To support pilot project development, ECO-Asia conducted a best practices review on strategies for expanding water service to the urban poor. The review identifies key constraints and model solutions developed by public and private service providers throughout Asia and other parts of the world. ECO-Asia organized a regional workshop on September 20-21, 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand to share these review findings, to obtain feedback from the practitioners and to stimulate further discussion that would help focus ECO-Asia country and regional activities. The objectives of the workshop were to:
Present findings from the best practices review;
Exchange views among practitioners on constraints and successful models; and
Recommend country-level actions in support of ECO-Asia pilot projects, and develop a regional action agenda.

Workshop participants included representatives from government agencies, water utilities and target communities from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.