WATER ABLAZE - Patagonia Sin Represas

the votes cast and establishes that the criteria for the management of water resources – which
must be public – have to be based on citizen participation and sustainability. The government of
Uruguay created the National Direction for Water and Wastewater Services (DINASA) to implement
the new water policy. It brings together all government ministries with water-related competence.
Civil society organisations participate actively through the Technical Advising Commission on
Water and Sanitation (COASAS).
COASAS
(National Direction for Water and Wastewater Services) Technical advising commission on water
and sanitation, created by the government of Uruguay to implement the new water policy; brings
together all government ministries with water-related competence. Civil society organisations
participate through COASAS. At present, four working groups are active: water resources, drinking
and wastewater services, legal work and public participation.
COB Central Obrera Boliviana
Umbrella organisation of the Bolivian trade unions.
COGESE Compagnie de Gestion des Eaux du Sud-Est
The activities of this company are another interesting example of the appropriation of water in
the French city of Grenoble. In 1989, under the decisive influence of Mayor Alain Carignon, and
against the protests of environmental and citizens’ associations and unions, the council decided
to privatise the city’s water supply and sanitation network. The privatisation deal was arranged
according to a concession model that is widespread in France.
(see chapter on Remunicipalisation/Grenoble )
COMDA Coalición de Organizaciones Mexicanas por el Derecho al Agua
(Coalition of Mexican Organisations for the Right to Water)
CONADI Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena
Chilean government agency for the protection of the indigenous population.
COPASA Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais
Local authority-run water supply company in the federal state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
CPA Coalition Provisional Authority
Provisional transitional government in Iraq after the U.S. attack.
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPI Corruption Perceptions Index
Compiled for 146 nations since 1995 by the NGO Transparency International.
CPP Conselho Pastoral dos Pescadores
(Pastoral Council of Fishermen, Brazil)
CPT Comissão Pastoral da Terra
(National Pastoral Land Committee, Brazil)
CPUC California Public Utility Commission
State agency responsible for the regulation of privately-owned water companies.
CSOs Civil Society Organisations
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
CUC Communauté Urbaine de Cherbourg
(Cherbourg Urban Community) Covers five towns in the La Manche department, France.
CUPE Canadian Union of Public Employees
CUT Central Única dos Trabalhadores
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