THE 4th IRISH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS POLICY FORUM

The Gresham Hotel, Dublin, Ireland

Thursday, 19 June 2008

To date, the principal driver behind the Irish Government's adoption of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) has been value for money, rather than fiscal constraints. However, the experience that it has gained during this early phase of projects should stand it in good stead as the economy begins to feel the impact of the global downturn, which has come just as the Government has begun to reflect on where to go next with its PPP programme. Logic suggests that PPP is likely to play an increasingly important role in the Government's plans

The issues to be discussed include:

• Where next for PPP in Ireland?
• The evolving institutional framework for PPP in Ireland
• The role of the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA)
• Getting value for money - lessons so far
• PPP in Northern Ireland
• Competitive Dialogue
• Optimising payment mechanisms
• Issues to be addressed before handover of projects to NDFA
• Effective risk transfer
• Overcoming the challenges to the implementation of PPPs at the local authority level
• Latest developments in debt and equity finance
• Overviews on education, civic buildings, rail and roads, healthcare, PPP operational issues, and regeneration and waste

The conference website

Posted by dcjaya at June 19, 2008 2:05 AM