24th Annual INTA Congress 18 22 June, 2000 Bergen, Norway

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• 24th Annual INTA Congress18 -22 June, 2000
  Bergen, Norway
  
• The private sector response
• to dynamic cities

Michel MARUENDA Director Institutional Relati
ons and Synergies
SAUR Group
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AGENDA

• Cities are having to deal with an ever increasing
  level of complexity
  
• Public-Private Partnerships
• a way of meeting a city s needs
• Private company adaptation internationalisation
  and diversity
  
• Changes in the SAUR Group
• Private-Public Partnerships
• the example provided by Brighton, England

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BREAKDOWN OF ACTIVITIES (overall group) IN 1999
Water and wastewater 63
Environmental services 11
Gas and electricity 11
Construction and water-related works 15
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SAUR INTERNATIONAL
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OBJECTIVES

• Decrease the cost of services
• Decrease the local tax pressure
• Satisfy the auditors requirements
• Improve the quality of services

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THE BRIGHTON CONTRACT

• Refuse collection and waste disposal
• Street and beach cleansing
• Building maintenance
• Cleaning of Council buildings
• Leisure Management
• Catering
• Print Unit
• Sign Unit
• Management and Maintenance of Markets
• Grounds Maintenance (1200 acres of parks,
  2 golf courses, publics gardens, sport pitches
  etc)
  
• Professional Services

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RESULTS OBTAINED

• The council objectifs have been achieved
• 15 decrease in the cost of transferred services
  (2.2m)
  
• Reverse deficits trend evolution of
• costs inflation
• Reduce the Council investments 8m
• of investment made by ECOVERT within 4 years
  (investments off the Councils balance sheets)
  
• Improvement in the quality of services

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WHAT WAS LEARNT FROM THE CONTRACT

• The partnership with ECOVERT has enable the
  council to
  
• delegate all non core business activities
• focus more on its administrative and social
  missions
  
• continue to define the development axes of the
  local policy without having to deal with
  operational and financial concerns
  

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CONCLUSION

• The choice must be made by
• the public authority, on behalf of consumers
• the private management company
• financial institutions
• Flexibility of private operators
• Public Private Partnership
• No universal and efficient solution