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This information hub sets out a broad range of publications, online news and information resources, and also consultancy services, which all deal with the use of partnership working and PPP/PFI in the ongoing development of public infrastructure in the UK. We provide special sections for health care and the 'third sector', to reflect the critical importance of partnership working within these sectors. We also provide subsections for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, to help ensure that ALARM members spread across the UK have access to relevant, up-to-date information on ongoing developments in these areas.

Inclusion of links to external organisations' websites is not an endorsement of the organisation, its products or services, or the content of the websites.

1. Introduction to Partnership Risk

2. Consultancy and Information Resources

3. UK Government & Public Bodies

1. INTRODUCTION TO PARTNERSHIP RISK

Introduction to Partnership Risk Document

2. CONSULTANCY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES

Asset Management Solutions

http://www.amsol.co.uk/htm_docs/partnership.htm

http://www.amsol.co.uk/htm_docs/solutions.htm

http://www.amsol.co.uk/htm_docs/spv_ongoing.htm

Asset Management Solutions provide consultancy advice on PFI, and offer a core specialism in advising special purpose vehicles.

Castalia Strategic Advisors

http://www.castalia.fr/SITE_Default/SITE_services/partnerships/partnerships.asp

This consultancy advises corporations and governments on PPP.

City & Financial

http://www.cityandfinancial.com/conferences/

http://www.cityandfinancial.com/publications/

City & Financial are a research-based conference organiser who, through the conferences they arrange and the published guidance they provide, cover ongoing developments in PPP within the UK and abroad. Their 4^th March 2008 ‘Understanding PPP’ conference in London may be of particular interest to ALARM members.

International Financial Services London

http://www.ifsl.org.uk/research/index.html

This member-funded private sector organisation promotes the UK financial services industry around the world. The above webpage contains a special section for PPP publications. Be sure to check both the new lists and the archive lists to ensure you get all the up-to-date output.

International Project Finance Association

http://www.ipfa.org/about_pf.shtml

IPFA is a not-for–profit organisation with offices around the world which hosts documents on PFI with an international focus. This particular webpage has a useful discussion of the ‘BOOT’ approach to PFI where the private sector operator ‘builds’, ‘owns’ and ‘operates’ a PFI facility before eventually ‘transferring’ it back to the public sector.

Marsh UK

http://www.marsh.co.uk/research/index.php

http://www.marsh.co.uk/risk/pfi/index.php

This giant insurance broker also provides a variety of risk products and solutions, which extend to encompass PPP.

Partnerships UK

http://www.partnershipsuk.org.uk/

Partnerships UK is itself a PPP organisation, having been formed in 2000 from HM Treasury, but now with a majority private sector stake. ‘PUK’, as this organisation is known , works with and for the public sector to help develop public infrastructure.

PPP Bulletin (incorporating ‘PFI Intelligence Bulletin’)

http://www.pppbulletin.com/

This online, subscription-based magazine is published monthly. It contains a ‘project tracker’ which provides a regularly updated source of information relating to major PFI projects both in the UK and further afield.

PPP Forum

http://www.pppforum.com/

http://www.pppforum.com/PPP_Forum_Factsheet_25July2006.pdf

PPP Forum is a resource sponsored by around 115 private sector organisations around the world which have become involved in the PPP industry. The PPP project database lists numerous PPP projects in the UK, and the publications database brings together a broad range of externally-sited documents which are searchable under various categories. These are mainly UK publications, although some EU papers are also available.

Public Finance

http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/

This internet magazine contains many recent articles on PPP-PFI. Click on the article archive and keyword search for PPP and PFI to access these documents.

ZurichMunicipal

http://www.zurich.co.uk/Municipal/ProductsAndServices/Riskmanagement.htm

This Zurich Municipal webpage assembles together a number of links to further webpages which outline Zurich Municipal’s partnership risk consultancy services.

3. UK GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC BODIES

4Ps

http://www.4ps.gov.uk/

4Ps (Public-Private Partnership Programme) was created in 1996 by the English and Welsh Local Authority Associations to assist local authorities with project delivery. The assistance they provide covers the development, procurement and implementation of PFI and PPP schemes, and may take the form of hands-on project support, gateway reviews, skills development and best practice guidance. Click on the publications and guidance webpage to find an impressive and neatly categorised document search tool.

Audit Commission

http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/reports/

The Audit Commission provide numerous publications on partnership working in the public sector. This webpage links to the 2005 paper ‘Governing Partnerships’ and the 1998 paper ‘A Fruitful Partnership: Effective Partnership Working”.

CIPFA Better Governance Forum

http://www.cipfanetworks.net/governance/shop

Click on the ‘Risk Management’ section of the BGF bookshop, for various publications including guidance notes on Partnership risk management which are available free to BGF members.

Department for Communities and Local Government

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/nationalindicator

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/135115

The Department for Communities and Local Government began in 2006 as successor organisation to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Reports available on this website (which the above hyperlinks direct you to) include the October 2007 Performance Framework for local authorities and local authority partnerships, and also the 2004 Risk Management Technical notes produced for the ODPM by the Strategic Partnering Taskforce.

Department for Work & Pensions

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/IH115.pdf

http://www.workandpensions.gov.uk/asd/asd5/IH115summ.pdf

These DWP documents contain, respectively, a report, and then a report summary, of the experiences of local authorities in outsourcing Housing and Council Tax benefits.

Global Legal Group

http://www.iclg.co.uk/khadmin/Publications/pdf/1033.pdf

This hyperlink takes you straight to chapter 4 of the 2007 International Comparative Legal Guide to PPP/PFI Projects. This chapter looks at England and Wales in particular.

Health & Safety Executive

http://www.hse.gov.uk/lau/laps/

http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/meetings/hela/010307/h3_06.pdf

http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/performance/partnership.htm

These links provide details of partnership working between the Health & Safety Executive, the Health & Safety Commission, and local government bodies across the UK. Please note that the HSE website is packed with other relevant documents, which can be accessed by keying ‘partnership’ into the search facility.

House of Commons Public Accounts Committee

http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/committee_of_public_accounts.cfm

Reports produced by the PAC on PPP-PFI draw heavily upon the work of the National Audit Office in this area. Scroll through the ‘recent publications’ list to find these.

Local Government Information Unit

http://www.lgiu.gov.uk/

The LGIU is an independent provider of research and information. Register with the LGIU website for access to its prolific publication and policy briefing output on partnership working and PPP/PFI in local government.

National Audit Office

http://www.nao.org.uk/practice_areas/private_finance/recommendations.htm

The NAO has’ since 1997’ published over 50 reports dealing with PFI and PPP. They have also produced nearly 500 recommendations. Look out for the NAO report on risk allocation within Ministry of Defence PFI projects, produced in early 2008.

Society of Local Authority Chief Executives

http://www.solace.org.uk/

http://www.solace.org.uk/documents/downloads/SOLACE_Partnerships_Study_Report.pdf

SOLACE’s mission to promote excellence within public service has led it to produce guidance on partnership working such as the above (2005) report on partnership working in local authority procurement.

4. HEALTH CARE

Care Services Improvement Partnership

http://www.changeagentteam.org.uk/_library/eBook/Chap4DWhyte.pdf

The CSIP is funded by the DoH to help improve outcomes for the users of care services. This particular document, written by David Whyte for the CSIP, is called ‘Partnership: the new challenges for local government’.

Centre for International Public Health Policy Publications

http://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/publications

The Centre for International Public Health Policy Publications, based at the University of Edinburgh, offers this searchable publications resource containing many publications on PFI. Most examine the health sector, although others deal with such matters as housing, education, and more general concerns, relating for example to value for money.

Department of Health

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Procurementandproposals/index.htm

This DoH webpage links to a page dedicated both to the DoH’s use of PFI and to the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust. Assorted news, guidance, facts and figures are available here.

The Kings Fund

http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/

The Kings Fund is a charitable trust focussed on the health care sector, which has produced some literature on PFI relevant to this sector. Risk professionals may also be interested in the work of the Kings Fund’s ‘predictive risk project’, details of which may be found on this website.

5. THE THIRD SECTOR

London Development Agency

http://www.lda.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.1744

This website sets out the LDA’s policy statement for involving third sector organisations in London’s economic regeneration and development.

National Council for Voluntary Organisations

http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/

Keying ‘partnership’ into the search facility on the NCVO homepage will produce a list of publications which reflect the NCVO’s concern to promote more effective partnership working.

National Offender Management Service

http://noms.justice.gov.uk/

The ‘news and publications’ section of this webpage contains the draft consultation document on partnership working with faith-based organisations to reduce adult and youth re-offending.

Office of the Third Sector

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/about_us.aspx

The Office of the Third Sector was set up within the Cabinet Office in May 2006 to help foster partnerships between the public sector and all NGOs such as charities, mutuals, cooperatives, social enterprises, and all forms of voluntary and community organisation. The results of the recent ‘Third Sector Review’ are available here, together with some discussion papers pertaining to the review.

UNISON

http://www.unison.org.uk/resources/index.asp

http://www.unison.org.uk/pfi/index.asp

http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B1924.pdf

Part of UNISON’s website is dedicated to the provision of information relating to its opposition to PFI/PPP. In addition to the UNISON documents database, there is also a link to the Labour Research Department database which is available to UNISON members.

6. NORTHERN IRELAND

Advisory Council on Infrastructure Investment (Northern Ireland)

http://www.acii-ni.org/

http://www.acii-ni.org/aciipppresponse.pdf

The ACII advises Ministers in Northern Ireland, on the ongoing development of public service infrastructure. The publications section contains recent output on PPP-PFI.

Global Legal Group

http://www.iclg.co.uk/khadmin/Publications/pdf/1028.pdf

This hyperlink takes you straight to chapter 13 of the 2007 International Comparative Legal Guide to PPP/PFI Projects. This chapter looks at Northern Ireland in particular.

Northern IrelandProgramme for Government and Budget

http://www.pfgbudgetni.gov.uk/

This searchable website sets out the Northern Ireland Executive’s draft programme for government and provides many documents relating to PPP in Northern Ireland.

Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/index/economic-policy/public-private-partnership/ppp-publication.htm

This webpage contains a report on the policy framework for PPP in Northern Ireland. Click on ‘projects’ for lists of recent PPP projects in Northern Ireland.

Strategic Investment Board (Northern Ireland)

http://www.sibni.org/index/about-sib.htm

http://www.sibni.org/index/information/sibpublications/further-sopcni.htm

The SIM supports numerous investment projects and programmes in Northern Ireland. Reports accessible within the publications section include SIB documents dealing with the development of standardised PFI contracts for Northern Ireland.

7. SCOTLAND

Global Legal Group

http://www.dundas-wilson.com/skills/pdf/ppp_pfi_chapter15_2007.pdf

This hyperlink takes you straight to chapter 15 of the 2007 International Comparative Legal Guide to PPP/PFI Projects. This chapter looks at Scotland in particular.

PPP/PFI Capital Network

http://www.pfcu.scot.nhs.uk/PFINetwork.htm

This Scottish Executive Health Department website provides details of both recent and forthcoming meetings of the PPP/PFI Capital Network, which is open to members from across the public sector.

PPP: Scottish Schools

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/scotland/PPP_scottish_schools.htm

E-Architect magazine have a frequently updated webpage devoted to news stories about PPP in Scottish schools.

Scottish Government

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Finance/18232

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/05/05153704/37067

The Scottish Government website hosts numerous publications on PPP, including Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd’s (2005) initial research report on PPP in scotland. The website also draws attention to the work of the Scottish Government’s ‘Financial Partnerships Unit’ which provides information, advice and assistance relating to the use of PPP in the development of Scotland’s public infrastructure.

UNISON (Scotland’s Public Service Union)

http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/comms/pfi.html

http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/atwhatcostoct07.pdf

Unison have provided this online resource as part of their campaign against PFI in Scotland. The above hyperlink for Unison’s UK website takes you to their recent report on the costs of PFI/PPP in Scotland. Unison’s site also provides links to a considerable number of further information resources.

8. WALES

National Assembly for Wales: Private Finance Information Service

http://www.pfu.wales.gov.uk/

Although the Welsh Assembly closed its Private Finance Unit in 2004, this website retains interest as a source of historical information on PPP projects and consultation papers in Wales. There is also a highly detailed listing of relevant links.

Welsh Assembly Government

http://wales.gov.uk/topics/localgovernment/partnership/?lang=en

This webpage gives agendas, minutes and papers for the Partnership Council for Wales, which comprises Welsh Ministers and meets approximately three times a year. The 2004 Local Government Partnership Scheme can also be accessed here.

Welsh European Funding Office

http://www.wefo.wales.gov.uk/

The Welsh European Funding Office produce a series of Partnership Bulletins.

Welsh Local Government Association

http://www.wlga.gov.uk/

Click on the ‘policy and information’ section of this website and look for the ‘resourcing’ subsection which comprises ‘finance’, ‘procurement’ and ‘efficiency and joint working’. Each of these links to a webpage which includes contact details for WGLA Officers who can be contacted for further information. The archive of reports on the WHLA website includes the 2004 ‘Managing Change in Partnership’ document produced by the Joint Council for Wales.