OREANDA-NEWS. On January 25, 2007  the World Bank office in Tashkent hosted a Public and Private Sector Partnership (PPP) Forum, reported the press-centre of UZINFOINVEST.

The World Bank team represented by the experts in infrastructure, as well as the delegates from the UNDP and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Uzbekistan participated in the meeting.

Opening the forum, the World Bank's Country Manager for Uzbekistan Loup Brefort spoke of the World Bank's projects in Uzbekistan in the spheres of infrastructure and municipal sector. The representatives of the UNDP and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Uzbekistan made a presentation on the PPP Project, as well as the problems, prospects and methods of implementing PPP in Uzbekistan.

Meeting participants discussed the possibilities of technical and financial assistance on the part of the World Bank in integration of the PPP mechanism in the municipal and other sectors of the infrastructure.

The representatives of the public sector agencies, particularly those working in the sectors of the infrastructure and municipality, partner organizations, and project groups discussed the issues of legal, regulative, and institutional nature, as well as the issues concerning the management of financial risks and pilot projects.

Closer to the end of the meeting they reviewed the plans for the future. A question and answer session closed the meeting.