scholarly journals Hidden benefits of public private partnerships: the case of water pressure management in Sebokeng

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Mckenzie ◽  
W. Wegelin ◽  
P. Mohajaneand ◽  
S. Shabalala
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
General View ◽  
Pressure Management ◽  
Private Partnership

Many water distribution systems in South Africa are deteriorating due to many years of neglect resulting in a serious maintenance backlog. Recent government legislation has introduced free basic water to all South Africans up to a limit of 6 Kl/month per property which in turn causes certain confusion regarding payment among many residents. These key issues and others have led to serious problems with service delivery specifically in the low income areas where the maintenance has been neglected for more than 30 years in some cases. The potential for support from the Private Sector has beenhighlighted at the highest levels within government as a possible solution to addressing the existing backlogs despite the fact that there are relatively few successful projects to support this view.This paper presents the results after 30 months of operation of a small scale public private partnership in one of the largest low income areas in South Africa where the Sebokeng/Evaton Pressure Management Project was commissioned in July 2005. The savings both in terms of volume of water saved as well as financial savings to the municipality are impressive and exceed all initial expectations. The most interestinga1spect of the project, however, is not the savings achieved from the installation, but the numerous other additional benefits that have materialised which were not originally anticipated when the project was commissioned. Such benefits, include the identification of many network problems that had been undetected for more than 9 years as well the sudden interest in helping the residents by several government and semi-government organisations. These organisations were unable or unwilling to provide any support to the area prior to the successful Public Private Partnership. The project represents a significant advancement in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP’s)and clearly demonstrates that small scale Public Private Partnerships can be viable despite the general view that this type of project is confined to large scale initiatives due to the effort and expense in developing the PPP type of contract. The paper provides details of the processes involved in setting up and implementing such a project and highlights that the model used by the Project Team to address leakage in Sebokeng and Evaton can be adapted for use in other areas and other applications to improve service delivery throughout South Africa as well as elsewhere in the world where conditionspermit. The paper presents the results from the project after the first 30 months of operation and summarises some of the many additional benefits that have arisen from the project.

scholarly journals Challenges in health service delivery under public-private partnership in Tanzania:  Stakeholders’ views from Dar es Salaam Region

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Said Nuhu ◽  
Chakupewa Joseph Mpambije ◽  
Kinamhala Ngussa
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Private Partnership

Abstract Background: Public-private partnership in the health sector was introduced to improve the delivery of health services in Tanzania. Contrary, the anticipated outcomes have not been fully realised. This study aimed at investigating challenges encountered in the implementation of public-private partnership institutional arrangements in health service delivery in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Methods: A qualitative case study design was used, where in-depth interviews with stakeholders were held and document reviews conducted. Fourteen (n=14) participants engaged in this study. Eight (n=8) and six (n=6) of the fourteen participants were from the public and private sector respectively. Thematic approach was used to analyse data and ethical principles were upheld in the research process.Results: Findings revealed that although public-private partnerships are hailed for supplementing the government’s efforts in the provision of health services, institutional arrangements for the smooth provision of these services is lacking. Several challenges encumber smooth provision of health services and these include inadequate resources, ineffective monitoring and evaluation, as well as insufficient consultations between partners.Conclusion: Challenges facing institutional arrangements for public-private partnerships may either be influenced by inadequate legal and policy framework, or ineffective implementation practices. Therefore, strengthening of public-private partnerships is recommended to improve implementation mechanisms and practices such as adherence to partnership agreements and compliance to the policies, laws and regulations.

scholarly journals Challenges in health service delivery under public-private partnership in Tanzania:  Stakeholders’ views from Dar es Salaam Region

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Said Nuhu ◽  
Chakupewa Joseph Mpambije ◽  
Kinamhala Ngussa
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Private Partnership

Abstract Background: Public-private partnership in the health sector was introduced to improve the delivery of health services in Tanzania. Contrary, the expected outcomes have not been fully realised. This study aimed at investigating challenges encountered in implementing public-private partnership institutional arrangements in health service delivery in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Methods: A qualitative case study design was employed, where in-depth interviews with stakeholders were held and document reviews conducted. Fourteen (n=14) participants engaged in this study. Eight (n=8) and six (n=6) of the fourteen participants were from the public and private sector, respectively. The thematic approach was used to analyse data, and ethical principles in the research process were upheld.Results: Findings revealed that although public-private partnerships are hailed for supplementing the government’s efforts in the provision of health services, institutional arrangements for the smooth provision of these services are lacking. Several challenges encumber smooth provision of health services and these include inadequate resources, ineffective monitoring and evaluation, and insufficient consultations between partners.Conclusion: Inadequate legal and policy framework, or ineffective implementation practices may influence challenges facing institutional arrangements for public-private partnerships. Therefore, strengthening of public-private partnerships is recommended to improve implementation mechanisms and practices such as adherence to partnership agreements and compliance to the policies, laws and regulations.

THE МEANING OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 351-356
Author(s):  
Sandra Risteska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Each country strives for growing economic development, but no country is able to implement it. Various experiences and projects from the countries of the European Union and other neighboring countries are taken and considered. Towards the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century, economic movements are increasingly relying on public-private partnerships, which can lead to a rapid development process through the financing of infrastructure projects. Economic globalization, as well as the emergence of new opportunities for economic activity in the world, are aimed at cooperation of the authorities and businesses in the realization of the socio-economic policies. The implementation and realization of development projects through public-private partnerships is impossible without participation by the relevant institutions of the public and private sector. Above all, direct participation implies expertise, experience and education. Every project that will be realized through various forms of public-private partnership must fulfill certain conditions. Among the conditions for proper implementation of the project are: dialogue, transparency and monitoring. The main feature of PPP is the transfer of the risk to the financing, efficiency and quality of public services, which are usually the burden of the private partner. This paper analyzes and explores the essence of public-private partnership. The conceptual framework for public-private partnership, as well as its strengths and weaknesses, is set. With the application of PPP, the economic development of the infrastructure as a whole, and in particular the development of local infrastructure, is analyzed. The origin of PPPs, its characteristics, as well as the need and importance for their continuous implementation are explained. The application of PPP is considered through the experiences in certain countries of the European Union and the Republic of Macedonia. Then, the responses to previously hypothesized hypotheses are collected: what is the successful implementation of PPP, what is needed for PPPs and why. In the end, the data from the conducted research are collected, analyzed and determined the profile of certain activities, as well as the possible decisions for further strategies for the implementation of the PPPs.

Méthodologie d’analyse conceptuelle appliquée: Comment définir le concept de ‘partenariat public–privé’ dans une perspective juridique et transdisciplinaire?

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie McCann ◽  
Martin Thiboutot
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Legal Concepts

The increasing use of public–private partnerships (PPP) as a means of delivering public services or constructing public infrastructures draws growing interest in the legal community. The ambiguity and lack of consensus surrounding the content of PPP as a concept, leads the researcher to refer to various disciplinary sources. Widely encouraged in law, transdisciplinarity often suffers methodological insufficiencies when comes the time to define transdisciplinary concepts. The authors revisit the interpretation methods developed by the courts, and propose a complementary conceptual analysis framework. The developed framework is then applied to the emerging concept of public–private partnership, as it is used and defined in various disciplines. The paper demonstrates the feasibility and desirability to provide a transdisciplinary perspective to legal concepts.

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors for Sustainable Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Transition Conditions: An Empirical Study in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 7121
Author(s):  
Goran Amović ◽  
Rado Maksimović ◽  
Sonja Bunčić
Keyword(s):  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Transitional Economies ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Methodological Research ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
National Governments

In the initial stages of the adoption and institutionalization of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), national governments of transitional economies have accepted, developed, and organized Public-Private Partnerships with varying degrees of success. This study aims to investigate the critical success factors (CSFs) influencing the establishment of a sustainable Public-Private Partnership in transition conditions. In the first part of the paper, based on an extensive review of the literature, previous studies and relevant results in this field are presented as a background for this research. In the second part of this article, the survey used a factor analysis, which, with the application of the Principal Component Analysis and Varimax method with Kaiser normalization, has extracted four CSFs: (1) the establishment of a central PPP unit—knowledge center; (2) the establishment of a compatible legal/regulatory framework; (3) development of national PPP policies and strategies; and (4) standardization and transparency of the process. In the concluding remarks, the authors address the perspectives and methodological research constraints, examining possibilities to develop new knowledge and more efficient Public-Private Partnership implementation in the developing PPP markets of transitional economies.

scholarly journals The evolution of public–private partnership in Ireland: a sustainable pathway?

2016 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Sheppard ◽  
Matthias Beck
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Institutional Isomorphism ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Credit Crisis ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Institutional Legitimacy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Voluntary Adoption ◽  
Institutional Capacity Building

Ireland is a latecomer to public–private partnerships, having only adopted them in 1998. Prior to the credit crisis, Ireland followed the UK model, with public–private partnerships being implemented in transport, education, housing/urban regeneration and water/wastewater. Having stalled during the credit crisis, public–private partnerships have recently been reactivated with the domestic infrastructure stimulus programme. The focus of this article is on Ireland as a younger participant in public–private partnerships and the nexus between adoption patterns and the sustainability characteristics of Irish public–private partnerships. Using document analysis and exploratory interviews, the article examines the reasons for Ireland's interest in public–private partnerships, which cannot be attributed to economic rationales alone. We consider three explanations: voluntary adoption – where the UK model was closely followed as part of a domestic modernisation agenda; coercive adoption – where public–private partnership policy was forced upon public sector organisations; and institutional isomorphism – where institutional creation and change around public–private partnerships were promoted to help public sector organisations gain institutional legitimacy. We find evidence of all three patterns, with coercive adoption becoming more relevant in recent years, which is likely to adversely affect sustainability unless incentives for voluntary adoption are strengthened and institutional capacity building is boosted. Points for practitioners There are many reasons why public sector organisations procure via public–private partnerships, and motivations can change over time. In Ireland, public–private partnership adoption changed from being largely voluntary to increasingly coercive. Irrespective of motives, public–private partnership procurement must be underpinned by incentives and institutional enabling mechanisms, which should be strengthened to make Ireland's public–private partnership strategy sustainable.

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