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IBNET The IBNET Team (World Bank) Beijing September 10-14, 2006 What is IBNET? IBNET started as an initiative to collect data on performance of utilities to improve project design and policy dialogue in the early 1990s When collecting data, it became clear that lack of standard definitions between utilities made it very difficult to compare data As a result, a data collection toolkit was published, that was improved upon in the beginning of the 2000s: the “IBNET Toolkit” IBNET Toolkit is a suite of software and guidance documents to help utilities compile, analyze and share performance information the municipal water utilities IBNET development The IBNET Toolkit was used to develop a large database of performance data Since 2004, the IBNET team is leading the data collection effort providing tools and seed money to establish local capacity in data collection and analysis IBNET provides access to a large dataset of water utility performance data in the public domain; currently the database has data available for about 2,000 utilities in more than 75 countries, including China IBNET also facilitates access to a network of agencies that are involved in performance benchmarking IBNET website The website contains : IBNET concept and objectives with FAQ section IBNET toolkit Indicator database with search mechanism Additional tools and resources; and Information sharing including links to benchmarking organizations worldwide The website is translated in Spanish and Russian to ensure global access to IBNET tools and data  Demand for IBNET Even though no major dissemination has taken place so far, with the push for dissemination planned for the fall of 2006, access to website has grown significantly: Number of hits grew from about 6-7,000 a month in Sep05 to about 70,000 a month in summer 2006 Number of sessions grew from 186 per month in Jan06 to 2,100 in July 06 Cross references to IBNET in more than 60 websites Use of IBNET by countries to improve their benchmar