Netherlands
From the outset, the Dutch government undertook to develop strong foundations for its PPP programme. In 1999 it established a PPP Knowledge Centre (Kenniscentrum), under the umbrella of the Ministry of Finance, with the specific aim of developing and sharing knowledge and experience about PPPs.
As such, the Netherlands has a sophisticated approach to PPPs, based on the principles of value for money and service quality improvements. The scope of the Dutch PPP market includes roads, water, healthcare and transportation, amongst others. There have also been some tentative moves into more unusual sectors of public service contracting such as research and development institutions.
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Kenniscentrum PPS (PPP Knowledge Centre) Web Portal Web portal of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, Last updated, 2005 The Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Knowledge Centre in the Netherlands is part of the Dutch Ministry of Finance. Its remit is to promote public private partnerships. It provides advice to government agencies, and general information to the private sector. Netherlands
The Use of Contestability and Flexibility in the Delivery of Welfare Services in Australia and the Netherlands - Report on Study Visits Undertaken by the United Kingdom's Department for Work and Pensions (PDF) (Eds) Morrell, Helen (DWP) and Branosky, Natalie, 2005 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Research Report No. 288
A report on research carried out by DWP and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion as part of the its public service reform strategy. It followed visits to two countries which have moved to the full establisment of a contestable market model in employment and welfare services.
ISBN: 1 84123 894 5 UKHands Up For School Choice! (PDF) Hockley, Tony, and Nieto, Daniel, 2004 Policy Exchange & Localis This report from the Policy Exchange reviews evidence from around the world on choice-provision in the education market, seeking to devise ways in which school voucher schemes might be expanded in the UK. The study includes both the short-lived nursery vouchers in the UK in 1996/7 and much larger school choice in Sweden, the Netherlands and several American states. UK
Public-Private Partnerships for Research and Innovation: An Evaluation of the Dutch Experience Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004 Netherlands
Delivering Better Education (PDF)
Tooley, James, Dixon, Pauline and Stansfield, James, 2003
Adam Smith Institute
This report formed part of the Adam Smith Institute's 'Better Education Project'. It shows the practical benefits that education choice has brought in other countries, demonstrating how the same choice and competition that are already improving school standards in disadvantaged communities are applicable to the UK. Nations studied include the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Hong Kong, the United States and Canada.
Learning From Europe: The Dutch and Danish School Systems (PDF) Justesen, Mogens Kamp, 2002 Adam Smith Institute This report formed part of the Adam Smith Institute's 'Better Education Project'. It covers primary and secondary education in the Netherlands and Denmark, demonstrating how these two nations' systems have established independent provision in harmony with parental choice and government funding. UK
Improving the Performance of Health Care Systems: From Measures to Action - A Review of Experiences in Four OECD Countries (PDF)
Or, Zeynep, 2002
Labor Market and Social Policy Occasional Paper 57, Organisation for Economic Co-ooperation and Development (OECD)
This paper reviews the role of regulation in measuring and improving quality of health care services in France, the Netherlands, Sweden and New Zealand.
Public Sector Comparator (PSC) PPP Knowledge Centre, 2002 PPP Knowledge Centre manual explaining the use of the PSC for financial comparison. Part of a series of documents intended to explain PPP projects and to help share knowledge and experience between practitioners. Netherlands
Public Private Comparator (PPC) PPP Knowledge Centre, 2002 PPP Knowledge Centre manual explaining the use of the PPC for financial comparison. Part of a series of documents intended to explain PPP projects and to help share knowledge and experience between practitioners. Netherlands
Public Private Partnership: Pulling Together PPP Knowledge Centre, 2001 Ministry of Finance Ministry of Finance introductory document about the PPP Knowledge Centre, which was established within the Dutch Ministry of Finance in January 1999, with the aim of maximising the potential of PPPs in the Netherlands, and of providing a resource to share knowledge and experience about PPP and PPP projects. Netherlands
PPP and Public Procurement Guide Janssen, J.G.J., 2001 PPP Knowledge Centre Netherlands
Managed Competition in Health Care in the Netherlands and Germany - Theoretical Foundation, Empirical Findings and Policy Conclusion Greb, Stefan; Okma, Kieke and Hessel, Franz, 2001 Greifswald University Netherlands
PPC Prisons: Summary and Conclusions Netherlands Economic Institute (NEI), 2001 Summary of a comparative study of public and public-private management in the Dutch prison system. Netherlands
A Textbook Case for the Use of PPP Johanisse, Sigrid and Coenen, Gaby, 2000 PPP Knowledge Centre Focuses on the VFM case for PPP in schools building projects. Netherlands