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Author: Prof. dr. Geert Dewulf, Head of Departement Professor of Planning and Development Departement of Construction Management and Engineering University of Twente Source: RISK Management & Governance, Edition 6, Summer 2010 Today, governments are confronted with increasing budget deficits. While governments have less money available big investments in infrastructure are planned to stimulate economic growth. [...]

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13th Annual Global CEO Survey: Setting a smarter course for growth Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers In the 13th Annual Global CEO Survey we hear how businesses leaders responded to the challenges brought about by the recession, the concerns they are facing today and, reflecting on often difficult ‘lessons learned’, their strategies for positioning their companies for the [...]

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Practices from other domains Source: World Economic Forum, prepared in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group. Letter from the Steering Committee: “The financial crisis has, to put it mildly, seriously challenged our traditional approach to risk management. Consequently, a number of individuals and institutions have advanced ideas for improving not only the analytical framework, but [...]

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“You can trust the European Union to do what it takes to secure your future” Source: European Commission Speech: President José Manuel Barroso Commission President José Manuel Barroso set out his strategic plans for the EU over the next year in his State of the Union speech to the European Parliament. “My message to each [...]

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Author: Professor Eelco H. Dykstra Source: RISK Management & Governance, Edition 6, Summer 2010 As of February 2010, the twelve countries (Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Poland, Denmark and Sweden) affected by the European storm Xynthia now have a completely different take on the harrowing tale in the book “the storm” [...]

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One of the key factors in risk management is control over your programme or project. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC), developed a review process te enhance the quality of management. Source: OfficOGC/Gateway Review Process “The OGC Gateway Process examines programmes and projects at key decision points in their lifecycle. It looks ahead to provide [...]

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For the combination of the political, social environmental, social, legal and the technical complexity of Public Private Partnerships, Competitive Dialogue is an adequate procedure to enhance the total quality and governance of PPP. This was brought forward during the PRIMO Round Table in Brussels, the 10th of June 2010. It is consequently a risk management [...]

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Source: “Government for the future” Director Eric Frank of PRIMO Nederland participates in Day of Risk. Dutch project on risk and responsibility “The working conference ‘Day of Risk’ on the 19th of May is part of the Dutch project Risk and Responsibility, which aims at sparking a debate on a better balanced management of risk [...]

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Initiative of the Swedish Government and Swedish Industry SymbioCity is a network of Swedish companies and organisations. It was founded on the initiative of the Swedish Government and Swedish Industry. SymbioCity is administrated by The Swedish Trade Council, with offices in more than 60 countries around the world. Our headquarters is situated in Stockholm. Liveable [...]

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Source: Scientific Council for Government Policy. The Hague, 2008 Introduction by Wim van de Donk “It is an honour for me to be able to welcome you to this seventh edition of our annual lecture. As you have seen, the theme we have chosen for this year’s lecture is : ‘Saving globalization from its cheer- [...]

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