UNECE Public-Private Partnerships

📢 PPP site visit in Belgrade—register now! 🌟 As part of the 9th UNECE International PPP Forum, we are thrilled to announce an exclusive site visit opportunity ! The visit will allow participants to learn about the Vinca waste management PPP project, an Energy-from-Waste Plant and Landfill Gas Facility, substituting fossil fuel with waste as a source of heat and electricity. Website of the Vinca waste management PPP project: https://lnkd.in/dccDd7Ym Join us to explore this PPP project contributing to the circular economy and SDGs. 🗓️ Thursday, 15 May 2024 🕒 14:00-17:30 📍 Belgrade, Serbia Please register by filling out this form in advance: https://lnkd.in/dyQKAr4i Important Details: 👥 Limited Capacity: Due to logistical constraints, spaces are limited. ⏳ First Come, First Served: Register early to secure your spot! We thank our valuable partner, the Government of Serbia, for organising this site visit and for hosting the Forum.    Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García #UNECE #PPP #9PPPFORUM #PPPsfortheSDGs #Public #Private #Partnership #waste #circular #UnitedNations #sustainable #infrastructure #SDG

🌍✨ Happy International Women’s Day! ✨🌍   Achieving gender equality is fundamental to sustainable development—this is at the heart of SDG 5. In 2025, SDG 5 will be one of the five SDGs under in-depth review at the UN High-Level Political Forum (14–23 July). While progress has been made, gender disparities persist, particularly in infrastructure development and financing.   At UNECE’s PPP section, we are committed to closing these gaps. The Infrastructure Evaluation and Rating System (PIERS) is designed to ensure PPP projects align with the SDGs, with over 90 indicators, including some that directly assess gender-specific outcomes. In particular: 🔹 Does the project maximize development impact and empower women? (EE 2.4) 🔹 Are key performance indicators in place to safeguard women’s rights in PPPs? (EE 4.5.1)   Beyond PIERS, together with experts and representatives from ECE member States, the secretariat is developing a Practical Guide on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in PPPs. This guide will cover: ✅ Human resources perspectives on GEWE and PPPs ✅ Addressing the gender gap in infrastructure ✅ Strengthening gender-balanced leadership and capacity ✅ The power of gender-diverse teams ✅ Gender-parity implementation tools in PPP projects for the SDGs ✅ Policy recommendations for governments and stakeholder   By integrating gender equality into infrastructure and PPPs, we pave the way for a more inclusive and resilient future. Let’s keep pushing for progress!   #SDG5 #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #PPPsfortheSDGs #SustainableDevelopment #WomenInInfrastructure #UNECE

📢 Exciting Update! 📢 🌟 The preliminary programme of the 9th UNECE International PPP Forum has been published! 🎉 Get ready for three days packed with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and the latest insights into implementing PPPs and infrastructure projects for a sustainable future. 🗓️ 14-16 May, 2025. 📍 Hilton Belgrade, Serbia, and online. Participation is free of charge, so make sure to secure your spot now and join us! Register here: https://lnkd.in/ef_CM8fy Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García #UNECE #PPP #9PPPFORUM #PPPsfortheSDGs #Public #Private #Partnership #sustainable #infrastructure #SDG #UnitedNations

👏We are excited to announce the venue of the 9th UNECE International PPP Forum! 📍 Hilton Belgrade! 🗓 14-16 May 2025 🔗 Registration is free of charge: https://lnkd.in/ef_CM8fy Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García #UNECE #PPP #9PPPFORUM #PPPsfortheSDGs #Public #Private #Partnership #Serbia #Belgrade #SDGs  

Join us for the 9th United Nations Economic Commission for Europe International PPP Forum, co-organised by UNECE and the Government of Serbia, on 14-16 May 2025, in Belgrade!  “Accelerating the SDGs and climate action: Implementing resilient PPPs and infrastructure for a sustainable future“.   🔔 Stay tuned for the full Programme coming soon!🔔   🗓️ 14-16 May 2025 📍Belgrade, Serbia and online https://lnkd.in/dRQ7j-CG   Participation is free of charge! Secure your spot by registering now: https://lnkd.in/ef_CM8fy   🤝 Join us for meaningful discussions on resilient PPP and infrastructure projects for a sustainable future. 🌍 Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García. #UNECE #PPP #9PPPFORUM #PPPsfortheSDGs #Public #Private #Partnership

  🚀 We are excited to announce the launch of our new workstream on Fiscal Sustainability and Tariff Affordability in PPPs for the SDGs, a key initiative under UNECE’s efforts to tackle critical challenges in sustainable infrastructure development!   💡 The outcome of this workstream is a practical guide that emphasizes the importance of sustainable public funding mechanisms that balance fiscal responsibility with affordability for users, ensuring equitable outcomes for all, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.   📌 Key Focus Areas: ✅ Fiscal Sustainability in PPPs: Adressing debt traps, fostering transparent fiscal policies, and balancing public and private interests. ✅ Tariff Affordability: Promoting equity in pricing, stakeholder engagement, and access for vulnerable populations. ✅ Case Studies as Learning Tools: Showcasing real-world successes and challenges to inform best practices. ✅ Lifecycle Approach to PPPs: Addressing fiscal sustainability and affordability across all project stages—from identification to implementation. ✅ Integration of PIERS: Leveraging UNECE’s PIERS methodology to evaluate projects against SDG outcomes effectively. ✅ Policy Recommendations: Offering actionable steps to governments to drive inclusive, sustainable, and resilient PPPs aligned with the SDGs.   Together, we aim to make PPPs for the SDGs more impactful, inclusive, and sustainable, building better infrastructure solutions for all, under the strong leadership of: 🌟 Dr. Syed M. Ali Zaidi, Jekaterina Šarmavičienė, Nikos Sergis, Jean-Patrick Marquet, Nasser Massoud,    #UNECE #PPPsfortheSDGs #Sustainability #Infrastructure #FiscalSustainability #TariffAffordability   Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García

✨ We are excited to announce the launch of our new workstream on the use of #AI in PPPs for the SDGs, part of the UNECE's ongoing efforts to innovate and accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. 🌍    This work will consider the transformative potential of AI in PPP and infrastructure projects by exploring the opportunities and challenges of leveraging AI to advance the SDGs.    📆 In the coming months, we will release a series of forward-looking policy briefs and webinars that will discuss the following key focus areas:    💡 Harnessing the power of data in PPPs: opportunities and challenges; 💡 Enhancing PPP project identification and planning through AI;   💡 Improving PPP stakeholder engagement and fostering transparency in public consultation using AI;  💡 Transforming PPP financial modelling and investment decision making with AI; and  💡 Leveraging AI to optimize the longevity and safety of infrastructure assets.   🔔 Stay tuned for updates on our upcoming policy briefs and webinar series, featuring leading experts who will share insights and engage in discussions on these critical and timely topics.   Editorial team: Dr Stacy Sinclair, Dr. Syed M. Ali Zaidi, Anna Abramova,   Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García #UNECE #PPP #AI #PPPsfortheSDGs #SDGs #PublicPrivatePartnerships #Policy #Infrastructure #Sustainability

🚀 Excited to present the Schedule of the 9th UNECE International PPP Forum, co-organised by UNECE and the Government of Serbia, on May 14-16, 2025, in Belgrade! This year´s overarching theme is “Accelerating the SDGs and climate action: Implementing resilient PPPs and infrastructure for a sustainable future“.    🔍 Key Focus Areas: ✅ Climate-resilient PPP and infrastructure projects in support of the SDGs; ✅ Fiscal sustainability and tariff affordability; ✅ PPPs as a tool to attract sustainable finance for infrastructure; ✅ PPPs and women empowerment and stakeholder participation; ✅ Artificial intelligence (AI) and PPPs; and ✅ Showcasing of PPP and infrastructure projects from around the world. 🔔 Stay tuned for the full Programme coming soon!🔔   🗓️ 14-16 May 2025 📍Belgrade, Serbia and online    Participation is free of charge! Secure your spot by registering now: https://lnkd.in/ef_CM8fy More information on the venue and preferential hotel rates will be communicated shortly! Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García #UNECE #PPP #9PPPFORUM #PPPsfortheSDGs #ClimateAction #SustainableFuture

🎉 Happy New Year 2025! The UNECE PPP Team sends its warmest wishes for a year filled with impactful collaborations and shared successes! Your unwavering support has been instrumental in driving progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and reinforcing our shared commitment to advancing PPPs for the SDGs. 🌟 Reflecting on 2024, we celebrate some remarkable achievements made possible through our collective efforts: 🔹 The PIERS digital platform: Since its launch, 118 projects across 44 countries and 18 sectors were assessed, with a total value of $45 billion. 🔹 Capacity building through PIERS: 10 activities—3 national, 2 regional, and 5 international—brought together over 1,000 participants from 90 countries, primarily public officials. 🔹 Four policy guides were endorsed by our member States to support the SDGs, focusing on the digital transformation of PPPs, digital infrastructure, PPP procurement, and infrastructure finance midway to 2030. 🔹 Circular economy in PPPs: We conducted an exercise with 35 member States to explore the implementation of ECE guidelines endorsed in 2022, assessing progress in circular economy areas such as discouraging landfilling, promoting circular procurement, and adopting a lifecycle approach to PPPs. 🔹 The Eighth Session of the Working Party on PPPs in Geneva drew over 250 participants in November delivering concrete results. 🔹 The 8th UNECE International PPP Forum in Istanbul in May co-organized with the Government of Türkiye, engaged over 600 participants from 93 countries to advance PPPs in support of the SDGs. 🔹 We continue working on guides and standards focusing on gender equality and women’s empowerment, stakeholder engagement, small-scale PPPs, off-grid renewable energy, and climate resilience in PPP projects. 🔹 Two new workstreams will be launched in 2025 on AI in PPPs and on fiscal sustainability and tariff affordability to support the SDGs. 🔹The next big event is the 9th UNECE International PPP Forum in Belgrade, Serbia, on 14-16 May 2025. Here’s to another year of shared milestones and meaningful impact, looking forward to the next! ✨ #UNECE #PPP #PPPsfortheSDGs   Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García, Yesui Bayar

Season's Greetings from the UNECE PPP Team! 🎄 As 2024 comes to a close, our Team sends heartfelt wishes for a joyful holiday season filled with happiness, warmth, and inspiration! 🌟 Thank you for being an integral part of our journey. We are eagerly anticipating our continued work together to foster collaboration and advance PPPs to drive sustainable development for all. #UNECE #PPP #PPPsfortheSDGs Elisabeth Türk, Tony Bonnici, Claudio Meza, Antonin Menegaux, Camille Malafosse, Maria Cristina Montero de Espinosa García, Yesui Bayar