EEH622 - PRIVATIZATION, FINANCE and LAW IN INFRASTRUCTURE I

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
PRIVATIZATION, FINANCE and LAW IN INFRASTRUCTURE I EEH622 3rd Semester 3 0 3 7
Prequisitesnone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Other: seminar papers  
Instructor (s)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sedat Çal 
Course objectiveThis course aims to allow students acquire knowledge about key concepts for infrastructure investments including energy market and a detailed information on its legal regime.  
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of the course, the students will ; Acquire detailed information about legal regime of infrastructure investments Learn about diverging views on policies for infrastructure investments, become familiarized with legal mechanisms for infrastructure investments, Acquire ability to analyze the concept from a political economy perspective.
Course ContentThe making process of infrastructure investment, the background and mechanisms of the privatization activities , legal dimension of the infrastructure financing 
ReferencesÇal, Sedat (2007) Türkiye?de Kamu Hizmeti ve İmtiyazın Dönüşüm Öyküsü, TOBB Yayını.
Çal, Sedat (2010) Türk İdare Hukuku?nda Ruhsat, 2. Baskı, Seçkin Yayınları.
Tiryakioğlu, Bilgin (2003) Doğrudan Yatırımların Uluslararası Hukukta Korunması, Dayınlarlı Yayınları.
Çal, Sedat (2009) Uluslararası Yatırım Tahkimi ve Kamu Hukuku İlişkisi, Seçkin Kitabevi.
Emek, Uğur (2009) Türkiye?de Altyapı Hizmetlerinin Özel Sektöre Gördürülmesi: Neden, Ne Zaman, Nasıl?, İktisat, İşletme ve Finans Dergisi, 24 (284).
Della Croce, Raffaele and Stefano Gatti (2014), Financing Infrastructure ? International Trends, OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends, Vol. 2014/1.
Kristian Uppenberg, Hubert Strauss and Rien Wagenvoort (2011), Financing infrastructure - A review of the 2010 EIB Conference, in Economics and Finance.
Araújo, S. and D. Sutherland (2010), Public-Private Partnerships and Investment in Infrastructure, OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 803, OECD Publishing. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction, scope and importance of the course, and rules to apply
Week 2Historical background in infrastructure investments: Concept and political economy approach
Week 3Privatization and its development in Turkey
Week 4Legal aspects of privatization and its development process in infrastructure
Week 5The Relationship between Infrastructure Investments and Public Service
Week 6Regulation and the function to `reglement? : economic law enforcement
Week 7The problematic of financing in infrastructure markets: Traditional financing
Week 8The problematic of financing in infrastructure markets: Alternative financing methods
Week 9Midterm exam
Week 10Global Financing Sources: Banks and International Organizations
Week 11Global Governance and regulation of infrastructural activities, relationship with the infrastructure investments from the aspect of Foreign Investments
Week 12Relationship between international arbitration and administrative (public) law
Week 13Constitutional basis of international arbitration and developments thereof
Week 14Investment arbitration awards and protection of foreign investments
Week 15Final exam
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms140
Final exam160
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes00
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes00
Total0

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14228
Presentation / Seminar Preparation13030
Project000
Homework assignment14040
Midterms (Study duration)13030
Final Exam (Study duration) 14040
Total Workload32145210

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Has the ability to access to sources of information, use, compare, interpret, infer and apply scientific data.  X  
2. Has the knowledge on science of law and legal systems and the historical development of the rights of individuals and societies and the basic texts adopted in that process, and has the historical knowledge to interpret the achievements of modern law.  X  
3. Has the ability to use Turkish in both oral and written forms.X    
4. Masters the provisions regulating the relationships between persons and has the ability to interpret those provisions.   X 
5. Masters the provisions regulating the relationships between persons and the state and has the ability to interpret those provisions.    X
6. Has the ability to use information technologies and course materials in the process of teaching and learning. X   
7. Has the ability to solve current legal problems in the framework of modern legal approaches.  X  
8. Has a level of understanding and knowledge of the profession in order to reflect all of the features required by the profession in the best possible way at national and international levels.    X
9. Masters the legal regulations and practices on economic and financial mechanisms.    X
10. Has the ability to be able to express herself/himself as an individual and in front of a community.X    
11. Has the ability to use, compare and apply the knowledge of universal law.   X 
12. Has the ability to follow legal developments that aim to meet emerging needs within the framework of relations between individuals.  X  
13. Has the ability to work together, gained through in-class activities, hypothetical case studies, moot court and through other professional and academic activities.X    
14. Has the ability to understand and process national and international dimensions of law by following the case law and legal practices. X   

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest