This publication covers:

• transactions in EU-28 countries as well as Turkey and countries of the Western Balkans region (i.e. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYROM, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia);
• transactions structured as design-build-finance-operate (DBFO) or design-build-financemaintain (DBFM) or concession arrangements which feature a construction element, the provision of a public service and genuine risk sharing between the public and the private sector;
• transactions financed through ‘project financing’ and that reached financial close in the relevant period; and
• transactions of a value (see definition below) of at least EUR 10 million.