Gauteng Treasury, a division of the newly established Gauteng Department of Finance will host a Municipal Public Private Partnership conference at Turffontein Racecourse on 18 February 2010.
The aim of the conference is to create awareness amongst municipalities in the province on how key infrastructure projects such as bulk water supply, sanitation, energy and eco-tourism can be implemented through the public private partnership process.
The conference will also offer a platform for municipalities to share information and challenges relating to infrastructure delivery and lessons that could be learned by the local sphere of government in project planning.
The department has a mandate to facilitate and regulate public private partnership initiatives in the province in accordance with: treasury regulation 16 to the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), for provincial and national projects and the municipal public private partnership regulations in alignment with Municipal Finance Management Act MFMA, 2003 and MSA in the municipal sphere.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: 18 February 2010
Venue: Turffontein Race Course, Turf Club Street, Turffontein, Johannesburg
Time: 09h00
Members of the media are invited to attend the conference. Journalists are requested to confirm their attendance with:
Joshua Ntimane
Tel: 011 355 8122
E-mail: joshua.ntimane@gauteng.gov.za
For more information contact:
Makenosi Maroo
Tel: 011 355 8259
Cell: 082 379 6175
E-mail: makenosi.maroo@gauteng.gov.za
John Sukazi
Tel: 011 355 8733
Cell: 083 772 4885
E-mail: john.sukazi@gauteng.gov.za
Issued by: Provincial Treasury, Gauteng Provincial Government
17 February 2010
