Prof. Iryna Zapatrina jontly with professora Pedro Neves, Sladjana Sredojević, Vida Abdaly, Yu Namba, Carolina Santana, Joan-Enric Ricart took part in the panel ““Taking PPPs out of the classroom: contribution by academic institutions to capacity building” of the UNECE PPP Forum in Istanbul (May 10, 2024).
The inspirational initiative of strengthening the role of academia and scientists in accelerating the involvement of private business in infrastructure and strengthening such its components as sustainability, resilience and people-orientation were discussed during the panel.
Our main conclusion was that academia can help to accelerate the implementation of PPPs for the SDGs through building trust between public authorities, business, society; as well as by ensuring wider dissemination of knowledge on this topic among all potential participants of this process including media. Everyone should understand what the SDGs and “PPPs for SDGs” are, why they are important for people, on which principles and using which approaches a project can be structured in such a way that the government, business and population are mutually interested in its outcomes. Scientists can and should teach people to talk in SDG language including through developing and promoting educational programs accessible to everyone, broad public discussions on the issue of PPP and SDGs with participation of business and general public, sharing successful experience in implementing PPP projects and working on mistakes done.
Prof. Iryna Zapatrina took part in the panel “Unlocking growth potential: Exploring the role of Public-Private Partnership Projects”.
Chairman of the Center I. Zapatrina, took part in the 8th PPP Week in Istanbul.
She participated in two panels: Defining a foresighted framework without regulatory and financial obstacles in EMDEs - jointly with Dr. Çağdaş Evrim Ergün (PPP Research Center, Turkie), Oforkanji Emmanuel Onwodi (Concession Regulation Commission, Nigeria), Muneer Ferozie (Regional Head, Africa Region, IFC); Small scale PPPs and localization of ESG criteria to make PPP fit for 2030 agenda - jointly with Ziad Alexandre Hayek (President of WAPPP), prof. Steven Van Garsse (University Hasselt, Belgium), Jyoti Bisbey (WAPPP & ISRC)
Irina Zapatrina have represented the Center at the 7th edition of the UNECE International PPP Forum that took place on May 3-5, 2023 in Athens (Greece).
In the framework of the Forum she made a presentation at the Side event "EBRD’s Public-Private Partnerships Regulatory Guidelines Publication" on May 5, 2023.
The UNECE secretariat established the International Jury to select the best PPP infrastructure projects that contribute to the circular economy agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the 7th UNECE International PPP Forum on 3-5 May 2023.
Jury includes:
Jean-Patrick Marquet (President)
Jean-Christophe Barth
Doris Chevalier
Anand Chiplunkar
Rose-Lourdes Elysee
Petra Ferk
Amanda Loeffen
Joan Enric Ricart
Jelena Tadic
Irina Zapatrina
Pedro Neves (Secretary)
Details on https://unece.org/ppp/forum7/award
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