VdA is celebrating a new partnership with the Center of Excellence for the PPPs development in the water and sanitation sector, in which Manuel Protásio integrates the international panel of expert lawyers in these matters.

The Center of Excellence consists in a partnership between the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Portuguese government, whose main goal is to promote public-private partnerships as an instrument for the development of sustainable water and the water waste infrastructure and public services, assuring growth and access to quality water through sustainable development goals (SDG) of the United Nations, in context of this organization’s concerns regarding the reduction of extreme poverty.

The celebrated deal took place in a ceremony on the 21st November, attended by the representatives of the various entities involved, including the secretary of state for the environment.