1. EUsers workshop University of Greenwich, 28 April 2015 Water re-municipalisation as a new form of public service provision Taking stock, looking ahead Emanuele Lobina e.lobina@gre.ac.uk Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) Business School, University of Greenwich, UK www.psiru.org

3. Sinking flagships of privatisation  High-income countries  Paris (France); Berlin (Germany); Atlanta (USA)  Middle- and low-income countries  Accra (Ghana); Almaty (Kazakhstan); Antalya (Turkey); Bamako (Mali); Bogota (Colombia); Budapest (Hungary); Buenos Aires (Argentina); Conakry (Guinea); Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); Jakarta (Indonesia); Johannesburg (South Africa); Kampala (Uganda); Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); La Paz (Bolivia); and Rabat (Morocco)

4. The strength of small numbers  15 flagships sunk  Remunicipalisation trend emerging without support of World Bank and the likes  Remunicipalisation trend fuelled by false promises of privatisation vs. Privatisation fuelled by convincing promises and marketing skills  Relevance for sustainability of privatisation

5. Taking stock of provisional findings  Some advances on conceptualisation  Advances on mapping remunicipalisation  Encouraging progress on testing the outpacing hypotheses

6. Looking ahead  Much more remains to be known on:  Comparative assessment of the diffusion of remunicipalisation and privatisation  Process and outcome of remunicipalisation (qualitative and quantitative assessment)