in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
About this session
PPPs are an innovative financing mechanism to close the SDG investment financing gap in infrastructure and public services. Increasing the involvement of private investors in SDG-related infrastructure and public services and finding innovative financing solutions has become an ever more important policy imperative. However, private investors’ involvement in public (sometimes sensitive) sectors also raises a number of policy dilemmas. In fact, PPPs not only present opportunities, but also risks for countries using them in the pursuit of the SDGs.
In response to this challenge, development partners, including UN agencies, have developed numerous Guidelines and Toolkits. Among others, UNECE and UNCTAD are considering to join forces in the development of the “People-First Public-Private Partnerships Principles (P5)”, based on these organizations’ experience on PPPs and investment policy.
The joint UNECE and UNCTAD session will discuss the rationale, the scope and the constraints to the development of principles that could guide the transformation of current PPP models to make them fit for SDGs. It will include the presentation of the UNECE’s recent work on this matter, commentary from key public and private sector stakeholders, and an inclusive discussion, allowing member States, experts, and other stakeholders (including private sector and civil society) to reflect in light of their own experiences and expectations.
Issues for the debate
- What are key expectations for People-First PPPs?
- What are initial experiences with People-First PPPs? What lessons have been learned?
- What is the investment policy dimension of People-First PPPs and what can be gauged for national and international investment policymaking?
- What can be done to best align People’s first PPPs with the Agenda 2030 and the SDGs?
Note: The session will be followed by a side event: Technical Meeting on People-First PPP Impact Assessment Tool, scheduled 13:00-15:00 in Salle XI of Palais des Nations
Speakers
Mr. Geoffrey Hamilton
Chief of the Cooperation and Partnerships Section of the UNECE on People’s first Guidelines for PPPs
Mr. Ariel Ivanier
Economic Affairs Officer, Investment Policy Reviews Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD
Ms. Isabelle Durant
Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Ms. Olga Algayerova
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Mr. Joerg Weber
Head, Investment Policies Branch, DIAE, UNCTAD
Mr. Hafiz Salikhov
Vice Chairman of the Bureau of the UNECE Working Party on PPPs, Russian Federation
Ms. Lantonirina Erika Ramananarivo
Director, Public Private Partnership Department, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Madagascar
Ms. Sedef Yavuz-Noyan
Head of PPP Department in the Strategy and Budget Office, Presidency of the Republic of Turkey
Mr. Hans Docter
Director for Sustainable Economic Development at Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Mr. Enrico Grassi
European Court of Auditors Principal Auditor, Luxembourg
Mr. Morteza Bahrami Assad
roject Appraisal Senior Expert, Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran (OIETAI)
Mr. Jos Verbeek
Manager and Special Representative to the UN and the WTO of the World Bank in Geneva
Mr. Marek Waskiewicz
Associate, Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Mr. David Dombkins
CEO, Complex Program Group
Mr. Carlos Sallé Alonso
Director of Energy Policies Iberdrola Group, Spain
Ms. Anne Hornung-Soukup
Chair of the Board, Transports Publics Genevois (TPG)
Mr. Gavin Munro
Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Finance
Mr. Miquel Rodriguez Planas
Manager PPSRC - Public-Private Sector Research Center
Mr. Michael Gerrard
Independent PPP Expert