The Certified Public-Private Partnerships Professional (CP3P) program celebrates its second year by fulfilling its vision of fostering a common minimum level of knowledge and understanding, plus provide certification for practitioners engaged in PPPs.
Since the inauguration of the scheme in June 2017 over 4000 candidates from 125 countries have taken an APMG PPP Certification Program exam. One of the main goals of the program is to share best practice knowledge and make it freely available to everyone. The PPP guide is now available in eight languages to make it accessible to even more PPP practitioners.
Demand for best practice information across all stages of the PPP cycle has been huge. Over 1 million visitors have downloaded or accessed the PPP Guide online, which uses principles and models to convey knowledge across a range of subjects including planning and funding, tendering, contracts, operating and maintaining projects.
Feedback from the global PPP community has been overwhelmingly positive with many candidates commenting that the program has led to an improved approach to PPPs. Fang Wei works on the development and management of PPP projects in Latin America. Wei successfully passed all three exams earlier this year and has been awarded a CP3P certificate. He commented on the scheme, “the certification has helped me to understand how to structure projects and consider risk allocation, to think and learn in a systematic way through the overall knowledge framework. I will apply the PPP knowledge to my daily work to help me in the PPP project development.”
“The APMG PPP Certification Program has made a positive impact to the professional development and career prospects of thousands of individuals across the globe,” says Richard Pharro. “Becoming a CP3P professional demonstrates to stakeholders and employers that you have the underpinning knowledge needed for the successful deliver PPPs.”
There has been a strong global demand for training across the PPP lifecycle including private finance banks, government departments and construction companies. This year Accredited Training Organisations have trained candidates working for a variety of organisations including the International Trade Center, Guateng Infrastructure Financing Agency, Road and Highway Department, Bangladesh, VIVEKA, Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co, Orange Business Services and K-Water.
As Head of Marketing for APMG International I work closely with the World Bank Group, the MDB's and the PPIAF to help PPP professionals access best practice information.