Abstract
New concepts, such as the Neo-Weberian State (NWS) or New Public Governance, are thought to have taken over as dominant paradigms in the field of public administration. Nevertheless, it seems that the various attributes of New Public Management (NPM) still resonate very strongly within the practice of public administration in most CEE countries.
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is one of the aspects originally believed to be incompatible with the NWS framework. Yet, this kind of arrangement has become relatively popular in CEE countries in recent years.
The question is whether PPPs, in the context of Central Europe, have been a tool of good governance or rather an additional source of trouble for the public sector. In this contribution, a brief overview of CEE countries' experience with the PPP implementation process is provided, together with a discussion on the future of the NPM-inspired reforms in the region.