PPPs in Evolution: New Window of Opportunity for Asian Countries
(sponsored by Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade [ICEX])
5 May 2008 (12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)
The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) works to promote the
international presence of Spanish firms and public entities abroad.
Under the umbrella of the program "Espaņa, Technology for Life",
ICEX is monitoring a series of initiatives to capture the lessons of
recent developments within the Public-Private Partnership arena in
Spain and abroad.
From a very traditional role of PPPīs in the mid-90īs, the Spanish
government introduced regulation facilitating rapid progress in the use
of PPPīs to advance investments in infrastructure. At an average rate of
USD 13 billion per year since 1996 in public private investment,
Spain has been able to have ten companies among the top fifty in
the world involved in PPPīs.
Roads, railways, airports, ports, solid waste, water, urban
management, hospitals and other public services have been
promoted through various PPP approaches, some of them valid for
Asia. Practical approaches for governments and investors to align
their different interests in key infrastructure sectors and the various
regulatory frameworks in Europe will also be discussed.
| PROGRAM/SPEAKERS |
| Speaker |
Antonio M. Lopez Corral
Professor, Polytechnic University of Madrid
|
Gerardo Gavilanes
Director of the Office of the Economic Advisor, General Directory of Economic Planning at the Spanish Ministry for Development
|
Hugh Goldsmith
PPP Coordinator, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank |
Fernando Gutierrez de Vera
President, SEOPAN (Spanish Construction Companies Association) |
Antonio Sánchez Soliņo
Professor of Civil Engineering, Madrid Polytechnic University |
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