Pacific Water and Wastewater Association and Water New Zealand Collaborative Partnership Opportunities 2016

About us 7 operational staff Board of directors 12 Special interest groups 300+ corporate members 1500+ individual members PWWA’s New Zealand’s sister organisation

Memorandum of Understanding Link between websites Event promotion Collaborate on funding proposals to use NZ expertise to build capacity in the pacific Promote and assist co-ordinating members for NZ, Pacific partnerships e.g. twinning Co-ordinate members assistance in natural disasters Complimentary conference registration Participate in each others conferences Share knowledge on governance Use a common benchmarking platform -existing MoU -we act on some of the items in the MoU however there is scope for much more -Im going to talk about some of thoose -our next conference October, complimentary for PWWA, in Rotorua, the smelliest place in NZ we hope to see you there too.

Association operations Technical Publications Further collaborative opportunities Member management, constitution, journal, special interest group Association operations Special Interest Groups, Staff for twinning opportunities, Journal, Newsletter Networks Standards, Good Practice Guides, Software, Working Groups, Benchmarking Technical Publications Opus ETC – Scalable in-house capacity development programmes Capacity Building -from my managers and the brent -why we want to work together

Association operations Outsourcing Journal, policy submissions, events Collaborative partnerships Management models Constitution, audits, financial systems Governance processes Accounts, membership database Software platforms -no experts, how we were at the same place as PWWA a few years ago -but have a good experience learning from what has worked and what hasn’t that could be shared with PWWA -contracts, and outsourcing models e.g. conference for example, very little management and returns lots of money -governance, annual audits and budget setting processes to make sure were accountabl Share Water New Zealand documents Staff secondment to Water New Zealand

Special Interest Groups Communication channels Networks Modelling, Water efficiency, Digital Water, Stormwater, Backflow, Small Wastewater and Natural Systems Special Interest Groups Communication channels for twinning partners, contractor expertise, green pages, members database Membership expertise Fortnightly newsletter, journal, website, social media Communication channels -how the special interest groups work via teleconference -if you are looking for work, come through water NZ – communications channels Sign up for pipline newsletter (whats in there) Join a Special Interest Group Request partners through Water New Zealand Promote events

Customise existing standards Technical Publications Advisory groups Health and Safety, Wipes blockage reduction, Benchmarking Good Practice Guides Asbestos Cement Pipes, Inflow and Infiltration, Waterloss Standards Development, Drinking Water, Backflow prevention, Trade Waste Model Bylaw -technical team -how our advisory groups work -what is on and how to get involved…. - Join an Advisory Group Download a Good Practice Guide (http://www.waternz.org.nz/library) Customise existing standards

Capacity Building Identify further Pacific partners Fiji and New Zealand training Water, wastewater operations Health and Safety (also aquatics and environment in NZ) Expansion opportunities Asset Management training Broader pacific trainees Train the trainer Train the trainer – provide support for staff to develop in house training capability Identify further Pacific partners Collaborate to obtain funding support