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Public-Private Partnerships ( PPP) In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
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Public-Private Partnership in Democratic Republic of Congo
Public Private Partnership
When governments fail to manage finances and resources for the infrastructure of the country, they make a partnership with private sector companies to build and operate those projects. These kind of partnerships ensure more efficient results of a project and the contracts last for 25-30 years. Both parties are equally involved in the projects i.e. Private sector provides finances, participates in planning and implementing the project. Whereas, the public partner takes care of the progression and productivity.
Success or Failure Factors of PPP
For PPP to be successful a venture, governments are supposed to maintain their involvement as an equal partner. Public sector must set the standards for accountability and monitor product/service quality and safety. An appropriate legal framework, measurable output and transparency, keeping record of all the finances, revenues and costs. All these factors contribute towards the success of PPP CITATION Gab17 \l 1033 (Tati, 2017).
Failure of a Public Private Sector project could be caused by financial crisis, lack of profit rate and an unequal distribution of roles and responsibilities between public and private sector. In this kind of partnerships, private partner has a slightly stronger position so it is essential for the government to have more skilled participation.
PPP in Democratic Republic of Congo
One of the most famous and recent projects by the collaboration of public and private sector in Congo is The Telecommunication Infrastructure Projects. The country has remained unstable financially and there had been no development especially in the areas of science and construction. There were many risks and challenges in this project including political factors i.e. rebellion, delays by the authorities and incompetence of public sector bodies. In telecommunication projects, there are many issues that both private and public sector faced over the period of time such as property rights because the fiber cables have to be laid somewhere on the land. Local authorities did not facilitate the task due to which property owners put a hold on an ongoing project a number of times and it caused a major conflict between them. According to new environmental protection laws, it became difficult to meet the project requirements efficiently and productively. Dealing with natural factors i.e. weather conditions and human workforce made the project more challenging than it already was CITATION Jul18 \l 1033 (Julien Barba, 2018).
The lessons learned from this project are that to make the PPP a successful venture, fairness and trust must be the fundamental factors. Both Private and public partners must look at it as an opportunity rather than a competition and risk of losing control. The targets and goals of a project can only be achieved by fulfilling the operational and strategic realities CITATION Dim04 \l 1033 (Jamali, 2004).
References
BIBLIOGRAPHY Jamali, D. (2004). Success and failure mechanisms of public private partnerships. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 17-26.
Julien Barba, E. D. (2018). Public - Private partnership (PPP) The experience of Congo-Brazzaville. Research Gate, 90-99.
Tati, G. (2017). Public-Private Partnership in Telecommunications Infrastructure Projects : Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo. World bank Group, 188-197.
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