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Introduction
The PPP Certification Program Guide, referred to as the PPP Guide draws upon the work of many people. We are particularly grateful to the following groups of contributors;
The team of authors, who drafted the PPP Guide and conducted an internal review;
The external review panel...
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Body of Knowledge:
PPP Introduction and Overview
A single type of PPP may be given different names in different sectors or countries, despite the scope of the contract and the features being the same. This difference is often due to variations in legal tradition and legislation, but may also relate to variations in common or standard language....
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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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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 Training Online
PPP Training Online, previously NEPAD Business Foundation, is an APMG Accredited Training Organization that specialises in the delivery of the CP3P...
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The following glossary of terms has been prepared by the authors. Some of these definitions are based on external sources, adapted for this PPP Guide, while others have been developed by the authors to reflect common usage and good practice.
The main external sources used to develop this Glossary...
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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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Body of Knowledge:
PPP Introduction and Overview
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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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...
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Establishing a PPP Framework
A good PPP framework aims to ensure that the right projects are selected as PPPs, and that they are developed, delivered and managed in a structured, transparent and efficient way. Equally, a good framework minimizes the risks that a PPP project will not deliver Value for Money (VfM).
PPPs involve...
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Body of Knowledge:
Establishing a PPP Framework
A PPP framework should guide governments and private partners through each step in developing a PPP, ensuring that projects are well structured and delivered in line with expectations. The PPP framework will achieve this by outlining procedures and decision rules for various institutions, and by...
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PPP資格認定プログラムが日本語でスタート
APMG のPPP資格認定のための試験が日本語で受けられるようになった。これまでは、PPP資格の認定は、英語、中国語、スペイン語、フランス語、ブラジス系ポルトガル語、ロシア語、セルビア語の7 か国語で試験を受けられるようになっていたが、これに日本語が加わることになった。APMGは、PPP資格の基礎試験のテキストとなるPPPガイドの用語集と第1章を2018年12月に日本語で公開していたが、このテキストを活用した試験がようやく日本語で受けられるようになった。...
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SOURCE, as the multilateral platform for quality infrastructure, is aligned with the APMG PPP Guide gateway approach on project preparation, facilitating public agencies to take sound decisions and better allocation of resources.
The standardized templates available on SOURCE include the APMG...
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Body of Knowledge:
Establishing a PPP Framework
The framework should provide guidance on each stage of developing and implementing a PPP project from initially identifying candidate projects, to managing PPP contracts throughout the project lifecycle.
Governments need to ensure that only ‘good’ PPP projects are developed. These are PPPs that,...
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Body of Knowledge:
PPP Introduction and Overview
This section explains further the basic structure of a private finance PPP, assuming the form (or the scope) of a DBFOM that was first introduced in section 4.
Figure 1.10 illustrates the basic structure of a common PPP (in which all of the equity in the SPV is provided by the private sector). This...
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It was announced today at the 3rd China PPP Financing Forum that World Bank Group (WBG) and China Public Private Partnerships Centre (CPPPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating that both parties will work together regarding PPPs and promoting APMGs PPP Certification Program CP3P in...
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Body of Knowledge:
PPP Introduction and Overview
Design, Build, Operate and Maintain (DBOM)
There are some contracts which are financed by the government against the budget (such as a conventional procurement) but in which the selected contractor will carry out the construction works, future operations, and maintenance....
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A new wave of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) market development has been emerging in Korea since the introduction of the APMG PPP Program Guide in Seoul in June 2016. Following the launch of the APMG PPP Training Program in January this year by P3 Korea, the first CP3P ATO in Asia, many...
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Body of Knowledge:
PPP Introduction and Overview
The other main motivation for the use of PPPs as an alternative tool to both finance and procure infrastructure is the potential long-term gain in terms of efficiency (when applying PPP to the right projects and under the right structure and procurement process) and effectiveness (when using PPPs...
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Project Identification and PPP Screening
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Defining Success for Software Projects: An Exploratory Revelation
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