Svi oblici suradnje javnog i privatnog sektora s ciljem pružanja neke javne usluge ili osiguranja infrastrukture kojom se zadovoljava određena javna potreba se objedinjuju pod pojmom javno-privatno partnerstvo. JPP omogućava javnom sektoru da zadrži kontrolu nad pružanjem javnih usluga, a resursi i znanje koje posjeduje privatni sektor čine isporuku javnih usluga efikasnijom i kvalitetnijom. Suradnja javnog sektora s privatnim partnerom je opravdana ako se analizom troškova javnog sektora dokaže da će se primjenom modela javno-privatnog partnerstva ostvariti vrijednost za novac koja se temelji na uštedama za porezne obveznike. Jedna od glavnih karakteristika javno-privatnog parterstva je podjela rizika između javnog i privatnog partnera na način da se na privatnog partnera alociraju oni rizici kojima je on sposoban efikasnije upravljati. Neke od prednosti javno-privatnog partnerstva su smanjenje troškova ukupnog vijeka projekta, ubrzanje gradnje infrastrukture, bolja podjela rizika, poboljšanje kvalitete usluga i druge. Jednim od nedostataka ovog modela se smatra prirodni konflikt ciljeva javnog i privatnog sektora.
Ugovorni i statusni oblik javno-privatnog partnerstva su dva temeljna oblika realizacije istoga, a njihovi modaliteti su brojni. Najistaknutiji modeli ugovornog oblika javno-privatnog partnerstva su koncesijski oblik JPP-a i privatna financijska inicijativa (PFI model).
U Republici Hrvatskoj je do danas realizirano ukupno 14 projekata po modelu JPP-a. U ovom radu se razmatra jedan od njih, a to je izgradnja gimnazije i dvorane u Koprivnici.All forms of co-operation between the public and private sectors with the aim of providing some public services or securing the infrastructure to meet certain public needs is unified under the concept of public-private partnership. PPP allows the public sector to maintain control over the provision of public services. Resources and knowledge of the private sector make delivery of public services more efficient and better quality. Public sector partnerships with a private partner are justified if the public sector expenditure analysis shows that a public-private partnership model will generate value for money based on savings for taxpayers. One of the main characteristics of public-private partnerships is the division of risk between a public and a private partner in a way that the private partner allocates those risks to which he is capable of being more efficiently managed. Some of the benefits of public-private partnerships are the reduction of project lifecycle costs, accelerating infrastructure construction, better risk sharing, improving service quality, and more. One of the disadvantages of this model is considered a natural conflict between the public and private sector goals.
The contractual and status form of public-private partnerships are two basic forms of realization of the same, and their modalities are numerous. The most prominent models of contractual forms of public-private partnerships are the concession form of PPP and the private financial initiative (PFI model).
To date, 14 projects have been realized in the Republic of Croatia by the PPP model. In this paper, one of them is considered, namely the construction of gymnasium and hall in Koprivnica
