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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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    EBRD INITIATIVE BRINGS PPP CERTIFICATION TRAINING TO PUBLIC SECTOR CANDIDATES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) sponsored PPP Certification training for the first time last week. The Foundation level training, aimed at candidates from public sector institutions in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, was delivered at EBRD’s premises in Belgrade by...
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    An innovative approach to learning with the introduction of Online Training for CP3P candidates
    We’re delighted to announce the introduction of our online training initiative to support candidates studying for the APMG Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Certification Program. The new online training offers a flexible approach to learning with a simple and clear online course, designed to take...
  • Strengthening PPP good practice across Africa
    The continued population growth across Africa has resulted in increased demand for infrastructure development. This has in turn driven a significant rise in the number of investors seeking opportunities in this region. To support this increase in demand, more and more countries across Africa are...
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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...
  • Book your exam
    Video of Booking an Online Exam with APMG International Foundation Exam The Foundation certification is designed to measure whether a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of the PPP Guide to act as an informed team member of a PPP finance project.  This exam is aimed at...
  • FAQs
    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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    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...
  • 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 (...
  • Advocates
    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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    Digital Badges Now Available for CP3P Certified Professionals
    Claim and share your digital badges on social media and add them to your online CV and email signature to broadcast your certified skills to employers and other interested parties. Successful candidates can now claim a digital badge to embed on an email signature, website, social media platforms or...
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    CP3P Exams Now Available in Chinese
    Since 1990 China has committed $193,701 billion to PPPs and has 1,655 projects reaching financial closure. PPPs in China are amongst the most ambitious in the world, enabling the successful delivery of complex projects inluding Guangzhou-Shenzhen Superhighway, Zhangzhou Houshi Power Plant and the...
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    CP3P - Celebrating Two Years and 4000 Certified PPP Professionals
    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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    Tendering and Awarding the Contract
    4. Overview of the Phase
    Generally, there are four main stages into which any tender process may be divided. Pre-qualification (in open tenders with a pre-qualification stage) or short listing (in a process with a short listing or pre-selection of candidates). Bid period – from launching through bid submission or...
  • Training Providers
      Region-wise summary of APMG Accredited Training Organisations (ATOs)  Name of ATO Delivery languages Regions training available in Levels available In-house training Public training courses available ACA (South Africa) EnglishAfrica, North America, Australia, Europe, AsiaFoundation,...
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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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    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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    MOU signed between World Bank Group and CPPPC concerning PPP Certification Program in China
    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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    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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    First Training Provider Accredited for PPP Certification's Execution Level
    APMG is delighted to announce that P3Korea has been approved to deliver the Execution level of the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Certification Program (CP3P). P3Korea is the first training organisation in the world to gain approval from APMG to deliver all three courses and examinations within...