On October 21-22, 2014 the first International Conference "Public–Private Partnerships in the water and sanitation sector: an exchange of experiences between Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa", organised by the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Islamic Development Bank, is taking place in Geneva.

Participants of the Сonference are discussing challenges, bottlenecks and achievements of the public-private partnerships in water and sanitation areas through

an exchange of experiences, best practices and results of country case studies.

The experts from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Public-Private Partnership Development Support Center  as well as representatives of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine in Geneva participate in the Conference.