This e-conference is part of a UK Department for International Development funded research project that seeks to help water regulators with the necessary technical, social, financial, economic and legal understanding or framework to enable them to require, facilitate and monitor the early achievement of the universal service obligation. The forum does not seek to develop a blueprint for the “perfect,” pro-poor regulatory system, but rather to share insights with regulators around the world, helping them to protect the interests of those who are in urgent need of water services that are both affordable and responsive to their needs.  

dates: 6 September-3 October 2004  
location: TBA  
additional: e-conference  
contact: Richard Franceys  
e-mail: r.w.a.franceys@cranfield.ac.uk  
www: http://www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk/iwe/projects/regulation/