巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院、蘇伊士、蘇伊士基金會(huì)、法國(guó)開發(fā)署，與法國(guó)ESSEC高等商學(xué)院

和羅納-地中海-科西嘉​水務(wù)局簽訂四年合作伙伴關(guān)系新協(xié)議，

共同支持巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院“蘇伊士全民用水保障”教研中心

·     自2009年以來，來自四大洲55個(gè)國(guó)家的300名管理人員和服務(wù)主管接受了水務(wù)和環(huán)境衛(wèi)生服務(wù)戰(zhàn)略管理專題的培訓(xùn)。

·     這個(gè)將教培與科研大面積結(jié)合的項(xiàng)目獲聯(lián)合國(guó)科教文組織的授牌，用以表彰其開展的研究和培訓(xùn)工作，以應(yīng)對(duì)保障全民享有優(yōu)質(zhì)水務(wù)和環(huán)境衛(wèi)生服務(wù)的挑戰(zhàn)。

巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院（AgroParisTech）、蘇伊士、蘇伊士基金會(huì)與法國(guó)開發(fā)署、法國(guó)ESSEC高等商學(xué)院以及羅納-地中海-科西嘉水務(wù)局，承諾建立為期四年的世界一流合作伙伴關(guān)系，以應(yīng)對(duì)新興國(guó)家面臨的氣候和城鎮(zhèn)化挑戰(zhàn)，立刻構(gòu)建可持續(xù)環(huán)境。經(jīng)與塞內(nèi)加爾的達(dá)喀爾大學(xué)高等理工學(xué)院（UCAD-ESP）和加納的夸梅·恩克魯瑪科技大學(xué)（KNUST）兩所非洲高等院校簽訂協(xié)議，上述學(xué)術(shù)合作伙伴關(guān)系得到進(jìn)一步壯大。相關(guān)教育和科研項(xiàng)目將在巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院的水研究中心和聯(lián)合國(guó)科教文組織的國(guó)際中心開展一系列強(qiáng)化培訓(xùn)課程，包括開展遠(yuǎn)程教學(xué)（線上學(xué)習(xí)）。

在為全民提供優(yōu)質(zhì)的水務(wù)和環(huán)境衛(wèi)生服務(wù)的同時(shí)，確保水資源的可持續(xù)管理，是公共和私營(yíng)服務(wù)運(yùn)營(yíng)商的巨大挑戰(zhàn)，這在發(fā)展中國(guó)家尤其突出。于2008年設(shè)立的巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院“蘇伊士全民用水保障”教研中心是一個(gè)獨(dú)特的培訓(xùn)和研究中心。該中心現(xiàn)已為發(fā)展中國(guó)家培訓(xùn)了近300名環(huán)境衛(wèi)生服務(wù)管理人員和業(yè)務(wù)主管。它體現(xiàn)了蘇伊士與巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院致力于加強(qiáng)這類服務(wù)管理人員和業(yè)務(wù)主管的業(yè)務(wù)素養(yǎng)，為聯(lián)合國(guó)的可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)做出貢獻(xiàn)。

隨著城市化和氣候變暖加速，巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院、蘇伊士、蘇伊士基金會(huì)和法國(guó)開發(fā)署將延續(xù)其合作伙伴關(guān)系，建立一個(gè)世界一流的中心以提供水務(wù)和環(huán)境衛(wèi)生服務(wù)的戰(zhàn)略管理培訓(xùn)，面向中層和高級(jí)管理人員，以及擔(dān)任管理職務(wù)的運(yùn)營(yíng)或職能部門經(jīng)理。此次與歐洲領(lǐng)先的管理培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)——法國(guó)ESSEC高等商學(xué)院建立的新學(xué)術(shù)合作伙伴關(guān)系，旨在通過培訓(xùn)和研究活動(dòng)，支持并推動(dòng)人類社會(huì)的生態(tài)及社會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)型。這將有助于在戰(zhàn)略及項(xiàng)目管理方面豐富有關(guān)以成果和服務(wù)為導(dǎo)向的教育活動(dòng)。

巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院水研究中心教研中心

巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院水研究中心充分依托蒙彼利埃大學(xué)的研究生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，并得到了區(qū)域內(nèi)多所高校的支持。其所在的巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院是蒙彼利埃水資源與環(huán)境研究所，以及聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織下屬的水資源體系動(dòng)力學(xué)國(guó)際跨學(xué)科研究中心的成員單位，也是蒙彼利埃大學(xué)卓越研究聯(lián)盟（MUSE i-Site）發(fā)起的“蒙彼利埃大學(xué)卓越研究重點(diǎn)項(xiàng)目之水務(wù)倡議”（KIM WATERS）的支持單位。蒙彼利埃市也是法國(guó)水務(wù)團(tuán)隊(duì)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力集群的所在地，并正在加強(qiáng)與水務(wù)部門專業(yè)人士的聯(lián)系。該教研中心可以說是“卓越中心的核心機(jī)構(gòu)”。

教研中心將從2021年起開設(shè)線上培訓(xùn)課程，鞏固其在海外開展的教培活動(dòng)，加強(qiáng)其國(guó)際影響力。教研中心提供以下服務(wù)內(nèi)容：

·         就供水和環(huán)境衛(wèi)生企業(yè)的不同職能部門及公司所面臨的挑戰(zhàn)（基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的運(yùn)營(yíng)、客戶關(guān)系管理、人力資源管理、資產(chǎn)管理、成本控制、財(cái)務(wù)等）開展培訓(xùn)，幫助管理人員提高業(yè)務(wù)分析能力、制定中長(zhǎng)期目標(biāo)、構(gòu)建相關(guān)行動(dòng)計(jì)劃并開展日常管理等；

·         針對(duì)日常管理問題的培訓(xùn)： 戰(zhàn)略管理和規(guī)劃、按職能部門、機(jī)構(gòu)關(guān)系、與利益相關(guān)方的關(guān)系等劃定職責(zé)范圍并協(xié)調(diào)行動(dòng)計(jì)劃；

·         項(xiàng)目管理培訓(xùn)：范圍劃定、項(xiàng)目運(yùn)行監(jiān)督、行動(dòng)計(jì)劃的設(shè)計(jì)、管理和審批、方法和工具、故障排查等；

·         國(guó)際培訓(xùn)課程：為水務(wù)部門的利益相關(guān)方舉辦本地培訓(xùn)課程（尤其是非洲和亞洲國(guó)家）。

“全民用水保障”國(guó)際行政管理碩士OpT 課程，由教研中心組織開展并得到巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院的支持，獲得法國(guó)大學(xué)校聯(lián)合會(huì)（CGE）的認(rèn)證，并已在法國(guó)國(guó)家職業(yè)資格認(rèn)證目錄（RNCP）中注冊(cè)。

羅納-地中海-科西嘉水務(wù)局為法國(guó)環(huán)保部下屬的致力于保護(hù)法國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)水資源的公共機(jī)構(gòu)。水務(wù)局作為教研中心的合作伙伴，提供配套教育資金，作為國(guó)際干預(yù)政策之一，提高水務(wù)和環(huán)境衛(wèi)生服務(wù)設(shè)施的普及度。

教研中心在發(fā)展中國(guó)家開展培訓(xùn)，面向國(guó)際管理學(xué)院或位于非洲或亞洲的卓越中心，加強(qiáng)高等教育和研究方面的知識(shí)傳授，以落實(shí)區(qū)域化培訓(xùn)的戰(zhàn)略，并加強(qiáng)發(fā)展中國(guó)家合作培訓(xùn)組織的能力建設(shè)。

為項(xiàng)目運(yùn)營(yíng)同事和研究人員提供交流的平臺(tái)

教研中心旨在通過完善服務(wù)管理，尤其是針對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)、政治、機(jī)制、管理狀況和治理框架的相關(guān)分析，支持促進(jìn)飲用水和環(huán)境服務(wù)普及度的各類研究項(xiàng)目。研究大綱根據(jù)法國(guó)科學(xué)委員會(huì)（科學(xué)委員會(huì)的成員均為各研究領(lǐng)域內(nèi)的知名專家）的建議擬訂。教研中心作為水務(wù)和環(huán)境服務(wù)業(yè)務(wù)管理人員和研究人員交流的平臺(tái)，旨在促進(jìn)知識(shí)的進(jìn)步和分享。教研中心每?jī)赡赀�組織一次國(guó)際學(xué)術(shù)研討會(huì)。

蘇伊士集團(tuán)首席執(zhí)行官兼蘇伊士基金會(huì)主席康宇表示：“蘇伊士和蘇伊士基金會(huì)很榮幸能夠繼續(xù)資助巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院‘蘇伊士全民用水保障’教研中心的工作開展。我們的服務(wù)對(duì)生活質(zhì)量、健康和經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展至關(guān)重要。朝著立刻行動(dòng)、共建可持續(xù)環(huán)境的目標(biāo)，加強(qiáng)對(duì)水務(wù)和環(huán)境服務(wù)的知識(shí)輸入必不可少。我們資助的教研中心將通過高質(zhì)量、國(guó)際化的培訓(xùn)，為發(fā)展中國(guó)家的水務(wù)和環(huán)境服務(wù)從業(yè)者提供一個(gè)傳授知識(shí)和提高技能的平臺(tái)。”

巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院院長(zhǎng)Gilles Trystram表示：“全球水資源的保護(hù)、輸配和水務(wù)服務(wù)是一項(xiàng)重要課題。巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院為能夠繼續(xù)實(shí)施過去幾年來在全球開展的教育項(xiàng)目而深感自豪。我們與法國(guó)ESSEC高等商學(xué)院、蘇伊士和法國(guó)開發(fā)署建立的合作伙伴關(guān)系是積極的、高度開放的、且能夠發(fā)揮各方的優(yōu)勢(shì)。巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院‘蘇伊士全民用水保障’教研中心已取得一定的國(guó)際知名度。我們將再接再厲，并期望通過該教研中心取得的經(jīng)驗(yàn)推廣至學(xué)院針對(duì)水務(wù)業(yè)務(wù)開展的其他教育項(xiàng)目中。”

法國(guó)開發(fā)署署長(zhǎng)Rémy Rioux表示：“我很欣喜見證法國(guó)開發(fā)署繼續(xù)支持聯(lián)合國(guó)可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)（SDG）六提出的關(guān)于清潔用水和環(huán)境服務(wù)設(shè)施的相關(guān)工作開展。在與巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院、蘇伊士和蘇伊士基金會(huì)的合作框架下，法國(guó)開發(fā)署每年在水務(wù)和環(huán)境服務(wù)領(lǐng)域投入超過10億歐元用以提高數(shù)百萬(wàn)民眾的福祉，他們中大多數(shù)來自于非洲。通過這一合作項(xiàng)目，行業(yè)利益相關(guān)方可在集合了廣泛教育資源的教研中心獲取相關(guān)培訓(xùn)，而該領(lǐng)域的工作又與優(yōu)質(zhì)教育資源的獲取、可持續(xù)城鎮(zhèn)化和社區(qū)發(fā)展、性別平等等其他多項(xiàng)可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)密切關(guān)聯(lián)。這種對(duì)人力資本的投入，是我們確保水務(wù)和環(huán)境服務(wù)管理事業(yè)投資取得高績(jī)效性和可持續(xù)性的重要組成部分。”

法國(guó)ESSEC高等商學(xué)院院長(zhǎng)Vincenzo Vinzi表示：“在環(huán)境危機(jī)是人類面臨的第一大挑戰(zhàn)的時(shí)代，確�？沙掷m(xù)獲取水資源等環(huán)境基本要素是我們亟待解決的問題。ESSEC高等商學(xué)院、巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院、蘇伊士、蘇伊士基金會(huì)和法國(guó)開發(fā)署形成的多方合作伙伴關(guān)系體現(xiàn)了我們共同的愿望，即通過開展培訓(xùn)和研究工作，通過實(shí)施兼顧所有相關(guān)方利益和地理區(qū)域多樣性的高瞻遠(yuǎn)矚戰(zhàn)略，發(fā)起一場(chǎng)深刻的革新，以促進(jìn)并影響人類社會(huì)的生態(tài)及社會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)型。”

羅納-地中海-科西嘉水務(wù)局局長(zhǎng)Laurent Roy表示：“在法國(guó)《OUDIN-SANTINI法》的約束內(nèi)，六家水務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)將為其流域所在當(dāng)?shù)卣�府制定的水、環(huán)境服務(wù)和健康服務(wù)普及度的區(qū)域性合作項(xiàng)目提供資金支持。如巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院‘蘇伊士全民用水保障’教研中心倡議的，對(duì)于正在開發(fā)區(qū)域性合作項(xiàng)目的國(guó)家，提高水務(wù)技術(shù)人員和工程師的技能水平可為水務(wù)服務(wù)和資源的可持續(xù)管理創(chuàng)造機(jī)會(huì)。面對(duì)氣候變化的挑戰(zhàn)，水務(wù)管理人員需采取靈活度高的策略，尤其是在設(shè)備資產(chǎn)的管理、管網(wǎng)的防滲漏措施、污水處理后的無(wú)害排放與資源回用等方面。”

蘇伊士基金會(huì)

蘇伊士基金會(huì)在發(fā)展中國(guó)家支持為弱勢(shì)群體持續(xù)改善基礎(chǔ)服務(wù)（水務(wù)、環(huán)境服務(wù)和廢棄物管理）普及性的一系列實(shí)務(wù)工作�；�金會(huì)也在法國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)通過就業(yè)促進(jìn)和培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目向弱勢(shì)群體提供幫助。自創(chuàng)立以來，蘇伊士基金會(huì)每年投入300到400萬(wàn)歐元預(yù)算，結(jié)合集團(tuán)內(nèi)的專家資源提供技術(shù)支持。

蘇伊士

蘇伊士集團(tuán)自19世紀(jì)末以來，不斷積累專業(yè)知識(shí)，通過保護(hù)健康并支持經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)，助力人們持續(xù)提高生活質(zhì)量。蘇伊士及旗下90,000名員工遍布全球五大洲，致力于保護(hù)和修復(fù)我們的自然環(huán)境要素：水、土壤和空氣。在水務(wù)管理、固廢回收再造、土壤修復(fù)和空氣治理等方面，蘇伊士提供富有彈性的創(chuàng)新型解決方案，通過“智慧”城市優(yōu)化市政和各行業(yè)的資源管理，提升其環(huán)境和經(jīng)濟(jì)效益。集團(tuán)向6,400人提供環(huán)境服務(wù)，生產(chǎn)飲用水71億立方米。蘇伊士還為經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展做出了積極貢獻(xiàn)，每年直接或間接創(chuàng)造了20多萬(wàn)個(gè)就業(yè)崗位，作為新資源的提供者，生產(chǎn)了420萬(wàn)噸再生原料。集團(tuán)的目標(biāo)是在2030年前提供100%的可持續(xù)解決方案，為我們的環(huán)境、健康和氣候帶來積極影響。蘇伊士集團(tuán)2020年的總收入達(dá)172億歐元。

巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院

巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院是受法國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)部和高等教育部監(jiān)管的生命科學(xué)和環(huán)境產(chǎn)業(yè)研究院校。作為高等教育和研究領(lǐng)域的一所全球重點(diǎn)知名院校，巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院致力于應(yīng)對(duì)二十一世紀(jì)的重大挑戰(zhàn)：通過可持續(xù)的土地資源管理、自然資源的保護(hù)、創(chuàng)新驅(qū)動(dòng)和生物經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)研究，為全人類做出貢獻(xiàn)。

學(xué)院藉由科研以及對(duì)接的高等教育組織間的關(guān)系，通過與法國(guó)和國(guó)外各大院校合辦的工程類課程、碩士及博士項(xiàng)目，以及在“巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院行政管理培訓(xùn)”教育品牌下長(zhǎng)期開展的一系列專業(yè)教育類項(xiàng)目，為生命科學(xué)和環(huán)境領(lǐng)域培養(yǎng)行政管理人員、工程師、博士生和管理人才。

巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院在法國(guó)各地設(shè)有10個(gè)中心和校區(qū)（其中4個(gè)在巴黎核心區(qū)），下設(shè)5個(gè)培訓(xùn)和研究部門、22家聯(lián)合研究單位、1家研究和開發(fā)單位、1處實(shí)驗(yàn)農(nóng)場(chǎng)、2個(gè)技術(shù)中心和多個(gè)被稱為InnLabs的第三方開放式平臺(tái)。學(xué)院共有2300多名學(xué)生，其中13%為博士生。學(xué)院的教學(xué)研究人員為250名。

巴黎高科農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院是巴黎薩克雷大學(xué)的創(chuàng)始成員院校之一，也是巴黎高科（ParisTech）體系的成員和法國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)、食品、動(dòng)物健康與環(huán)境研究聯(lián)合體（​Agreenium）的成員。

法國(guó)開發(fā)署

法國(guó)開發(fā)署負(fù)責(zé)落實(shí)法國(guó)的國(guó)家發(fā)展和國(guó)際合作政策。法國(guó)開發(fā)署通過資金支持等措施，加快實(shí)現(xiàn)世界發(fā)展一致性與韌性。法國(guó)開發(fā)署攜手合作伙伴，與發(fā)展中國(guó)家人民一起打造解決方案。法國(guó)開發(fā)署的團(tuán)隊(duì)在法國(guó)本土、海外法屬地區(qū)以及115個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)開展了4000多個(gè)項(xiàng)目，致力于促進(jìn)氣候變化、生物多樣性、和平、性別平等、教育和健康等領(lǐng)域的共同利益，并藉此體現(xiàn)法國(guó)和法國(guó)人民對(duì)可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)的承諾與貢獻(xiàn)。

法國(guó)ESSEC高等商學(xué)院

法國(guó)ESSEC高等商學(xué)院創(chuàng)立于1907年，是全球管理領(lǐng)域的知名教育機(jī)構(gòu)，擁有EQUIS、AACSB和AMBA認(rèn)證“三冠王”的稱號(hào)。ESSEC高等商學(xué)院擁有7,060名本科生，提供全方位的管理課程，并與世界一流大學(xué)建立了合作關(guān)系。學(xué)校研究生規(guī)模為62,000名，在法國(guó)和新加坡聘用有142名全職教授，包括19名因其研究質(zhì)量和影響力而受到認(rèn)可的名譽(yù)教授。ESSEC高等商學(xué)院享有卓越的學(xué)術(shù)傳統(tǒng)，秉承為經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)活動(dòng)提供創(chuàng)新服務(wù)的開放精神。2005年，ESSEC在新加坡設(shè)立了具有戰(zhàn)略意義的亞洲校區(qū)，即ESSEC亞太校區(qū)。該校區(qū)的開設(shè)有利于學(xué)院將其專業(yè)知識(shí)傳授到快速擴(kuò)張的亞洲區(qū)域，從而更多地參與亞洲的發(fā)展。2016年，ESSEC在摩洛哥首都拉巴特設(shè)立了新的ESSEC非洲校區(qū)。ESSEC的國(guó)際化發(fā)展為其學(xué)生和教職人員開展研究并了解世界各地的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展態(tài)勢(shì)提供了便利。

羅納-地中海-科西嘉水務(wù)局 - www.eaurmc.fr | www.sauvonsleau.fr 

羅納-地中海-科西嘉水務(wù)局是受法國(guó)環(huán)境部監(jiān)管的國(guó)家公共機(jī)構(gòu)，其使命為修復(fù)水資源和水生環(huán)境使其保持健康狀態(tài)。根據(jù)“誰(shuí)污染誰(shuí)付費(fèi)”的原則，水務(wù)局根據(jù)用水客戶的用水量和排污量收取相關(guān)費(fèi)用。這些客戶包括家庭、當(dāng)?shù)卣�府、工業(yè)企業(yè)、農(nóng)場(chǎng)主等。收集到的款項(xiàng)被重新用于當(dāng)?shù)卣�府、工業(yè)企業(yè)、農(nóng)場(chǎng)主和行業(yè)協(xié)會(huì)改善水和環(huán)境質(zhì)量的工作，如完善環(huán)境服務(wù)系統(tǒng)、減少有害物質(zhì)的污染、節(jié)約和共享水資源、恢復(fù)因擴(kuò)散性污染（殺蟲劑和硝酸鹽）而造成的集水區(qū)水質(zhì)的退化、保護(hù)戰(zhàn)略性飲用水水源、修復(fù)河流、海洋、退化或?yàn)l危濕地的生態(tài)功能等...... 水務(wù)局在《2019年至2024年管理計(jì)劃》框架內(nèi)采取行動(dòng)。該計(jì)劃列明了六年期的主要工作重點(diǎn)。水務(wù)局的年度援助預(yù)算約為4.4億歐元，員工數(shù)量為330名。

AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ, the French Development Agency sign a new 4-year partnership for the AgroParisTech "SUEZ - Water for All" Chair, along with ESSEC Business School and the Rhône Méditerranée Corse
Water Agency

·       Since 2009, 300 managers and directors of services trained in strategic management for water and sanitation services from 55 countries on four continents

·       An extensive pedagogical and scientific partnership, awarded the UNESCO label for its work, research and training, responding to the challenge of access to quality water and sanitation for all

AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ with the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement) and ESSEC Business School, in association with the Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse, have committed to establishing a world-class four-year partnership Chair to address the climate and urban challenges faced by emerging countries and to start building a sustainable environment now. The academic partnership has been expanded with the establishment of agreements with two African institutions (UCAD-ESP in Senegal and KNUST in Ghana). This educational and scientific project, run within AgroParisTech’s Water Centre and the UNESCO International Centre, offers an enhanced range of training courses, including the development of distance learning (“e-learning”) approaches.

Providing access to quality water and sanitation for all, while ensuring the sustainable management of water resources, is a considerable challenge for public and private service operators, especially in developing countries. The AgroParisTech SUEZ-Eau pour Tous Chair, created in 2008, is a unique training and research centre that has already trained nearly 300 managers and executives of water and sanitation services in developing countries. It is a manifestation of SUEZ and AgroParisTech’s commitment to contribute to strengthening the skills of the managers and executives who run these services and thus participate in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN.

As the pace of urbanisation and climate change continues to accelerate, AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ and AFD are maintaining their partnership to build a world-class centre to provide training in strategic management of water and sanitation utilities, aimed at senior executives and general management teams, senior managers who are about to take up these positions and operational or functional managers in management roles. A new academic partnership with ESSEC – a leading management training institution in Europe – with the goal of supporting and influencing ecological and social transition in our societies through training and research, will contribute to enriching the results- and service-oriented education initiative on strategic and project management.

A Chair within the AgroParisTech Water Centre

Firmly rooted in Montpellier’s university research ecosystem, this centre is supported by a regional university dynamic. AgroParisTech is a member of the Montpellier Institute for Water and the Environment, the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into the dynamics of water systems under the auspices of UNESCO, and a supporter of the KIM WATERS initiative at the Montpellier University of Excellence (MUSE) i-Site. Montpellier is also home to the France Water Team competitiveness cluster, and is strengthening its links with professionals in the water sector. The Chair is at the heart of this centre of excellence.

The Chair’s training courses may be introduced on a remote learning basis starting in 2021, consolidating its actions abroad in order to strengthen its international influence. The Chair offers:

·          training on the various different functions of a water and sanitation utility, its overall challenges (infrastructure operation, customer management, human resources management, asset management, cost control, finance, etc.), to enable managers to make diagnoses, set medium- and long-term targets, construct related action plans and manage them;

·          training on general management issues: strategic management and planning, scoping and coordination of action plans by function, institutional relations, relations with stakeholders;

·          training on project management: scoping, operational diagnosis, design of an action plan, management, approval, methodologies and tools, problem solving;

·          international training courses for water stakeholders in situ (particularly in Africa and Asia).

The “Water for All” International Executive Master OpT course offered by the Chair and supported by AgroParisTech is accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles and registered in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles directory.

The Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse, a public institution of the French Ministry of the Environment dedicated to the preservation of water in France, partners with the Chair by financing educational grants as part of its international intervention policy for access to water and sanitation.

The Chair promotes training in the Global South, for the improved transfer of know-how to international management schools or African or Asian centres of excellence, in higher education and research, in order to establish a strategy of decentralised training and building the capacity of partner training organisations in the Global South.

A forum for operational staff and researchers

The Chair supports research programmes aimed at promoting access to drinking water and sanitation through the improvement of service management, in particular through the analysis of economic, political, institutional and managerial conditions, and through the analysis of the governance framework. Research initiatives are drawn up in response to proposals from the Scientific Council, whose members are well-known figures in the research field. The Chair aims to promote the advancement and sharing of knowledge by acting as a forum for water and sanitation managers and researchers. Every two years, it organises scientific meetings for an international audience.

Bertrand Camus, Chief Executive Officer of the SUEZ Group and Fondation Chairman: “SUEZ and the Fondation SUEZ are proud to renew their commitment to the AgroParisTech Suez-Water for All Chair. Our services are essential for quality of life, health and economic development. Education in the water and sanitation sector is of vital importance if we are to shape a sustainable environment – a process which starts now. The Chair will provide a means of sharing and strengthening skills for services in developing countries, with quality training and international scope.”

Gilles Trystram, AgroParisTech Chief Executive Officer: “The worldwide issue of water, its distribution and associated services is a key one, and AgroParisTech is proud to be continuing the training activities that have been underway for several years now on an international scale. The partnership with ESSEC, SUEZ and AFD is dynamic, is based on a very open framework, and combines complementary skills. The AgroParisTech SUEZ-Water for All Chair has achieved a certain worldwide profile, and it is our goal to develop it further as well as to spread the advances obtained via this Chair to the other AgroParisTech training courses in the water sector.”

Rémy Rioux, Agence Française de Développement Chief Executive Officer: “I am delighted that AFD is continuing to support the 6^th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on access to clean water and sanitation – an area in which it invests over a billion euros a year for the benefit of several million people, particularly in Africa – within the framework of a partnership with AgroParisTech, SUEZ, and the Fondation SUEZ. This collaboration will allow stakeholders in this sector to train in a Chair with an extensive range of educational offerings, in a field that ties together numerous SDGs relating to access to quality education, sustainable towns and communities or gender equality. This investment in human capital is an essential part of ensuring the performance and sustainability of the funding we provide to water and sanitation management.”

Vincenzo Vinzi, ESSEC Business School General Director: “At a time when environmental crises are humanity’s number one challenge, sustainable access to the fundamental resource of water is an issue we urgently need to address. This partnership between ESSEC, AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ and the Agence Française de Développement is proof of the collective desire to initiate a profound change to support and influence the ecological and social transition of our societies through training and research, by implementing an ambitious strategy that takes account of the diverse nature of stakeholders and geographical areas.”

Laurent Roy, General Director of the Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency: "The 6 water agencies contribute, within the framework of the OUDIN-SANTINI law, to the financing of decentralized cooperation programs dealing with access to water, sanitation and hygiene, drawn up by the local authorities of their basin. In countries where decentralized cooperation programs are being developed, strengthening the skills of water technicians and engineers, as proposed by the AgroParisTech SUEZ Chair, offers the opportunity to develop the sustainable management of water services and resources. In the face of climate change, adaptation strategies must be proposed by water managers, in particular the management of equipment assets, the fight against leaks, and the sanitation and reuse of treated wastewater as alternative resources to be developed.”

About the Fondation SUEZ

The Fondation SUEZ supports practical initiatives for the sustainable improvement of access to essential services (water, sanitation and waste management) among disadvantaged groups of people in emerging countries and, in France, for the promotion the integration of vulnerable people through employment and training initiatives. With an annual budget of €3-4m since its creation, the Fondation SUEZ participates in the projects it supports through skills patronage with the Group’s experts.

SUEZ:

Leveraging the expertise it has acquired since the end of the 19th century, SUEZ helps people to continually improve their quality of life by protecting their health and supporting economic development. Operating globally, the Group and its 90,000-strong workforce preserve the key elements of our environment – water, land and air – by providing innovative and resilient solutions in water management, waste recovery, soil decontamination and air processing that enable local authorities and industries to optimise the management of their resources, such as smart cities, and to improve their environmental and economic performances. The group provides sanitation services to 64 million residents, produces 7.1 billion m3 of drinking water, contributes to economic development by creating over 200,000 direct and indirect jobs per year and helps to create new resources with 4.2 million tonnes of secondary raw materials produced. At the end of its strategic plan, the Group’s aim is to achieve fully sustainable solutions that have a positive impact on the environment, health and the climate. In 2020, SUEZ generated revenue of €17.2 billion.

AgroParisTech is the institute for life science and environmental industries, under the supervision of France’s ministries of agriculture and higher education. A player in higher education and research, this key flagship international institution addresses the major challenges of the 21^st century: feeding people by managing land sustainably, preserving natural resources, promoting innovation and making use of the bioeconomy.

The institution trains executives, engineers, doctors and managers in the fields of life science and the environment, based on research and its links to the professional world, through its engineering curriculum, master’s programme and doctoral programme in partnership with major French and foreign universities, as well as a range of ongoing professional education initiatives under the “AgroParisTech Executive” brand.

AgroParisTech consists of 10 centres and campuses across France (including 4 in the Ile-de-France region), 5 training and research departments, 22 joint research units, a research and development unit, 1 experimental farm, 2 technology centres, and open third places known as “InnLabs”. It has more than 2,300 students, 13% of whom are doctoral candidates, and 250 teacher-researchers.

AgroParisTech is a founding member of the Université Paris-Saclay, a member of the ParisTech network and an Agreenium member.

AFD: The Agence française de développement (AFD) group implements France’s development and international solidarity policy. It finances, supports and accelerates transitions towards a more consistent and resilient world. AFD builds shared solutions with its partners, with and for the populations of the Global South. AFD’s teams are involved in more than 4,000 projects in the field, in Overseas France, in 115 countries and in territories in crisis, promoting the common interest in areas such as climate, biodiversity, peace, gender equality, education and health. AFD is thus contributing to France and its people’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals.

ESSEC, founded in 1907, is a major player in management education on the world stage, holding the “Triple Crown” of EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA accreditations. With 7,060 undergraduate students, a wide range of management programmes, partnerships with the world’s leading universities, a network of 62,000 graduates, and a faculty of 142 permanent professors in France and Singapore – including 19 emeritus professors recognised for the quality and influence of their research – ESSEC maintains a tradition of academic excellence and cultivates a spirit of openness in the service of economic and social activities and innovation. In 2005, ESSEC opened a campus in Asia, ESSEC Asia-Pacific, strategically located in Singapore. This campus represents an opportunity for ESSEC to participate in the growth of Asia and to bring its expertise to this rapidly expanding region. In 2016, ESSEC opened a new ESSEC Africa campus in Rabat, Morocco. ESSEC’s international expansion enables its students and faculty members to study and understand the economic forces at work in different regions of the world.

The Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency - www.eaurmc.fr | www.sauvonsleau.fr 

The water agency is a public establishment of the State under the supervision of the Ministry of the Environment, whose mission is to restore the good status of water and aquatic environments. In application of the polluter-pays principle, it collects tax charges paid by all users: households, local authorities, industrials, farmers, according to the volumes they withdraw and the pollution they discharge. The money collected is reinvested in local authorities, industrials, farmers and associations that are working to improve the quality of water and the environment: improving sanitation systems, reducing pollution by toxic substances, saving and sharing water, restoring the quality of water in catchments degraded by diffuse pollution (pesticides and nitrates), preserving strategic resources for drinking water, restoring the natural functioning of rivers, marine environments and degraded or threatened wetlands... The water agency acts within the framework of an intervention program 2019-2024 which sets the main priorities for action for 6 years. The agency has an annual aid capacity of about 440 M€ and employs 330 people.