Today, water is at the heart of public debate in France. Because the future of water is in our hands, both as an individual and collective responsibility, Lyonnaise des Eaux favours a direct, discussion-based approach that is also transparent. We are happy to announce the launch of “New Ideas on Water”, a 12-month work programme involving discussions with consumers and all the stakeholders in water in France, from customers, to elected officials, institutional partners, association, environmental experts, economists, and Lyonnaise des Eaux and SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT employees. Amongst other initiatives, www.ideesneuvessurleau.net is a web platform where users can share their ideas on the many ways water affects their daily lives.

For several years, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT has promoted dialogue and consensus with its partners. Today, dialogue is deployed and professionally developed at a local level in our subsidiaries using an operational, innovative tool developed by the Societal Engineering division.

Upon the closing of the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, I would like to call for a more open and integrated approach involving all stakeholders and to advocate for the transition from an economy based on volume to an economy based on value: the issue today is no longer managing large volumes of water, but rather contributing social and environmental know-how that is adapted to the needs of communities and users.

This new edition of the Forum provided the opportunity for all players working on water-related issues to assess the advances achieved over the past three years. These are real but terribly insufficient compared to the challenges of water access and climate change! In order to meet these challenges, an integrated approach and innovation are the key to sustainable, well-balanced progress to which we dedicate the development of our professions.

As part of the discussions held by the French Partnership for Water, we have been invited to present the experiences of Algiers in terms of the connection of underprivileged districts. We have insisted on the central role of the participation of users in the project.

“Think outside the water box!” says Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO about the 3rd World Water Assessment Programme (WAPP) report launched yesterday at the World Water Forum, referring to the need to set up mechanisms for more local consultation and involvement of all players (from businesses to environment activists) to face climate and development issues related to water.

SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT coordinates a side-event within the French Water Partnership (PFE) from 5pm to 7:15pm

Topic : the dialog between stakeholders in water management

Partners : pS-Eau, FFM, Société des Eaux de Marseille, Agence de l’Eau Seine Normandie (AESN)

Alexandre Brailowsky heads the Social Engineering department in SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, which is responsible for organising discussions between stakeholders, and following up on certain actions carried out as a result of this dialogue.
During this interview, he presents one of these actions, the set-up of models tailored to developing countries:

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We have great pleasure in welcoming you to the Suez Environnement Water Blog, designed to provide everyone with an area for discussion on the main issues in water and wastewater during the 5th World Water Forum.

A global appointment to measure the progress made over the last 3 years

The Forum is an appointment that everyone in the water community eagerly looks forward to, because it allows us take the pulse of the sector, as well as measure the progress made by one and all over the last three years, share the lessons learnt from pilot solutions deployed, and discuss the relevance of new technologies as well as new models of intervention. For us, it is all part of the much broader process of consensus that we carry out with our own stakeholders throughout the year, as part of our special responsibilities as an operator on the social and environmental levels.