In a round of meetings with foreign investors in London, England, the Transport Minister Maurice Quintella, presented on Thursday (13), an investment package that are part of the Investment Partnership Program (IPP) project Grow, the new model of current concessions in Brazil.

On Friday (14), Quintella participate in further meetings with UK infrastructure investors next to  the Mines and Energy Minister, Fernando Coelho, and  the executive secretary of the PPI, Moreira Franco, who will also give a lecture at the London School .

Released a month ago by President Michel Temer, the Investment Partnership Program aims to implement 34 projects in the field of transportation, energy, mining and sanitation. 

Legal security

In the area of infrastructure, the minister presented a package of  11 projects at airports, port terminals, highways and railways, totaling R $ 36.6 billion in investments.

According Quintella, the Grow project will prioritize what is most important at the time, taking into account the financial difficulties that the country faces. "The PPI brings a new form of public-private partnership that aims to enhance the efforts of the institutions and minimize bureaucratic obstacles involving the granting process, "he said.

Quintella also released new guidelines awards program, which is highlighted by extensive legal security with performance clauses in contracts that protect the user when determining the quality of service.  Investors still know what goals should achieve.

Among the new rules, it was determined that the time between the release of the notice and the receipt of tenders is more than 100 days, which will allow a greater number of investors ready to participate in competitions and that all public notices will be published in Portuguese and English.

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The projects include the Partnership and Investment Program within the Ministry of Transport folder are the airports of Fortaleza, Salvador, Florianopolis and Porto Alegre, which will have the notices published by the end of this year, and auctions are planned for the 1st quarter of 2017.  in total, the airport will receive investments of R $ 6.5 billion.

In the area of ​​ports, Santarém fuel terminals (4:05) and the terminal of Wheat in Rio de Janeiro will have an estimated investment of R $ 92.6 million and the auction should happen in Q2 2017. For highways, are two projects, the BR-364/365 (between Goias and Minas Gerais) and BR-101/116/290/386 (in Rio Grande do Sul), and are expected investments of R $ 14.8 billion.

Among the railways are North-South (between Tocantins and São Paulo), Ferrogrão (Mato Grosso and Pará) and the East-West Integration (from Ilheus to Caetité in Bahia), with R $ 14.3 billion investment. Auction dates of road and rail segments should occur in the second half of next year.

The notices are beginning to be published later this year, and all auctions are planned for the coming year. The rules of concessions will only be defined in detail with the publication of the notices.

Japan

Next week, the delegation leaves for Japan for a new round of talks with investors. The meetings are scheduled for Monday (17) and third (18). On Wednesday, they should participate in the business meeting, which will also attend President Michel Temer.

Source: Portal Brazil, with information from the Ministry of Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation