PPP Project Structuring and Risk Management Training Course

Participants can organise the evidence, approvals and governance needed before a PPP transaction.

• Feasibility workstreams integrate technical, legal, environmental, social and financial evidence
• Project governance structures define decision rights, escalation routes and approval gates
• Business case components connect needs, options, costs, benefits and delivery strategy
• Demand forecasting methods distinguish user demand, willingness to pay and elasticities
• Technical due diligence tests site conditions, reference design and lifecycle assumptions
• Environmental and social assessments address resettlement, safeguards and consultation requirements

Participants can identify material PPP risks and allocate them to the party best able to manage them.

• Risk breakdown structure separates development, construction, operations, finance and political risks
• Risk register records causes, consequences, owners, controls and residual exposure
• Probability-impact scoring prioritises risks requiring commercial or contractual treatment
• Allocate risk to the party controlling likelihood and financial consequences
• Construction risks include land acquisition, design errors, interfaces and completion delays
• Demand, foreign-exchange, inflation and force-majeure risks require tailored allocation
• Risk allocation matrix links each risk to mitigation, compensation and contract clauses

Participants can evaluate PPP affordability and identify the main fiscal exposures for government.

• Public sector comparator estimates whole-life costs under conventional public delivery
• Value-for-money analysis compares risk-adjusted costs, service quality and delivery certainty
• Discount rates reflect government guidance, risk treatment and appraisal conventions
• Affordability testing matches annual payment obligations against confirmed budget ceilings
• Contingent liabilities include guarantees, minimum-revenue support and termination compensation
• Fiscal commitment registers track direct obligations, contingent exposures and approval limits
• Sensitivity analysis tests demand, inflation, exchange-rate and refinancing assumptions

Participants can select revenue and payment structures aligned with project risks and public objectives.

• User-pay models allocate demand risk through tariffs, tolls and collection arrangements
• Availability payments link public payments to asset readiness and service performance
• Hybrid revenues combine user charges, subsidies, viability-gap funding and guarantees
• Tariff-setting rules address affordability, indexation, adjustments and regulatory approvals
• Revenue waterfall prioritises operating costs, debt service, reserves and distributions
• Payment timing aligns milestone payments, operating charges and lifecycle replacement needs
• Termination payment principles distinguish default, force majeure and voluntary termination

Participants can interpret core project-finance terms and assess whether a PPP structure is financeable.

• Special-purpose vehicle roles separate project assets, contracts, shareholders and financing
• Sources-and-uses schedules reconcile capital costs, financing fees and contingency funding
• Debt service coverage ratio measures cash available against scheduled debt payments
• Financial model assumptions cover construction timing, operating costs, taxes and indexation
• Lender due diligence reviews contracts, permits, technical reports and insurance
• Direct agreements establish lender step-in rights and cure-period arrangements
• Bankability gaps arise from unallocated risks, weak remedies and uncertain revenues

Participants can define service requirements and performance incentives without prescribing unnecessary delivery methods.

• Output specifications define required service levels rather than construction inputs
• Key performance indicators measure availability, quality, safety, response and user satisfaction
• Service-level baselines establish measurable acceptance standards before operations commence
• Payment deductions apply proportionate consequences for unavailability and performance failure
• Rectification periods distinguish recoverable defects from persistent service failures
• Independent engineer responsibilities cover certification, testing, inspections and dispute evidence
• Lifecycle requirements schedule major maintenance, asset renewal and handback condition

Participants can plan a competitive procurement process and evaluate bids against published criteria.

• Procurement options compare open tender, prequalification, dialogue and negotiated procedures
• Market sounding tests bidder appetite, financing capacity and proposed risk boundaries
• Request for qualifications assesses relevant experience, financial capacity and key personnel
• Request for proposals packages draft contract, output specifications and evaluation methodology
• Bid evaluation criteria balance technical quality, price, financing and implementation certainty
• Clarification protocols preserve equal treatment, confidentiality and auditable decision records
• Best-and-final offer procedures manage late-stage commercial and technical improvements

Participants can administer PPP obligations and manage contract changes throughout the operating term.

• Contract management plan assigns monitoring duties, reporting cycles and escalation thresholds
• Performance dashboards track availability, deductions, incidents, compliance and corrective actions
• Variation procedures assess scope, cost, time, risk transfer and approval authority
• Claims management preserves notices, contemporaneous records and contractual time bars
• Refinancing provisions determine approval rights, gain sharing and disclosure requirements
• Dispute resolution clauses sequence negotiation, expert determination, mediation and arbitration
• Handback planning verifies asset condition, records, residual life and transfer readiness

Participants can assemble a practical structuring plan for a proposed or active PPP project.

• Transaction timetable sequences feasibility, approvals, procurement, negotiation and financial close
• Adviser management defines scopes, deliverables, quality checks and conflict controls
• Decision log records assumptions, approvals, risk decisions and responsible owners
• Project structuring pack combines risk matrix, affordability review and payment design
• Negotiation priorities distinguish non-negotiable public protections from tradable commercial positions
• Implementation plan assigns next actions, evidence requirements and stakeholder engagement dates