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Organization : Société des eaux de Marseille
Acronym: : SEM
Nationality of the organisation of establishment : France Year of establishment : 1948
college to which your organisation belongs to :
College 3:Commercial organisations
Scope of your organisation : Regional: sub-national
International
 Are you organiation's activities focused primarily on water and sanitation ? : Yes No
Please indicate your organisation's field(s) of expertise and activities :
  • Water resources management
  • Basic Human needs or health
  • Development or infrastructure
  • Climate or natural hazards
  • Environment or ecosystems
  • Water supply or sanitation
  • Agriculture or food production
  • Human rights or social issues
  • Education or capacity building
  • Human settlements or habitats
  • Regulation and governance
  • Economics or finance
  • Research or development
  • Energy or industry
  • Media awareness
  • International cooperation or humanitarian relief
You may specify your activities by providing a list of more precise keywords:
Description of your Organisation's activities : The Water Supply Company of Marseille ( Société des Eaux de Marseille) is a private company dedicated to public services in water and sanitation as well as all other environment services for public and private sectors. Its main activity is related to the public water supply and sanitation management for 2 million inhabitants in the area of the "great Marseille" ( Métropole Aix-Marseille Provence) and 20 other local communities in the South of France. SEM counts with 850 employees in the water sector and a has a strong expertise in water production, raw water canal management, water treatment plants operation, water supply networks, waste water treatment and collection networks. Located in Marseille and recognized worldwide for for its water management skills, SEM has developped an innovative and multidisciplinary company which brings together more than 20 subsidiaries specialized in environmental services and green development. SEM has also developped a widespread international activity mainly in Maghreb, sub-saharian countries and Latin America with a subsidiary of 80 employees in Morocco. Internationally, SEM is engaged in a wide range of contracts with local public services with special skills on water supply network "smart" management, operational optimization of network efficiency and leak detection, technical assistance, general and specialized water and sanitation engineering as well as capacity building, skill transfers and on-site training.

Governor representative :
First Name : Loic Last Name : Fauchon
Title : Mr. Position : President
Nationality : France Gender : Male Female
Email : loic.fauchon@eauxdemarseille.fr
background : Loic Fauchon was graduated in 1970 with a degree from Institut d'Etudes Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence. He worked initially as a civil servant in public services and several local authorities - the River Verdon Syndicate, the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône and then the City of Marseille where he took the position of Cabinet Director of the Mayor of Marseille and on duty in the Secretariat Général. He ran for local elections and was elected as Mayor in Trets from 1989 to 1997. General Director of Société des Eaux de Marseille (SEM) in 1991, he became President-Directeur Général (CEO) in 1997, heading a group of 15 companies with 1800 employees. He is now President of SEM. Understanding the vital importance of water throughout the world, and leading several humanitarian on-site missions, he created the NGO " Transsahara-caravanes sans frontières" in 1977 to provide help to populations in emergency situation. He created a same purpose structure called "waterhelp" within SEM company. He was President of the World Water Council from 2005 to 2012 and contributed directly to the organization of the World Water Forums of Marrakech (1997), The Hague ( 2000), Kyoto ( 2003), Mexico City ( 2006), Istanbul ( 2009) and Marseilles ( 2012). He is now Honorary President. He is a member of various international and non governmental organizations and of the UN High level panel on Water related Disasters, and advocates the “voice of water” throughout the world. He was also nominated as CEO of SAFIM ( French Company of Marseille International Exhibitions) in 2014 and received the prestigious French national decoration of “ Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur” in 2003

Alternate representative :
First Name : Marie Last Name : Borni
Title : Mrs. Postion : Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Nationality : France Gender :
Email : marie.borni@eauxdemarseille.fr
background : Marie Borni was graduated in 2002 in Engineering by the Ecole Polytechnique ( Palaiseau)- most prestigious Engeneering School of France - and complemented her initial training by a 2nd engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées ( Paris) and a Master in Business Administration from the ENPC School of International Management (Paris) in 2005. After studies and articles on water issues, she started her carrier as Cabinet Director to the CEO of Société des Eaux de Marseille in 2006, where she was in charge of monitoring the Executive Committee and of the relationships with Local Communities. In 2011-2012 she was nominated for 6 months as Deputy Director of the International Committee of the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, which gathered more than 30 000 participants from 170 countries, 15 heads of State, 100 ministerial delegations. She was then closely related with the Board of Governors of the WWC. In 2013, she took a major operational position as Managing Director of Agglopole Provence Eau- a newly created subsidiary company of SEM in charge of the public water supply service of 17 local communities around Salon de Pce. In 2017 she was promoted Deputy Director General in charge of Water Operations for Société des Eaux de Marseille and since may 2018 she is now Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the group Société des Eaux de Marseille.

Organisation statement:
Please describe the involvement of your organisation within the World Water Council and state how long it has been involved in World Water Council activities : Société des Eaux de Marseille is a long-standing active member of the World water Council and has been deeply involved in the processes of the World Water Forums since Marrakech in 1997. More than 20 engineers from SEM have delivered speeches during the different and successive Forum, in the various processes- regional, thematic, SDGs and in specialized conferences such as “Water and Climate”. Several directors and specialist engineers of SEM have been regularly involved in the life of the WWC by attending general assembly, different meetings and working groups. It was especially active during the preparation and in all sessions and side events of the World Water Forum in Marseille in 2012. Société des Eaux de Marseille has been committed for a long time to support the activities of the WWC in all areas of action and bring the voice of the expertise as an on-site operator with a good and long-lasting experience in international operations and skill transfers with other countries. During the mandate of Mr Loic Fauchon as President of the WWC for more than 10 years, SEM was proud to be part of the “ voice for water” at international levels and is willing to continue to support the WWC to making Dakar 2021 a successful Forum and advocate the cause of water at international levels and in the COP processes.
For what reasons do you wish your organisation to have a seat on the Board of Governors ? Société des Eaux de Marseille is willing to support the activities of the WWC, to serve the international advocacy of water at a global level, because as an on-site water operator it is conscious of the enormous challenges related to water and sanitation questions at a global scale. SEM is also sharing the main current objectives of the WWC : improve the implementation of the right to water and sanitation, include the question of water in the global challenge of climate change, give Africa a chance to solve its water and sanitation problems, support sustainable development, gender equality related to water, fair financing, and share know-how and expertise with other countries and sectors. The WWC can count on the motivation, expertise and will of SEM to bring thoughts and action whenever needed. Concrete contributions will be provided to share a common involvement with other stake-holders such as government representatives, NGos, corporations and civil society. SEM is also willing to promote dialogue with all stakeholders within the WWC.