This research introduce the public-private partnership (PPP), by determine the
difference between the types of PPP contracts, and lighting on the most important
experiences of main countries to identify responsibilities of each part of contract.
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n order to study the possibility of using PPP in Syria, within the crisis since (2011).
To afford additional resources of funding, to improve the development process of
infrastructure projects, especially projects that related to the energy sector, specifically
electricity sector.
The electricity sector is one of the most sectors exposed to destruction, and it was the
first goal of any sabotage carried out by terrorists. this sector suffering by is more than 430
billion Syrian pounds loses, since the start of the crisis until the end of 2015, and this
amount is nominated to rise by the time according to many reasons, one of this reasons is
exchange rates fluctuations risk.
The amount ofdamages is very huge number, comparison to the size of funds that
dedicated by the government to finance investment. On the other hand, there is a serious
need to additional resources of funding, to finance the development and rehabilitation
process of infrastructure projects. Therefore, could the PPP provide these resources? That
is what the research is looking for.
This research Paper includes a realistic vision of the possibility of Depending on
(Public-Private-Partnership) (P.P.P) as an effective element of investment in the
construction of (Toll Road).
The research included a study of the current central
road network and plans through
the aspirations of the Ministry of Transport in Syria, according to the legitimate and
economic trends and that will make the Private sector as a partner in infrastructure
projects, including road network in Syria.
The essential objective of the research is to complete what was done previously by
the Ministry of Transport through (economic feasibility study of highway projects Based
on B.O.T system in Syria) and detailed search in the legislative and legal framework,
which is expected to be issued to cover the legal side of this mega-project which will be
done according to (Public-Private-Partnership) (P.P.P), furthermore it will be the major
support to the Syrian economic wheel after the current crises and studying the profits of
the proposed project to investment which is a freeway from northern Syria to the south and
the other one from eastern Syria to the west, an indication of the results and
recommendations display.
This research paper includes a general study of the possibility of investment in the
Toll Road projects, this starts from previous data of transport system and road network in
Syria with analysis existing data to start the future vision of the targ
et central network of
road in Syria, according to the expectations of traffic volumes and economic trends which
is expected to make Syria the most important transportation node in the region.
The essential objective of the research is to complete what was done by the Ministry
of Transport represented by the public establishment for road communication (PERC) in a
report (economic feasibility study of highway projects Based on B.O.T system in Syria(,
where introduced the Ministry of Transport of those mega-projects to compete under the
name of investment transport projects in accordance with (Public-Private-Partnership)
(P.P.P)
The technical side of the proposed project to investment was displayed and it is a
freeway from northern Syria to the south and the other one from eastern Syria to the west
with the factors affecting the project and evaluate the success or failure depending on the
expected gains with an indication of the results and recommendations display.
The study aimed at evaluating the success of Tartos Port Container Terminal investing by the private sector in promoting its operational and financial performance. The study analyzed the operational and financial indicators for the Container Terminal
before and after the entrance of the private sector. The period of the study started from 2004 until 2010 by considering 2007 an intermediate year. The study used the appropriate statistical methods such as t- test and Mann Whitney Test for comparing the performance of the terminal before and after the entrance of the private sector. The study found significant improvement of operational and liquidity indicators and significant decrease of leverage and profitability indicators, and some notable recommendations were the necessary of doing some reforms on the public sector companies which can increase the flexibility and the speed of the decisions making process, and the possibility of relying on privatization and public private partnership to fix some public sector enterprises that became unable to compete with the private sector.
