Crystal Clear - October 06

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	Crystal Clear - October 06 Contents: Enhancing Professional Practice (EPP) - BPD Training Course - Addis Ababa, 19-24 November, 2006 The Partnership Declaration: The 21st Century Leadership Challenge BPD Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting - Stockholm, 25 August 2006 Enhancing Professional Practice (EPP) - BPD Training Course - Addis Ababa, 19-24 November, 2006 Specifically designed for partnership practitioners in the water and sanitation sector from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the objectives of the training course are to: create greater awareness of tools and frameworks that support partnerships for the delivery of water and sanitation services; build and develop practical partnering skills; and apply skills and knowledge to participants' current partnering challenges. The programme includes a five-day participatory training course and registration with and participation in a practitioners' support network hosted by BPD. For further information please see http://www.bpdws.org/web/w/www_52_en.aspx. The Partnership Declaration: The 21st Century Leadership Challenge BPD's Director, Ken Caplan, was instrumental in the process of developing The Partnership Declaration - www.thepartnershipdeclaration.org. From 24^-26^th September 2006, 130 partnership professionals from around the world joined forces in Cambridge to draft a Declaration targeted at leaders from across the corporate, government and charitable sectors. Titled "The 21^st Leadership Challenge", the Declaration describes seven actions that society's leaders need to take to realise the full potential of strategic alliances between business, government and civil society organisations to tackle the persistent problems of poverty, environmental degradation and weak governance. Please see the website, register your comments, and send the declaration on to your contacts and colleagues. BPD Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting - Stockholm, 25 August 2006 On 25th August 2006, BPD's Annual General Meeting provided an opportunity to hear more about BPD's latest activities. Thank you to all Members who came or registered their proxy with the BPD Secretariat. We are delighted to announce that Ms Maria Angelica Alegria from the Chilean Directorate of Water was elected and Mr Cheikh Fall, SONES, Senegal and Mr Manuel Alvarinho, CRA, Mozambique re-elected as Public Sector Directors of BPD's Board. Mr Gustavo Heredia from Cochabamba, Bolivia was appointed by the Board as a Private Sector Director. For further information, please see www.bpdws.org or contact info@bpdws.org.