Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) for Infrastructure in the Pacific Region

Background

In accordance with its four priority development themes, the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) has chosen to focus on public-private partnerships (PPPs) 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 the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) developing member countries (DMCs); 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 ADB's Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office (PLCO) and Bond University in organizing a workshop entitled ”Strengthening Public Private Partnerships for Infrastructure in the Pacific Region” to be held in Brisbane, Australia, from 17 to 23 November 2008.

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Objectives

The specific objective of this workshop is to improve the understanding of senior government officials across the Pacific region, who are involved in infrastructure policy making and PPP project design and implementation, of:

1. the benefits and challenges of greater private sector participation in and financing of infrastructure projects;
2. the priority policy actions required to strengthen national PPP enabling environment and legislative frameworks; and
3. the critical design features of a 'bankable project' to support the development of a pipeline of PPP infrastructure projects.

A highly interactive workshop approach will enable workshop participants to improve their understanding of what it takes to make deals 'bankable' and to attract private sector financing, and to explore alternative approaches to structuring risk-sharing and financing arrangements that are needed to make infrastructure projects viable.

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Outputs

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

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Participants

Senior and mid-level government officials from key national and sub-national infrastructure agencies and local government administrations from ADB DMCs across the Pacific will be invited to participate.

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Partners

ADB Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office (PLCO)
Bond University