French perspective: PPP institutional 
support, public procurement and 
training aspects 
Jean-Philippe Nadal 
Adetef, director PP and PPP 
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 
FRENCH EXPERIENCES AND SERBIAN FRAMEWORK 
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, 
Friday, November 7th 2014 
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Agenda 
• Introducing Adetef 
• From French PPP to European 
approach 
• PPP : no more than PP, the best or 
the worst of public procurement 
• Building the required capacity of 
public administration: French 
experience in supporting public 
partner 
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Introducing Adetef 
Who are we ? 
Adetef is the agency for international technical cooperation of the Ministries 
in charge of Economy and Finance, Ecology, Sustainable development and 
Energy. 
Adetef gathers high-level public experts in these fields. 
Task 
Adetef helps partner administrations to implement reforms and 
manage challenging projects. 
Adetef in brief
Institutional environment 
A public agency 
Institutional environment 
Ministry for the Economy, 
Industrial Renewal and 
the Digital Sector 
Ministry for Finance and 
Public Accounts 
Ministry for Ecology, 
Sustainable 
Development and Energy 
Ministry for 
Decentralisation and the 
Civil Service 
An agency for international 
cooperation
A high-level expertise 
 Tax system, Public financial management, Budget reform 
 Customs, Foreign trade 
 Business development, Quality infrastructure, Standardisation 
 Statistics, Economic policies 
 Energy policies, Climate, Urban sustainable development 
 Public procurement, Public-Private patnerships 
 Digital economy, e-government 
 Competition, Consumer policies 
 Training, Human Resources development 
 Tourism 
 Public communication 
A high-level expertise
Types of intervention 
4 complementary types of intervention 
Bilateral cooperation 
European institutional twinning programmes 
200 twinning programmes managed for 15 years 
 Technical assistance contracts 
200 contracts managed since 2008 
 Indirect management 
Types of intervention
A renowned expertise 
Our added value 
A renowned expertise 
Providing know-how 
and 
experience of 
public experts 
Monitoring the 
long-term 
impact of 
assistance 
Bringing 
together public 
and private 
expertise within 
tailor-made 
partnerships
Our references 
Establishment of Finance Institutes. Lebanon, Serbia, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, Côte d’Ivoire 
(since 1996, Leader, 6,9 M €) 
Mediterranean countries 
 Management of the Economy support program. Algeria (2007-2011, Leader, 9 M €) 
 MEDSTAT III: Statistical cooperation in the Mediterranean Region (2010-2013, Leader, 7 M €) 
 Supporting standardisation, accreditation, metrology and market monitoring restructuring. Morocco 
(Twinning programme, 2013-2014, Leader, 0,8 M €) 
 Targeted budget management back-up. Tunisia (Twinning programme, 2011-2014, Leader, 2 M €) 
Sub-Saharan Africa 
 Supporting Public Finance Governance. Republic of the Congo (2010-2015, Partner, 4,4 M €) 
 Fight against climate change: strengthening capacities to define national policies in Africa. Republic of Benin, Gabon, Kenya, 
Uganda (2012-2015, Leader, 3 M €) 
Balkans-Turkey 
 Training for public procurement. Balkans-Turkey (2010-2013, Partner, 4 M €) 
 Heroin Route II: Information networks. Central Asia, Caucasia and the Balkans (2013-2016, Partner, 2,6 M €) 
Asia 
 Trade capacity building program dedicated to intellectual property training. Vietnam (2009-2012, Leader, 0,27 M €) 
European Union 
 Consumer Classroom : website for consumer education. European Union (2011-2013, Leader, 6 M €) 
Our references
Key figures 
 Public interest group created in 2002 
 36 projects won in 2013 
 88 million euros of contracts won in 2013 
 A staff of one hundred people 
 Regional branches in Hanoi (Vietnam), Kiev (Ukraine) and 
Tunis (Tunisia) 
Key figures
From French PPP to EU approach 
• examples: energy production, transport, 
buildings, military equipments, toll bridges, 
parking services 
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• Instead of buying a train, you allow the private 
company to sell individual journey tickets to end 
users 
• Meaning: 
• Investment VERSUS Investment + maintenance + operation 
• Short term contract VERSUS Long term contract 
• Public financing VERSUS Private financing 
• New possibilities for risk sharing (operation) 
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Basic definitions and 
mechanisms 
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• Concession scheme 
• PFI approach 
• Recent EU developments 
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From French PPP to EU approach
PPP : no more than PP, the best or the 
worst of public procurement 
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• PPP a kind of PP since it is not 
privatisation and requires contracting a 
private company 
• The best of PP: the private contractor is 
asked to do as much as it is possible 
• The worst is possible: 
• High value contract 
• Visibility 
• complexity
Building the required capacity of public 
administration: French experience in 
supporting public partner 
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Assistance to the public partners 
• It is our mission 
• For the Public authorities to keep the leading position in 
deciding according to public and general interest 
• To build balanced relations between public and private 
partners 
• To understand innovative proposals from the private 
partner and select the better among different proposals 
• To build adequate sofisticated long term contracts
Building the required capacity of public 
administration: French experience in 
supporting public partner (2) 
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Recent French experience in supporting public 
partners through Adetef 
• World Bank – France Initiative to develop PPP in African 
Zone Franc (15 countries) 
• Bilateral cooperation with Morrocco, Tunisia 
• Asian Development Bank 3,5 USD million contract to 
assist Vietnamese public authorities
Building the required capacity of public 
administration: French experience in 
supporting public partner (3) 
16 
Main areas of interest 
• Central level: setting up general framework 
• in order not to reinvest the wheel for each new 
contract 
• To build a resource center for this rare expertise – 
role of a PPP unit 
• Try and start immediately with pilot projects 
(learning by doing) 
• Capacity building
Building the required capacity of public 
administration: French experience in 
supporting public partner (2) 
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Main issues 
• General PP capacities 
• Financing 
• Long term contracts
Contact us 
 www.adetef.fr/eng 
 jean-philippe.nadal@adetef.finances.gouv.fr 
 +33 1 53 18 36 90 
 Mobile +33 625 797 602 
 Bâtiment Necker 
120, rue de Bercy 
75572 PARIS Cedex 12 
France 
Contact us

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    French perspective: PPPinstitutional support, public procurement and training aspects Jean-Philippe Nadal Adetef, director PP and PPP PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FRENCH EXPERIENCES AND SERBIAN FRAMEWORK Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Friday, November 7th 2014 1
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    Agenda • IntroducingAdetef • From French PPP to European approach • PPP : no more than PP, the best or the worst of public procurement • Building the required capacity of public administration: French experience in supporting public partner 2
  • 3.
    Introducing Adetef Whoare we ? Adetef is the agency for international technical cooperation of the Ministries in charge of Economy and Finance, Ecology, Sustainable development and Energy. Adetef gathers high-level public experts in these fields. Task Adetef helps partner administrations to implement reforms and manage challenging projects. Adetef in brief
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    Institutional environment Apublic agency Institutional environment Ministry for the Economy, Industrial Renewal and the Digital Sector Ministry for Finance and Public Accounts Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Ministry for Decentralisation and the Civil Service An agency for international cooperation
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    A high-level expertise  Tax system, Public financial management, Budget reform  Customs, Foreign trade  Business development, Quality infrastructure, Standardisation  Statistics, Economic policies  Energy policies, Climate, Urban sustainable development  Public procurement, Public-Private patnerships  Digital economy, e-government  Competition, Consumer policies  Training, Human Resources development  Tourism  Public communication A high-level expertise
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    Types of intervention 4 complementary types of intervention Bilateral cooperation European institutional twinning programmes 200 twinning programmes managed for 15 years  Technical assistance contracts 200 contracts managed since 2008  Indirect management Types of intervention
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    A renowned expertise Our added value A renowned expertise Providing know-how and experience of public experts Monitoring the long-term impact of assistance Bringing together public and private expertise within tailor-made partnerships
  • 8.
    Our references Establishmentof Finance Institutes. Lebanon, Serbia, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, Côte d’Ivoire (since 1996, Leader, 6,9 M €) Mediterranean countries  Management of the Economy support program. Algeria (2007-2011, Leader, 9 M €)  MEDSTAT III: Statistical cooperation in the Mediterranean Region (2010-2013, Leader, 7 M €)  Supporting standardisation, accreditation, metrology and market monitoring restructuring. Morocco (Twinning programme, 2013-2014, Leader, 0,8 M €)  Targeted budget management back-up. Tunisia (Twinning programme, 2011-2014, Leader, 2 M €) Sub-Saharan Africa  Supporting Public Finance Governance. Republic of the Congo (2010-2015, Partner, 4,4 M €)  Fight against climate change: strengthening capacities to define national policies in Africa. Republic of Benin, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda (2012-2015, Leader, 3 M €) Balkans-Turkey  Training for public procurement. Balkans-Turkey (2010-2013, Partner, 4 M €)  Heroin Route II: Information networks. Central Asia, Caucasia and the Balkans (2013-2016, Partner, 2,6 M €) Asia  Trade capacity building program dedicated to intellectual property training. Vietnam (2009-2012, Leader, 0,27 M €) European Union  Consumer Classroom : website for consumer education. European Union (2011-2013, Leader, 6 M €) Our references
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    Key figures Public interest group created in 2002  36 projects won in 2013  88 million euros of contracts won in 2013  A staff of one hundred people  Regional branches in Hanoi (Vietnam), Kiev (Ukraine) and Tunis (Tunisia) Key figures
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    From French PPPto EU approach • examples: energy production, transport, buildings, military equipments, toll bridges, parking services 10
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    • Instead ofbuying a train, you allow the private company to sell individual journey tickets to end users • Meaning: • Investment VERSUS Investment + maintenance + operation • Short term contract VERSUS Long term contract • Public financing VERSUS Private financing • New possibilities for risk sharing (operation) 11 Basic definitions and mechanisms Journey ticJkoeutrsn ey ticJkoeutrsn ey ticJkoeutrsn ey ticJkoeutrsn ey ticJkoeutrsn ey ticJkoeutrsn ey tickets
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    • Concession scheme • PFI approach • Recent EU developments 12 From French PPP to EU approach
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    PPP : nomore than PP, the best or the worst of public procurement 13 • PPP a kind of PP since it is not privatisation and requires contracting a private company • The best of PP: the private contractor is asked to do as much as it is possible • The worst is possible: • High value contract • Visibility • complexity
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    Building the requiredcapacity of public administration: French experience in supporting public partner 14 Assistance to the public partners • It is our mission • For the Public authorities to keep the leading position in deciding according to public and general interest • To build balanced relations between public and private partners • To understand innovative proposals from the private partner and select the better among different proposals • To build adequate sofisticated long term contracts
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    Building the requiredcapacity of public administration: French experience in supporting public partner (2) 15 Recent French experience in supporting public partners through Adetef • World Bank – France Initiative to develop PPP in African Zone Franc (15 countries) • Bilateral cooperation with Morrocco, Tunisia • Asian Development Bank 3,5 USD million contract to assist Vietnamese public authorities
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    Building the requiredcapacity of public administration: French experience in supporting public partner (3) 16 Main areas of interest • Central level: setting up general framework • in order not to reinvest the wheel for each new contract • To build a resource center for this rare expertise – role of a PPP unit • Try and start immediately with pilot projects (learning by doing) • Capacity building
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    Building the requiredcapacity of public administration: French experience in supporting public partner (2) 17 Main issues • General PP capacities • Financing • Long term contracts
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    Contact us www.adetef.fr/eng  jean-philippe.nadal@adetef.finances.gouv.fr  +33 1 53 18 36 90  Mobile +33 625 797 602  Bâtiment Necker 120, rue de Bercy 75572 PARIS Cedex 12 France Contact us