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FINAL CONFERENCE It is our pleasure to announce you the presentation of the final results of the European Commission project ENACT “DESIGN APPROPRIATE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE". In this web conference you will have the opportunity to discuss the final results of the project and raise some questions without travelling. We invite you and your partners to join us in this new initiative the 9th of November (15h-18h CET time).  The conference will be disseminated overseas and we hope to attract researchers from all over the world to share their view on this key topic of transport infrastructure provision. Below we brief you on the contents of ENACT project. If you have a project on this topic and want to share your results with a large audience please do so by joining our conference. ENACT Objectives An increasing number of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) is being set up in order to provide transport services and/or infrastructure. In spite of the multitude of forms that such partnerships may take, the increasing involvement of the private sector in the provision of assets and/or services previously provided directly by the states raises significant questions about the application of socially optimal pricing schemes such as Social Marginal Cost (SMC) pricing. Private engagement entails allowing adequate rates of return in a purely financial perspective, which is too often incompatible with SMC pricing principles. The aim of the ENACT project is two-fold: (i) to assess the extent to which the introduction of SMC pricing obligations may hinder or not the further development of PPP schemes in the transport sector and, (ii) to devise ways to incorporate such obligations in PPP schemes while, at the same time, taking advantage of the positive aspects that such partnerships can have. The results of the project serve as the basis of a set of Guidelines to establish a Common European Policy/Regulatory Framework for socially optimal SMC pricing obligations in Public-Private Partnerships in the provision of transport infrastructure and/or services. For further information, please consult ENACT’s website: http://www.tis.pt/proj/enact/ Programme This web conference consists in the dissemination of the overall results of the project ENACT (6^th Framework Programme), focusing the following issues (preliminary agenda): Project overview Main Challenges in the Implementation of SMCP Contractual Design Alternatives  Optimal implementation across modes, types of PPP, contexts and time Pursuing EU Policy  Professor Rosário Macário will be presenting the results of the project on the behalf of consortium, which is composed by the following partners: TIS, Consultores em Transportes, Inovação e Sistemas S.A. (Portugal) TRT, Transporte i Territorio, SRL (Italy) TOI, Transportøkonomist Institutt (Norway) Fraunhofer ISI, Fraunhofer Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung (Germany) EUR, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Netherlands) CDV, Centrum Dopravního Výzkumu (Czech Republic) VTU, Todor Kableshkov Higher School of Transport (Bulgaria) FERTAGUS (Portugal) REBELGROUP (Netherlands) ENACT is a research project funded by the European Commission as a part of the sixth Framework Programme, and carried out by a consortium led by TIS. The EC project officer is Mr. Frederik Rasmussen. For any questions regarding the web conference, do not hesitate to contact us. Registration Please send an email to maria.rodrigues@tis.pt confirming your attendance in order to ensure your participation until 5^th of November. You will receive a confirmation email with the details of the platform that is going to be used and the procedure to follow. Best regards, Rosário Macário Download Invitation
Project no. TREN / 07 / FP6TR / S07.68526 / 038558 Instrument: SPECIFIC TARGETED RESEARCH OR INNOVATION PROJECT Thematic Priority: 6.2 - SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORTS