CBS Public-Private Platform at Folkemødet

From 16-19th of June, 2016, the CBS Public-Private Platform participated, for the fourth time, in the political festival ‘Folkemødet’. Each year thousand of people come together at the Danish island Bornholm to take part in this event. Here, the main topic on the agenda is to address current political issues. Therefore, the political festival is a great place for the Platform to share thoughts about Public and Private related issues as well as to engage in dialogue with current and future collaborators.

At this year’s festival, the Platform co-organized a number of interesting debates in collaboration with EY (Ernst and Young), KORA, Confederation of Danish Industry and the Danish think tank CEVEA. All of the events were well attended with a number of inspiring speakers as well as well-prepare participants.

Panel debate with E&Y: Public-Private Partnerships
On Friday June 17th, 2016, EY arranged a panel debate where CBS PP Platform’s Academic co-director Carsten Greve presented his view on the many possibilities as well as pitfalls involved in Public-Private partnerships in Denmark.

Hasse Jørgensen (Administrative Director, Sampension), Flemming Bendt (Administrative Director, ISS Danmark), Gyrithe Saltorp (Director, Byningsstyrelsen) and Torben Hartz (Executive Director, E&Y) also contributed with opinions and thoughts related to how it is possible to encourage Public-Private Partnerships in Denmark.

Panel debate with Cevea: Public value creation
On Saturday June 18th, 2016, the PP Platform together with Danish think tank Cevea held a panel debate investigating a broader discussion concerning how to create value in the public sector. The panel consisted of amongst other Carsten Greve, Academic Co-director at the Public-Private Platform, Professor and PP Platform member Lene Holm Pedersen, CBS, and Kristian Weise, Director at Cevea.

Panel debate with KORA: management dilemmas in the decentral welfare state
The final event took place on Saturday evening, where the PP Platform moderated a debate focusing on potential dilemmas derived from a decentralized welfare state.

The discussion involved a diverse group of panellists including amongst others Jens Qvesel (Head of administration policy, DJØF), Jens Henrik Højbjerg (Head of Danish Police), Vibeke Normann Andersen (analysis and research director, KORA) and Lene Holm Pedersen (Professor, CBS and KORA).