Since 1997, over 1,100 regulators and managers from 110 countries have attended this two-week course that the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) has offered in cooperation with the World Bank. The purpose of the programme is to improve infrastructure performance, through strengthening the capacities of nations to regulate utilities, including water.  

dates: 9-20 June 2003  
location: Gainesville, Florida, US  
contact: Sanford V. Berg, Director, PURC  
phone: 1-352-392-3655  
fax: 1-352-392-5090  
e-mail: purcecon@notes.cba.ufl.edu  
www: http://bear.cba.ufl.edu/centers/purc/international/fourteen.htm