VASS Lawyers becomes the first professional partner for online dialogue on the public-private partnerships market in Romania. By launching the blog www.ppp-romania.eu, the first information environment in English was created, easily accessible to foreign investors without local support, interested in opportunities offered by the Romanian state in public-private partnerships.
In the context created by the adoption of a legislative framework dedicated solely to public-private partnership and by the successful projects implemented in countries such as Britain, France or Spain, VASS Lawyers has understood the significant potential of these investments and thus has become a consistent and reliable source of information for any company interested in public-private partnerships. Moreover, this initiative corresponds to the current situation in Europe, also being encouraged by the European Commission’s announcement on the 2012 investment plan for public-private partnership projects, which is estimated to €200 billion. The European Commission decision complements the measures to revive the economic growth in Europe through massive investments in infrastructure, renewable energy and advanced technologies.
Thereby, launching the www.ppp-romania.eu blog supports business decisions on public-private partnerships by providing updated information, articles, legislative changes, current debates and also the possibility of direct communication with a specialist in the field. All this is available in English, being an important source of information for both foreign and local investors.
“We have always tried to be proactive to current market needs and launching a blog dedicated to public-private partnerships is no exception. This year is announced to be abundant of such investments and, therefore, we decided to become the main dialogue partner for foreign investors interested in these opportunities“, Iulia Vass, Managing Partner VASS Lawyers.
VASS Lawyers already has the experience of a dedicated blog on public procurement, www.avocat-achizitii-publice.ro, through which its lawyers have facilitated, during the past three years, the development of successful projects through a permanent dialogue with stakeholders in the public procurement market, through the exchange of relevant information in the field and the weekly monitoring of the market development.
“Of course, we expect the new blog for public-private partnerships to be at least as successful, particularly because the implementation of such a procedure is currently difficult due to the lack of clear legislation and of the necessary tools for implementation. For example, the section dedicated to publication of private partners selection notices was not yet created in the SEAP platform and the “Projects” section on the website of the Central Unit for Coordination of Public Private Partnership is still under construction. We hope however that these problems will be soon solved and Romania will benefit from public-private partnership projects”, added Iulia Vass, Managing Partner VASS Lawyers.