The consulting, technology and innovation firm, PA Consulting, has become the first organisation to be accredited by APMG International to deliver training for the APMG PPP Certification Program®. In delivering this programme, PA will be supported by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).
PA, who employs over 2,600 people, has a strong focus on technology dating back over seventy years and works with private and public sector clients globally from offices across Europe, the Nordics, the Americas, the Gulf and Asia Pacific.
PA’s deep industry knowledge together with skills in management consulting and technology, allow them to challenge conventional thinking and deliver exceptional results that have a lasting impact on businesses, governments and communities worldwide.
Designed to improve the quality of PPPs worldwide, the APMG PPP Certification Program is an innovation of and a collaboration between the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). The program is part funded by the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF).
Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG, the certification’s awarding body said, “It’s an exciting time for this ground breaking program which launched earlier this year. In the absence of a global certification program on PPPs, the program has been developed to enhance knowledge and establish good practices for PPP professionals across the globe. Building a network of experienced and high-quality Accredited Training Organisations (ATOs) is key to helping achieve those goals and we are delighted to announce PA Consulting as our first ATO."
Mark Williams, property and infrastructure lead at PA Consulting said, “PPP is probably the area where it is the easiest to measure the cost of not having the required skills in the public sector.
The private sector and their funders will deploy the necessary skills, with attendant cost increases, if the public sector does not possess the capability to deliver a well-managed PPP procurement and subsequent PPP project, in a timely fashion. Therefore, the APMG PPP training and certification will support PPP professionals to adopt internationally recognised good practice.”
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About APMG
APMG International is an award-winning Examination Institute. It accredits professional training and consulting organizations and manages certification schemes for knowledge-based workers, and has a global reach, with regional offices located around the world.
APMG aims to provide consistent quality and support to our training and consulting organizations, whether they are operating globally or as a specialist local provider. APMG's rigorous assessment process is recognized throughout the world.
All APMG certifications are aimed at helping business professionals develop their knowledge, skills and expertise. For further details about APMG qualification and accreditation schemes visit: http://www.apmg-international.com or call + 44 (0)1494 452450.
Full details on the APMG PPP Certification Program can be found at: www.ppp-certification.com
PA Consulting Group
An independent firm of over 2,600 people, we operate globally from offices across the Americas, Europe, the Nordics, the Gulf and Asia Pacific.
We are experts in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, healthcare, life sciences, and transport, travel and logistics.
Our deep industry knowledge together with skills in management consulting, technology and innovation allows us to challenge conventional thinking and deliver exceptional results that have a lasting impact on businesses, governments and communities worldwide.
Our clients choose us because we don’t just believe in making a difference. We believe in making the difference.
The State of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
From 1991 to 2015, investment in PPP infrastructure projects has been ambitious as developing countries pushed forward with the construction of roads, bridges, light and heavy rail, airports, power plants, and energy and water distribution networks. Over these 25 years, investment commitments totalled US$1.5 trillion in over 5,000 infrastructure projects in 121 low- and middle-income countries.
The growth cycles of PPP investments have been influenced by five big economies - Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and Turkey. For PPPs to increase significantly, Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) will have to further develop their PPP markets, especially outside the top five economies.
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THE STATE OF PPPs Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets & Developing Economies 1991-2015 June 2016
https://library.pppknowledgelab.org/PPIAF/documents/3551
Examples of challenges for some key PPP sectors
- Power: Access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy is vital to ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. Today more than 1.1 billion people live without access to electricity worldwide, almost all of them in developing countries. During the past two decades, many developing countries have been liberalizing and introducing private sector participation in their electricity markets, in an attempt to ensure sustainable supply of energy and improve the quality of electricity services. As a result, the power sector has been one of the greatest beneficiaries of private investment through PPP projects and project financing structures.
- Water and Sanitation: Today at least 663 million people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.4 billion lack access to improved sanitation, such as a toilet or latrine. By 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water. Improving the way we conserve, manage, and deliver water is fundamental to solving this water crisis and achieving universal and equitable access to water and sanitation services. Effectively addressing these challenges will require that the skills and resources of both public and private sectors be brought to bear.
- Agribusiness: While the demand for food is expected to increase by 70 percent by 2050, supply is coming under pressure from shifting weather patterns and demands on land availability, poor productivity and alarming rates of losses or wastage. Roughly one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally. In low-income countries, losses occur mostly during the early and middle stages of the food supply chain, as a result of poor harvesting techniques, storage and cooling facilities in difficult climatic conditions, and other infrastructure deficits. About $83 billion additional annual investment is required to address these issues. Increases in productivity come primarily through improved farming techniques, such as agrochemicals, new seed varieties or improved irrigation methods. Some of these technology transfers can come from the private sector alone, but in other cases PPP can make these advancements more widely available and encourage private sector involvement where risks would be otherwise too high.
- Transport: Transport is a key driver of economic and social development, bringing opportunities for the poor and enabling economies to be more competitive. Well-structured PPPs are one approach that can, under the right circumstances, help governments in developing and non-Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries meet their critical transport challenges. According to the Private Participation in Infrastructure Database, since 1990, there have been over 1,600 transport PPPs around the globe, which account for over $470 billion in private investment commitments in developing countries.
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