Dates Announced for PPPI Days 2010 – Manila, Philippines
PPPI (Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure) Days is a unique global meeting of public sector PPP practitioners, mainly from PPP Units. It provides an important platform to exchange knowledge and to share insights on new developments in the field of private infrastructure delivery.
In collaboration between the World Bank Institute and the Asian Development Bank, this year’s 2-day conference will focus on innovative PPP models and key policy issues.
Context
The global liquidity crisis has made the financing of PPPs more difficult, and required governments to provide greater support and take on more risks. It has stimulated new initiatives and approaches, but also raised questions about the viability and desirability of PPP approaches.
At the same time, the need for investment in essential services has continued to escalate. Urban infrastructure investment needs continue to grow in line with rapid urbanization, but public service solutions also need to reflect priorities to reduce the carbon footprint of cities and their environmental impacts. Demographic and social dynamics and rising costs are leading to a re-examination of how best to provide health care and an increased formal role for the private sector through PPPs.
PPPI Days 2010 will highlight important lessons, examining how the public sector has responded to the crisis, and discussing what governments will need to do to ensure deals continue to be financed and represent value for money.
Event Features
Day 1 of the conference will focus on the impacts and aftermath of the global financial crisis on PPPs. It will feature senior executives from the public and private sectors who will describe the responses seen and also look down the road at the implications for PPPs in the medium term.
Day 2 will focus on emerging challenges for PPP practitioners, addressing important policy drivers at the global, national, and local levels that are reshaping infrastructure and public service priorities for all governments and focusing in particular on urban, environment and health PPPs.
A series of optional site visits will bring participants to PPP projects in the Metro Manila area immediately following PPPI Days.
PPPI Days 2010
March 22 – 23, 2010
Asian Development Bank Headquarters
Manila, Republic of the Philippines
More information and official invitations to this free, invitation-only event will be provided to selected participants. For immediate questions, please contact pppidays@worldbank.org
