Public-Private Partnership: Prospects in the Mediterranean Region
- Date: 17 February 2011
- Location:OECD Conference Centre
Paris
France
The workshop entitled “Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Prospects in the Mediterranean Region” was held at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Conference Centre in Paris on 10th - 11th February 2011.
The opening remarks were provided by Richard Boucher, Deputy Secretary General of OECD, Lino Cardarelli, Senior Deputy Secretary General of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, and EIB Vice-President Philippe de Fontaine Vive. Nick Jennett, Head of the European PPP Expertise Centre (EPEC), gave the concluding remarks. During the workshop, advertised as the “launch of an ambitious PPP programme in the FEMIP region by the EIB”, the initial conclusions of the PPP study were presented.
Participants, composed of more than 75 experts from the FEMIP region, South Africa and the EU, focused on three key questions: What is the state of play for PPP’s in the Mediterranean region, including private sector appetite? What are the key conditions for a successful PPP environment? And how to create and deliver a pipeline of infrastructure projects?
Agenda of the day: French version, English version
Speakers' presentations:
Session 1 – PPP legal and financial readiness in the Mediterranean region: main findings of the EIB study
PPP legal and financial readiness in the Mediterranean region: main findings of the EIB study - the financial perspective, David Donnelly, Director – Project Finance Mazars LLP
PPP legal and financial readiness in the Mediterranean region: main findings of the EIB study, Barry Francis, Pinsent Masons LLP
Session 2 – Building the appropriate legal framework: experiences from the region and beyond
FEMIP workshop on PPP projects in the Mediterranean region: building the appropriate legal framework, Ziad Hayek, Secretary General, Higher Council for Privatization, Lebanon
Cadre juridique des PPP, expérience du Maroc, Najat Saher, Chief of Privatization Division, Morocco
South African PPP Unit, Karen Breytenbach, PPP Unit, National Treasury, South Africa
PPP prospects in the Mediterranean region: building the appropriate legal framework - experiences from the region and beyond, Roel Hoenders – Programme Manager, DG Development & Cooperation (DEVCO), EuropeAid
PPP prospects in the Mediterranean region and beyond: the long term investor’s point of view, Massimo Fiorentino, Meridiam Infrastructure
Presentation on OECD activities in PPPs, Céline Kauffmann, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Session 3 – Improving the financial attractiveness for PPP's
FEMIP Trust Fund study: PPP legal & financial framework in the FEMIP region, Paloma Perez de Vega, Loan Officer, European Investment Bank
Partenariat Public Privé en Tunisie, Kamel Mgarech, Director, Central Bank of Tunisia
FEMIP workshop on PPPs prospects in the Mediterranean region: improving the financial attractiveness for PPP's, Stefano Giacomino, Lead Adviser, International Finance Corporation
Financing PPP projects in the FEMIP region, Ashley Blows, Managing Director, Regional Head of Project Finance, Natixis
