Report of the 8th Utility Platform Network Meeting in Bonn on 29 October 2025
The 8th Utility Platform Networking Event took place in Bonn, Germany, on 29 October 2025, as part of the 6th Global WOPs Congress, organised by UN-Habitat’s Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA). More than 70 participants from 13 utility partnerships, including 16 German utilities and 13 international utilities from Ukraine, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, and […]
7. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: Skilled labour shortage as a global problem
Only 18% of all employees in water companies worldwide are women (World Bank 2019). The problem exists in Germany as well as in the partner countries and therefore plays a role for all companies involved in the Utility Platform. As the topic is also reflected in SDG 6, there was a 1.5-hour session at the […]