"Gathering data and comparing them on a really global level is a great way to learn", commented Fjolla Lasku of the Gjakova Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kosovo, watching the crowd in the reception area of the world's most important sector meeting, the IWA World Water Congress 2024 in Toronto, Canada.

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 NewIBNET Data Pioneer and win a ticket to the IWA Water and Development Congress 2025 in Bangkok. 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, three water utilities from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia were selected for a ticket to Toronto. This year, not only water utilities, but also benchmarking-minded water utility associations and regulatory authorities have a chance to win.

How? By joining NewIBNET and taking part in its Data Pioneer Program. IAWD, as the representative of NewIBNET in the Danube region recommends joining today, because it is a 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.

Secure your chance to be among the representatives travelling to the IWA Water and Development Congress in Bangkok, on 8-12 December 2025. Which makes joining NewIBNET a serious win-win-WIN!