• Blog posts
    Tuesday 23/06/2020

    PPP資格認定プログラムが日本語でスタート

    (Please scroll down for English translation) PPP資格認定プログラムが日本語でスタート APMG のPPP資格認定のための試験が日本語で受けられるようになった。これまでは、PPP資格の認定は、英語、中国語、スペイン語、フランス語、ブラジス系ポルトガル語、ロシア語、セルビア語の7 か国語で試験を受けられるようになっていたが、これに日本語が加わることになった。APMGは、PPP資格の基礎試験のテキストとなるPPPガイドの用語集と第1章を2018年12月に日本語で公開していたが、このテキストを活用した試験がようやく日本語で受けられるようになった。 PPP認証プログラムは3つの試験:基礎試験、事業準備試験、及び事業実施試験で成り立っており、基礎試験は、残り2つの試験を受験する前に合格しておかなければならない必修の試験である。3つ全ての試験に合格した受験者は、CP³Pのデジタル認証を獲得し、ソーシャルメディアで共有することによって、認定PPP プロフェッショナルであることを証明できるようになる。 日本語翻訳を担当したクラウンエイジェンツ・... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Tuesday 16/06/2020

    PPPs and Covid-19: Your Questions Answered

    We received several questions from delegates during the 'PPPs and Covid-19 Webinar.' The panel has provided the following written responses. The full recording of the webinar is now available on YouTube.   Answers by Natalia Korchakova-Heeb, Managing Director SDG.17 Consulting GmbH, leader PPPHealth4All Q. What are the business opportunities in post-Covid world? A. The business opportunities in post-Covid world are connected to:  1) Digitalization. Successful businesses will have a combination... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Thursday 14/11/2019

    PPP Practitioner shares his journey to becoming certified

    Bahodir Amonov, Chief specialist at the PPP development agency under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, explains how he started his PPP journey and become CP3P Certified with APMG.  1. What first prompted you to a career in public private partnerships? I used to work in private sector. But I wanted to do something good for the sake of people. Because, I, as an ordinary citizen, witnessed shortage of public infrastructure and then opened a vacancy at newly established agency... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Tuesday 17/09/2019

    Bridging the infrastructure gaps globally

    Seyed Hossein Hosseini Nourzad is an Assistant Professor of Construction and Project Management at University of Tehran and is also CP3P certified. He discusses the insights the program gave him and how the framework has helped with project delivery. 1. What first prompted you to a career in public private partnerships? When I started my first job as a civil engineer in a mega infrastructure project, I realized the gap in planning and controlling of the project. So, I joined the PMO team of... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Tuesday 03/09/2019

    CP3P Certification a stepping stone to getting a job

    Benson Poon shares his thoughts on the PPP Guide and how he took the PPP exam as a stepping stone to getting involved with real Public-Private Partnership Projects.    1. What first prompted you to a career in public private partnerships? I believe soon; PPP will be the leading procurement route for the infrastructure in Hong Kong.   2. Can you give us a background on your (PPP) job role emphasising on the PPP sector that it is related to? Unfortunately, I have not yet been involved in any... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Tuesday 13/08/2019

    Renan Marcondes Facchinatto Interview

    1. What first prompted you to a career in public private partnerships? I've had my first contact with PPPs in Law school in my freshman year. Then, I ended up starting an internship program at Dal Pozzo Law Firm, where I still work, and had the opportunity to work in the structuring and drafting of one of the very first PPP contracts in the basic sanitation sector in the country in the city of Rio Claro. This PPP contract is still in effect and already delivering top quality public service.   2... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Thursday 10/01/2019

    Finding the Forest with the PPP Guide

      Fang Wei is CP3P and discusses the insights the program gave him and how the framework has helped with project delivery.      1. What first prompted you to a career in public private partnerships? New trends in the Latin-American infrastructure market, nowadays PPP has gradually become the main engineering contracting form for more and more Latin-American governments.                     2. Can you give us a background on your (PPP) job role emphasising on the PPP sector that it is related... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Friday 02/11/2018

    Celebrating over 2000 Exams in 101 countries

    Since the launch in June 2016 APMG's Public-Private Partnerships Certification Program has grown from a concept into a globally adapted program. PPP's involve many stakeholders which is reflected the diverse cross-section of the professionals who have achieved certification. Engineers, ministerial advisors, consultants, accountants and lawyers are just a few of the roles who have benefitted from the certification program. South Korea leads the way, with the highest number of exams taken, but... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Friday 19/10/2018

    How the CP³P credential helped me become a valued government advisor

    I first discovered the CP³P certification when, in anticipation of business resulting from Saudi Arabia’s recently announced Privatization Program, I was asked to conduct some PPP training workshops for my corporate banking colleagues. Initially the PPP Guide helped me to step back and focus on the fundamental questions which those new to PPPs would be likely to ask. Having been in the banking industry for several years, it has struck me how project finance is an area for which there are... READ MORE
  • Blog posts
    Tuesday 19/06/2018

    PPPs need to be reviewed before funding them

    The European Network on Debt and Development, an NGO operating in the Public Private Partnerships sector, has called upon The World Bank Group (WBG) to stop funding and promoting PPPs, until they are thoroughly reviewed and confirm their effectiveness. There has been sufficient evidence to highlight the concern over the failure of public service projects using PPPs. Over 80 signatories from across three continents have addressed an open letter to WBG highlighting the growing concerns over... READ MORE