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PERPAMSI during the past twenty
years have been assisted and working together with associations
from several countries. The most important of these
are the following three organizations:
1. VEWIN
(Association of Water Supply Companies in the Netherlands)
There have been many twinning programs between Dutch
and Indonesian Water Utilities between the mid eighties
until 2000. Also annual seminars on specific topics
were held in this period. Many PDAMs have benefited
a lot from this cooperation and are now considered as
the best performing PDAMs.
In 2000 the twinning arrangements were
followed up by a more business –oriented approach,
under management of Aquanet, a Dutch consulting company
owned by the Dutch water utilities. This has resulted
in various new programs, including the development of
a Water Fund Indonesia, which is supporting new activities:
• lease household connections; and
• rehabilitation and operation of small water
treatment plants.
The guiding principle of all these activities
is "NO PROFIT NO LOSS", meaning that Dutch
water utilities will not make profit on Indonesian consumers,
but aim to recover their cost only. More information
on these programs can be found under Aquanet.
2. IWA
– International Water Association
This is a world-wide organization with a variety of
members: water utilities, suppliers, consultants, students,
etc. PERPAMSI is the National, representative member
for Indonesia and in this capacity regularly joins international
activities organized by IWA. IWA has a separate foundation,
which is specifically focussing on supported water utilities
in less-developed countries, and in this respect PERPAMSI
received support in 1999 for the development of a business
plan its Training Foundation.
3. MWA
- Malaysian Water Association
PERPAMSI has already a long relation with Malaysia,
which has resulted in several joined seminars, training
programs and exchange visits, which have been beneficial
to increase understanding. At this moment new activities
for the region of South East Asia are under development
under the umbrella of SEAWUN, a new organization, which
includes Water Associations and Water utilities from
Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
More information on this cooperation can be found on
the SEAWUN page.
Other international association who
have been involved in the past / or still are are the
following:
• AWWA - American Water Works Association
• DVGW - German Water and Gas Association
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