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[Audio] Hi, everybody. It's now time for the case of France. This case is particularly interesting because France has one of the highest levels of private sector participation in the water and wastewater sector in Europe..

[Audio] Before talking about private sector participation, I first want to give a brief overview of the water and wastewater sector in France in more general terms. I then want to review some important lessons from private sector participation in the water and wastewater sector in France, based on studies that compare the performance of public and private utilities in the country. The presentation concludes with six recommendations for Viet Nam that all based on lessons learned from France..

Pop: 81.2 million. Price: €4.40/m3. Utilities: ̴6,100.

No national price regulation (municipalities are responsible for prices, service levels, management models and more).

Municipalities are responsible for the provision of water and wastewater services in their jurisdictions.

6. 2.1 PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE WATER SECTOR: CURRENT MARKET SHARE.

7. 2.2 PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE WATER SECTOR: RECENT TRENDS.

Water quality: mixed results (either no statistically significant difference or better water quality under private management).

BENEFITTING FROM ECONOMIES OF SCALE:. 3a. Encourage LGs to organize the provision of water supply and wastewater services collectively (in France: dominant model) 3b. Disallow LG to set up utilities that serve fewer than a pre-defined number of persons (in France: > 15,000) 4. Study the relationship between the price of water supply and wastewater services provided by different utilities vis-à-vis provision by the same utility (in France: same utility charges lower prices).

10. MOBILIZING ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING:.

11. THANKS!.