The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) approved, last November 30, a Non Refundable Technical Cooperation to the Latin American Water and Wastewater Operators' Associattion (ALOAS), to support the implementation of the Bussiness Plans over the next three years (2015-2017).

On the 26th November 2014, the WOP-LAC Annual Steering Committee meeting took place in the emblematic Palacio de las Aguas Corrientes building, The 'Running Water Palace' belongs to the Argentinian operator, Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos S.A. (AySA), and is located in the country's capital, Buenos Aires.

Regional and National WOP Platforms foster WOPs practice among utilities from neighbouring countries.

Media breakfast held for Spanish press in Madrid in the context of World Water Day.

Few of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals can be achieved without access to clean and healthy water and sanitation services, and none will be truly sustainable without the wise management of these most essential services.

An estimated 750 million people remain without sustainable access to improved drinking water and some 2.5 billion without basic sanitation.

GWOPA was created as part of a set of recommendations made to accelerate MDG process.

Water Operators' Partnerships (WOPs) are peer support partnerships between water and sanitation utilities.

Through mentorship, WOPs progressively strengthen and empower the mentee operator at management, financial and technical levels.

Since the establishment of GWOPA’s Secretariat in Barcelona in April 2013, efforts have been made to establish a close relationship with water and sanitation actors of the host country, and to develop WOPs that benefit from the capacity of Spanish operators.