BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Public Private Partnership

  • a partnership between government and the private sector for the purpose of more effectively providing services and infrastructure traditionally provided by the public sector.
  • Abbr. PPP

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Cummins Inc. is making a significant investment in an unusual public-private partnership.
Cummins Inc. is making a significant investment in an unusual public-private partnership that hopes to demonstrate the benefits of retrofitting diesel engines to reduce emissions. The company has donated $400,000 to the Seattle Diesel Solutions Progr Cummins Inc. is making a significant investment in an unusual...
Tags: Cummins Inc., investment, partnership
Research articles 2001-08-01
Local currency loan for first public-private partnership in India's power transmission sector.
M2 PRESSWIRE-16 January 2003-ADB: Local currency loan for first public-private partnership in India's power transmission sectorC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01162003 Manila, Philippines -- The Asian Development Bank ADB approved today a rupee denominated loan equivalent to US$62 million for India's...
Tags: Asian Development Bank, FINANCE, India, Investment, partnership
Research articles 2003-01-16
Special Representative for Mine Action announces public-private partnership at People to People International's 15th Worldwide Conference.
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 October 2002-US DEPT OF STATE: Special Representative for Mine Action announces public-private partnership at People to People International's 15th Worldwide Conference C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10082002 Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., the Special Representative of the President...
Tags: conference, FINANCE, partnership, U.S. Department of State
Research articles 2002-10-09
PFI spotting: the PPP track. (Private Finance Initiative; Public-Private Partnership)(includes related article on global popularity of the UK's Private Finance Initiative)
The Private Finance Initiative PFI launched by the UK's Labour government to promote public-private partnership in the financial sector has generated mixed reviews. While the Blair administration has achieved some measure of success in reinvigorating the PFI and in prioritizing projects, bankers and other participating players express frustration with the...
Tags: European Investment Bank
Research articles 1998-09-01
U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater stresses visionary and vigilant leadership through public/private partnership in testimony at Senate Field Hearing in Atlanta.
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 December 2000-US DOT: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater stresses visionary and vigilant leadership through public/private partnership in testimony at Senate Field Hearing in Atlanta C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06122000 ATLANTA -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E....
Tags: Atlanta, FINANCE, leadership, partnership, secretary, Transportation, U.S. Senate, visionary
Research articles 2000-12-07
Denvers East Corridor and Gold Line Corridor Rail Projects Selected to Participate in USDOTs Public-Private Partnership Program.
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 July 2007-US DOT: Denvers East Corridor and Gold Line Corridor Rail Projects Selected to Participate in USDOTs Public-Private Partnership ProgramC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30072007 U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today announced two Denver rail projects will take part...
Tags: Gold Line Inc.
Research articles 2007-07-31
Polio Eradication Partners hold Global Summit at Headquarters, renew pledge to make world polio-free by 2005; Secretary-General praises public-private partnership; Calls for greater commitment in `Race to Reach the Last Child`.
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 September 2000-UN: Polio Eradication Partners hold Global Summit at Headquarters, renew pledge to make world polio-free by 2005; Secretary-General praises public-private partnership; Calls for greater commitment in `Race to Reach the Last Child` C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27092000...
Tags: FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, partnership, president, Summit, U.N., World Health Organization
Research articles 2000-09-28
Public/Private Partnership Expands to Boost Promotion of Healthy Eating to Reduce the Risk of Disease
WASHINGTON, April 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced that an alliance of federal agencies, private industry and health organizations have joined forces to strengthen efforts to help all Americans meet the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines...
Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, secretary, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Agriculture, vegetable
Research articles 2002-04-25
AIR TRANSPORT : PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO SEIZE INITIATIVE ON GREEN TRAVEL.
Major leaps forward in the environmental sustainability of air travel are being anticipated by the European Commission, following the official launch of a new international public private partnership PPP on 5 February. The partnership, known officially as a Joint Technology Initiative, has an...
Tags: commission, FINANCE, partnership, R&D, Saab, SALES, SMB/SME
Research articles 2008-03-03
Orthopaedic Hospital and Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center Create Public/Private Partnership for Pediatric Orthopaedic Care at MLK
LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--July 23, 1997--Martin Luther King Jr./Charles R. Drew Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital Wednesday announced a public/private partnership that triples the capacity of MLK/Drew Medical Center's pediatric orthopaedic out-patient care and allows transfer of pediatric patients to Orthopaedic Hospital for immediate surgical care. The first...
Tags: Orthopaedic Hospital
Research articles 1997-07-23
U.S. Commerce Department and Kauffman Foundation Announce Public-Private Partnership on Entrepreneurship
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the U.S. Commerce Department's International Trade Administration today announced a new public-private partnership focused on leveraging America's entrepreneurial leadership to advance economic growth in the United States and around the world.
Tags: entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2007-11-07
Merck and the People's Republic of China Join to Fight the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in China; Largest Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Public-Private Partnership Formed in China
BEIJING & WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- The Ministry of Health MOH of the People's Republic of China and Merck & Co., Inc. today officially established the Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Cooperative Project, a public-private partnership, for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in China. The project, the largest of its...
Tags: Merck & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2005-05-11
CA State Parks Opens Expanded E-Store in Public/Private Partnership with PRIDE Industries
ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- California State Parks and PRIDE Industries announce today a new public-private partnership with the launch of a newly expanded state parks e-store. "We are proud to be able to offer such a wide variety of maps and guides for people to plan their visit, as well as...
Tags: Computer Associates International Inc.
Research articles 2006-03-10
BAE Systems, U.S. Army Sign Public-Private Partnership for M109 Family of Vehicles
WASHINGTON -- BAE Systems and the U.S. Army have signed a memorandum of understanding that will establish a Public-Private Partnership (P3) to develop and sustain the Army's M109 Family of Vehicles throughout their lifecycle. Parties to the memorandum signing include BAE Systems leaders, the U.S. Army Tank Automotive & Armaments...
Tags: BAE Systems Plc., U.S. Army
Research articles 2007-10-09
Northrop Grumman Executive Robert Diggles to Detail Progress in Public/Private Partnership with Commonwealth of Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. -- Four years after the initial seed was planted, the public/private partnership between Northrop Grumman and the Commonwealth of Virginia has taken root. The Virginia Information Technologies Agency VITA and Northup Grumman have broken ground in Chesterfield county for the agency's consolidated data center and VITA headquarters, and...
Tags: Northrop Grumman Corp.
Research articles 2006-07-18
Carillion has secured funding of 87 million [pounds sterling] for a public-private partnership project
Carillion has secured funding of 87 million [pounds sterling] for a public-private partnership PPP project to design, build, finance, and transfer a scheme to upgrade track and signalling on Network Rail lines operated by Chiltern Railways, and provide two new platforms at Marylebone station, London. The funding package is being...
Tags: FINANCE, NETWORKING, partnership, PPP, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
Research articles 2005-02-01
Public-Private Partnership Pays off with $6.5 Million in Earned Income Tax Credits Claimed for Hurricane Victims
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Clinton Foundation, Operation HOPE and H&R Block Team to Deliver Tax Credits, Financial Counseling and Emergency Guidance to More Than 4,300 Families across the Gulf Coast As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches amid an ongoing struggle for recovery along the Gulf Coast,...
Tags: FINANCE, financial, H&R Block Inc., Taxes
Research articles 2006-08-28
VITEC plant touted as public/private partnership
Michigan Chronicle 11-24-1998 VITEC plant touted as public/private partnership Detroit officials and auto executives last week joined in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for one of the brightest new Empowerment Zone enterprises. VITEC, a plastic parts company created jointly by businessmen Dr. Larry Crawford...
Tags: ceremony, Detroit, FINANCE, General Motors Corp., Investment, partnership
Research articles 1998-11-24
Symantec funds fellowship program at Purdue University; Public/private partnership strengthens Internet security graduate program.
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 December 2002-SYMANTEC: Symantec funds fellowship program at Purdue University; Public/private partnership strengthens Internet security graduate programC1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12092002 Cupertino, Calif. -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC), the world leader in Internet security, today announced the Symantec Fellowship at Purdue...
Tags: INTERNET, partnership, Purdue University, SECURITY, Symantec Corp.
Research articles 2002-12-10
Valuable Arabidopsis data released through unique public-private partnership.
M2 PRESSWIRE-1 June 2000-US NSF: Valuable Arabidopsis data released through unique public-private partnership C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31052000 New data that will allow researchers to isolate essentially any gene in Arabidopsis, a mustard plant that serves as a model organism...
Tags: FINANCE, gene, National Science Foundation, partnership, polymorphism
Research articles 2000-06-01
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