• 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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    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...
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    PPP Introduction and Overview
    2. Private Participation in Public Infrastructure and Services: What is and is not a PPP
    Important note: “Infrastructure” is used in this PPP Certification Guide in the broad sense. This includes not only complete systems or facilities with significant civil works, but also equipment (for example, rolling stock for rail) and plants (independent power producers, wastewater treatment...
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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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    Announcing the forthcoming launch of the PPP Certification Program Preparation exam
    Following the successful launch of the Certified Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Professional (CP3P®) Foundation course and exam in March 2016, PPP practitioners will soon be able to demonstrate their knowledge by taking the Preparation exam, the first of the two higher level exams. One of the...
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    Structuring and Drafting the Tender and Contract
    References
    Name of Document Authors/Editors and Year Description htpp link (when available) Key References for PPP Structuring Infrastructure Australia National PPP Guidelines Volume 2: Practitioners’ Guide Commonwealth of Australia (2011). Includes guidelines to structure PPP...
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    Preparation exam for APMG’s Public- Private Partnership (PPP) Certification Program launched
    The much-awaited Preparation exam for APMG’s PPP Certification Program was launched today at the Regional Round Tables on Infrastructure Governance, in Cape Town, South Africa. The Preparation exam is the first of the two higher level exams which enables PPP practitioners to demonstrate a higher...
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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...
  • About the APMG PPP Certification Program
    The Certification Program aims to foster a common minimum level of knowledge and understanding amongst individuals working on PPPs or those interested in learning about PPPs, regardless of discipline or sector. It has been designed to create a consistency of terms used in PPPs and to standardize...
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    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...
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    PPP Certification Program's Execution Exam now Available
    The much-anticipated Execution exam for APMG’s Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Certification Program is now live. The Execution exam is the 2nd of the two higher level exams and completes the certification program.   About the Execution Exam The purpose of the Execution certification is to...
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    What I learnt from the APMG PPP Certification Program
      Alas!! I can now proclaim to be a “Certified PPP (CP3P) Professional”. I recently completed the CP3P Foundation, Preparation & Execution levels under the APMG PPP Certification Program. This program was developed in partnership with MDBs Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Bank for...
  • Body of Knowledge:
    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 Certification Program Sada Dostupan na Srpskom Jeziku
    Zahvaljujući podršci Švajcarskog državnog sekretarijata za ekonomske poslove (SECO), APMG International sa zadovoljstvom objavljuje da je Osnovni nivo JPP Vodiča, obuka i polaganje ispita sada dostupan na srpskom jeziku,. Vodič za JPP je besplatan resurs koji se može preuzeti kako bi se pomoglo...
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    Simplicity at its best - good contract management is key
    The need for resilient, sustainable and new infrastructure is on the rise globally. Executives around the world are concerned about the adequacy and existence of infrastructure. Availability of infrastructure is a critical issue for business as it impacts on operating costs and it becomes a major...
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    APMG and Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation sign Memorandum of Understanding
    APMG International and Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation (SIF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the APMG PPP Certification Program. SIF, a not-for-profit Swiss foundation headquartered in Geneva, coordinates the provision of SOURCE, the multilateral platform for quality...
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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...