iGPI, Portugal's National Initiative for Infrastructure Asset Management of urban water services had its kick-off general meeting on April 10th. iGPI is a collaborative project between LNEC, IST, Addition (members of the AWARE-P consortium) and 19 Portuguese urban water utilities, representative of a wide diversity of geographical contexts, institutional frameworks (public and private) and populations served. The project will last until September 2013 and will lead to the production of strategic and tactical IAM plans by the utilities. More at www.iniciativaGPI.org.