This presentation was made by Martin Kelleners, Germany, at the at the 10th Annual Meeting of the OECD Network of Senior PPP & Infrastructure Officials held in Paris on 21 March 2017.

1. Federal Ministry of Finance
Berlin
10th Annual Meeting of the OECD Network
of Senior PPP and Infrastructure Officials
21 March 2017, Paris, France
Martin Kelleners
Deputy Director General
DG Budget
Federal Ministry of Finance,
Germany
Recent Developments in Germany with Regard to
Infrastructure
- A brief overview -

2. Federal Ministry of Finance
Berlin
Significant increase in public investment
- bn Euro -
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3. Federal Ministry of Finance
Berlin
Federal Municipal Investment Promotion Fund
Political Goal: support for municipalities with inadequate
financial resources to overcome investment backlogs
• Budget 2015: establishment of a municipal investment
promotion fund (volume €3.5bn)
(Investment in e.g. energetic restoration, urban
development, noise prevention)
• Supplementary Budget 2016: increasing the fund by
further €3.5bn → from July 2017 on for the restoration of
school buildings
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4. Federal Ministry of Finance
Berlin
„Infrastructure Company“ for federal roads
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• the system of shared responsibility for federal roads between the
federation and the Länder will be reformed
• limited liability company will be established, 100% state owned
• operating on business criteria, becoming operational on January 2021
• responsible for motorways and other federal trunk roads
• revenues coming from road pricing, additional funds may come from
national budget
• make use of private capital on project level
• no privatization of infrastructure: ownership remains with the
Federation
• Respective legislation process has been started, including a change in
the constitution

5. Federal Ministry of Finance
Berlin
PPP Issues: Restructuring of the PD
• Until 2016:
ÖPP Deutschland AG (stock company):
– advisor solely for PPP-projects;
– public and private shareholders
• Since 2017: Transfer of PPP-experiences (e.g. life cycle analysis) to
Traditional Infrastructure Procurement:
Conversion into “PD-Berater der öffentlichen Hand GmbH” (limited)
– 100% public ownership
– advisor for all delivery modes of infrastructural investments
– facilitates access to advisory services for all levels of government
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6. Thank you!
Martin Kelleners
Deputy Director General
DG Budget
Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
martin.kelleners@bmf.bund.de