DUSHANBE, February 14, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- Ms. Matlouba Uljaboyeva, the chairperson of the Board of the National Association of Small and Medium Business of Tajikistan (NASMB), will attend the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Days 2012 that will take place in Geneva from February 21-24.

Public–Private Partnerships (PPP) Days is the premier global meeting for public sector practitioners. With the profile of PPPs on the rise, this event offers an unmatched learning opportunity for public sector practitioners and decision-makers in search of infrastructure solutions.  Since 2006, PPP Days has become the place for practitioners to network and learn from peers and counterparts from other countries. By discussing key PPP issues in an open and frank manner, public officials will be in a better position to take into account all the arguments in their decision-making process.

PPP Days 2012 is being jointly hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Bank Institute, and the Asian Development Bank.

Most sessions that will take place on February 21 and 22 will be panel debates among practitioners and researchers.  The Business Forum that will take place on February 23 will provide a networking opportunity for governments to dialogue with representatives of the private sector from Europe and beyond.  Select Governments will present their strategies, policies, projects, and support for PPPs to the private sector. Representatives from the private sector will present their strategies, projects and successes in delivering public services and building infrastructure through the PPP model.  On February 24, participants will have a choice to attend local site visits or case study discussions.

Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies.

PPP involves a contract between a public sector authority and a private party, in which the private party provides a public service or project and assumes substantial financial, technical and operational risk in the project.  In some types of PPP, the cost of using the service is borne exclusively by the users of the service and not by the taxpayer.  In other types (notably the private finance initiative), capital investment is made by the private sector on the strength of a contract with government to provide agreed services and the cost of providing the service is borne wholly or in part by the government.  Government contributions to a PPP may also be in kind (notably the transfer of existing assets).  In projects that are aimed at creating public goods like in the infrastructure sector, the government may provide a capital subsidy in the form of a one-time grant, so as to make it more attractive to the private investors. In some other cases, the government may support the project by providing revenue subsidies, including tax breaks or by providing guaranteed annual revenues for a fixed period.

In Tajikistan, the positive example of the public-private partnership is the Pamir Energy Company (PamirEnergy)