It was published Guidelines “Public-Private Partnership as a Mechanism for Improving Energy Efficiency of Buildings of Budgetary Institutions and Communal Property Organizations, prepared by the Chairman of the Board of the Center Irina Zapatrina

The publication was prepared in the framework of the UNDP / GEF project “ Removing Barriers to Increase Investments in the Energy Efficiency of Public Buildings in Ukraine through the ESCO Modality in Small and Medium-Sized Cities ”.

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In the newspaper “Zerkalo nedeli”, issue No. 28 (July 20-26, 2019) it was published an article by Irina Zapatrina “Will Ukraine Become an Investment Paradise?”

https://zn.ua/macrolevel/stanet-li-ukraina-investicionnym-raem-324295_.html

In the second issue of the EPPPL magazine (European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review) for 2019 it was published the article by I. Zapatrina “Unsolicited Proposals for PPPs in Developing Economies”: pp. 118 -128

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Irina Zapatrina, the Chairman of the Board of the Center, took part in the International Forum "Building Effective, Accountable, and Inclusive Institutions Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Governance Conference", which was held in Ankara on 11 and 12 June 2019

The organizer of the forum was the World Bank.

Irina Zapatrina, the Chairman of the Board of the Center, delivered a presentation "The Potential of Public Private Partnership for Transforming Cities into Smart and Sustainable" at the Transformation Forum “Make IT SMART”, held on June 6, 2019 in Kharkiv

On May 23, 2019 prof. I. Zapatrina has made a presentation “Financing for transformation of cities into “smart and sustainable” at the conference “Towards the implementation of the Sustainable development Agenda for the period up to 2030: housing management, energy efficiency of buildings and sustainable urban development", which was held in Minsk, Belarus

Conference organizers: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, UNDP of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Belarus, the Academy of management under the President of the Republic of Belarus.

On May 7-9, 2019 in Geneva (Switzerland) took place International PPP Forum “The last mile: Promoting People-First PPPs for the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”

This Forum is the forth event organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on this topic. The purpose of the Forum is to exchange experience and create conditions for strengthening the role of private business in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through the application of a new PPP generation - the so-called People-First PPPs.

Irina Zapatrina, the Chairman of the Board of the Center took part in the event.

On 25-27 March 2019 in Geneva took place the meeting of UNECE Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships

The Chairman of the Board Iryna Zapatrina took part in discussions and presented her view on approaches to development UNECE’s PPP Impact Assessment Tool and the challenges to the implementation of UNECE standards, recommendations, guidelines and best practices in developing economies.

On 18-21 March, 2019 in Berlin (Germany) took place annual Global Summit that has gathered more than 2000 delegates from all over the world

The event included several forums : Global Investment Forum, Forums on Emerging Markets, ESG & Sustainability, Global Projects, Energy Transition, Infrastructure debt and Digital Infrastructure.

The Chairman of the Board of the Center Iryna Zapatrina has participated as a speaker in the panel session “Bridging global infrastructure gap” on the 1^st day of the event in the framework of Global Projects Forum.

EPPPL magazine has determined TOP articles among its readers from the last three months. Among them article of Irina Zapatrina “State Support under PPP New Challenges in the Context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals”

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