March 8, 2013

WBIF Project – Workshop on PPP Institutional Structures

The representatives of the institutions responsible for PPP and concessions from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia attended the first workshop in the framework of WBIF Work Programme “PPP Institutional Strengthening in the Western Balkans”. The experts from EPEC, implementing body, have presented the further project activities, highlighting the advantages of the EPEC membership and have invited the remaining countries to apply for it. They have announced the development of guidelines for improvement of institutional structures to meet requirements for combining EU Funds and PPP in Croatia and development of a methodological tool for PPP project readiness assessment. The representatives of the countries in WB have presented current legal and institutional framework, which shall be reviewed by EPEC in later phase of the project to improve the function, responsibilities, competences and financing of PPP units.