Natalia Dotsenko-Belous, senior associate with Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm, won a tender to become the dedicated advisor of USAID's Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Development Program.

Implemented and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Development Program promotes PPPs as a model of collaboration, with a focus on private sector funding and operational expertise, to improve infrastructure and public services in both urban and rural areas of Ukraine. Program activities are centred on: 1) legal and institutional reforms; 2) establishing a national public-private partnership unit that connects government and private sector interests; 3) training government and private sector representatives on Public-Private Partnership project design and implementation, and informing the public on the PPPs potential impact for social and economic development; and 4) developing and implementing 10 PPP pilot projects.

In order to facilitate PPP development in Ukraine Natalia Dotsenko-Belous conducted a training on March 2, 2012 for representatives of Lviv's city council entitled «Public-Private Partnership  - fund raising strategies for state/municipal projects».

During the seminar a program for implementation of the following projects has been developed:
•              Using PPP for highway construction;
•              Remediation of solid domestic waste landfills;
•              Construction and operation of the municipal health facilities.

This was a great opportunity for VKP to share its unique expertise in the area of creating a solid framework for successful PPPs that would directly benefit communities and support greater confidence in government’s ability to deliver much needed services to its citizenry.
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Head of PR/BD Department
Tel.: +380 44 581 7777
E-mail: pr@vkp.kiev.ua

About the Firm
Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law.

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies as Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group, Astellas Pharma, BASF, Bayer Consumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European Media Enterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., Du Pont, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, LG Electronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, Lukoil, Metso Automation Oy, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCH Capital, Novacke chemicke zavody, Opel, Philips, Pioneer, Red Bull, Russian Standard Bank, St. Sophia Homes, SEB AB, SEB Group, Swedbank AB, Seven Hills, Shell, Standard Charted Bank, Tchibo, UniCredit Group, Vanco International / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom, YouTube.