Public and Private Sectors debate challenges in integrated contracting in the Netherlands
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06-02-2012
Four leading figures from the private, financial, legal and public sectors will be debating the challenges raised by public private partnerships (PPPs) in the Netherlands during ‘Going Dutch in Public Private Partnerships’. The discussion will be led by Frank Heemskerk (Royal Haskoning Board of Management). Participants will be invited to actively express their views on the matter. It is the first event at which the leading stakeholders from the public and private sectors will debate the issue. The event is an initiative of Royal Haskoning, and will be held on Thursday 23 February at the offices of Houthoff Buruma law firm in Amsterdam, from 16.00 to 18.00 hours.
Frank Heemskerk will lead the discussion between
• Henri Witteveen (Director of PPP at BAM)
• Vivian Nicoli (Founding Partner at EISER Infrastructure Partners LLP)
• Jessica Terpstra (Partner at Houthoff Buruma)
• Farid Azarkan (Deputy Director of Real Estate at the Government Buildings Agency)

Background
“The Dutch cabinet is in favour of public private partnerships in cases where they produce benefits. Integrated contract forms such as DBFMO (design, build, finance, maintain and operate) and other forms of PPP can be helpful in allowing social projects to be realised effectively and efficiently and in ensuring that such projects can be realised at all in the current context of spending cuts. This vision is also contained in the coalition agreement, the cabinet vision on PPP dated 8 March 2011, and in the document entitled, ‘Structuurvisie Infrastructuur en Ruimte’ (structural vision on infrastructure and public space)”. This is the text of a letter from the Dutch House of Representatives on the setting up of the PPP information point on 28 October 2011. In practice, however, it seems that PPP sometimes falls short of expectations. It is important to understand the complexity of PPP and to modify the approach to it accordingly.

The objective is for the meeting to come up with suggestions for improved solutions for public private partnerships in the Netherlands. The conclusions that are reached will be published after the event.

‘Going Dutch in PPP’ (the language used at the event will be English) is being organised by Royal Haskoning in cooperation with Houthoff Buruma, on behalf of the IPFA (International Project Finance Association). The event will take place on Thursday 23 February at the Zuidas in Amsterdam (at the offices of Houthoff Buruma, Gustav Mahlerplein 50, Amsterdam).
It will be held between 16:00 and 18:00, after which there will be networking opportunities over drinks.

In order to guarantee the quality of the discussion, participation will be limited to eighty guests. Those wishing to register may do so via the IPFA website:
IPFA Europe: Netherlands: Going Dutch in the PPP market

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