Kalikova & Associates takes part in organizing a workshop on issues related to the public-private partnership

On January 26, 2010, the Ministry of Economic Regulation of the Kyrgyz Republic in cooperation with the Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) organized a training Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) at the Business Center “Russia”.

The workshop was organized with the support of Secretariat of Business and Investment Development Council under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kalikova & Associates Law Firm, which is one of the founders of the Public Foundation “PPP and Investment Promotion Center”, International Financial Corporation (IFC), German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The specially invited UNECE experts and expert from Kazakhstan PPP Center presented the essentials of PPPs, peculiarities of implementing PPP projects and shared with their experience related to implementation of PPPs in foreign countries in diverse sectors of economy. The Managing Partner of Kalikova & Associates, Gulnara Kalikova, made a presentation on “Legal Regulation of PPPs in the Kyrgyz Republic”, and told about current legal framework on PPPs, drafting a new PPPs Law and importance of drafting high quality legal framework for the implementation of successful PPPs projects in Kyrgyzstan.

About 100 representatives of the state, municipal, private sectors, business associations, international organizations and non-governmental organization took part in the workshop. All of the participants considered it necessary to further develop PPPs in Kyrgyzstan to improve the quality of management, operation and maintenance of infrastructure facilities.