On 24 July 2014 EBC Foundation has been founded to develop a more independent, European profile, to strengthen the governance of the programme and to better focus on EBC's core business: benchmarking water services.
EBC Foundation is governed by a Board, consisting of representatives from DANVA (Danish water utility association), Danube Water Program (joint capacity building program of the World Bank and IAWD for the Danube region; Austria), EurEau (Europe federation of national water utility associations), Norsk Vann (Norwegian water utility association) and Vewin (Dutch water utility association).
The conversion enables further development of the programme, from the perspective of content as well as geography. Apart from Western Europe, EBC's activities will cover particular Central- and Eastern Europe.