Public-private partnership is used to carry out public functions in many countries around the world. It is increasingly difficult to find a region of the world, in which the PPP model has not been, or is not used. Over the last 14 years in 1994 - 2007 has been realized almost 1,200 contracts PPP medium for the amount of almost 290 million EURO.
The value of projects completed during the period 1994-2007 in the various geographic regions the world.
Source: development based on Dealogic data ProjectWare and PricewaterhouseCoopers
In most countries around the world the existence of a central processing unit dealing with public-private partnership was deemed to be reasonable. Such institutions already exist in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic or France. In most cases, these units, even if they are not part of the public administration, is subject to its supervision - most effected by the Ministry of Finance or the Treasury. But beyond this common element, form and structure of the central units for the PPP is very diverse.
Here are the units dealing with issues of PPP in the world: