• About the PPP Certification Program Guide
    Purpose and Benefits The PPP Certification Program Guide, referred to as the PPP Guide is the Body of Knowledge (BoK) on public-private partnerships (PPPs), will help public officials and their advisors implement efficient, sustainable PPPs.  The PPP Guide is part of the family of CP3P credentials...
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    Click on the button to download a pdf file of the PPP Certification Guide. If you would prefer to be sent the files via an email link please click here.
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    Introducing the APMG PPP Certification Program and the PPP Certification Program Guide
    I’ve been immersed in the world of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for over a decade, and during that time I have seen first-hand how these partnerships can help large-scale infrastructure projects overcome serious challenges. The new APMG PPP Certification Program, a global certification...
  • Body of Knowledge:
    Establishing a PPP Framework
    1.9.4 Promoting Procurement and Good Governance, and Reducing Corruption
    High value transactions attract the risk of corruption. Private players may attempt to improperly influence transactions and public officials may attempt to extract private profit from public office. Corruption in PPPs can be minimized using the mechanisms outlined above clear processes and...
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    APMG's PPP Certification Program aims to foster a common minimum level of knowledge and understanding amongst practitioners. It helps them leverage Finance and Efficiencies from the Private Sector and give them a certificate which demonstrates they have studied the PPP Certification Program Guide...
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    Public-Private Partnerships Certification Program Guide available in Chinese
    APMG International is pleased to announce that chapters 2 to 5 of the PPP Guide and the CP3P Preparation exam are now available in Chinese. The PPP Guide is a FREE downloadable resource to help candidates prepare for the PPP Certification Program. Earlier this year, chapter 1 of the PPP Guide and...
  • Russian PPP Guide
  • Body of Knowledge:
    PPP Introduction and Overview
    1.1 Defining PPPs for the Purpose of This PPP Guide
    PPPs are a contractual means to deliver public assets and public services. PPP contracts include those intended to develop and manage new infrastructure, contracts to undertake significant upgrades to existing infrastructure (these are called infrastructure PPPs), and those under which a private...
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    PPP Guide Translated into Chinese
    The PPP Guide, a free downloadable resource to help candidates prepare for the PPP Certification Program, has been fully translated to Chinese. Chapter 6: Tendering and Awarding the contract, Chapter 7: Strategy, Delivery and Commissioning and Chapter 8: Operation and Feedback are the final...
  • Ukrainian PPP Guide
  • Body of Knowledge:
    PPP Introduction and Overview
    1.2 Analyzing the Definition Proposed by this PPP Guide. Describing and Explaining the Features of a PPP Contract as a Tool to Procure New Infrastructure
    This PPP Guide focuses on PPPs as a method for procuring infrastructure development and management on the basis of private finance, as introduced in box 1.3. The definition of a private finance PPP provided in this PPP Guide implies a number of features which need to be present in a PPP contract to...
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    The CP3P credential as a best practice guide for governments in Brazil
    The PPP Professional Certification, the CP3P, is an extraordinary tool that enables professionals in infrastructure segments around the world to have a common language for terms involved in structuring and managing a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project. Support for standardizing the process of...
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    PPP Guide now available in Japanese
    APMG International is pleased to announce that chapter 1 of the PPP Guide is now available in Japanese. The PPP Guide is a FREE downloadable resource to help candidates prepare for the PPP Certification Program. This new translation now means that individuals can download the PPP Guide and study...
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    APMG PPP Guide now in Chinese
    The PPP Certification Guide, a key reading material for APMG’s PPP Certification Program, is now available in Chinese. The PPP Guide is already available in Latin-American Spanish and English. Candidates can download this PPP Guide by clicking on the ‘Download PPP GUIDE for FREE’ button on the PPP...
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    Chapter 1 of the PPP Guide and Foundation Exam available in Brazilian Portuguese
    The sixth language translation of the APMG Certified Public-Private Partnerships has arrived. Brazilian Portuguese is the latest translation to be added to the rapidly growing CP3P program which has certified almost 3000 professionals in over 100 countries. The translation has been curated and...
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    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...
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    APMG PPP Guide now in French
    The PPP Certification Guide, a key reading material for APMG’s PPP Certification Program, is now available in French. The FREE to download PPP Guide is already available in Latin-American Spanish, Chinese and English. To access the chapter 1 of the PPP Guide in French click here. This PPP Guide is...
  • Body of Knowledge:
    PPP Introduction and Overview
    10. An Overview of the PPP Process Cycle: How to Prepare, Structure and Manage a PPP Contract
    This section describes the overview of the PPP project process which is then developed in detail — phase by phase — in chapters 3 to 8 of this PPP Guide. The intention of this description is to give the reader a general view of the whole process, providing a preliminary description of its main...
  • CP3P Foundation Exam and Chapter 1 of the PPP Guide now available in Romanian
    Since 2002, Romania has initiated a number of PPP projects that have supported economic growth and strengthened tourism, travel opportunities, healthcare, and infrastructural investments. Furthermore, new regulations introduced in May 2018 are helping to attract more interest from private partners...
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    CP3P Foundation Exam and Chapter 1 of the PPP Guide now available in Romanian
    Since 2002, Romania has initiated a number of PPP projects that have supported economic growth and strengthened tourism, travel opportunities, healthcare, and infrastructural investments. Furthermore, new regulations introduced in May 2018 are helping to attract more interest from private partners...