October 2, 2009

Regional Conference in Tirana, 30.9.-1.10.2009.

From 30th September to 1st October in Tirana was held a Regional conference “Infrastructure Investment & PPP Finance in the Western Balkans”, organised by Euroconference. The opening speech was delivered by Mr. Enno Bozdo, Deputy Minister in Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy of the Republic of Albania. At the beginning of his opening speech, Mr. Bozdo put a particular accent on the Ministerial statement, adopted recently on RCC conference in Sarajevo, on which Mr. Bozdo took an active role, prizing adopted initiative of establishing SE PPP Network of cooperation as an particularly valuable result.

Among more than one hundred, most of the conference participants have been representatives of potential investors, contractors, consultants and financial institutions interested to participate on future PPP projects in the region.

Acting Managing Director of the Croatian PPP Agency, Mr. Kamilo Vrana has made a presentation with a topic “PPP Opportunities in the Forthcoming Years: Future Outlook and Regional Approach”. The particular focus of its presentation have been goals of the SE PPP Network initiative adopted in Sarajevo, as well as future activities of the initial secretariat of the Network, to be established within Croatian PPP Agency.