Strengthening PPPs

The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Workshop Series was launched by ADBI's Capacity Building and Training (CBT) department at the beginning of 2008. As part of this series, two PPP workshops were offered in November. The first was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Public Policy Training Program, and ADB's Viet Nam Resident Mission. The first workshop involved senior infrastructure policymakers and infrastructure program managers from across the country. The second welcomed senior officials from island states across the Pacific region to Brisbane, Australia, and was co-hosted by Bond University and ADB's Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office. Through facilitated group sessions, participants at both workshops identified priority policy issues for follow up action that will support the strengthening of the PPP enabling environment in their respective countries.

In December of last year, ADBI also co-hosted, in collaboration with the World Bank Institute, PPPI Days 2008. The conference, held in Washington, DC, brought together over 180 executives of PPP units and senior PPP policymakers and infrastructure program managers from more than 65 countries. The conference was, for the first time, expanded to include three PPP Capacity Building Events. The conference and the capacity building events were programmed to strengthen the PPPI network, facilitate knowledgesharing, and promote a better understanding of the challenges faced by developing countries in accelerating private sector investment and participation for infrastructure development. A special feature of the event was a private sector roundtable. Global PPPI industry leaders representing private sector debt and equity investment funds, PPPI advisory services, and international rating agencies, shared their views on how current global capital market conditions might shape current and future market perceptions of PPP projects in emerging markets. The private sector forum provided a unique opportunity to have a dialogue on coming challenges, lessons learned from previous financial crises, and pragmatic options for future infrastructure financing in emerging markets globally.

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