“Gathering data and comparing them on a really global level is a great way to learn”, commented Fjolla Lasku of the Gjakova WWT Plant in Kosovo, watching the crowd in the reception area of the world´s most important sector meeting, the IAW Water Congress 2024 in Toronto, Canada. Video file Ms. Lasku was one of three winners of an all-inclusive ticket to this congress, and you, dear reader, are invited to follow in her footsteps: Be a New IBNET 2025 Data Pioneer and win a ticket to the IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition in Bangkok this December 8-12, 2025. Connect face to face with water professionals from all over the world. Share and compare data on utility performance and discuss burning issues and promising solutions in the greatest water-focused forum on the planet. Help to promote benchmarking as an essential tool in the improvement of services. Each year, NewIBNET teams up with the International Water Association to sponsor five Congress packages including air travel, transfer from airport to conference venue, hotel coverage for the time of the conference, and the full conference fee. Last year, six water utilities from Kenya, Jamaica, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia and the water association of Malawi were selected for a ticket to Toronto. This year, not only water utilities and associations, but also regulatory authorities have a chance to win. How? By joining or partnering with NewIBNET. Water Utilities can register on this website at the top right corner by clicking Register. Water Associations can indicate their wish for partnering with us via ibnet@worldbank.org. Water Regulatory Bodies are kindly asked to fill in the following application form. IAWD, the primary partner association of NewIBNET in the Danube region recommends joining today, because "It is serious win-win: be part of a unique, coordinated global effort to assess utility management practices as an efficient driver of performance improvement and benefit from highly valuable, but free of charge world bank data services. Oh – and secure your chance to be among the representatives travelling to the IWA Water & Development Congress in Bangkok, Dec 8-12. 2025 in Bangkok. Which makes joining NewIBNET a serious win-win-WIN." - Katarina Schilling, General Secretary, IAWD, Austria. For more information click here! NewIBNET 2024 Data Pioneers at the IWA World Water Congress in Toronto, August 2024 Image Topic New IBNET News