Pot, Simon (2022) Cooperation between (public) stakeholders in infrastructure projects: What lessons can we learn from the experiences of partnerships between a project organization and public stakeholders? Master thesis.
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Abstract
The concepts of partnering and collaboration have gained increasing attendance in infrastructure projects. Despite a growing amount of literature on the concepts of partnering and collaboration, knowledge of public-public partnerships is still limited. Multiple researchers have studied public-private partnerships, where the collaboration between the client (often a public authority) and the market (e.g. construction firms or consortia) has been studied. However, literature on public-public partnerships, where the collaboration between the initiator or project organization and public institutions (e.g. municipalities and provinces) has been studied, is still scarce. Therefore, this thesis will focus on public-public partnerships in infrastructure projects in the Dutch context. We have chosen to study the Dutch context, because Rijkswaterstaat (the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) is transitioning from a sectoral perspective towards more inter-organizational collaboration. We focused on two main Dutch infrastructure projects – Aanpak Ring Zuid and the Afsluitdijk – where public cooperation encountered positive and less positive experiences. The institutional setting, communication, and trust are used as indicators in a case study research to analyze public-public partnerships in these projects. The focus was on examining the collaboration between the project organization and the public stakeholders (e.g. municipalities, provinces, etc.). Data were collected by doing literature research and by conducting semi-structured interviews. The main conclusion of the thesis is that continuity, informal communication and the understanding of stakeholder’s interests are crucial when it comes to cooperation in infrastructure projects.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Leendertse, W.L. |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2022 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2022 10:57 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3985 |
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