Announcement of the Cultural Environment Research Institute Symposium

NOMURA Group 's Cultural Environment Research Institute Co., Ltd. will hold a symposium on "Public Facilities Business Growth Strategy" as follows.

If you would like to participate, please apply from the "application form" on the Institute for Cultural Environment's website.

http://www.bunkanken.com/symposium/20140127.html

 

■ Title

Public facility business in an era when public funds cannot be relied on

～Considering a “growth strategy” to overcome the aging problem and lack of financial resources～

 

 

■ Guidance

The financial situation of the national and local governments is still severe. In addition, many highways and public facilities built in the 1960s and 1970s are aging all at once. The public facilities business is reaching a major turning point.

 

It can be said that the movement to introduce the vitality of the private sector into the construction and operation of public facilities, such as PFI/PPP and the designated manager system, has inevitably appeared in such a social situation.

Looking at the developments so far, it can be said that the designated manager system and the conventional PFI system of the service purchase type were able to see a certain effect, but on the other hand, risk transfer to the private sector was limited. It is also a fact that the system has made it difficult for the private sector to have incentives, and it has been criticized for not being able to make full use of the know-how of the private sector. However, as part of the growth strategy, the PFI Law was amended and a concession system was introduced. A self-supporting PFI business that undertakes responsibility is also possible.

There are already many examples of such public sector openings to the private sector in other countries, but in Japan as well, there are various initiatives, such as the creation of complex facilities where private and public facilities coexist, such as airports. is becoming

 

Based on these trends, this symposium considers how public facilities projects should be promoted in the future, and how they can be linked to a "growth strategy" by overcoming the aging problem and lack of financial resources. I think it's like

 

 

■Overview

Date: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:50-15:00

Venue: NOMURA Studio, Headquarters of Nomura Co., Ltd.

2-3-4 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 135-8622 TEL: 03-5962-1171 (representative)

http://www.nomurakougei.co.jp/corporate/establishments/

Organizer: Cultural Environment Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Admission fee: Free

Capacity: 100 people (pre-registration required, first-come-first-served basis) Please note that we do not accept applications on the day.

 

 

■ Program

12:20 Doors open

12:50 Greetings from the organizer

13:00 Keynote Speech: Mr. Yuji Nemoto, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University Director, PPP Research Center, Toyo University

13:50 break

14:00 Panel discussion

●Panelists (in order of Aiueo)

・Hideo Nakajima (NOMURA, Ltd. PPP Division Manager)

・Mr. Yuji Nemoto (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyo University Director, PPP Research Center, Toyo University)

・Mr. Motohide Murayama (Professor Emeritus, Chiba University, Specially Invited Professor, Seattle University)

● Coordinator

・Nobuhiro Takahashi (Professor, Faculty of Community Development, Tokiwa University; Research Institute for Cultural Environment; Advisor)

14:55 Closing

15:00 coffee time

 

 

■ Participation application

Please apply from the "application form" on the Institute for Cultural Environment's website.

http://www.bunkanken.com/symposium/20140127.html

The deadline for registration is January 19th.

After January 20th (Monday), we will send a confirmation of participation by e-mail to everyone who has confirmed their participation, so please print it out on the day and participate.

If there are many applicants, participation will be confirmed by lottery, so please forgive us.

 

 

■ Inquiries

Cultural Environment Research Institute

[Email] sinpo2014@bunkanken.com

[Phone] 03-5962-1753