Course Methodology
This course depends on the careful analysis of several cases from both
developing and developed countries in different sectors including education,
infrastructure, immigration and defense. In addition, group discussions and
presentations will be used to demonstrate the necessary conditions for the
success of PPPs as well as the reasons for their failure.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Define the benefits and risks of PPPs and their
impact on government projects and services
- List the different types of PPPs
- Construct effective sector diagnostic tools and
sector road maps
- Apply strategic thinking to determine when PPPs
should be used
- Identify PPP best practices and select the best
model for different sectors
- Develop PPP preparatory plans that increase the
likelihood of project success
- Define the required implementation steps for the
development of an effective PPP project plan
Target Audience
All managers and senior professionals who are involved in designing or
developing public-private partnership plans as well as other executives who
would like to develop an in-depth understanding of the benefits and risks of
PPPs.
Target Competencies
- Developing public-private partnerships
- Strategic thinking
- Strategic planning
- Operational planning
- Performance management
- Results orientation
Public-private partnership overview
- Definition of PPPs
- Reasons for PPPs
- Objectives of partnerships
- Benefits of PPPs
- Risks of PPPs
- Types of partnerships
- Service contracts
- Management contracts
- Lease contracts
- Concessions
- Build–Operate–Transfer (BOT) models
- Hybrid arrangements
- Joint ventures
- The key components of an enabling institutional
framework for PPPs
- Key issues underpinning the performance of PPPs
Structuring a PPP: Sector diagnostic and sector road map
- Requirements and expectations
- Technical issues
- Legal, regulatory, and policy framework
- Institutional structures and capacity
- Commercial, financial, and economic Issues
- Stakeholder consultation
- Clear sector strategy and road map
- Clear government commitment and a designated
champion
International examples in PPPs
- PPP in education
- PPPs in infrastructure
- PPP in public sector reform
- PPP in immigration
- PPP in defense
- Lessons learnt
PPP preparatory work
- Establishing appropriate legal, regulatory, and
policy frameworks
- Technical preparation
- Institutional structures and capacity building
- Establishing a PPP unit
- Project implementation unit
- Technical assistance
- Commercial, financial, and economic preparation
- Project financing
- Tariff design
- Tariff adjustments
- Subsidy design
- Labor considerations
- Including local partners
- Stakeholder involvement
Implementing PPPs
- Collecting feedback from potential bidders
- Notification and prequalification
- Defining the procurement process
- Unsolicited proposals or direct negotiations
- Competitive negotiations
- Competitive bidding
- Defining the bid evaluation process
- Initial decisions
- Technical and financial evaluation
- Bid package
- The contract
- Negotiations and contract start
- Key implementation issues
