The 7th edition of the UNECE International PPP Forum

Irina Zapatrina have represented the Center at the 7th edition of the UNECE International PPP Forum that took place on May 3-5, 2023 in Athens (Greece).

In the framework of the Forum she made a presentation at the Side event "EBRD’s Public-Private Partnerships Regulatory Guidelines Publication" on May 5, 2023.

International Jury – UNECE PPP and infrastructure award 2023

The UNECE secretariat established the International Jury to select the best PPP infrastructure projects that contribute to the circular economy agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the 7th UNECE International PPP Forum on 3-5 May 2023.

Jury includes:

Jean-Patrick Marquet (President)

Jean-Christophe Barth

Doris Chevalier

Anand Chiplunkar

Rose-Lourdes Elysee

Petra Ferk

Amanda Loeffen

Joan Enric Ricart

Jelena Tadic

Irina Zapatrina

Pedro Neves (Secretary)

Details on https://unece.org/ppp/forum7/award

PPP master class – Nice, September 12-13, 2022

Master class "The Most Recent Developments in Public-Private Partnership" was held in Nice, France, on September 12-13, 2022

The Chairmanof the board of the Center, Iryna Zapatrina, took part in the event as a speaker.

The Most Recent Developments in Public Private Partnerships, Nice, 12-13 September 2022

The hybrid workshop will give participants a profound insight into new developments and trends in Public-Private Partnership. The focus will be on the following specific topics: review of the New UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Public-Private Partnerships and new Model Legislative Provisions; EU PPP / Concession Regulation.

Interactive panel discussions and Q&A sessions leave time for exchange and discussion with colleagues from different EU Member States – use the great networking opportunity!

https://lnkd.in/eap_9zrK

The 6th UNECE International PPP Forum took place in Barcelona (Spain) on May 4-6, 2022

Irina Zapatrina participated in the discussion on Moroccan and Tunisian projects in the framework of presentation of the best People-first PPPs on the 1st day of the Forum.

The presentations of session “Strengthening coordination of urban development PPPs with the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs”  have been uploaded on the UNECE PPP website.

https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/UNECE%20PPP%20Forum%206th%20session-Side%20event%203-CSEND.pdf

Article by Iryna Zapatrina in EPPPL Magazine

Article “Ukraine. Public-Private Partnerships: The Homework on Establishing Attractable Legal Environment Is Almost Done, It Is Time for Implementation” by Iryna Zapatrina was published in the Volume 16 (2021), Issue 4 of European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review

https://epppl.lexxion.eu/article/EPPPL/2021/4/12

PPP Manual developed by the World Bank with the support of the UK Government

The Six-Volume Manual on Public-Private Partnership has been published on the official website of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine. https://me.gov.ua/Documents/Detail?lang=uk-UA&id=2bc79196-a3b2-41a9-86e2-f55f9a8f5c9c&title=MetodichniRekomendatsii

(soon will be available in English)

The Public-Private Partnership Manual for Ukraine was prepared in the framework of the World Bank Project "Strengthening the use of public-private partnerships (PPP) for better management of public investment" funded by the World Bank with the support of the UK Government.

The document is the result of the work of the staff of the WB in collaboration with external experts.

For reference:

The World Bank of Ukraine Team: Ms. Nataliya Biletska (WB Senior Public Sector Specialist), Mr. Ian Hawkesworth (WB Senior Governance Specialist), Mr. David Duarte (WB Senior Public-Private Partnership Specialist), Mr. Bruno de Cazalet (Senior PPP Consultant), Mr. Grant Hauber (Senior PPP Consultant), Ms. Irina Zapatrina (Senior Consultant), Ms. Elena Timusheva (WB PPP Specialist), Mariya Myroshnychenko (WB Specialist)

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development “On approval of the Procedure of competitive selection of independent experts”

On February 15, 2021, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has registered the Order of the Ministry of Economic Development "On approval of the Procedure of competitive selection of independent experts" - https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE35813?an=2

In developing this regulation, the Ministry of Economic Development was assisted by a team of World Bank consultants consisting of Ms. Nataliya Biletska (Senior Public Sector Specialist), Mr. Ian Hawkesworth (Senior Governance Specialist), Mr. Bruno de Cazalet (Senior PPP Consultant), Ms. Irina Zapatrina (Senior Consultant).

The new article “Unsolicited Proposals: New Realities in COVID Times” in EPPPL

The new article «Unsolicited Proposals: New Realities in COVID Times» of Iryna Zapatrina has been published in “European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review” - https://epppl.lexxion.eu/

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Step-in-Right Procedure has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministries of Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine had approved the Decree № 541 "On approval of the Procedure for replacement of a private partner (concessionaire) under an agreement concluded within a public-private partnership (concession agreement)" on July 1, 2020.

The team of the World Bank consultants consisting of Ms. Nataliya Biletska (Senior Public Sector Specialist), Mr. Ian Hawkesworth (Senior Governance Specialist), Mr. Bruno de Cazalet (Senior PPP Consultant), Mr. Grant Hauber (Senior PPP Consultant), Ms. Irina Zapatrina (Senior Consultant) assisted in the development of this Decree based on the best international practice.