Abstract
The modern approach to realization of large, expensive projects with long payback periods in various sectors of infrastructure often involves combining the financial resources of public authorities and the private sector through a public–private partnership (PPP) mechanism. The PPP mechanism has a high potential for attracting investments and facilitating other conditions necessary for the project. At the same time, the project participants need a third-party coordination platform that is objective and able to organize their dialog on equal terms. The authors of this article, for these purposes, consider the capabilities of digital platforms (DP). Digital platforms are able to unite many project participants in a single information field and provide them with the necessary services. Given the potential multitude of participants in such a system, there arises the question of meeting their basic needs to create mutually beneficial conditions during the implementation of projects. Thus, there is a need for flexible DPs. Flexibility can be achieved by using systems engineering (SE) approaches during the design of the DP. The practice of interaction with stakeholders in the framework of systems engineering allows the determination of the basic needs and areas of activity of the participants. The results of this practice will form the basis for the functional and physical design of the future DPs.
Highlights
The past decades have been marked by the implementation of a huge number of large-scale investment projects in the field of industrial and social infrastructure in the macro-regions of the world and individual countries
A previous work by the authors has included a list of private partnership (PPP) participants interested in the digital platforms (DP) (Table 2) [32]
The stakeholders listed in the table are aggregated by their areas of activity
Summary
The past decades have been marked by the implementation of a huge number of large-scale investment projects in the field of industrial and social infrastructure in the macro-regions of the world and individual countries. The population of many countries and regions is experiencing a serious lack of infrastructure objects, which are either nonexistent, worn out, or requiring urgent repairs and restoration, as well as the creation of new ones. The state, while acknowledging the importance of developing and implementing such policies, often has limited budgetary resources and a lack of professional staff for carrying out major infrastructure projects. Private business is not ready to invest in infrastructure projects due to high risks and long payback period, and uncertainty of the result in the future. A solution could be to pool the resources and capabilities of the state and the private sector through the public–private partnership (PPP) mechanism
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