Managing Investment Debt Based on Municipality–Investor Cooperation - The Case of Slovakia

The new construction legislation in Slovakia, which is to come into effectiveness in 2025, gives municipalities the opportunity to make agreements with builders to build investments in the public interest. The subject of the examination are projects of the capital city of Slovakia, when Bratislava via Agreements of Cooperation for investment activities in cooperation with builders, tries to reduce the investment debt on the city's property. For this purpose, we have collected data from interviews and analyzed secondary data from official documents. We have focused on the infrastructure projects of Bratislava municipality in the past and today. The results show that the projects that are being realized based on Agreements of Cooperation have a direct impact on capacities focused on new infrastructure projects to modernize the existing infrastructure of Bratislava. The project attributes and lessons learned provide insight into opportunities that can contribute to infrastructure projects in other municipalities.