Public Private Partnerships Strategies & Methods Training to be held as from November 7th-11th,2016-Nairobi

About ASPM
The Africa School of Project Management (ASPM) was established in the year 2000 in Kenya as a membership based professional management organisation. The school was formed to address capacity building needs among development partners, donor organizations, Government agencies, and International and private sector firms in Africa.
The school has been pivotal in capacity building in South Sudan, South Africa, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Somalia, Liberia, The Gambia, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burundi and Rwanda. The school has trained over 12,000 staffs who are involved in different projects and also conducted surveys, evaluations and research in different projects and businesses in Africa.

Broad Course Objective.
The objective of this course is to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the key elements to design, develop, and monitor PPP programs and contracts in a variety of sectors. Key topics covered include: PPP strategies and structuring options; pre-feasibility and screening processes; financial and contractual planning; procurement, negotiation, and monitoring procedures/processes; and institutional requirements, including PPP unit creations.
Through presentations, case studies, simulated exercises, and on-site meetings with leading legal, financial, and institutional PPP experts, participants will gain new knowledge and skills that will enable them to develop their own PPP Action Plan.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this hands-on skills delegates will be able to;
•Design, implement, and monitor a PPP program
•Illustrating the art of determining “value for money” and design a “cost comparator” model to evaluate PPP options
•Analyse best practices in conducting financial, economic, and technical feasibility studies
•Analyse case study experiences in structuring bankable PPP deals
•Evaluate risk identification, mitigation, and allocation among parties involved in a PPP project
•Engage in a simulated PPP pre-feasibility analysis, a simulated PPP transaction negotiation, or simulated PPP monitoring exercise
•Create PPP Action Plan to implement on-the-job
•Networking and building professional relationships with your fellow participants and leading PPP specialists, regulators, bankers, and attorneys

Course Outline

PPP Strategies and Options
•Rationale for identification of PPP projects as part of sustainable development planning
•Structuring considerations for relevant PPP options: service/management contracts, joint ventures, divestiture, licensing, leases, and concessions
•Sector application: water, energy, solid waste, municipal, transportation, housing, and ICT

Planning for PPP Projects
•Pre-feasibility planning and analysis
•Feasibility study requirements: economic, financial, social, legal/regulatory, and technical criteria
•Creating a standardized process (checklist) for PPP project screening
•Developing a feasibility index and ranking opportunities for investment decisions
•General nature of private infrastructure finance
• Lessons learned from past policies and projects
•Strategic considerations for the host government and for the private sector participant
• Identification and preparation of individual projects
• Developing a communications strategy

Design of Concessions and other PPP Arrangements
•Legal and regulatory framework
•Design of individual agreements
•Special problems of agreements with local authorities and other subnational entities
•Key financial considerations, including the concept of bankability

Procurement and Contract Monitoring
•Developing an overall strategy for contract writing, management, and negotiation
•Identifying key clauses required for technical and financial contract specifications
•Developing contract/project monitoring plans for better compliance

Negotiation of Key Contract Clauses
•The negotiation process
•How to negotiate contentious clauses, including: clauses to make a concession bankable; termination provisions and compensation in event of termination; tariff and price adjustment clauses; unilateral change and economic hardship clauses; provisions for government support; transfer of assets at the end of the concession and dispute settlement clauses

Finance: Structure and Basic Techniques
•The concept of project finance
•Risk analysis and mitigation
•Legal structures
•Basic techniques
•Basic project documents

Finance: Arranging the Funding
• Sources of finance
• Providing credit support and security for loans
• Financial documentation

Renegotiation of Agreements
• Most common reasons for renegotiation
• Alternatives to renegotiation
• Types of renegotiation
• Clauses in the concession agreement to facilitate renegotiation

Risk Identification, Mitigation, and Allocation Programming
•Techniques to identify PPP project risks
•Analysis of risks and applicable allocation strategies to the most suitable party
•Developing security packages (legal agreements) to mitigate project risks
•Use of financial models to determine cost recovery and the level of tariff
•The role of insurance risk mitigation.

Institutional Requirements to Structure Bankable PPP Projects
•Capacity requirements necessary to conduct feasibility studies, risk allocation, and financial modeling and rationale for PPP Units
•Using a PPP Unit to structure, promote, and monitor viable PPP projects, institutionalize the procurement process, and serve as a communication tool.

Fee information:
The tuition fee is US D 1,190 (Exclusive VAT). This caters for; • Six hours training every day • Training materials on soft / hard copy or both • Certificate • Meals-Tea at 10 Am, Lunch, Tea at 4 pm • One Tour or visit to our National parks/Zoo • Airport transfer

How to Register:
Kindly, drop us mail at info@aspm.co.ke or apply through the online form…http://www.aspm.co.ke/index.php/online-application