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PRIMO Res Publica is focused on ‘Public Value & Risk Guidance’. It has ‘building trust‘ as its mission to create, maintain, and protect public values and mitigate the risks attached to these values.

PRIMO, the ‘Public Risk Management Organisation’, was founded in 2005 and developed into an international association, PRIMO Europe, in 2007, based in Brussels with chapters in various European countries, such as Denmark, France, Malta, the Netherlands and Flanders. In 2024, a transition took place in which financial resources were transferred to the University of Twente to support professional education and to the umbrella organisations of the municipal secretaries involved.

The original databases of related organisations with publications and rights to the portfolio were handed over to Jack Kruf, one of the founders of PRIMO Europe and PRIMO Nederland. He founded PRIMO Res Publica, an organisation to maintain, curate and expand this library towards its original focus: the governance of public values and the hereto related public risks (being ‘possible harms to these values’). The website now contains a selection of sources of inspiration, meetings, masterclasses, and publications spanning a period of more than 70 years. Many new publications have been added since its foundation.

At the same time, a new international association was established, focusing specifically on risk leadership: the Strategic Risk Leadership Association: “The SRLA is a pan-European expert network aimed at advancing knowledge and use of risk management for strategic decision-making in European national and local governments, comprising the public sector at large, and it links to private enterprise.”

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Think tank ‘From Global to Local’ 2014

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Jack Kruf, Eric Frank and Ronny Frederickx | april 2014

Idea

Gérard Combe and Jack Kruf, board members of the international association PRIMO Europe, proposed during their meeting in Brussels in May 2013 that global developments be brought to the attention of local authorities through a think tank model.

The Union des Dirigeants Territoriaux de l’Europe (UDITE), the leading professional network for directors and senior managers in the public sector in Europe, and the Public Risk Management Organisation (PRIMO), the leading international network for the development of products and the dissemination of knowledge and strategic information for the public sector in Europe, have joined forces to establish the ‘From Global to Local’ think tank. This is regarded as a formal joint project of both organisations. It was developed and implemented at the first think tank held in Amsterdam.

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Cooperation PRIMO Europe and UDITE 2013-2014

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Brussels, October 2012

UDITE and PRIMO have signed a partnership agreement for 2013 and 2014. Cooperation on administrative issues is necessary to provide the European network of municipal secretaries with practical solutions. Knowledge exchange and dialogue are crucial.

In Brussels, the Union des Dirigeants Territoriaux de l’Europe (UDITE, the European association of municipal secretaries), represented by its president Eulalio Ávila Cano, who is also president of COSITAL (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Secretarios, Interventores y Tesoreros de Administración Local, the Spanish association of municipal secretaries, controllers, and financial managers), and the Public Risk Management Organisation (PRIMO) Europe, represented by John O’Dea (secretary general of PRIMO Europe and president of PRIMO Malta) and Jack Kruf (president of PRIMO Europe).

Jack Kruf (left) and Eulalio Ávila Cano

The collaboration will have a renewed focus: strengthening the administrative capacity of local government (enhanced public governance) in general and public-private partnerships in particular.

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100 Resilient Cities

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Rockefeller Foundation | 2013

The 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) initiative was pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation in 2013, as part of its Global Centennial Initiative. The initiative was built on a substantial investment from The Rockefeller Foundation, which enabled cities to hire a Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), develop a resilience strategy, access pro bono services from private-sector and NGO partners, and share ideas, innovations, and knowledge through the global network of CROs.

Over years of deep engagement with city leaders, communities and the private sector, this initiative enabled transformational change in cities by supporting resilience plans and early implementation of projects.

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PPP as innovation in the public domain

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Report of UDITE/ PRIMO Europe Round Table, 25th April 2013, Office EY, Brussels, Belgium.

Ed Mallens and Karl Vanderplaetse | July 2013

PRIMO Europe thanks EY for their hospitality and a special word for Mr. Tristan Dhondt and Mr. Rob Ellermeijer. The round table was supported by Belfius, BNG, and our platinum partner, Risk Management Partners (RMP). We very much appreciate their investment and well-prepared contributions to this round table. The meeting was chaired by ir. Jack Kruf, President of PRIMO Europe. The overview of participants and the PowerPoint presentations used are included in the summary.

Innovation in PPP contracts, modern partnership, and constructive cooperation are topics that can stimulate new developments. It’s the challenge of finding new ways to use PPP contracts in the coming period as part of initiatives to get away from the financial crisis, according to the chairman. He framed the context of this meeting: “Public organizations could give the stimulus for new projects being realized via such contracts”.

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Public Sector Report 2009

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The effects of the downturn

Philippe Auzimour, Sabrina Boshuizen en Jack Kruf | July 2009

In mid-2009, Alarm, Marsh, and PRIMO Europe joined forces by presenting the results of different surveys and round tables, which focused on the public risks companies and governments faced due to the downturn. This article combines this report’s highlights (selected by the editor). The extended survey gave an in-depth look at perceptions and actual risks directly after a massive financial crisis emerged.

The survey shows that risk complexity has increased: over 75% of participants reported that the volume and complexity of risks within their organisation have increased over the last 5 years. 700 Organisations were interviewed, spanning twelve countries and seven industry sectors. Of these organisations, 101 were in public entities. PRIMO Europe interviewed several people from public entity organisations and sent out a survey to public entities, to which 112 people responded. Also, two round tables were held, one in Amsterdam and one in Bournemouth. The results of all interviews, survey responses, and roundtables are included in this report.

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The Financial Crisis

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An opportunity for balancing risks in Infrastructure Projects and Public-Private Partnerships?

Philippe Auzimour and Sabrina Boshuizen | December 2009

Partnership risk is seen as one of the main risks by Public Entities in the Risk Survey Marsh and PRIMO Europe conducted in the third quarter of 2009. The survey shows that 59% of participants rate partnership risk significant, a similar amount as for public liability and business continuity risks.

All over Europe, unsuccessful projects have increased by the downturn. As a result the number of transactions and the total value has gone down. The companies bidding for projects now find it difficult to raise the capital and finance to carry them out, and public entities have their own problems in this regard, as the institutions funding their debt are running into trouble. These issues will all have impact on the time it takes for a project to reach its financial close and will increase partnership risk, whatever the contractual arrangement.

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