1. 16/04/20101 EPEC Private Sector Forum EPECs activities in 2010 Nicholas Jennett Head of EPEC Private Sector Forum 2 June 2010

2. 16/04/20102 What: Assisting the public sector to deliver more, and better, PPP deals How: A closed, public sector club Sharing information and expertise, promoting good practice across the public sector Delivering two product lines: Public goods: Membership working groups supported by EPEC Executive, Market intelligence, private sector dialogue, working with the Commision Private goods: Bilateral working with member organisations to support policy and programme development By: An international team including nationals of France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Romania, Russia, United Kingdom Mission, Members, Governance

3. 16/04/20103 EPEC Membership Public sector entities with policy and programme responsibility for PPP in EU and Candidate countries 27 national / regional members including EU PPP taskforces Balanced membership across the EU and Candidates 25 members at foundation; 30 total as of June 2010.

4. 16/04/20104 Activity update The European PPP Report 2009 (with DLA Piper) Market monitoring and updates Bilateral working with Members Impact of the credit crisis

5. 16/04/20105 Impact of the credit crisis Membership workshops: Understanding the impact of the financial and economic crisis Guarantees and co-lending instruments Implications for procurement Working papers Private sector perspectives Public sector initiatives Consultation paper on responses to the crisis Available at www.eib.org/epec

6. 16/04/20106 Capital Markets in PPP Bonds versus bank debt Analysis of the monoline model The scale of the potential market How to revive capital markets The role of the public sector

7. 16/04/20107 Eurostat Guidance – coming soon Procurement and competitive dialogue – in preparation Benchmarking public sector PPP units – in preparation Loan / grant blending – in preparation The Guide to Guidance on PPP TEN-T PPP Looking to the future

8. 16/04/20108 The Guide to Guidance T xt Tex t T xt Tex t Identifies best available guidance to support public authorities by: identifying the scope for PPP in TEN-T projects; providing an interactive roadmap of the PPP procurement phase; identifying issues which occur during the negotiation of a PPP transaction. From PPP guidelines worldwide and selected professional publications

9. 16/04/20109 Best of breed references T xt Tex t T xt Tex t

10. 16/04/201010 EPECs strategic development Increasingly operational focus designed to demonstrate impact Developing secondments Re-balance of network activity and policy & programme support Increased focus on less mature markets Increased focus on loan / grant blending) and assisting members identify new funding sources / instruments (e.g. Marguerite) Complementary activities with the private sector

11. 16/04/201011 Conclusion www.eib.org/epec EPEC In something over 18 months EPEC has established itself as the leading regional PPP expertise centre Membership engagement has been maintained – indeed is growing High quality staff have been recruited Outputs well received The market The crisis and its aftermath, along with the Commissions political commitment, give a positive strategic context National and regional interest in growing PPP capacity is likely to increase Further collaborative working with the Commission, Members & the private sector both desirable – and expected by market

12. 16/04/201012 Nicholas Jennett European Investment Bank jennett@eib.org Telephone: +352 4379 87320 **** European PPP Expertise Centre epec@eib.org Telephone: +352 4379 85434 **** www.eib.org/epec