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The Alternative World Water Forum (FAMA) is being held 17-22 March. Academics, social movements, trade unions and civil society organisations are meeting in the Brazilian capital to discuss how to resist the commodification of water in the world. More specifically, to present an alternative to the World Water Forum, which is taking place 18-23 March, also in Brasilia.
Organised by the World Water Council, jointly with the federal government, the environment ministry and the Brasilia DF government, FAMA calls the “official” event the Corporations’ Forum.
“The Corporations’ Forum and the World Water Council are connected to various private sector entities, especially to multinational corporations that aim to promote the commodification of water; intensify the transfer of hydrographic basins; build dams; appropriate and control underground aquifers”, explains Oscar Rodríguez, Sub-regional Secretary of Public Services International (PSI) for Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Central America and responsible for the water and sanitation sector in the Inter-American region.“Many of these companies already control water supply and sanitation services. They want to take control of water reserves in order to obtain very high profits, causing major financial impacts and restrictions on access to water for sectors of the world's population, particularly the poorest people”, he says. "
" PSI, one of the sponsors of FAMA, and its Brazilian affiliate, the Federação Nacional dos Urbanitários, FNU (National Confederation of Urban Service Workers), will be represented at the event by David Boys, deputy general secretary, Oscar Rodríguez, water and sanitation officer for the Inter-American region, and Denise Motta Dau, Subregional Secretary for Brazil. Representatives of affiliates in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay are also attending the event. "
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Secretary at the Alternative World Water Forum (Fórum Alternativo Mundial da Água) in Brasilia #Fama2018 #AguaéDireito #VemproFAMA
