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The Public-Private Partnership in the infrastructure of the Netherlands and the Czech Republic
Procházková, Alena ; Mejzlík, Ladislav (advisor) ; Zwerk, Danny (referee)
In the Czech Republic, half of the infrastructure network is still missing. Moreover, in the past, Dutch and Czech road infrastructure projects have been delivered over-budget and rarely on schedule. Despite a weak fiscal position in the Czech Republic there is still a need for infrastructure investments. Solution for mentioned issues can become the realization of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects. The features (for instance the payment mechanism) of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects not only make these investments possible but also solve other problems mentioned. Both the Netherlands (NL) and the Czech Republic (CR) have already established an environment enabling PPP implementation (e.g. established PPP Units, methodologies, dealing with legislation); But despite many PPP projects being carried out on the municipality level, there is not even one PPP project being implemented on the national level in the CR. This is in contrast to the NL, where there is already a developed PPP market, and there is investment in several new national projects every year. How can the CR improve its PPP implementation policy? The answer to this question provides the final recommendations based on the Dutch PPP practice within this Master's thesis. Learning from mistakes of the other countries, in this case it is the Netherlands, may provide for higher effectiveness in the PPP implementation and in the faster adaptation or improvement of the current partnerships. To elaborate the thesis it has been used interviews, questionnaire and several primary and secondary sources, that have been available in czech, dutch and english languages. The main contributors to the development of this thesis have been the experts from the Dutch PPP Unit at Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment and the experts from the UNECE, who commented on the results and enabled application of the UN National PPP Readiness Self-Assessment tool to enhance the quality of the thesis. Other contributors are experts from PPP Centre at Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, PPP Association, Czech Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Finance. The tools, recommendations, as well as the PPP maturity Pyramid occurring within the Master's thesis can be applied not only for the further development of the PPP implementation in the Czech Republic, but also in other Eastern European countries. General recommendations arose by comparing practices of both the CR and the NL with respect to the UNECE's criteria. The all recommendations have been shown for clarity in terms of political, practical and procurement level. This comparison has practically enabled to point out the strengths and weaknesses of PPP projects in the CR and NL. Dutch experience has served as a source of considerable information that can make the practical implementation of Czech PPP projects much easier. As a part of the final conclusions of the thesis can be considered a PPP Maturity Pyramid, which schematically describes the current position of both countries due to the successful use of PPP projects. Basically, both countries have already passed "Bad" experience with PPP projects, have produced suitable environment and conditions for their use, but the next step is very important for the successful implementation of PPP projects in the CR. Based on the political support (considered as an essential factor), it is necessary to learn from the past mistakes and start with the practical realization of simple projects (from the beginning) that can be the basis for a standardization and a practical application of PPP projects in the future.
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Public-private partnership in health service
Sokolová, Lucia ; Kapinusová, Jana (advisor) ; Kučerová, Jaroslava (referee)
Improving the quality and efficiency of health care is still one of the most important areas of each country. Even in times of economic and financial crisis, this issue has been increasingly taken into account. Due to lack of funds, ministries of health search for a partner for investments, in the form of public-private partnership, aimed at increasing the quality of services, which some countries such as Great Britain has already have long experience with. My aim will be to determine whether it is effective to establish public-private projects in hospitals in the Slovak Republic. Focusing on the effectiveness of these partnerships and cost recovery put into them and to create a conclusion about their actual functioning.
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Analysis of the PPP in transport infrastructure and its possible alternatives
Soukup, Miroslav ; Gráf, Václav (advisor) ; Vebrová, Ludmila (referee)
In recent years, debate has erupted on the Czech highway construction costs. Alleged legacy infrastructure projects, along with the ever-dwindling funds for their construction have led to the revision of the current method of financing. The new government instead of the traditional budget financing started to promote the model of Public-Private Partnership. Aim of this paper is to assess and compare the effectiveness of different forms of funding transport infrastructure. It introduces the concept of PPP, its strengths, weaknesses and analyzes the concrete experience of countries with the implementation of sector-specific liner construction. As another possible alternative, purely private source funding model is introduced. It is discussed its options, benefits, risks and it's analyzed how much money collected from the road-taxes is actually invested back into transport infrastructure. Finally a model of privatization highway network is introduced.
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Public Private Partnership and its utilization in active employment policy
Kaloč, Jiří ; Kapinusová, Jana (advisor) ; Czesaný, Slavoj (referee)
This thesis analyses partnership between public and private sector in the field of education and active employment policy. My goals are to implement the theoretical analysis of the characteristics and types of Public-Private Partnership and to review the advantages and risks this partnership bears. In the next part I look at the PPP possibilities in education system in Czech Republic. And finally I will sum up the foreign experience and how it could help with the intricacies of this sector.
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