PPPs are a legitimate funding tool for development and should be embraced by governments globally. However, it should be remembered that governments need to recognize that attracting PPP investment requires an extensive marketing process that highlights their PPP readiness, including institutional capacity to manage PPP projects, the existence of an enabling environment, transparent procurement processes, and a comprehensive risk management structure.

1. PPP is a SEXY word but nothing is for free
Before entering in any PPP arrangement, Governments or Public Organizations should master Public-
Private Partnerships (PPPs) Key Concepts
Learning about Public Private Partnerships
Why Governments need PPPs?
• PPP have developed in part due to financial shortages in the public sector
• PPPs have demonstrated the ability to harness additional financial resources and operating
efficiencies inherent to the private sector
• However Governments should be prepared before starting to work in any PPP framework….
PPPs could help Governments to achieve their Economic Development Goals…
….however Governments must establish the right conditions!
 Acquiring Institutional Capacity about PPPs is a mandatory step
 Establishing PPP Legal Framework, PPP Law or PPP Act, and a clear PPP procurement process
 Empowering a PPP Unity, under the Ministry of Finance, with the right staff, skills and timing
which should be responsible and accountable for following up, monitoring and reporting all PPP
cases in your country

2.  The PPP Unit will centralize all the PPP procurement processes assisting the technical Ministries,
such as Transport, Energy, and Health among others.
 The potential PPP project should be commercially feasible and publicly affordable, providing
environmental and social benefits
 Cost Benefit Analysis is a mandatory exercise to calculate the VALUE FOR MONEY for each PPP
project case.
Institutional Capacity is a Key Factor for Managing a Successful PPP
A PPP arrangement differs from conventional public procurement in several respects...
In a PPP arrangement the public and private sectors collaborate to deliver public infrastructure
projects (e.g. roads, railways, hospitals, water sanitation, power plants, transmission lines…)
which typically share the following features:
 a long-term contract between a public procuring authority (the “Authority”) and a
private sector company (the “PPP Company”) based on the procurement of services, not
assets;
 the transfer of certain project risks to the private sector, notably with regard to
designing, building, operating and/or financing the project;

3.  a focus on the specification of project outputs rather than project inputs, taking account
of the whole life cycle implications for the project;
 the application of private financing (often “project finance”) to underpin the risks
transferred to the private sector; and
 payments to the private sector which reflect the services delivered. The PPP Company
may be paid either by users through user charges (e.g. highway tolls), by the Authority
(e.g. availability payments, shadow tolls) or by a combination of both (e.g. low user
charges together with public operating subsidies).
The rationale for using a PPP arrangement instead of conventional public procurement rests on
the proposition that optimal risk sharing with the private partner delivers better “value for
money” for the public sector and ultimately the end user.
PPP arrangements are more complex than conventional public procurement. They require
detailed project preparation and planning, proper management of the procurement phase to
incentivize competition among bidders. They also require careful contract design to set
service standards, allocate risks and reach an acceptable balance between commercial risks
and returns. These features require skills in the public sector which are not typically called for
in conventional procurement.
What is Value for Money?
The Value for money is a methodology which we apply at different time in the transaction. It is the
optimum combination of whole-life cost and quality (or fitness for purpose) to meet the user's
requirement. It can be assessed using the criteria of economy, efficiency and effectiveness. TOOLS Cost-
benefit analysis: A method to evaluate the net economic impact of a project.

4. Then, what projects are PPP eligible?
Private sector could manage better the risk….however if Private sector does not manage the risk, then
there is no sense to use it or any PPP structure, and Public sector should use a conventional public
procurement way.

5. In this picture, the cost of project is lesser and has more Value for Money if the Public Sector develops
it!
Conclusion:
PPPs are a legitimate funding tool for development and should be embraced by governments globally.
However, it should be remembered that governments need to recognize that attracting PPP investment
requires an extensive marketing process that highlights their PPP readiness, including institutional
capacity to manage PPP projects, the existence of an enabling environment, transparent procurement
processes, and a comprehensive risk management structure.
References:
http://www.slideshare.net/saenzcore/alejandro-saenzcore-digital-artifact-resourcejune-23-2015