Ebc Foundation

the european benchmarking co-operation (ebc; structured as a foundation under dutch law) is an industry-based, not-for-profit benchmarking initiative to improve water services. mission of ebc is to facilitate water utilities in the continuous process of improving & innovating water services and raising transparency, by offering an international benchmarking programme for water services, providing a platform for exchanging leading/best practices of management and operations and sharing knowledge and experiences on benchmarking. ebc foundation annually organises benchmarking exercises for water- & wastewater utilities in europe and beyond. next to the core programme for western europe, ebc facilitates regional benchmarking programmes in the danube region in close collaboration with the local national water associations. participation in ebc’s benchmarking programme is on a voluntary basis. the programme is aligned with the iwa & awwa benchmarking framework and applies the iwa performance