Public Presentations

The “Ambition of the Government guidelines” (in Portuguese) is an opinion article about what is necessary to face successfully the structural and contextual challenges that the Portuguese water sector is facing.

Defining Future Options has a distinct offer: expertise that covers international political and strategical experience, public and private utilities’ management experience, and engineering and economical background in the Water Sector.

In the 3rd China PPP Forum, under the theme “Better Governance for Sustainable PPP Development”, Diogo Faria de Oliveira spoked about “PPP in water and sanitation – How can they contribute to Sustainable Development Goals”, with the objective of presenting: (1) The Water and Sanitation International Framework; (2) The Role of PPPs as a tool For Society; (3) Creating the conditions to attract funding, and also presenting; (4) the UNECE affiliate International Specialist Centre Of Excellence on PPP in Water and Sanitation.

To identify the investment needs and its sources
To present the requirements for “Creditworthiness”
To identify the main risks and its control and mitigation
To present the financing of the Portuguese water sector

Water and Sanitation Sector in Portugal (written in English) is a short presentation about the water and sanitation reforms in the past 25 years, the results of such reforms and lessons from the Portuguese experience.

“Concessions: Problem or Solution” (written in Portuguese) is a presentation about the advantages and disadvantages of Public-Private Partnerships in the Water Sector.

Véu da Ignorância do Sector da Água – APDA, Fevereiro 2013 The “Veil of Ignorance of the Water Sector” (written in Portuguese) is a presentation based upon John Rawls’ theory and adapted to the Water Sector in Portugal. The "Veil of Ignorance of the Water Sector" is a...

Long Term Water PPP Contracts - Portugal the experience of Aquapor – UNECE, October 2014 “Long Term Water PPP Contracts - Portugal the experience of Aquapor” (written in English) is a speech held for the occasion of the International Conference “Public–Private...