Legal problems of institutionalisation of public-private partnership in the field of environmental protection

  • Tamara I. Makarova Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Maria P. Kurylovich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus; Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Abstract

The article explores the possibilities of using public-private partnership in the field of environmental protection. The analysis of the Вelarusian and foreign legislation forms the statement that the cooperation between the state, business and the public is a partnership when certain legally significant conditions are met. And it is necessary to form its optimal legal framework and organisational structure (institutionalisation) for the implementation of such partnership in the Republic of Belarus. A distinction is made between two main approaches to the formation and implementation of public-private partnerships which are institutional and infrastructural. It is proved that the legislator of the Republic of Belarus in relation to public-private partnership generally adheres to the infrastructure approach, and in the practice of foreign states other methods of its organisation and implementation, including mixed, are used. The authors show the grounds for the formation of a public-private partnership in the legislation on environmental protection as an independent legal institution which based on the application of a mixed infrastructure-institutional approach, in particular, by concluding an agreement on joint activities (simple partnership).

Author Biographies

Tamara I. Makarova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (law), full рrofessor; head of the department of environmental and agricultural law, faculty of law

Maria P. Kurylovich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus; Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

lecturer at the department of environmental and agricultural law, faculty of law, Belarusian State University, and researcher at the Centre for State Building and Law, Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

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Published
2023-04-20
Keywords: public-private partnership, environmental protection, environmental relations
How to Cite
Makarova, T. I., & Kurylovich, M. P. (2023). Legal problems of institutionalisation of public-private partnership in the field of environmental protection. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law, 1, 25-33. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/law/article/view/5430
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No 1 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law
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