126| 2020 Sustainability Report |Committed to people Impact on society: Helping governments through public-private collaboration As part of its commitment to contributing to reachingcurrently working on the impact of the management the SDGs, Aqualia has been collaborating since 2016of the end-to-end water cycle in Almería, where the with the PPPs Centre for Cities, an initiative of the Unitedimpact on SDGs in the territory is being measured in Nations through the UNECE Regional Commission, in theaccordance with this methodology. development of the "UNECE People-first PPP Evaluation Methodology". This is the first United Nations tool forAqualia is also collaborating with this centre, which the quantitative assessment of PPPs in terms of theiris an internationalbenchmark in the preparation of contribution to reaching the SDGs. best practices and standards in accompanying and helping governments in the implementation of public- In accordance with this methodology, Aqualia has sinceprivate collaboration projects. Specifically,in 2020 elaborated case studies for projects such as WWTP ElAqualia was part of both the General Working Group Salitre, in Colombia; New Cairo Treatment Plant, Egypt,and the Working Group that was responsible for the etc., projects highlighted by the benefits they bring toeconomic efficiency and fiscalsustainability aspect of the community, citizens and countries. The company isthe methodology. 7 Strategic line f Allian c es or a Participation in forums collabora t ive outolo k Aqualia is a member of a multitude of associations around the world dedicated to researching and acting on the public water service.The following is a lost of these associations with the SDGs to which they contribute as a result of this collaboration: Scope Association SDG Spanish Water Supply and Sanitation Association - AEAS 6 17 Spanish Association of Urban Water Services - AGA 6 17 Spain Spanish Association for Desalination and Re-use - AEDyR 6 12 17 Spanish Chamber of Commerce 17 National Water Council - CNA 17