Public-Private Partnership - Polish Institutional Framework and Practice

Public-private partnership in Poland is regulated by the law of 28 of July 2005 supplemented by three Decrees issued in June 2006, Translation of these documents is available within this service.
Author has been involved in the legal and administrational PPP framework creation in Poland since 2003 and also currently is advising The Ministry of Economy on improvements and amendments to the existing law.

Public Private Partnership is relatively new way of procuring Services of General Economic Interest in Poland. The Polish PPP law has been passed by the Polish parliament and formally it does open the way for the implementation of Public Private Partnership undertakings in the country. The current work of Polish administration focuses on simplifying the legal framework and required by the law analysis of the planned undertakings.
Direct involvement in the Polish PPP legislative process and track record in project management both in the UK, Russian Federation and Poland as well as experience with European Commission project work allows for starting up new business initiatives in public services sector on the basis of various legal, organizational and financial solutions.

Author is involved in the process of standardization of PPP procurement documents, co-operates with The Association of Polish Banks in creation of PFI based concept of communal housing, takes part in numerous initiatives for the benefit of regional government in the water and sewage, construction, transport and individual projects implementation.

Publications in the national specialist publication, speaking at conferences and lecturing completes Authors involvement in the Polish PPP.That is documented in detail on the Polish web site Partnerstwo Publiczno-Prywatne.

Practical project work beginning with a proper project scope definition through its complete implementation is especially of interest. Business growth area that is rapidly gaining momentum in Poland can be broadly described as concessions PFI and Public Private Partnership, that is not necessarily based on the PPP law alone. For the last five years political and economic adjustment to the new forms of public procurement has been rather slow in Poland, however, the need for its rapid acceleration became recently obvious to all involved in the Polish economy.
Author supports liberal changes in the Polish economy being an independent professional with no political allegiance and basing his work on objectively assessed optimal outcome of the project process.

The picture would not be complete without mentioning my long-term experience in project management in the UK, Russia, Middle East and Poland.
Corporate clients, who are willing to consider participation in PPP projects in Poland are welcome to contact for more details.
This www. Site was prepared merely as an outpost of the Polish Public-Private Partnership activities with the intention to involve entities and professional, who have interst in developing their own business in Poland within the public services area.

Sincerely yours,
Witold Grzybowski