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Panafrican Public Private Partnerships Initiative 2007-2012 Summit
Date of publication: 31-10-2007
On the 30th of November the Panafrican Public Private Partnerships Initiative 2007-2012 Summit will take place in Brussels. The EWP supports this initiative, which is organised by Premier Cercle in partnership with the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, Proparco (Agence française de développement ), DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft GmbH – Kfw Group) and EuropeanVoice (The Economist), with the support of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa and the European International Contractors.
Public Private Partnerships in infrastructure projects are a great tool for achieving sustainable development on the African continent. Designed as a complimentary relationship, the public sector’s lack of efficiency, resources and risk sharing and along with the private sector’s expertise and financial investment, create unique synergies thorough partnerships.
However, the public private partnerships are born from complex contracts involving multiple partners that presume a combination of technical, judicial, social, political and financial aspects that are long and difficult to set up, especially in a challenging environment that the African continent represents.
The Brussels conference is the staging point of an African tour, with a first focus on water. Designed as a 5 year project, the Pan-African series will tour the continent in order to get realistic directions and down-to-earth conclusions, will assess tangible results by the major public and private players at stake in water, energy, infrastructure and telecommunications projects.
For more information, follow this link.
Public Private Partnerships in infrastructure projects are a great tool for achieving sustainable development on the African continent. Designed as a complimentary relationship, the public sector’s lack of efficiency, resources and risk sharing and along with the private sector’s expertise and financial investment, create unique synergies thorough partnerships.
However, the public private partnerships are born from complex contracts involving multiple partners that presume a combination of technical, judicial, social, political and financial aspects that are long and difficult to set up, especially in a challenging environment that the African continent represents.
The Brussels conference is the staging point of an African tour, with a first focus on water. Designed as a 5 year project, the Pan-African series will tour the continent in order to get realistic directions and down-to-earth conclusions, will assess tangible results by the major public and private players at stake in water, energy, infrastructure and telecommunications projects.
For more information, follow this link.