Franchising - A new Approach for Financing and Realisation of Sustainable Solutions for Water and Sanitation

摘要

Especially in developing and transition countries, public utilities (working under political priorities) often seem unable to deliver the necessary water and sanitation services. Twinning and homostructural PPP may help for a certain time with limited effects, but will not be able to heal the situation in most cases. The same applies to Benchmarking. PSP approaches, like BOX, PPP, management contracts, concessions etc., have been successful in many cases, but are facing growing resistance. Franchise might become a feasible solution, acceptable to municipalities and the local communities, because it does not delegate tasks and values added to global players from outside. There is not yet much experience existing with Franchise models, although the basic components are well established (e.g. with contracting models), as is the overall scheme (Mr Minit, McDonalds ...). The Author hopes to conclude the first "Water-Franchise-Pilot-Project" in South Africa until next year, and to commence more projects in other regions. Then, it will be possible to evaluate, whether and under which conditions Franchise can be a favourable option.