Publications

This fifth issue is the second product of research of the Observatory for Public-Private Partnerships in Health and Social Policies. It gathers two examples of public-private partnerships which highlight the acquired knowledge and the social changes occurring in this field. Besides these two examples, this fifth issue illustrates Prof. Longo's main insights on public-private partnerships.

December 2009
 
"The Observatory for Public-Private Partnerships in Health and Social Policies" is published by our partner Unió Catalana d'Hospitals (UCH) [Catalan Hospital Association] and presents three singular cases in the social and health field: Laboratori CatLab; X-Ray Imatek; Centre de Vida Independent.
Case Studies on Public-Private Partnerships in Health and Social Policies (only available in Catalan and Spanish)

November 2008
This issue focuses on regulation as a mechanism for fostering measures that are consistent with sectoral public policy objectives. Two debates are opened here: the first covers the level of regulation and the second the quality of regulatory processes. The discussion helps foster the development of regulatory systems that meet public policy objectives whilst minimising red tape for citizens and companies. Here, it should be borne in mind that rigid application of norms can be counter-productive and may stifle rather than further competitiveness.

June 2008
This first issue in the Relatos PARTNERS collection deals with Bages county’s experience of regional development planning. The publication covers aspects such as increasing land use by low added value business activities and the nature of the Bages Regional Plan (PTB), which is a highly innovative project in Catalonia in the public-private partnership field.

 

The 2010 PARTNERS Yearbook presents a collection of articles on different aspects of public-private co-operation written by professionals with extensive experience in co-operative projects and public-private initiatives.

July 12^th, 2010
Opinion article published in the Cinco Días business newspaper. It covers public-private partnerships as a vital, powerful instrument for implementing public policies. The authors give the two main reasons for the rising popularity of PPP, namely: (1) exploitation of specialised technical and management capabilities; (2) a separation between principal (public administration) and agent (company) that enhances efficiency and the rigour with which contracts are drawn up.

May 2009

This study explores trust in public-private partnerships and answers the research questions, which among other things, focus on the sources of and reasons for distrust in these relationships. The study also examines two sub-fields of the Spanish social services – one exhibiting high inter-sectoral distrust, and the other little distrust. The article is well worth reading giving that it is a pioneering contribution on the subject of a hitherto little-studied subject, namely institutional distrust and its impact on managing private-public partnerships.

November 2009
Social care requires better leaders more than ever. Effective leaders have great aspirations, listen when it comes to users’ needs and wishes, inspire their teams, and continually ask themselves what is done and why. This book: includes the latest research on fundamental questions on leadership in the social care field; analyses collaborative leadership and the importance of job development; explores the main supervisory, management and leadership disciplines; examines a learning framework for social care provision.

This case presents a regional development initiative, which is the first of its kind between a regional savings bank and a local council. Together with other public and private players, the bank and local government set up a mixed public-private company to carry out strategic projects for fostering economic activities and initiatives. The case focuses on the interaction between private and public parts of the partnership and on the problems that may arise from collaboration between different sectors.