Governance of Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons from the Italian Experience in Transportation Projects

2022 ◽  
pp. 223-241
Author(s):  
Remy Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Italian Experience ◽  
Transportation Projects

A structure for government requirements in public–private partnerships

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 891-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
A M Abdel-Aziz ◽  
A D Russell
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Transportation Projects

A spectrum of requirements for the procurement of public infrastructure under various public–private partnership arrangements has been communicated by governments to the private sector participants. This paper suggests a structure for these requirements and demonstrates how they have been realized in public–private partnership projects. Government requirements are categorized and described under a structure of three dimensions: rights, obligations, and liabilities. Each dimension is further defined and explained through a number of attributes. The structure provides insights as to the basis for the different modes under public–private partnerships such as build–operate–transfer, build–own–operate–transfer, and build–transfer–operate. The structure is used to examine government requirements in a number of public–private partnership transportation projects. The results show that, for each dimension and its related attributes, comprehensive and clear articulation of government requirements is generally needed. This will reduce the amount of supplemental materials issued for the request for proposals, help consortiums in responding with proposals that can fit the requirements and reduce the amount of time spent in negotiations and (or) the need for contract amendments to reflect marketplace realities missed earlier.Key words: public–private partnerships, concessions, development agreements, franchise agreements, transportation projects.

scholarly journals PPP in Health Care—Trending Toward a Light Model: Evidence From Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Vecchi ◽  
Francesca Casalini ◽  
Niccolò Cusumano ◽  
Velia Maria Leone
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
Italian Experience ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Model Evidence

Italy, as many other countries, adopted the design–build–finance–maintain (DBFMO) Anglo-Saxon model to build new hospitals. This model proved to be rigid, nontransparent, nonvalue for money, and unaffordable. The aim of this article is to analyze the main drawbacks of the traditional DBFMO public–private partnerships (PPP) contract applied to the health care sector, by referring to the Italian experience, and to discuss the evolutions, conceived through an inductive/deductive approach, conducted in a context of deep collaboration between academia, health care authorities, and market players to make PPP contracts more value for money, flexible, and affordable. The article provides also an example of the role of academia in closing the rigor–practice gap by supporting and facilitating an institutional change.

scholarly journals Public-Private Partnerships in transport: a critical assessment of the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Panadès-Estruch
Keyword(s):  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Cayman Islands ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Legal Compliance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Transportation Projects ◽  
The Caribbean

PurposeThis article critically analyses the extent to which selected Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) transportation projects in the Caribbean subregion embrace good practices and how they benefit the public sector.Design/methodology/approachThe article begins with the general rationale of PPPs, leading to a discussion on the specific challenges of the Caribbean subregion and an assessment of certain critical projects. The sample cases include the L F Wade International Airport in Bermuda, the cruise berthing and cargo port redevelopment project in the Cayman Islands, and the Sanger International Airport in Jamaica. There are five aspects to the critical assessment: (a) an evaluation of the type of PPP arrangement used; (b) the legal/policy framework; (c) financial implications; (d) accountability; and (e) miscellaneous data. Desk-based research is conducted as supported by both international and local sources to convey a uniquely local perspective in this under-researched area of scholarship.FindingsPPP frameworks in the Caribbean are improving quickly but remain a work in progress. Jamaica leads the region. Bermuda trails behind. Problems of legal compliance with frameworks and limited market engagement persist, leading to risk management problems.Originality/valueThis article fills a literature gap on critical analysis of individual Caribbean PPP transportation projects. Previous reports, mostly by international organisations, cover regional or sectorial trends. Other sources take a descriptive but not critical approach.

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