Public Private Partnership Management Training Course

Participants can define decision rights, approvals and accountability arrangements for a PPP programme.

• PPP policy objectives linked to national infrastructure and fiscal plans
• Gateway approvals from concept approval through financial close
• Roles of PPP units, line ministries, finance ministries, and regulators
• Project steering committees, delegated authority, and escalation protocols
• Transparency requirements for procurement records, contract awards, and fiscal disclosures
• Conflict-of-interest controls for advisers, evaluators, committee members, and officials

Participants can screen project concepts against PPP suitability and public-interest criteria.

• Service-demand analysis using baseline coverage, quality, capacity, and growth data
• Problem statements distinguishing service gaps from preferred asset solutions
• PPP suitability screening against scale, measurability, risk transfer, and competition
• Options appraisal comparing public delivery, outsourcing, concessions, and PPPs
• Initial affordability envelope based on budget ceilings and user-payment capacity
• Project concept note with strategic case, scope, benefits, and constraints

Participants can assess whether a proposed PPP has credible technical and demand foundations.

• Demand forecasting using trend analysis, elasticity assumptions, and scenario ranges
• Technical due diligence covering site conditions, design standards, and interfaces
• Output specifications separating required results from prescribed design solutions
• Environmental and social impact assessment requirements and mitigation commitments
• Land acquisition, resettlement, permits, and utility-relocation dependencies
• Feasibility report assumptions tested through sensitivity and downside scenarios

Participants can distinguish economic justification from commercial financial viability.

• Cost-benefit analysis using economic costs, benefits, and discount rates
• Economic internal rate of return and net present value
• Shadow pricing for time savings, emissions, land, and public services
• Distributional analysis identifying affected users, communities, taxpayers, and businesses
• Least-cost analysis where service benefits cannot be credibly monetised
• Economic case documenting assumptions, exclusions, sensitivities, and residual impacts

Participants can test revenue, cost and public-payment assumptions for financial viability.

• Revenue models using tariffs, availability payments, grants, and ancillary income
• Operating expenditure forecasts built from staffing, maintenance, utilities, and consumables
• Capital expenditure estimates including contingencies, taxes, escalation, and lifecycle renewals
• Affordability analysis against medium-term budget ceilings and payment obligations
• Tariff affordability assessed through household income, consumption, and subsidy assumptions
• Financial viability case linking cash flows, returns, and funding gaps

Participants can prepare a value-for-money assessment using comparable public-delivery costs.

• Public Sector Comparator scope, service standard, cost base, and timing
• Whole-life costing for design, construction, operations, maintenance, and handback
• Risk-adjusted costs using retained-risk and transferred-risk valuation
• Discounted cash flow comparison using consistent discount-rate assumptions
• Qualitative value drivers including innovation, service quality, and delivery certainty
• Value-for-money report with assumptions register and decision recommendation

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

• Risk breakdown structure covering development, construction, operations, finance, and demand
• Risk register scored through probability, impact, proximity, and ownership
• Allocation principles based on control, information, incentives, and pricing
• Construction risks covering ground conditions, delays, defects, and cost overruns
• Revenue risks including demand volatility, tariff restrictions, and collection performance
• Risk allocation matrix with mitigation actions, compensation events, and residual exposure

Participants can interpret core project-finance structures and bankability requirements.

• Special purpose vehicle roles, shareholder agreements, and contractual interfaces
• Sources and uses schedule for equity, debt, grants, reserves, and fees
• Debt service coverage ratio, loan life coverage ratio, and repayment profiles
• Lender due diligence covering technical, legal, environmental, insurance, and market risks
• Security package including assignment rights, step-in rights, and account controls
• Bankability assessment identifying conditions precedent, gaps, and financing mitigations

Participants can design payment mechanisms that link compensation to service performance.

• Availability-payment formulas linked to asset availability and service-performance deductions
• User-pay concession revenues, tariff rules, collection processes, and demand risk
• Performance deductions calibrated for severity, duration, recurrence, and service impact
• Indexation formulas for inflation, foreign exchange, energy, and labour costs
• Minimum revenue guarantees, viability-gap funding, and targeted public subsidies
• Payment-mechanism schedule with measurement rules, invoices, and dispute procedures

Participants can identify the contractual provisions needed to protect public service outcomes.

• Concession agreement structure, schedules, definitions, and order-of-precedence clauses
• Output specifications, key performance indicators, and independent-certifier responsibilities
• Conditions precedent covering permits, financing, land, and insurance
• Force majeure, relief events, compensation events, and change-in-law treatment
• Termination provisions addressing default, voluntary termination, and handback payments
• Direct agreements granting lenders notice, cure periods, and step-in rights

Participants can select a procurement route and test market appetite before tender.

• Procurement strategy aligned with project complexity, market depth, and timetable
• Market sounding protocols protecting competition, confidentiality, and equal treatment
• Request for qualification criteria covering capability, finance, experience, and integrity
• Competitive dialogue, two-stage tendering, and negotiated procurement conditions
• Transaction timetable linking approvals, diligence, bidding, evaluation, and financial close
• Bidder communications register recording questions, clarifications, amendments, and responses

Participants can prepare evaluation arrangements that produce defensible procurement decisions.

• Request for proposals structure covering instructions, specifications, contract, and schedules
• Evaluation criteria weighted for technical quality, financial value, and deliverability
• Pass-fail requirements for legal compliance, eligibility, and minimum capability
• Bid evaluation plan defining committee roles, scoring rules, and moderation
• Financial bid comparison using net present cost and risk-adjusted assumptions
• Clarification procedures preserving equal treatment and auditable procurement records

Participants can manage final negotiations and readiness activities through financial close.

• Negotiation mandate identifying non-negotiables, tradeable issues, and approval limits
• Issue logs tracking proposed changes, ownership, deadlines, and decision status
• Preferred-bidder due diligence on financing, technical plans, and corporate commitments
• Financial close checklist covering executed contracts, conditions precedent, and lender approvals
• Mobilisation plans for staffing, asset transfer, systems, and service commencement
• Communications plans for users, employees, communities, regulators, and media

Participants can operate a disciplined contract-management system during the operational period.

• Contract management plan defining governance meetings, reports, and decision authorities
• Key performance indicator dashboard using service levels, deductions, and trend analysis
• Invoice verification against availability records, performance data, and indexation calculations
• Change-control process covering scope requests, cost estimates, approvals, and records
• Contract compliance audits for insurance, maintenance, reporting, and statutory obligations
• Handback planning for asset condition, lifecycle works, inspections, and reserves

Participants can manage contractual change, disputes and fiscal exposures without losing public value.

• Dispute-resolution ladder using negotiation, expert determination, mediation, and arbitration
• Claim records documenting notices, evidence, correspondence, decisions, and payment effects
• Renegotiation triggers arising from demand shocks, legal changes, and force majeure
• Contingent liability registers for guarantees, termination payments, and revenue support
• Fiscal risk reporting integrated with budget forecasts and debt-management processes
• Independent review of proposed amendments against value-for-money and competition principles

Participants can build, review and present a complete PPP transaction strategy for a defined infrastructure project.

• Project concept defining service need, scope, stakeholders, and strategic rationale
• Feasibility assumptions covering demand, technical solution, environmental, and land risks
• Value-for-money case comparing public delivery and proposed PPP structure
• Risk allocation matrix with mitigation measures, compensation events, and retained exposure
• Procurement and financing plan covering market approach, evaluation, and approvals
• Contract-management framework specifying performance measures, governance, and fiscal reporting