Here is your change to win a full IWA World Congress 2025 package, including flight, transfer, hotel accommodation and congress fee. All you need to do is register to become a Data Pioneer. How? Why? Well – here's the deal:

The International Water Association (IWA) and the World Bank's New International Benchmarking Network (NewIBNET) team up to promote data-driven decision-making. To this end, they invite water and sanitation utilities, associations, and regulators worldwide to participate in the call for data on their performance and management. Becoming Data Pioneers, they will have cost-free access to valuable benchmarking services and networking opportunities.

All water organizations - utilities, associations, and regulators - can become a 2025 Data Pioneer through joining or partnering with NewIBNET and sharing data that they can then use to form decisions and improve their performance. If you have already joined last year, never mind: Your organization is still eligible for the 2025 Data Pioneers – Learning in Bangkok Initiative and the free IWA World Congress 2025 package!

Anyway – please act now: Registration and data submisssions are open already and till October 15^th, but register your organization asap, and you will have ample time to get data for multiple years together.

For each year of complete data sets you get one additional chance to get a ticket to Bangkok. It's a double profit, since submitting data for the consecutive past few years also enables multi-year comparisons on your benchmarking portal! 

NewIBNET Data Pioneers for learning in Bangkok

As part of their collaboration with the International Water Association (IWA), several NewIBNET Data Pioneers (mostly from water utilities, but also from associations and regulators) will be selected to send a designated staff member to the IWA Water & Development 2025 Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. To get started, please check the links below for more information:

a. easy steps to register

b. NewIBNET: How to become a member and share data!

Note that your NewIBNET membership is totally free of charge and gives you access to extremely valuable information that can help to improve your business success:

Find a professional evaluation of your utility performance and management data for your own benchmarking on the NewIBNET Member Portal. Use clear, user-friendly dashboards to compare your organization with other utilities along 15 Key Performance Indicators and 7 areas of Management Practices, and review your tariffs vis-a-vis the tariffs of relevant comparators.

NewIBNET members can also access the exclusive NewIBNET Connect and Learn Group on the World Bank Water Community Platform. Find utilities whose performance you saw on the dashboards and exchange with their NewIBNET Data Focal Point to learn from those that perform similarly or different to you.

Have the NewIBNET team help you connect and work with your new group of peers from water utilities, associations and other institutions through guided discussion groups and community events.

In short: Joining is a winning proposition for you and your organization. Register now, and win valuable business insights – and maybe a trip to Bangkok. Welcome to NewIBNET, Data Pioneers!