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I voted in favour of the Lannoye report on water management in developing countries because it rightly emphasises the urgency of the problem: today, out of six billion people, 1.7 million do not have access to drinking water, and 30 000 die every day as a result.
The Johannesburg Conference fixed the objective of halving the number of people without access to drinking water by 2015, and it is imperative that Europe cooperates to realise this aim. This is why we are particularly in favour of the establishment of a European Water Fund for the ACP countries in general and the African countries in particular.
Decisions on which projects are to be helped by this fund should be taken, not from above, but by the national authorities, jointly with the peoples concerned. Priority should be given to a management model based on a public-private partnership, in which the public sector fixes the general framework for action of the private sector, as well as its objectives.
The Lannoye Report, however, remains suspicious of the action of private enterprises. I believe the opposite, that privatising water management, even on the smallest scale, would allow more rational management if it is well utilised."@en1
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