Course Overview

This program equips policymakers, infrastructure planners, PPP unit staff, and financial analysts with the tools to design, structure, evaluate, and implement PPP projects that deliver value for money and support sustainable development.

The course aligns with the World Bank PPP Framework, PPP Reference Guide, IMF Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA), and global best practices for project preparation, risk allocation, financial structuring, and contract management.

Participants learn how to identify suitable PPP projects, conduct feasibility studies, structure contracts, manage fiscal risks, and ensure long‑term performance.

2. Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Understand the rationale, benefits, and risks of PPPs.

• Identify and screen projects suitable for PPP delivery.

• Conduct pre‑feasibility and full feasibility assessments.

• Structure PPP contracts, risk‑allocation frameworks, and payment mechanisms.

• Evaluate financial models and bankability conditions.

• Manage fiscal commitments and contingent liabilities.

• Oversee procurement, negotiation, and contract management.

• Apply World Bank PPP standards in project preparation and implementation.

3. Target Audience

• Ministries of Finance, Planning, Infrastructure, Transport, Energy, Water

• PPP Units and Public Investment Management Units

• State‑Owned Enterprises (SOEs)

• Municipal and subnational governments

• World Bank–funded project teams

• Infrastructure regulators and legal advisors

• Private‑sector developers, financiers, and consultants

4. Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to PPPs

• What PPPs are and what they are not

• PPPs vs. traditional public procurement

• World Bank PPP Reference Guide overview

• Global PPP trends and lessons from emerging economies

• Case studies of successful and failed PPPs

Module 2: PPP Policy, Legal & Institutional Frameworks

• National PPP policies and enabling legislation

• Institutional arrangements: PPP Units, line ministries, regulators

• Governance, transparency, and accountability

• Stakeholder engagement and communication

• Alignment with national development and sector strategies

Module 3: Project Identification & Screening

• Identifying infrastructure gaps and service‑delivery needs

• PPP suitability assessment tools

• Value‑for‑money (VfM) screening

• Public Sector Comparator (PSC) basics

• Prioritizing projects for PPP pipelines

Module 4: Feasibility Studies & Project Preparation

• Technical feasibility

• Economic and social cost‑benefit analysis

• Environmental and social safeguards (ESF)

• Financial and commercial feasibility

• Demand forecasting and revenue modelling

Module 5: PPP Risk Allocation & Contract Structuring

• Principles of optimal risk allocation

• Construction, demand, operational, financial, and political risks

• Payment mechanisms: availability payments, user fees, hybrid models

• Performance standards and KPIs

• Designing bankable PPP contracts

Module 6: Financial Modelling & Bankability

• Understanding PPP financial models

• Cash‑flow projections and financial ratios (DSCR, IRR, NPV)

• Viability Gap Funding (VGF) and blended finance

• Role of development finance institutions (DFIs)

• Ensuring bankability while protecting public interest

Module 7: Fiscal Commitments & Contingent Liabilities (FCCL)

• Identifying fiscal risks in PPPs

• Tools for assessing contingent liabilities

• Budgeting and reporting PPP fiscal commitments

• World Bank FCCL management frameworks

• Integrating PPPs into Medium‑Term Fiscal Frameworks (MTFFs)

Module 8: PPP Procurement & Negotiation

• Competitive tendering and procurement processes

• Prequalification, bidding documents, evaluation criteria

• Negotiation strategies and best practices

• Managing unsolicited proposals

• Ensuring transparency and fairness

Module 9: Contract Management & Monitoring

• Transition from procurement to implementation

• Monitoring performance and service‑delivery standards

• Renegotiations, disputes, and contract variations

• Managing long‑term partnerships and stakeholder relations

• Tools for contract‑management dashboards

Module 10: Practical Exercises & Capstone Project

• Screening a project for PPP suitability

• Conducting a simplified feasibility analysis

• Designing a PPP risk‑allocation matrix

• Reviewing a PPP financial model

• Capstone: Develop a full PPP Concept Note and Preliminary Feasibility Study for a simulated project

5. Training Methodology

• Expert‑led lectures and guided discussions

• Hands‑on PPP project preparation and modelling exercises

• Case studies from World Bank, IFC, and global PPP programs

• Group work and scenario‑based simulations

• Practical sessions on risk allocation, financial modelling, and contract management

• Capstone project with peer and instructor feedback

6. Deliverables & Outputs

Participants will receive:

• A PPP Toolkit (frameworks, templates, checklists, datasets)

• PPP screening and feasibility‑study templates

• Risk‑allocation and financial‑modelling tools

• Sample PPP contracts and procurement documents

• Capstone project report and presentation

• Certificate of Completion from Regewall Training Institute