International PPP Platform Turkey is very pleased to announce that, the President of the Platform Av. As. Prof. Dr Ahmet Keşli has been elected as the Vice-Chairman of  United Nations (UNECE) International PPP Center of Excellence. Dr.Keşli’s nomination as advised by the Government of the Republic of Turkey, is primarily due to his extensive involvement in promoting efficient PPPs. General Assembly voted unanimously to elect Dr. Keşli in the meeting of 2013. In the meeting, the matters concerning the development of infrastructure investments in countries like Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan were also discussed for the next term. In addition, the establishments of the UNECE International PPP Centre of Excellences and related issues were also discussed in the meeting. Dr. Keşli has been working with UNECE Team of Specialist for more than 3 years as active member and also intensively involved as a legal adviser regionally in PPP Projects as founding President of International PPP Platform Turkey. Besides, He has been a lecturer at the Fatih University Istanbul delivering lectures on Procurement, Energy, Project Finance, PPPs, Competition, IP and Commercial Law. The goal of the UNECE International PPP Centre of Excellence is to identify best practice in PPP and help governments implement these practices. The task is carried out by the hub in Geneva in tandem with the specialist centers. Dr.Kesli Says “We have to establish the Training Centre of the UN PPP Centre of Excellence in Turkey. This would be contributive to the PPP market.”