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LONDON, June 20, 2016—APMG International just launched the new APMG Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Certification Program. The Certification Program has been developed to establish good practices across the globe for professionals working on PPPs.
Responding to the need to enhance knowledge...
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Body of Knowledge:
Strategy Delivery and Commissioning
A tangible contract management function assists in managing obligations in an effective manner; this saves the two parties significant time and effort and provides benefits in terms of business strategies and procedures.
Contracts dictate every aspect of key business strategies and relationships....
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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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Body of Knowledge:
Strategy Delivery and Commissioning
PPPs, by their very nature, span a very long time frame. They are detailed and complex when it comes to managing relationships between the various parties in the PPP contract. There are many stakeholders within a PPP, including the parties, lenders, SPV shareholders, end-users, regulators,...
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Body of Knowledge:
Structuring and Drafting the Tender and Contract
In some projects, the pre-qualification process is accompanied by the selection of a short list from the pre-qualified bidders. The pre-qualifying bidders are ranked on the strength of their pre-qualification responses, and a limited number of the highest ranking bidders are short listed to proceed...
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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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Body of Knowledge:
PPP Introduction and Overview
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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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ADSCR
Annual Debt Service Cover Ratio
AfDB
African Development Bank
ALOP
Advance Loss of Profit
APP
Alianza Publico Privada (Public-Private Partnership)
ADB
Asian Development Bank
B
Build
BAFO
Best And...
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Body of Knowledge:
Strategy Delivery and Commissioning
Several studies show that some PPPs were cancelled during the Construction Phase due to the lack of or a poorly executed contract management function[17]. See table 7.4.
TABLE 7.4: Examples of Projects Cancelled during the Construction Phase
Project
Reason
Light Railway Transit (LRT...
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Body of Knowledge:
Establishing a PPP Framework
Candidate projects that survive the “screening” are then developed and appraised. Again, this is an iterative, or multi-stage, process. The appraisal report, often called a “Business Case”, is typically the basis for approval to proceed with the PPP transaction.
In describing the framework in this...
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Media:
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The universal discourse around the issue of infrastructure deficit within Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDE) has gained considerable traction, particularly over the last few decades. The ability to attract financial investments in developing economies, and particularly in Africa, has...
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Body of Knowledge:
PPP Introduction and Overview
In addition to basic concerns about ‘bankability’, governments have other points of concern regarding the private financial package that will influence the project contract structure. These have specific implications in the tender process regulations (RFP) and more especially in the contract...
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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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Body of Knowledge:
PPP Introduction and Overview
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...
