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Beyond Public Private Partnerships: Developing a Third Way for Hungary?

Embassy of Hungary

26 October 2005

The Foreign Policy Centre and the Hungarian Embassy held a joint seminar to discuss "The future of Public-Private Partnerships: British and Hungarian experiences"

The event featured a keynote addresses by the Rt Hon. John Hutton, Secretary of State at the Cabinet Office, and Mr.Tibor Szanyi, Political State Secretary, Hungarian Ministry for Economics and Transport, a roundtable discussion and question and answer session with panellists including Patrick Diamond, No 10 Downing Street policy adviser, and Mr.Tibor Dessewffy, Director, DEMOS Hungary.

The seminar focussed on three cross-cutting issues that look certain to shape the debate over European economic reform and competitiveness in the coming years:

Public-Private Partnerships in Britain: The Way Forward or a Costly Failure?
What is the Hungarian experience with Public-Private Partnerships as part of their drive for economic reform?
To hat extent can Public Private Partnerships be used as a model for sustainable growth across Europe?

The seminar took place from 4.30-7.00pm at the Hungarian Embassy.