PPP for Cities will hold a conference about PPPs on November 17 in Barcelona (Spain) 

PPP for Cities (The Specialist Centre on Public Private Partnership in Smart and Sustainable Cities) organized the 1st International Conference on PPPs in Cities last year during the Smart City Expo World Congress 2015. The Conference reached remarkable achievements and became a meeting point and center of discussion on fostering sustainability and innovation in cities through Public Private Partnerships among one hundred experts in the field, including public administration, academia and practitioners.

In order to consolidate this International Conference as an annual event, PPP for Cities invites all those interested on this field to the 2nd International Conference on PPPs in Cities “Governance among partners in Public Private Partnerships”.

The Specialist Centre on PPPs in Smart and Sustainable Cities (PPP for Cities) is a research, innovation and advisory center that aims to provide public administrations throughout the world with support in the organization, management and development of projects involving collaboration between the public and private sectors in the smart cities arena.

PPP for Cities task is to help cities around the world transform themselves into Smart and Sustainable Cities (SSC) by embracing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations (UN). PPP for cities will focus its efforts in particular to address goal number 11, “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” using Public-Private Partnerships as one of the most successful mechanism.

It is also a partnership platform between companies and administrations from all over the world where they can further explore the dynamics of public-private partnerships, create guides to good practices and standards and design solutions to the issues facing cities.

The center is led by IESE Business School and is part of the United Nations’ International Centre of Excellence on PPPs program. It has the support and sponsorship of Barcelona City Hall and other public administrations and private companies.

The headquarters of the PPP for Cities are located in Public-Private Sector Research Center at IESE (PPSRC-IESE) in collaboration with the Cities in Motion program.