Small-Scale PPPs in the Water and Wastewater Sector

The session is scheduled for Friday, June 21, 2024 at 14:30 – 16:00 Geneva CET.

The panel includes:

Janita Ferentinos – PPP Strategic Advisor & CP3P Trainer

With over 30 years of professional experience in East Africa, Ferentinos has developed extensive skills in project management, stakeholder management, and capacity building, particularly in PPPs. As a long-term part-time advisor at the Tanzania PPP Centre, she recently supported the PPP strategy by envisioning a pipeline of small-scale PPPs. She also developed a tailored training program for local officials.

Liliana Alves – Angola Provincial Utilities Project

A BSc in Civil Engineering, MBS in Energy and Environment Engineering, and a Post-Graduate degree in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies, Alves has over 25 years of experience in the Water and Sanitation Sector across both private and public sectors. She is currently serving as a Project Manager for the Institutional and Sustainability Support to Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Service Delivery Project in Angola, for the National Water Directorate.

Pedro Simone – Mozambique Small Towns Water Project

Simone, a Mozambican expert in water resources management, boasts a distinguished career spanning over two decades. Starting as a civil servant in Mozambique’s water sector from 1998 to 2007, Simone then transitioned to consultancy. He worked on the AfDB’s SADC transboundary water resources management project from 2010 to 2014 and The World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program in Mozambique from 2014 to 2018. Most recently, he led the USAID WASH-FIN Mozambique team from 2019 to 2022 and currently serves as Chief of Party for USAID’s Transform WASH Mozambique initiative.

Pilar Castrosin – LAC PPP Evaluation Network

Castrosin is an economist with seven years of experience in both the public and private sectors, including work at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on infrastructure development with private participation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Currently, she serves as a PPP Senior Associate at the IDB PPP Single Window, focusing on developing and strengthening regulatory and institutional frameworks for PPP implementation. She also has experience in identifying, prioritizing, and monitoring public-private projects across multiple sectors and countries in LAC. As an IDB Project Analyst, she contributed to the development of Infrascope—a tool for assessing the enabling environment for sustainable and efficient PPPs in LAC countries. Castrosin is the author of Planning and Prioritization in Infrastructure Development and Public-Private Partnerships in Water and Sanitation: Main Figures and Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Moderator:

Amanda Loeffen,
Chair of Water Chapter, WAPPP, and CEO of Human Right 2 Water

Loeffen is an experienced project manager specializing in water, energy, and sustainable development. She supports organizations in adopting a human rights-based approach through stakeholder engagement, monitoring of human rights-based indicators, and promoting nature-based solutions. Her work focuses on delivering tangible processes and results that align with the Sustainable Development Goals. Loeffen employs practical and systematic methods, leveraging expertise from a network of professionals in human rights law, governance, and project management.