• Guidelines for Successful Public-Private Partnerships: This document was designed as a practical tool for PPP practitioners in the public sector faced with the opportunity of structuring a PPP and of integrating or "blending" European Communities grant financing in PPPs. The report is to focus on a number of critical issues influencing the successful integration of public grants, private funds, IFI loans (such as the EIB or EBRD) and European Commission financing. Reference is made to a number of analytical techniques which are well known and documented. These are not presented with the objective of promoting a standard methodology but rather in an attempt to highlight areas in which particular care and analysis needs to be observed. The Guidelines are not designed to provide an exhaustive list of PPP structures nor present any structures as having the endorsement of the Commission. The Guidelines present five thematic parts dealing with:
- PPP structures, suitability and success factors
- Legal and regulatory structures
- Financial and economic Implications of PPPs
- Integrating grant financing and PPP objectives
- Conception, planning and implementation of PPPs
• Resource Book on PPP Case Studies: The growing interest in the development of PPP's was confirmed by the request, put forward by representatives of Candidate Countries, to complement the Guidelines with examples of actual projects in order to better understand the practical implementation issues. Following this request, the Commission has developed this Resource Book, consisting of case studies of PPPs in both Western and Central Europe and in various sectors including: Water and Wastewater Management, Solid Waste Management and Transport. These sectors are representative of those in which the Commission has provided grant financing. While they are not the only sectors in which PPP principles are being applied, they do provide a balance between sectors with a considerable history of PPP application such as transport and those in which it is new and encountering issues.