OECD symposium on agencies and public-private partnerships

From 5-7 July 2006 the OECD Symposium on Agencies and Public-Private Partnerships was held in Madrid, Spain. The meeting was hosted by the Spanish Secretary of State for Finance and Budget, Ministry of Economy and Finance. The presentations and background documentation from this meeting provide a rich source of background material on the topic which reflect the interest in many countries towards changing the way the government is organised and the way services are produced and delivered.

Presentations:

• The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board,  by P. Adhémar, Chair of International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board
• PPPs from the Private Sector's Perspective: A Banker's View, by D. Asteraki, Managing Director, ING Bank
• The Dedicated PPP Unit of the South African National Treasury, by P. Burger, Chairman, University of the Free State, South Africa
• The Spanish Court of Audit: Agency Efficiency and Effectiveness, by J. Cea Claver, Assistant Director, Court of Accounts, Spain
• Institutional Arrangement for the Effective Delivery of PPP, by M. Darcy, Consultant, UK
• PPP: the French Experience, by F. Bergère, Secretary General, Ministry of Finance, France
• Partnerships Victoria, by J. Fitzgerald, Acting Deputy Secretary, Commercial Division, Department of Treasury and Finance, Australia
• Agencies and NDPBs in the Netherlands, by E. Flipse, Head, Public Management Division, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands
• PPP: Fiscal Approach, by T. Godoy, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Brazil
• Public Infrastructure Finance, by J. Alfaro Grande, Coordinator of Treasury, City Council of Madrid
• Accounting for PPPs, by L. Laliberté, Senior Advisor, IMF
• Evaluation des Agences, by M. Latare, Auditor, Cour des Comptes, France
• The Accounting of PPPs in the context of ESA 95 Manual, by R. Martinez Manzanedo, Deputy Director, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Spain
• Accountability and Control of Agencies in the Spanish State Agency Act, by M. Miaja, Delegate Controller, Ministry of Justice, Spain
• The Economics of Public-Private Partnerships, by T. Ter-Minassian, Director, IMF
• Utilizing Agencies and PPPs for a More Responsible, Effective and Efficient Public Spending, by G. Ferre Molto, Delegate Counselor, Itinere Infraestructuras, SA, Spain
• Control of Autonomous Agencies: Swedish Experience, by R. Murray, Chief Economist, Swedish Agency for Public Management, Sweden
• Evaluation of PPPs - Preliminary Assessments, by P. Stein, CEO, Stein Brothers AB, Sweden
• Legal Frameworks for PPPs, by L. Prado, Legal Advisor of the Federal PPP Unit, Ministry of Planning, Brazil
• Financing PPPs: Project Finance, by J. Gonzalez Torrijos, Director of Financing Projects, BBVA, Spain
• Management of Agencies, by F. Velazquez Lopez, Secretary General for Public Administration, Ministry of Public Administration, Spain
• Agencies Evaluation, by. J. Blanco de la Quintana, Counselor, Ministry of Public Administration, Spain
  

Background Material

• The Dedicated PPP Unit of the South African National Treasury, by P. Burger, Chairman, University of the Free State, South Africa
• Agencies and Independent Government Bodies in the Netherlands, by E. Flipse, Head, Public Management Division, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands
• A Viable Framework for Private Investment in the Utilities Sector: an Analysis of the 2005 Law on Concessions Agreements, by L. Skyner, Associate Professor, Wikborg Rein & Co, University of Oslo, Norway
• PPPs from a Public Sector's Point of View, by G. van Maanen, Secretary General, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Netherlands