Issue Of Public-private Partnership Research Articles

Smart City Projects Financing

The implementation of advanced digital technologies and innovations in smart cities for the provision of more efficient, sustainable, and inclusive city services, the development of infrastructure, and the improvement of citizens’ quality of life require appropriate financing technologies. In addition to purely public (for example, green bonds, social impact bonds, state subsidies, etc.) and purely private (venture investments, leasing, etc.) financial instruments, various options for public-private partnerships and financing with and against the participation of the community (participatory ), which increase the efficiency of budget financing due to the agreed distribution of risks and responsibilities between stakeholders. The bibliometric analysis of publications indexed by Scopus using the keywords “smart city” and “public-private partnership” using the VOSviwer tool allowed establishing the periods of growth (2013-2019 and 2022-2023) and decline (2019-2022) of the popularity of this topic among scientists, countries-leaders of research activity (USA, India, China, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Canada and Germany), dominant directions of cross-sectoral research. The analysis of the Smart City Index Report (IMD Smart City Index Report) showed that in 2023, the top 5 leaders were Switzerland (Zurich), Norway (Oslo), Australia (Canberra), Denmark (Copenhagen), and Great Britain (London). With the help of the Google Trends toolkit, an analysis of the dynamics of Internet requests over the past 10 years from citizens of these countries, as well as Ukraine and the world, was carried out using identical keywords. The analysis proved that both in these countries and in the world as a whole, public interest in the development of the smart grid was recorded (in Ukraine, the highest peak (100 GT Scale) was in 2019; in Great Britain and Switzerland – in 2018, in Denmark – in 2017 and 2022, in Australia and Norway – in 2016) against the background of an almost absolute (except for Great Britain and Australia) lack of public interest in issues of public-private partnership. A regression model was developed to study the impact of participatory financing on the readiness level of Ukraine’s regions (as of 2020) to implement smart local development technologies. An integral indicator was used as the resulting variable, within which data on the assessment of the availability of electronic public services and the level of automation and digitization of public services (the number of state and local self-government bodies that provided the possibility of using electronic democracy tools), the level of use electronic platforms for communication with state bodies (the number of registered “E-appeals”, published “E-petitions” and reports on “E-consultations”), the availability of the Internet (the number of Internet subscribers and the share of households that have access to Internet services home). In the modeling process, adjustments were made for the gross regional product and the population of the respective region, the weighting factors were determined by the method of principal components, the estimation of the model parameters was carried out by the method of least squares, the calculations were made using the MS Excel spreadsheet and the Statistica application program package.

DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH CARE

Public-private partnership is the most effective mechanism for cooperation between the state and the private sector to achieve certain social and economic goals. In the context of health care reform, the issue of public-private partnership is extremely relevant and requires further research. Based on the study, the innovative provisions for the formation and implementation of public-private partnership projects as a mechanism of public administration in the field of health, substantiated innovative models of public administration in such forms as joint activities, concessions and leases. Implementation of the proposed models by public authorities in the field of health care management is possible provided that the legal mechanism is improved and new requirements for private partners are formed, taking into account industry specifics. Keywords: public administration, public-private partnership, public administration mechanisms, health care.

Health Care Reform In Ukraine: Public-Private Partnership Issues

This article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the public-private partnership implementation as the key form of investing financial resources in the sphere of medical services in Ukraine. The purpose of the investigation is studying issues of public-private partnership in the financing of the medical sector of Ukraine on the example of the Sumy Regional Clinical Cardiology Dispensary. This article examines modern concepts and public-private partnership’s models in the field of health care and the features of their practical implementation. The legislative base of public-private partnership within the health care system of Ukraine is analysed. Methodological support of the research includes the use of the following methods: system analysis, synthesis and scientific abstraction, structural-logical, comparative and statistical analysis, and retrospective method. The results of the study allowed: determine the subjective and object components of public-private partnership; analyse foreign experience in the formation of models combining the functions that are directed to the private partner by government agencies substantiate features of introduction of partnership in the conditions of medical reform; study the practice of implementing partnership projects for health care branch in Ukraine; provide medical and social justification for increasing the quality of medical care for patients with acute coronary syndrome on the basis of the model of public-private partnership; identify barriers while the implementation of public-private partnerships in the field of health care at the present stage of development of the medical services sphere in Ukraine; improve the public-private partnership model based on a joint venture agreement between the public unity service and the private entity in order to improve the quality of emergency care for patients with acute coronary conditions. The paper states that when using the capabilities of the mechanism of public-private partnership, by involving in the provision of quality medical care material and technical and human resources of the private medical enterprise «Alfa-Medica» and by providing invasive medical care to patients with acute cardiac syndrome in 2015-2019 the reduction in mortality and disability has been achieved. The study provides the recommendations for taking into account while creating the strategy for the public-private partnership projects implementation in the field of health care in Ukraine, both state and regional interests in solving medical and social problems through the relevant programs.

Relational model of public-private partnership in railway transport

The main task facing the state is the solution of publicly significant issues to achieve public interests. Moreover, not every country has the necessary resources, especially in an unstable economic situation. In this case, increasing the efficiency of natural monopolies in the conjuncture of the transport market becomes the most relevant direction in government activities.The article is devoted to the issues of public-private partnership in railway transport. First of all, projects with private capital that are being implemented should eliminate the limiting sections of the Russian railway network and ensure the development of large industrial regions by creating an extensive transport network, the formation of which is impossible without the participation of the state.To increase the attractiveness of public-private partnership projects, the authors, taking into account the foundations of human capital management, have considered aspects of the additional effect for partners, which are defined by the concept of “relational effect”. Positive dynamics of socially oriented indicators, unaccounted in the agreement of the parties, reflect the presence of benefits from joint activities and positive relational effect, while negative change — about its absence.Based on the studies performed, a mechanism for controlling operating costs based on an integral assessment has been proposed, which makes it possible to analyze the actual direct costs of partners and compare deviations from the established standards. This mechanism is used in the state vertically integrated procedure for centralized training of authorities in public-private partnership. The general algorithm of the relational model of interaction between investment parties is formalized, illustrated by the example of the implementation of a project for the construction of a railway transport infrastructure.Mathematical support for the process of considering information on the project and making a decision on concluding an agreement on public-private partnership was carried out in the program “Automated system for consolidation, selection and control of the implementation of innovative projects of concession forms of management in railway transport”. The results obtained are integrated into the software complex for innovative development of facilities and are tuned for transformation, effective use of the potential of partners, investors, performers and industry enterprises.

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS AN INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION TOOL FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES: A CASE OF UKRAINIAN HEALTHCARE

This paper summarizes the scientific discussion on the issue of public-private partnership in healthcare sector. The main purpose of research is to analyze the public-private partnership as the progressive form of innovative and investment mechanism in Ukrainian healthcare sector, taking into the consideration international experience in this sphere. The key methods used in the conducted research are data analysis, summarization and comparison. The data synthesis and analysis are the basic value-added elements of this research, which could help to find out the main prospective of PPP-model use in Ukrainian healthcare sector. The object of research is the group of countries such as USA, UK, Canada, and BRIC countries, because namely they are the most progressive in public-private partnership in health care. Practical importance of the scientific research results lies in defining the general principles of public-private partnerships and a set of criterion for its efficiency estimation. Also, the worldwide experience was analyzed in this research and main challenges for its implementation in Ukrainian healthcare practice were considered. It is important for the further development of the healthcare sphere, and improvement of the healthcare facilities' activity in Ukraine. Further research directions are aimed at study of the specific issue of public-private partnership, such as circumstances for creating alliances between private and public actors from a strategy perspective, explore the impact of incentive mechanisms and risk management procedures on health service performance throughout the extended project life-cycle, and to create conducive environments to foster inter-project learning.

On the issue of public-private partnership in housing construction in the Belgorod region

The article discusses the opportunities and prospects for the use of public-private partnership (PPP) tools for the implementation of investment projects in housing construction in the Belgorod region. The application of the PPP concept will allow to attract additional investment resources to the region, will provide an opportunity to strengthen its competitive advantages and unleash innovative potential.

Public-private partnership as the pledge for innovative development of the national health care

This paper summarizes the scientific discussion on the issue of public-private partnership in the health care sector. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the nature of public-private partnership as the progressive form of innovative and investment mechanism in Ukrainian health care sector, taking into the consideration the international experience in this sphere. The systematization of literary sources and approaches for solving the problem of public-private partnership indicates that this issue is of great interest.The key methods used in the conducted research are data analysis, summarization and comparison. The data synthesis and analysis are the basic value-added elements of this research, which could help find out the main prospective of public-private partnership model use in Ukrainian health care sector. The object of the research is Ukrainian health care sector.This financial model is considered as the pledge of sustainable and innovative development of the national health care. The distinctive features of public-private partnership in contrast with other partnership models, such as privatization and public procurements, are reviewed. The classification of international models of infrastructure projects within public-private partnership is provided. The models of public-private partnership are ranked in accordance with the levels of private and public involvement and risk-sharing between them. The author gives the policy recommendations to the enterprises for providing the effective realization of public-private partnership agreement.

Публічно-приватне партнерство у республіці Польща: становлення та розвиток

Проаналізовано еволюцію польського законодавства з питань публічно-приватного партнерства (підготовки закону про публічно-приватне партнерство 2005 р., дискусій щодо внесення змін до закону та процесу розробки з врахуванням пропозицій експертів та громадськості й прийняття нового закону 2008 р.). Виявлено переваги та недоліки нового закону й напрями зусиль органів влади та громадськості зі стимулювання публічно-приватного партнерства. Наголошено на зростанні уваги уряду до інституційного забезпечення публічно-приватного партнерства. Відзначено позитивний вплив публічно-приватного партнерства на формування сучасного публічного управління.

Public-private partnership as an alternative source of financing of public tasks

Aim: The paper touches upon the issue of public-private partnership (PPP) as an alternative form of realising public tasks by the local authorities (Polish short: JST) in Poland. Motivation: Since 2009, the cooperation between the public and private sector has been used to an increasingly large extent in various areas of economy. The first part of the paper presents the legislation concerning the public-private partnership in Poland for the years 2009–2014 that regulates, defines and details the cooperation between both sectors. In order to present the scale of using the private-public partnership framework by local authorities in Poland, the last part of the text analyses reports originating from the Ministry of Economy, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development and the Public-Private Partnership Institute concerning the public-private partnership industry and concessions in Poland for the years 2009–2014. Results: Analysis of data and its interpretation were used in order to set out the perspectives for the development of the private-public partnership industry in Poland for future years. The statutory obligation to realise local authorities’ own tasks, combined with the limited amount of budget resources, forces the local authorities to look for alternative solutions. In the light of the analyses presented here, the public-private partnership framework may become a solution for the scarcity of financial resources for many communes, poviates and regions in Poland.