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    Q&A with successful candidates of APMG's PPP Preparation exam
    APMG had the opportunity to chat with first ever successful candidates to have completed the Preparation exam of APMG’s PPP Certification course from our ATO in Korea - P3Korea, thus getting closer to achieving the coveted CP3P credential. Find out more about their experience and how they intend to...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    The journey of a PPP professional - Q&A with Matthew Perna
    Matthew Perna is a PPP practitioner and one of our first successful APMG PPP Certification Program’s Preparation Exam candidate. We caught up with Matthew Perna to understand his PPP journey and how the PPP Certification Program adds value to his career. Matthew Perna is currently the president of...
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    PPP Introduction and Overview
    9. Introduction to the PPP Framework Concept and Initial Framework Considerations. Private Sector Concerns About Frameworks and Markets.
    A framework is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “a basic structure underlying a system, concept or text”. The Spanish dictionary defines framework as “limits or circumstances that surround an issue or a period of story”. PPPs involve complex process management on a number of fronts (...
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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...
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    MDB Showcase: Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
    IsDB is one of the Multi-National Development Banks (MDB) supporting the APMG Public-Private Partnerships Certification Program, as well as a major contributor to the PPP Certification Program Guide. We speak with IsDB's Fida Rana, from its Public Private Partnership Division to discuss its...
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    Event roundup: Building APMG Certified PPP Professionals (CP3P) in Korea - 22 June
    Over 110 delegates attended our event in Seoul, one of three events held last week showcasing the APMG PPP Certification Program. The event opened with a congratulatory speech from Mr. Seong-hoo Kang, Director General, Regional Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Welcoming the...
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    K-Infrastructure launches CP3P Foundation exam courses in Spain
    This month K-Infra ran classroom training for the APMG PPP Certification Program for the first time. The course content was delivered in Madrid by Andres Rebollo, Lead Author of the PPP Program Guide and CEO at K-Infra. Andres is very pleased to report that every candidate that sat the exam at the...
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    APMG PPP Guide now in Spanish
    The PPP Certification Guide, a key reading material for APMG’s PPP Certification Program is now available in Spanish and in English. Candidates can download this PPP Guide by clicking on the ‘Download PPP GUIDE for FREE’ button on the PPP certification website. This PPP Guide is a FREE downloadable...
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    Get Certified as a Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer
    A new Climate-Resilient Infrastructure program has been developed by the Global Centre on Adaptation, with support from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands and in close partnership with the World Bank Group (WBG), the African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian...
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    Establishing a PPP Framework
    1.4 Scope of the PPP Framework
    The scope of the PPP framework indicates the types of projects for which the framework will apply. Scopes are generally defined by jurisdiction, sector, size, and contract type. It is good practice for designers of a framework to consider each of these dimensions, and to be explicit in the...
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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...
  • 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...
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    PPP Introduction and Overview
    5.5. Conditions for Accessing the Benefits: Introducing the Elements and Phases of a Proper PPP Process, the Need for Project Governance and the Role of the PPP Framework
    The preceding sections explained how the PPP option may be a significant source of incremental efficiency and provide other benefits for better infrastructure management. It may also have weak points and other issues that make it inappropriate for some of projects. Governments need to protect and...
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    THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (IP3) AND APMG SIGN JOINT RECOGNITION AGREEMENT FOR PPP TRAINING COURSES
    IP3, a Tetra Tech Company and APMG, an award winning exam institute, have signed an agreement which offers joint recognition for both parties providing training courses that cover implementation of the complete life cycle of public-private partnerships (PPPs). The APMG PPP Certification Program was...
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    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...
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    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...