Workshop
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Roads and the Current Global Financial Crisis
Latvian Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Ministry of Transport, and World Bank
11th May 2009, Riga, Latvia
Program
Venue:
Transport and Telecommunication Institute
Lomonosova iela 1, Riga, LV-1019, Latvia
Phone: (+371) 6710 0594. Fax: (+371) 6710 0535
http://location.tsi.lv/
9:00 a.m.
Registration of participants
Session 1
Overview of PPP in Roads and the Global Financial Crisis
Chair: Mr. Andulis Zidkovs, Ministry of Transport of Latvia
9:30 a.m.
9:40 a.m.
Welcome – Prof. Dr. Igor Kabashkin, Transport and Telecom. Institute
Opening remarks – Mr. Andulis Zidkovs, Ministry of Transport of Latvia;
Mr. Thomas Laursen, World Bank
Progress in launching the pilot PPP road project in Latvia – Mr. Juris
Tauriņš, Latvian State Roads
An overview of PPP advantages and issues, including risks under the
current global financial crisis – Mr. Henry Kerali, World Bank
Coffee break
The new Toolkit for PPP in Roads and Highways, including a review of
its six modules – Mr. Cesar Queiroz, World Bank
Discussions
Lunch break
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
11:50 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Session 2
Demonstration of the Toolkit for PPP in Roads and Highways
Chair: Mr. Henry Kerali, World Bank
1:30 p.m.
PPP projects and contingency liabilities – Ms. Cordula Rastogi, Mr.
Radoslaw Czapski, World Bank
Introduction to financial assessment of PPP projects – Mr. Vickram
Cuttaree, World Bank
Presentation of the case study, instructions to participants – Mr. Cesar
Queiroz, World Bank
Numerical exercise carried out by participants (in working groups) with the
help of the World Bank team
Coffee break
Presentation of results by each working group
Comments by the participants, discussions
Closure – Prof. Dr. Igor Kabashkin, Transport and Telecom. Institute
2:00 p.m.
2:20 p.m.
2:40 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:40 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Contact Information:
Ms. Elena Rutkovska, Secretary of the Organizing Committee
Transport and Telecommunication Institute
Phone and fax: + 371- 6710 0619 E-mail: conference@tsi.lv
WWW: http://ppp.tsi.lv/ http://www.tsi.lv