VUB Chair in Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

VUB Chair in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Activity report 2010 - 2014

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Table of content 1| A word on the VUB Chair in PPP

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2| Short history of the VUB Chair in PPP

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3| The VUB Chair in PPP research team

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4| Organisation of the VUB Chair in PPP

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5| Research output of the VUB Chair in PPP

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Selection of scientific publications by the Chair researchers (2010-2014)

• Selection • PhD

of conference proceedings (2010-2014)

defense of Chair researchers

6| Interaction among PPP stakeholders and participation in events • Advisory

Board Meetings

• Awareness • Guest

building among practitioners

lectures for students

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7| Media Presence

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Contact information

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“At the start of the VUB Chair in PPP, we aim at becoming an academic point of reference in Belgium, stimulating multidisciplinary research in the field of PPP and disseminating research output over a wide network.” E. Haezendonck, 2010

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1| A word on the VUB Chair in PPP Worldwide, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) has become an increasingly attractive procurement method for the delivery of public services. Much of this is because many governments consider PPPs as a win-win option for meeting their investment needs. Nonetheless, there is growing evidence that the practical implementation imposes some challenges. Multidisciplinary research is needed to capture these issues and to propose relevant frameworks that both assist in assessing the potential of PPP projects, as well as contribute to more effective PPP management. In the last five years, the VUB Chair in PPP aimed to achieve just that and hopes to continue to do so. At the start of the VUB Chair in PPP, we envisaged becoming an academic point of reference in Belgium in relation to academic research stimulating multidisciplinary research in the field of PPP and the dissemination of the research output over a wide network. Close collaboration with existing networks and the interaction between business and academics were the key success factors in carrying out this vision. We are very grateful to Deloitte, Grontmij and Laga for the sponsorship of the VUB Chair in PPP. We can look back on a period of positive and intensive collaboration, in which we were able to make a significant step in becoming a point of reference in research on PPPs in Belgium.

Prof. dr. Elvira Haezendonck Chair holder of the VUB Chair in PPP (2010-2014)

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“The VUB Chair in PPP offers a platform for knowledge exchange and relationship building, bringing more stakeholders together for relevant and profound PPP discussions.” E. Haezendonck, 2012

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2| Short history of the VUB Chair in PPP Both researchers and practitioners identified a pressing need for multidisciplinary research and the creation of an excellence pool of research in the field of Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Regardless the existence of some well-known institutions such as the ‘Vlaams Kennis Centrum PPS’, we believed that there was still a need for more comprehensive academic research. Existing research tends to investigate PPP arrangements too much from a single perspective (i.e., legal, economic or technical). Out of this concern the VUB Chair in PPP was born with the clear objective of conducting and encouraging multidisciplinary research in the field of PPP. The VUB Chair in PPP at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) started in 2010, and is sponsored by Deloitte, Grontmij and Laga. The VUB Chair in PPP is led by Prof. dr. Haezendonck and is affiliated with three VUB faculties: The Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, the Faculty of Law and Criminology (RC) and the Faculty of Engineering (IR). Besides conducting multidisciplinary research the VUB Chair in PPP initiates, organises and participates in conferences, lectures, workshops and other activities for and with students, academics, practitioners and the general public. The Chair’s focus is locally, nationally and internationally oriented. Activities are organized in cooperation with the sponsors (i.e., Deloitte, Grontmij and Laga), and occasionally in cooperation with ADEB-VBA, the ‘Vlaams Kennis Centrum PPS’ and other organisations.

Elvira Haezendonck was proposed as Chair holder by the VUB, for the period 2010-2014.

Prof. dr. Elvira Haezendonck

Prof. dr. Elvira Haezendonck (PhD in Applied Economics, University of Brussels VUB) is senior research fellow and Associate Professor at the University of Brussels (VUB) and the University of Antwerp (UA), with a specialization in (project) management and strategy. She has been involved in over 50 research projects including multiple strategy analyses for seaports, large-scale project assessments, socio-economic feasibility studies and transport and infrastructure policy. Her teaching and academic research concentrate on (project) management, competitive strategy, (port) strategy and corporate responsibility. She has published various articles and books in these domains.

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3| The VUB Chair in PPP research team In order to achieve the objective two researchers and two co-promoters have further strengthened the VUB Chair in PPP.

2 researchers sponsored by the VUB Chair in PPP dr. Steven De Schepper studied Applied Economics: Business Engineering at the University of Brussels (VUB). After his graduation in 2009, he became a research associate at the department of Business. In 2010, he strengthened the VUB chair in PPP, where he conducted a four-year study on the management of PPPs and where he obtained his PhD. in 2014. He is also involved in a number of research projects concerning complex (mega)projects. His interest includes various topics in the fields of strategic management of complex projects.

dr. Steven De Schepper

Geoffrey Aerts obtained his Bachelor degree in Political Science at the University of Antwerp in 2008. In the following years he earned a Masters degree in Comparative and European Politics, a Masters degree in Diplomacy and International Relations and a Masters degree in Maritime and Transport Management at the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp. Currently Geoffrey Aerts is affiliated with the VUB Chair in PPP at the faculty ES and Solvay Business School of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he works as a research associate. The defense of his PhD is planned early 2016. Geoffrey Aerts

2 co-promoters supported the VUB Chair in PPP in view of multidisciplinarity Since 1985 Prof. dr. Kaat Leus (Doctor of Law, 1991, VUB) is associated at the Department of State - Administrative Law at the Faculty of Law and Criminology. She teaches public law, public company law, government contracts and administrative liability. She is also a lawyer at the bar in Antwerp and Brussels, specialized in public economic law. Besides she is director of several public companies and because of this, she is involved in various PPPprojects. She published numerous articles in the domain of public economic law, where she recently, as co-author in collaboration with the “Instituut voor Bedrijfsjuristen” published “DBFM: Meid voor alle PPS-werk?”. Prof. dr. Kaat Leus VUB Faculty of Law and Criminology

Prof. dr. Danny Van Hemelrijck

Prof. dr. Danny Van Hemelrijck (doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen, 1992, VUB) is a civil engineer (VUB) and additionally engineer in informatics. “Contribution to the development of thermo elasticity for the experimental mechanics of composite materials” was the title of his doctoral thesis. He is responsible for the courses: “Mechanica van materialen, vloeistoffen en constructies, Mechanica van het continuüm, Experimentele spanningsanalyse en NDT, en Ontwerpmethodiek en uitvoering” at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is (co)auteur of approximately 40 A1-publications and has more than 100 publications in congress proceedings. He is also involved in the postgraduate training management of major construction projects.

VUB Faculty of Engineering

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4| Organisation of the VUB Chair in PPP

Advisory Board A committee of PPP experts (representing all stakeholder groups)

Partners

Academic team

Guido Vandervorst - Deloitte

Elvira Haezendonck - VUB

Peter Vanhoegaerden - Grontmij

Geoffrey Aerts - VUB

Werner Van Lembergen - Laga

Steven De Schepper - VUB

PPP Workgroup

Academic team

Erik Paquay - Deloitte

Kaat Leus - VUB

Rob Van Den Plas - Deloitte Tax

Danny Van Hemelrijk - VUB

Chair Steering Group

Kathleen De hornois - Laga Ronald Probst - Grontmij

Academic Steering Team

As both multidisciplinary research and communication and interaction between industry and academia are the Chair’s main objectives, the researchers of the VUB Chair in PPP were supported by several advisory and steering groups (as depicted in the organizational chart above). The Chair Steering Group met every three months and supported the researchers in: 1. Shaping and developing the research; 2. Organising and quality reviewing the research; 3. Developing the doctoral theses. The Academic Steering Team met on a regular basis to support the researchers in: 1. Shaping and developing the research; 2. Organising and quality reviewing the research; 3. Developing the doctoral theses. The PPP Workgroup met on a regular basis to support the researchers in: 1. Providing PPP expertise and experience; 2. Validating the relevance of the research in the PPP field and related projects; 3. Validating the management and practical relevance of the research topic. The Advisory Board met six-monthly and validated the direction and content of the VUB Chair in PPP as centre of knowledge.

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5| Research output of the VUB Chair in PPP The Chair’s aim was achieved through publications and doctoral research. Since the start of the VUB Chair in PPP this included presentations at international conferences as well as publishing in a variety of international journals. The emphasis of the Chair’s research is on the potential of PPP projects and, among others, the following topics were analysed: • Critical Success Factors of PPPs; • Stakeholder management of PPPs; • Transaction costs in PPPs; • A qualitative success framework for PPPs; • Capacity building for PPPs; • Knowledge transfers from and to project teams.

• Selection of scientific publications by the Chair researchers (2010-2014)

De Schepper, S., Dooms, M., Haezendonck, E., (2014). Stakeholder dynamics and responsibilities in Public– Private Partnerships: A mixed experience. International Journal of Project Management, 32, 1210-1222. Although stakeholder management is seen as one of the main success factors of Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), to date, limited research has investigated actual stakeholder management in PPPs. After positioning PPP in the current stakeholder management theory, a comparative case study analysis of four PPP infrastructure projects demonstrates the relevance and importance of stakeholder inclusion in PPPs. The case study findings indicate that a PPP makes the stakeholder environment more complex to manage, due to the increasing importance of the stakeholder context and dynamics. Hence, allocating stakeholder responsibilities between the public initiator and private consortium becomes problematic as it goes hand in hand with balancing between reactive and proactive responses to stakeholder claims. In order to cope with the PPP specific stakeholder characteristics, the use of a dynamic dual stakeholder management tool is recommended as well as the identification of governance structures that allow the sharing and division of responsibilities between stakeholders.

De Schepper, S., Haezendonck, E., Dooms, M., (In press). Understanding pre-contractual transaction costs for Public-Private Partnership infrastructure projects. International Journal of Project Management. While public entities are still increasingly interested in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), we recently observe increasing reluctance from private partners to engage in PPP-bidding. Up-front costs that PPP bidders make are considered too high compared to the bidding chances, and may result in fewer bidders in the future. In this paper, we empirically analyse transaction costs of PPPs in the pre- contractual stage and compare these to similar costs borne by private partners for traditional public procurement. Statistical analyses based on sample of 172 public infrastructure projects enable the estimation of the pre-contractual cost burden. Based on the study results, suggestions are made to lower these costs or to improve the cost position of the private sector, in order to safeguard the competitive setting of the PPP market.

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Aerts, G., Dooms, M., Haezendonck, E., (in press). Stakeholder management practices found in landlord seaport authorities in Flanders: an inside-out perspective. International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics. This paper offers an analysis of actual stakeholder management conducted by port authorities. Drawing from several organisation-centric stakeholder management theories, we study the conceptualisation and the identification of stakeholders, as well as the application of stakeholder management as executed by port authorities. By analysing the opinions of middle management, we examine whether daily stakeholder management reflects stakeholder theory findings, emphasising the importance of attribute-based stakeholder conceptualisation, identification and stakeholder management strategies. We also conduct a comparative analysis, assessing the quality of the stakeholder management practice in several seaports located in the Rhine-Scheldt Delta. The results show that actual stakeholder management practices, found at several port authorities, convey little resemblance to the methods and theoretical findings presented in academic stakeholder management literature.

Aerts, G., Grage, T., Haezendonck, E., Dooms, M., (in press). Public-private partnerships for the provision of port infrastructure: an explorative multi-actor perspective on critical success factors. Worldwide, infrastructure projects increasingly use forms of public-private cooperation in the project finance and provision of large-scale infrastructure projects. We use a multi-actor analysis in order to explore, which critical success factors (CSFs) are important in public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the port context, and to what extent different stakeholders have diverging opinions on the importance of these CSFs. The results of our questionnaire, indicate that eight CSFs are of superior importance in port PPPs: the concreteness and preciseness of the concession agreement, the ability to appropriately allocate and share risk, the technical feasibility of the project, the commitment made by partners, the attractiveness of the financial package, a clear definition of responsibilities, the presence of a strong private consortium and a realistic cost/benefit assessment. The reason for their importance is their deal-breaking character, which can lead to a total failure of PPP projects during the early stages of project conception. A number of other research papers are currently under review.

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• Selection of conference proceedings (2010-2014) De Schepper, S., and Haezendonck, E. (2014). Transaction cost economics of public infrastructure delivery in the procurement phase: a comparative assessment. Paper presented at the EURAM 2014 conference. Valencia. Aerts, G., Haezendonck, E., Dooms, M. (2014). Public-private partnerships for the provision of port infrastructure: stakeholder analysis of critical success factors in German, Dutch and Belgian seaports. Paper presented at the EURAM 2014 conference. Valencia. De Schepper, S., Dooms, M., and Haezendonck, E. (2013). Stakeholder dynamics and responsibilities in Public-Private Partnerships: a mixed experience. Paper presented at the PPP conference (Global challenges in PPP). Antwerp. Aerts, G., Haezendonck, E., Dooms, M. (2013). Organisational learning in hybrid settings: a value creation framework for project based learning in the PPP market. Paper presented at the PPP conference (Global challenges in PPP). Antwerp. De Schepper, S., Dooms, M., and Haezendonck, E. (2013). Strategic management of Public-Private Partnerships: a stakeholder approach. Paper presented at the EURAM 2013 conference. Istanbul. Aerts, G., Dooms, M., Haezendonck, E. (2013). Managerial perspectives on the state of stakeholder management in seaport authorities. Paper presented at the IAME 2013 conference. Marseille. De Schepper, S., and Haezendonck, E. (2012). A Critical Review of Success Factors of Public-Private Partnerships. Paper presented at the EDEN seminar: Perspectives on Projects: The Projectification of Society. Lille. De Schepper, S., van Balen, M., Haezendonck, E., and Dooms, M. (2012) Public-Private Partnership: a Driver for Value. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium of Partnerships for the Social Good. Rotterdam. 12

• PhD defense of Chair researchers Steven De Schepper successfully defended his PhD, titled “Essays on the Success Factors of Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure”, on the 28th of August 2014 under the supervision of Prof. dr. Elvira Haezendonck. About ninety invitees, among which different leading figures of different Belgian PPP projects e.g., Diabolo, BRABO1 and the “Oosterweelverbinding”, attended the PhD defense. Abstract of the dissertation: Worldwide, a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) has become an increasingly attractive procurement method for the delivery of public infrastructure services. Much of this is because many governments consider PPPs as a win-win option for meeting their investing/ infrastructure needs. Nonetheless, there is growing evidence that the practical implementation is not without (managerial) problems. In this regard, this dissertation seeks to propose three relevant frameworks that both assist in assessing the success potential of PPPs, as well as contribute to a more effective PPP management. First, the use of a dynamic, dual stakeholder management framework and the ex-ante inclusion of stakeholders is suggested to put an appropriate stakeholder management process in place to capture and address stakeholder concerns more effectively. The need for such a stakeholder framework is motivated by the finding that stakeholder issues do not solely emerge because of a gap between stakeholder expectations but are often the result of an imbalance of reactive and proactive stakeholder management approaches and an absence of any guidance on the responsibility and accountability issues surrounding the stakeholder management of PPP projects. Second, a toolbox is offered to aid contracting governments in estimating and controlling ex-ante the transaction specific investments that bidders make in the procurement of PPP projects. The necessity of such a tool is driven by the observation that transaction costs in the procurement phase hinder the viability of some projects in the short run, and if these transaction costs remain high, the magnitude of these costs have the potential to harm the public infrastructure market in the long run. Third, a first step is made toward a conceptual ex-ante evaluation framework that incorporates different stakeholder perspectives, as well as the cause-and-effect relationship between success factors and stakeholder objectives/criteria. If further operationalized, the framework has the advantage of providing governments a set of alternative delivery models through a tool that could aid the (contracting) governments in optimising the chosen PPP alternative and future PPP initiation and procurement processes.

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6| Interaction among PPP stakeholders and participation in events • Advisory Board Meetings One of the main events of the VUB Chair in PPP was the six-monthly organization of Advisory Board Meetings. Eight Advisory Board Meetings have taken place as from the start of the VUB Chair in PPP in 2010. The purpose of the Advisory Board Meetings was to tackle hot topics surrounding PPPs with a large community of stakeholder experts.

Overview of the Advisory Board Meetings

Title

Date

Speakers

1st Advisory Board Meeting: Roundtable on the success factors of PPP projects

16/12/10

Roundtable with the Advisory Board Members

2nd Advisory Board Meeting: Workshops on the Critical Success Factors of PPPs

20/06/11

2 workshops based on working papers of Steven De Schepper.

3th Advisory Board Meeting: Connecting Europe Facility and its innovative financial instruments

26/01/12

M. Bertrand (DG Move) S. Forrester (TEN-T)

4th Advisory Board Meeting: PPP and railway infrastructure: lessons learned and challenges ahead

21/06/12

L. Lallemand (Infrabel)

24/01/13

H. Van Der Borght (Vlaanderen) Y. Verbakel (Vlaanderen) K. Leus (VUB) W. Decrem (PMV)

13/06/13

E. Meysmans (KBC) W. Vermeir (AG Insurance) D. Van Hassel (Royal BAM) L. Verstraeten (KBC) H. Vanderborght (Vlaanderen) W. Van Lembergen (Laga)

06/02/14

B. Van Zeebroek (S&R) V. Van Daele (Lijninvest) B. Verhulst (Heymans) H. Baeten (Grontmij) J. Lindenbergh (Deloitte)

16/10/14

J. Bosschem (ORI) H. Van der Borght (Vlaanderen) J. Ceyssens (Willemen Group) F. Boelaert (Vlaanderen) S. Ouaki (DG Move) R. Houthaeve (Grontmij)

5th Advisory Board Meeting: The need for capacity building at the public sector

6th Advisory Board Meeting: Project finance & bankability of PPP projects

7th Advisory Board Meeting: value creation of PPPs: how can PPP project create value for all stakeholders?

8th Advisory Board Meeting: The Future of PPP in the context of budgetary constraints

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List of Advisory Board Members: 1. Client | 1.1. Government Yvan Verbakel Toon Colpaert Cedric Bossut Hedwig Van Der Borght

Guy Haesevoets Hendrik Deboutte

Vlaamse Overheid Vlaamse Overheid Federale Overheidsdienst Mobiliteit en Vervoer - Beliris Vlaamse Overheid

6. Architects Jacques Timmerman P. Swinnen Philémon Wachtelaer

1. Client | 1.2. (semi-) public agencies Roger Kesteloot De Lijn Bernard Blaszczak MIVB - STIB Jan Van Rensbergen BAM Marc Smeets Infrabel Karl Cools AG Stedelijk onderwijs Antwerpen Frank Nooten AG Stedelijk onderwijs Antwerpen Mieke Francken AG Vespa Marc Noppen VUB



Noriant Locorail Locobouw



CFE ADEB-VBA Heymans Besix Jan de Nul Jan de Nul Strabag CFE Alstom Kumpen/Aswebo

5. Bank & Insurance Lode Verstraeten

Katrijn Quaghebeur Peter Vermeiren Koen Wuyts Erik Vleminckx Isabel Fritz Benoit Theys Marc Van Begin

Olivier Vanden Eynde Coen Ysebaert Erik Paquay Marc Derycke Rob Van Den Plas Guido Van Der Vorst

Deloitte Deloitte Deloitte Deloitte Deloitte Deloitte

Peter Vanhoegaerden Jo Belen Ronald Probst Bernard Gilliot

Grontmij Grontmij Grontmij ORI

8. Research centre

4. Investors Marcel Van Handenhoven Freddy Hoorens Manu Vandenbulcke

Laga Laga Laga Laga

7. Advisors | 7.3. Technical

3. Contractors Jean-Charles Vereerstraeten Didier Cartage Bart Verhulst Rudi Cnudde Paul Lievens Jo Roelants Marc Selen Diane Zygas Robert Seghers Johan Ceyssens

Werner Van Lembergen Kathleen De hornois Stefaan Van Dyck Danny Stas

7. Advisors | 7.2. Financial/Technical

2. SPV



G30 Vlaamse Bouwmeester BURO II & ARCHI+I

7. Advisors | 7.1. Legal



Luc Neyrinck Bart Keymeulen Alex Vandemeulebroecke

BNP BNP

PMV Quares DG Infa

Kaat Leus Danny Van Hemelrijck Patrick Uytendaele Koen Verhoest Steven Van Garsse Yseult Marique Erik De Keuleneer Yves Rammer Paul De Knop

VUB VUB VUB UA Kenniscentrum PPS Essex ULB ULB VUB

9. International experts Willem Vermeend Alex Vermeulen

PPS Netwerk Nederland Rijksgebouwendienst

10. VUB team

KBC KBC Belfius Belfius Belfius ING AG Real Estate AG Real Estate

Elvira Haezendonck Geoffrey Aerts Steven De Schepper

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VUB VUB VUB

• Awareness building among practitioners The VUB Chair in PPP initiates, organizes and participates in multiple forums for discussing and communicating research results and relevant issues on PPP, such as lectures, expert meetings, seminars and conferences aimed at different types of audiences. Recently organized seminars and discussions are “Pre-contractual costs of PPP”, “Legal issues of design and build”, “Project management skills for PPP”.
Examples of forums in which the VUB Chair in PPP actively participates in are the EU Open Days, the National PPP Day and Realty (Real estate networking platform).

A selection of events co-organized by the VUB Chair in PPP for practitioners

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Date

Target audience

Evening lecture: ‘Public-Private Partnerships: Challenges for better project management’

07/06/11

About 100 PPP experts. (Large representation of contractors and advisers).

Evening lecture: ‘Design & Build: a legal challenge in the Belgian construction sector’

12/06/12

About 120 PPP experts. (Large representation of legal and financial advisors).

Conference: ‘Precontractuele kosten: een obstakel voor de toekomst van PPS?’

06/12/12

About 150 PPP experts. (All stakeholder groups were present)

Part of a conference: ‘Panel discussion of Grontmij’ on the National PPP day

04/06/13

About 50 PPP experts. (All stakeholder groups were present)

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• Guest lectures for students Besides organizing seminars for practitioners, the educational component of the VUB Chair in PPP also entails visibility to a large number of bachelor and master students. In different faculties, and covering various topics directly or indirectly related to the Chair’s theme, the partners of the VUB Chair in PPP offer interesting guest lectures. These lectures are embedded in VUB courses and programs and taught by experts of the Chair’s partners. As such, they share knowledge and real life cases with many students, and they have the opportunity to give visibility to their expertise and organization. The VUB Chair in PPP offers this structured and continuous student-partners platform. Selection of guest lectures organized by the VUB Chair in PPP for students

Faculty

Course

Subject offered by lecturer from partner

Student reach

Economics

Management en strategie/ Management and strategy

CSR - social entrepreneurship

350

Engineering

Life cycle costing

Managementaspecten bij bouwprojecten

80

Law

Publiek ondernemingsrecht

ESR 95 neutraliteit en PPS

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Economics

Organisatieontwerp en -verandering

As One

150

Economics

Risk management

Inleiding tot Solvency II

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Engineering

Ontwerp van constructies

Sustainability and innovation through PPP

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Law

Venootschapsrecht

Rol van de revisor en commisaris

90

Economics

Masterclasses Entrepreneurship

CSR - Social entrepreneurship

80

Economics

Marketing

Social media

180

Law

Bestuursrecht

Benchmark PPS in Vlaanderen

25

Engineering

Bouwkunde

Sustainability and innovation in PPP

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Law

Notarieel vennootschapsrecht

Vermogensplanning

30

Engineering

Life cycle costing

Managementaspecten bij bouwprojecten

80

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7| Media Presence In the course of the past four years, the VUB Chair in PPP appeared on numerous occasions in newspapers and magazines (e.g. Trends, De Tijd, Knack and FD Magazine) raising the visibility of the VUB Chair in PPP, also benefiting the expansion of both the academic as well as the professional network of the VUB Chair in PPP. Selection of media presence: • Partners leren elkaars spel en spelen beter samen, 2010, Mediaplanet; • Nood aan een Multidisciplinair kader, 2011, Mediaplanet; • Recreatie houdt zwembaden uit het rood, 2012, Trends; • PPS projecten: interessant maar toch opletten, 2012, FD Magazine; • PPS wint nog aan belang, maar enkel met de juiste motivaties, 2012, PMV Ambitiekrant; • PPS onder druk door hoge studiekosten, 2012, Mediaplanet; • Wist u dat PPS-projecten gepaard gaan met te hoge kosten, te lage slaagkansen en te veel tijdsverspilling?, 2013, Akademos; • Projectfinanciering voor PPS 2.0, 2013, FD Magazine; • Meerwaarde voor alle stakeholders moet de missie zijn bij PPS, 2013, Mediaplanet; • Stem van Elvira Haezendonck, 2014, 100 stemmen PPS.

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hun inbreng partners voor Respect van alle over alle ob, transparantie in het project g en levensc ybij de aanvan e moet in s pps jectieven van opwAArts CiëLe Crisi essentieel. Men weging clus-analyse zijn kAn de finAn heropLeven? ng komen, spirAALbe spiraalbewegi en weer doen een opwaar tse aanmoedigen eelkaar objecti s de jker waarbij partner vraag is of teel priorirbeeld, hoe duideli De pertinente hebbenden des zijn momen behoef te llende belang versterken. Bijvoo voor het privé-consorBesparingsron zijn. den, maar de ven van verschi verenigbaar de verwachtingen motivatie zal zijn en tair bij veel overhe in het bijzonder voor een PPS-project van de de van oek ringen, groter onderz hoe inteisch tium, aan investe Wel ijke, waarde maatschappel Uit recent academ neemt niet af. toren Debekomen. hoe meer, ook VUB (promo infrastr uctuur, issie schat kan Comm erstoel beurt prof. se s haar PPS-le Europe de overheid op gendeel. De ij en Laga, titulari meer dan 2,7 niet alleen in loitte, Grontm echter dat moet echter voor de EU op termijn donck) blijkt Die waarde die behoef te de tien jaar op de korte dr. Elvira Haezen rijkste stavoor de komen van de belang monetaire termen triljoen euro termen van de energiesecde doelstellingen , maar wel in triljoen voor den zijn. Dit gezien worden (waaronder 1 elkaar verbon 1,5 triljoen atie, maatvoor ICT en keholders met ische valoris zijn van het sociaaleconom tijds- en het verweven tor, 270 miljard r). Gesterkt de overblijkt reeds uit ontwikkeling, rtinfrastructuu schappelijke voor transpo gsobjectief van schuldgraad it. ie van de debudgetterin ten en kwalite ureaus die de malisat in tiewins ratingb gstopti ttend efficiën door landen nauwle heid en de opbren de samenwerking. Een duidein van verschillende in lijn met de Maasbeweging moet door het en private partijen De gunstige spiraal tijdens het proces niet -karakter’ het oog houden de vrijheidsgraden ook beperking van is het ‘off balance jke opbrengerenlijk zijn en mag trichtnormen, den moeten van de mogeli kelijk. De domin tie voor terugdringen worden. Overhe naar ook de motiva onderbroken van PPS’en aantrek aan debudgettering is saspecten intrinsieke neiging en in sten, verminderen hiervoor hun de motivatie gelinkt in duurzaamheid worden laten, PPS-poteninvesteringen trachten los te en verstikt het partijen lijke controle meer erg risicovol perspectieven tie. Sommige wetenschappe rciële PPS, innova bare en ver comme opleiuwig tegeno de projecten tieel. De beschik meer kans Meer en betere hierdoor wantro ontstaat dat overheerop dat PPS laten verwerken. literatuur wijst alle niveaus evenwichtig indruk risico’s zeker als de als de risico’s overheden op lop om kosten en dingen voor op succes heeft betrokken stakeho heden en kennis erop uit zijn de private den op vaardig onder en hun zijn tie kan ook efficiën verdeeld jk af te wentel en en verdien blijft zoveel mogeli en hierdoor aan PPS verruim partpartners het vlak van ders, als project dergelijke gevalle van de en als private building’). Private partners. In tie pen (‘institution en timing winnen rciële perspectieven groot de motiva om meer en de vraag hoe comme ook bereid zijn de aannemer ners moeten interessante, , bijvoorbeeld PPS-projecmee te willen private partner reau, is om realisatie van vraagstukken meer sociale krijgen bij de of architectenbu vanuit een breed jk en mogeli of het studiet project zo oplossen en ten. zo snel en efficiën ren. onder andere technieken tief te benade innoverende waardeperspec erdeling is saspecten te werken, om chtige risicov duurzaamheid Een evenwi n wanneer inspirAtie van de VUB te introduceren, ker te bereike Gebouw “M” evenwel moeilij van de rijkste doel is een ontwerp g tot het belang e modernistische debudgetterin

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een siteit Brusse de Vrije Univer isecensitair Expert In 2010 richtte el in, het Univer overeennieuwe leersto daarvoor een e, De VUB sloot ers: Deloitt trum voor PPS. rs-investeerd drie partne Laga. Zij tenbureau komst af met eren en advoca middelen om Grontmij Vlaand van de nodige siteit univer van het Expervoorzien de . Het doel aan te stellen rond PPS uit doctorandi aal onderzoek kennis is om doctor tisecentrum De ontwikkelde k begeleiden. publie te en pen te voeren atige tijdstip lj op regelm Ook gastco wordt daarbi en seminaries. publicaties op het progemaakt via ssen staan agen en congre leges, studied nElvira Haeze gramma. door prof. dr. geleid aan ie wordt De leerstoel ement en Strateg dr. ocent Manag toren zijn prof. donck, hoofdd promo twee andere prof. dr. Danny de VUB. De Rechten, en enschapdoctor in de Kaat Leus, Ingenieurswet doctor in de e zijn de Van Hemelrijck, Annick Faveer en per De Schep zijn dus betrok pen. Steven faculteiten , oekers. Drie en Criminologie twee onderz Recht isecentrum: schappen ken bij het Expert Politieke Weten , Sociale en enschapEconomische Ingenieurswet leerss School en & Solvay Busine tijdens de initiële om ling de bedoe trum uit te pen. Het is het Expertisecen van vijf jaar derzoek in riode PPS-on stoelpe t voor referentiepun bouwen tot het buitenland. België en in

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Contact information VUB Chair in Public-Private Partnership [email protected] Chair holder 2010-2014 Prof. dr. Elvira Haezendonck | [email protected] Researchers dr. Steven De Schepper | [email protected] Geoffrey Aerts | [email protected]

As from January 1st, 2015 Chair holder 2015-2018 Prof. dr. Lieven De Moor | [email protected] Co-promoter Prof. dr. Elvira Haezendonck | [email protected] Researcher Wouter Thierie | [email protected]

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