Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure (PPPI) Days 2008 and Capacity Building Events

Background

In accordance with its four priority development themes, the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) has chosen to focus on public-private partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure as a strategic emphasis for its capacity building and training program. Following a successful pilot initiative in November 2007, ADBI launched the PPP workshop series in March 2008. The objectives of ADBI’s PPP workshop series now underway are: (i) to explore and promote a better understanding of the challenges in implementing PPPs for infrastructure faced by ADB’s developing member countries; and (ii) to assist in prioritizing policy agendas that need to be pursued to accelerate private sector investment and PPPs in infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region.

As part of the PPP workshop series, ADBI is pleased to partner with the World Bank Institute (WBI) in co-organizing the 2008 PPPI Days events to be held in Washington D.C. PPPI Days 2008 will be held on 16-17 December 2008, with two PPP capacity building events - the PPPI Workshop and the PPPI Showcase, scheduled immediately preceding and following on 15 and 18 December 2008.

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Objectives

Both WBI and ADBI recognize the importance of continuing to build global partnerships in order to foster an effective exchange of knowledge with PPP practitioners around the globe on PPPI experiences and best practices. Accordingly, the objectives of PPPI Days and the two PPP capacity building events are to strengthen the PPPI global network and facilitate PPP knowledge sharing among participating PPP agencies.

The PPPI Days event program has been developed to address specific current interests and needs raised by the membership of the Global PPPI Network. The program will focus on current issues and trends for the global PPPI market which include:

1. Infrastructure funds and the role of equity financing in PPPs;
2. Trends, relationships and capacity issues for PPPs at the sub national level;
3. Management of financial close and long term bankability of PPPs;
4. Risk mitigation and how to make best use of guarantee instruments in PPP transactions; and
5. PPP project development: focusing on cost and efficiency

The PPP Workshop will be offered as a one-day prelude to the main event, on December 15, 2008, The PPP workshop is designed to serve as a introduction to key concepts in PPPs, to improve understanding of basic elements of an enabling legislative and fiscal framework for PPP, and review best practices.

The PPP Showcase will be offered as a one-day overture to the main event, on December 18, 2008. The PPP Showcase is an opportunity for participants from the public sector to learn about various sources of knowledge and services pertaining to PPPI including those of ADB, the World Bank, and other international financial institutions (IFIs) as well as various private sector PPP associations from around the world.

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Outputs

• A summary of the findings and conclusions of the events;
• Event presentations and other event materials that will be shared on the ADBI website and profiled through the ADBI quarterly newsletter;
• Training materials for PPP Learning Products; and
• Submissions for the PPP Policy and/or Discussion Note Series.

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Participants

About 100 senior executives of PPP Units, leading public sector practitioners and senior and middle level PPP/infrastructure government officials from developed and developing countries across the Asia-Pacific region and globally, will be invited to attend the PPPI Days events.

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Partners

World Bank Institute
World Bank, including Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and International Finance Corporation (IFC)
European Investment Bank
United Nations Economic Commission of Europe
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
Global PPPI Network