Abstract
The Public Private Partnership (PPP) is one of the developmental models prevalent in most developing economies to promote the quality of life of people and to boost the overall socio-economic development of the country. One of the widely used indicators of the preparedness of Albania to integrate with the European Union (EU) is the similarities of the country's developmental models with that of the EU, PPP being one of them. The main objective of the paper is to measure the perception of the Albanian young educated generation on PPP. This is done through a descriptive, inferential, and critical analysis of primary data, gathered through a survey administered among the students (bachelor and master's degree) of the University of Tirana. It is concluded that an updated high school curriculum in all faculties with knowledge on new policy tools, particularly the PPP, will be useful in increasing student awareness of and support for it. Participatory governance with active feedback and control mechanisms would increase public satisfaction and reduce public complains.
Highlights
A widely cherished Albanian dream is its final integration with the European Union and several reforms and transformations of the Albanian socio-political life are geared towards this vision
Among the efforts to speed up the European Union (EU) acceptance, success in Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects is often showcased by the changing Albanian governments, irrespective of their party affiliations
There were 26 questions of the questionnaire, but we mainly focused on the results in four dimensions: Firstly: The awareness in general about the definition of PPP as well as the law that regulate this kind of initiative in Albania ([14] and [15])
Summary
A widely cherished Albanian dream is its final integration with the European Union and several reforms and transformations of the Albanian socio-political life are geared towards this vision. The increased interest on the part of the financial investor and other private entities in PPP is almost evenly matched by the demand for new infrastructure by developed countries as well as developing countries [2]. In this regard, the way how the costs versus benefits of PPP are publicly perceived is seen by the authors of this paper as a very interesting topic for further investigation. It happens like that, considering the fact that the old legislation (the first Albanian law on concessions, used to be the one adopted in 1995 “On concessions and the participation of the private sector in the public services and infrastructure”, adopted in 2006 and amended as the law “On concessions”) was focused in this term, while recently the contemporary term ‘Public private partnerships (PPP) was introduced and reflected this development in the new law of 2013 “On concessions and public private partnerships
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