European PPP Expertise Centre

European PPP Expertise Centre (EPEC) is a collaboration between the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Commission, and European Union member and candidate countries.[1] Its primary mission is to strengthen the organizational capacity of the public sector to engage in Public Private Partnership (PPP) transactions, by allowing PPP taskforces in EU Member and Candidate countries to share experience and expertise, analysis and best practice relating to PPP transactions. This experience is then disseminated in terms of practical and operational guidance. Membership in EPEC is exclusively for the public sector.

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Key areas of activity

EPEC carries out three main types of activity [2]

Membership eligibility

Membership in EPEC is strictly limited to public authorities whose role includes policy responsibility and the promotion of PPP projects or programmes at national or regional level. EPEC currently has 35 Members from 30 countries, who all have policy responsibility for PPP in their jurisdictions. The private sector is ineligible for membership, although EPEC maintains a strong link with the private sector PPP community. Membership is restricted to EU Member States, EU Candidate Countries and countries associated with the Seventh Framework Programme run by European Commission Directorate General Research (FP7).

Members of EPEC

There are currently 35 members in EPEC (July 2011). Apart from THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK and THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, who are EPEC's primary sponsors, there are 33 members from 30 countries. These are:

and CELLULE D'INFORMATIONS FINANCIERES (Wallonian PPP Unit)

and FINANZMINISTERIUM DES LANDES NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN Ministry of Finance, North Rhine Westphalia)

and MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO (Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure)

References

  1. ^ EPEC webpage.
  2. ^ EPEC webpage - activities.

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