Public-private partnerships (PPPs) involve private sector supply of infrastructure assets and services that have traditionally been provided by the government. An infusion of private capital and management can ease fiscal  constraints on infrastructure investment and increase efficiency. Reflecting these advantages, PPPs are taking off around the world: there are well-established programs in a number of countries (including Chile, Ireland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom), and less developed programs or a good deal of interest in many others.

This document provides guidance in the application of PPPs to transportation projects based on the experiences of transportation agencies in the U.S. and other countries that have applied these delivery approaches. The guidebook is aimed at both early practitioners of PPP projects as well as those agencies just beginning to consider the possibility of instituting PPP approaches for projects currently stalled for lack of available resources.
 

In 2003 the Commission through the Directorate General for Regional Policy published the  “Guidelines for Successful Public-Private-Partnerships”. This document was designed as a practical 

Other resources:

• Senegal BOT law (in French)
• Commentary (in French)

Dahir n° 1-06-15 du 15 moharrem 1427 (14 février 2006) portant promulgation de la loi n° 54-05 relative à la gestion déléguée des services publics.

Reglamento DFL MOP Nº 164 de 1991 modificado por las Leyes Nº 19.252 de 1993 y Nº 19.460 de 1996. Santiago, (Publicado en el Decreto Oficial del 20 de Marzo de 1999)

The legal regulations for providing public infrastructure through the Concessions Program are contained in several legal texts, but are found mainly in the Concessions Law and its accompanying Regulations. These regulate adjudication, execution, repair or maintenance of state public works given in concession.
 

The process to manage unsolicited proposals is also contained in the main Concessions Law and the process details are found in secondary legislation .

 La concesión comprenderá:
a) La prestación en el área de concesión de los servicios básicos y complementarios para los que fue construida la obra.
b) La conservación de la obra en óptimas condiciones de uso.
c) El cobro de tarifas que pagarán los usuarios de los servicios básicos y de los servicios complementarios.
d) La ejecución de las inversiones o reinversiones que constituyen el plan de desarrollo del proyecto.
e) El uso y goce sobre los bienes nacionales de uso público o fiscales destinados a desarrollar la obra entregada en concesión.