A World Panel on Financing Global Water Infraestructure was formed late in 2001. It is a joint initiative of the Global Water Partnership, the World Water Council, and the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, with the financial support of several donor agencies. The subject matter of the panel is the financial needs of the water sector in its broadest sense, taking a 25-year perspective. This includes household services, irrigation, hydropower, resource development and management, flood control, and so on, though the needs of domestic water supply and sanitation have taken up the largest part of its time.