Water summit 2009: To facilitate investments in the sector, CII, New Delhi

Image and Content Courtesy: Confederation of Indian Industry and Indian Business Alliance on Water Confederation of Indian Industry, is organizing the 6^th edition of the "Water Summit 2009" to facilitate investments and encourage Public Private Community Partnerships in Water, a 2 day event on 11 & 12 June 2009 at: Jacaranda, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 (INDIA). The main objective of the Summit is to: * Catalyze Investments in Water Sector * Promote Public Private Community Partnership in water management * Share knowledge on best practices and innovative technologies Water Summit 2009 will focus on:

* Catalyzing Investments in Water Sector * Promotion of Rainwater Harvesting and innovative water management technologies * Exclusive session on water saving technologies, products and innovative case studies * Challenges and Opportunities for Public Private Community Partnership in Water Management * Innovations in industry and NGOs partnership.

Government representatives, Municipal Water Authorities, Industries from different sectors, Research organizations, Decision Makers from Financial Institutions, Equipment Manufacturers/ Technology providers, National and International organizations working on water management, Consultants, Nodal Agencies and NGO's are invited to attend the conference.

Water summit Registration Form and Programme. Delegate fee: CII - SME Member 5,000/ - CII - Large Scale Member 5,500/- CII - Non Member 6,700/ - NGO's / Institutions 2,700/- The Programme is non-residential and delegate fee non-refundable. However change in nomination is accepted. Prior payment of delegate fee is mandatory. Payment can be made by Cheque/DD drawn on "confederation of Indian Industry" payable at Hyderabad . Benefits to Participants:* Networking opportunities for implementing Water and Watershed Management Programmes * Expert views on latest trends, technologies and best practices * Exploring the financing opportunities for water projects.

CII-Water Institute has been set up in Jaipur, Rajasthan, with a MoU signed between Government of Rajasthan and CII during Water Summit 2006 at Jaipur. The Core Purpose of the Water Institute is to address the critical aspects of Water at National level and State level.

In view of the looming water crisis the CII-WI has developed a plan to provide a comprehensive solution towards efficient water management. A few critical areas which are of long term business interests to CII-WI will be Industrial Water treatment, Municipal Water supply & Waste water treatment, Water shed development, Rain water Harvesting, Community based drinking water projects, Drip irrigation projects, Urban and Rural Sanitation.

CII-WI has been rendering water management services to various end users in industries and to the community as a whole. The services include Preliminary water survey, detailed water audits, training programs, developing Public Private Community partnership projects (PPCP) in water resource management under the auspices of Indian Business Alliance on Water (IBAW) and organizing events such as National Awards for Excellence in Water Management in industries, Water Investor's meet and the Water summit.

Water is essential for human survival and the basic requirement for all sectors of the economy. Although India's average annual rainfall is adequate to provide water for various uses for the billion people living, water scarcity has become the norm in both rural and urban areas. Equitable and sustainable management of water resources is a major global challenge.

In this context Public-Private-Community partnerships have great potential to contribute towards water resource management and achieving mutual benefits. With this objective, CII joined hands with World Economic Forum to form Indian Business Alliance on Water (IBAW). SDC, UNDP and USAID- India are supporting the IBAW initiatives.

For the entire Brochure Click here For more information Contact: Bhaskar Sriram, sriram.bhaskar@cii.in, phone: +91 99890 91745 OR Confederation of Indian Industry CII , Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre Tel: +91 40 23112971-73 Ext. 114 Fax: +91 40 23112837 www.greenbusinesscentre.org