Czech PPP Forum 2008
- The Municipal and Regional Focus -

18th – 19th June 2008, Hotel Diplomat, Prague, Czech Republic
Followed by a workshop on PPP project development - 20th June

Conference Programme

Day I – 18th June 2008

Chair – Marcel Babczynski, director, Erste Corporate Finance

I. Conditions for PPP in CR and Europe in 2008, current status of PPP projects in CR, outsight for future

Review of “pilot projects” in CR and their assessment, current appetite for PPPs in the Czech Government

Kateřina Helikarová, Head of PPP Unit, Ministry of Finance, CR
Vladimír Sloup, Director, Czech PPP Association
Roman Kramařík, Member of the Board, Czech PPP Association

II. Lessons learned and new opportunities for PPP in CR (plans vs. reality)

PPP in municipalities – acceleration and improvement of municipal development

Oldřich Vlasák, MEP, President of Union of Municipalities CR

Legal frameworks for PPPs execution - focus on experience

Mgr. Josef Hlavička, lawyer, Havel & Holásek

Real life is not black and white – tailor made solutions

Michal Tesař, project director, NEWTON Management, Plc.

Overseas and Czech experience – pros and cons of local PPP projects

Jiří Petrák, director, Mott MacDonald

III. Legal framework for PPP, public procurement and concessions in CR

Concession vs. lease – do you want to avoid concession proceedings?

Christian Blatchford, lawyer, Kocian Solc Balastik

Selected Aspects of PPP financing in view of recent PPP projects bid procedures

Jan Troják, director, Project Financing, CSOB bank

Competitive and concession dialogue – way to quality and best added value

Milana Chamberlain, Norton Rose

IV. Combining EU grants and PPP: Brilliant, challenging or impossible? Examples from abroad, EC perception

Current grant administration in CR does not support combining of public and private investments: Need of Urban Development Funds

Klára Dostálová, director, Centre of European Projects, Regional Development Agency

PPP in Slovakia – status and future outlook

Irma Chmelová, Managing Director, Slovak PPP Association, Bratislava

Status and potential for PPPs in Balkan states – opportunities also for Czech companies

Zoran Jelić, director, C.R.E.A.M. Europe, Brussels

Cocktail party

Day II – 19th June 2008

Chair – Milana Chamberlain, International Managing Partner, Norton Rose

V. Examples of municipal and regional PPP projects – existing, planned and thought about

JESSICA (Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas) - an initiative to promote sustainable investments and growth in urban areas

Rafal Rybacki, Gianni Carbonara, JESSICA team, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

Partnership of public and private sectors in district of Prague 7 – „Association New Prague 7“

Tereza Procházková, project coordinator, Best Communications

Upgrading of county hospital in Pardubice

Libor Cupal, Jan Prokeš, Ernst & Young
Milana Chamberlain, Norton Rose
Jan Feřtek, director of Pardubice hospital

Development programme of Hradec Králové and use of PPP – lessons learned and new projects

Boris Herman, deputy mayor of Hradec Králové

Innovative environmental – social project: revitalisation of former military site Velká Hleďsebe: under MISTER international project

Karel Zuska, partner, Holec, Zuska & Partners

PPP as an option to solution to investment needs of regions – National Sport Centre Morava – case study

Karel Kolář, senior manager, PPP projects, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jan Dvořák, Head of Strategic projects department, Municipality of Ostrava

PPP projects in transport under development in South Bohemia Region

Ivan Študlar, advisor to Governor of South Bohemia regional government

Development projects in South Morava region and PPP – way to speed up?

Ing. Milan Venclík, DeputyGovernor, South Morava regional government

Fri 20 June 2008
PPP Project Development Workshop
How to develop PPP project properly

Workshop is primarily intended for municipalities and public sector representatives, who want to learn how the proper PPP project is to be started, developed, communicated, procured, negotiated, controlled and evaluated or rebased.

“There is not an unlimited amount of project types. Whatever complex and difficult your project can be, there is only a limited number of particular situations, and the final project solution is just a combination of properly chosen (and preferably formerly tested) components. Of course, the final mixture can be wrong…”
Cit. Prof. Julian Le Grand, London School of Economics

Lecturers:

Lenka Krutáková, Wolf Theiss, Prague
Jan Kincl, Facility Ltd.

5th Annual International Conference on PPP

5th Annual International Conference on PPP