northumbrian Water Parkman Group Severn Trent Water International Southern Water South East Water South Staffordshire Water South West Water Tearfund Thames Water UNISON Wateraid Water UK WS Atkins WTI Training Group WWF-UK

PAWS in South Africa

Managing Organisational Change Seminars Seminar on Managing Organisational Change Presented by Partners for Water and Sanitation Featuring UK speakers from Thames Water, Severn Trent Water International, UNISON, and Northumbrian Water Monday 27 th October 2003 starting at 09.00

Gariki River, Enugu, NIGERIA

Partnership Guiding Principles THE PARTNERSHIP: is guided by principles of openness, honesty, mutual respect and transparency in working together and with partner countries is committed to the involvement of all stakeholders in partner countries particularly in the communities in which the partnership is engaged works alongside existing water and sanitation initiatives and aims to complement existing activity recognises the importance of working within national and municipal programmes and frameworks THE PARTNERS: have a belief in the value and benefits of corporate social responsibility acknowledge the contributions and value of private sector and civil society engagement with government are committed to the Millennium Development Goal on Water and to the adoption of a similar target for sanitation recognise the value and importance of capacity building particularly for sustainability and replicability of water and sanitation projects will work together in an open, honest and transparent manner