Connecting PPP practitioners

Clive HarrisPractice Manager, PPPsWorld Bank Institute

The World Bank Institute• WBI is World Bank’s group for external

capacity development– Focus on “how to” of reform

• Renewal in 2009 to focus on 7 themes: – PPPs, Urban, Health, Growth and Crisis,

Climate Change, Governance, Fragile states

• Working through 4 platforms: – Structured learning, Knowledge

exchange, Innovation, Leadership and coalition building

Main platforms of WBI

• South-South knowledge platformwww.southsouth.info

• Development Marketplace and Innovation Radar

• Learning products including e-learning and “serious games”

• Extractive industries and anti-corruption platforms

• Global Development Learning Network

• Share experiences and approaches to policy and transactions

• Global and regional:– PPP Days – 2010 held in Manila, March 22-24– Francophone Africa, February 2010– Caribbean– South-East Europe and the Mediterranean June 2010– Asia PPP network – late 2010

• PPP practitioner networks:– Are undertaken in collaboration with regional partners

(MDBs, governments)– Involve regional structured learning as well– Use face-to-face and GDLN to allow practitioners to

network and share experiences• On a selected basis exchanges between countries

Practitioner networks for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange

PPP Practice: Practitioners Networks to Country Level Impacts

PPP Practitioner Meetings

•Global PPP Days as a regular and unique practitioner meeting•Regional forums being developed in Asia, SE Europe/Mediterranean, Africa•Practitioner-driven

GDLNs and Global PPP Forum Site

Pick Up High Priority Themes

Country or Multi-CountryActivities

Supporting country level reforms:• Generated through practitioner meetings•Use practitioner network as key resources

Knowledge and Learning Products

•Learning products incorporate case studies gleaned from practitioner meetings/country level work•Knowledge products key part of delivery of events

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Example of program of work for a Regional PPP Forum• Francophone PPP Forum held February 2010 in Abidjan

– Active support from WBG: AFR (PSD, SD), MIGA, IFC, Anchor, PPP GET)– Financial support from ACBF, PPIAF– Over 200 participants from 21 countries– Good representation from Cote d’Ivoire government despite the dissolution of

government 2 days before• Country specific impacts:

– Workshop helped move forward discussions on the preparation of two PPP projects with WBG assistance

– Engagement now with government on strengthening the institutional framework for PPPs to improve quality of projects and oversight of PPPs

• Network activities:– “Chair” of network appointed and GDLN discussion will be held to set network

directions– Government of Mauritania have asked for capacity building program commencing with

in-country workshop on developing framework for PPPs– Set of follow-up multi-country GDLNs scheduled for countries which attended,

covering legal and institutional issues• Regional impacts:

– Energized interest in Anglophone PPP Forum, scheduled now for summer 2010 with SADC, DBSA

– Ghana has also requested workshop on PPP program to interact with MDBs, private sector and to hear relevant regional experiences

The Global PPP Network• Global PPP Network collaborative site

launched at PPP Days 2010www.pppnetwork.info

– Forum for PPP practitioners to share experiences and resources

• PPP Days E-conference will be launched on the Global PPP Network May 17, – Will cover main topics via discussion forum– Will run for 4 weeks covering 1 topic per

week– Features PPP Days speakers as invited

participants– Open to all who join Global PPP Network

Learning products and training

• WBI approaches:– Involve deliver with regional and national

partners

– Use of e-learning and blended learning

• PPP learning products being developed in close partnership with ADB, MIF/IDB

• Global learning material on PPP policy fundamentals being developed – Will be used as basis for new training

programs with regional or national partners

Regional/Global training activities planned• Development of training curriculum for

India and roll-out via state level training institutes

• Regional training programs on PPPs in SE Europe, Asia

• Piloting Education PPP training in Africa• Focus also on developing learning

products in health, education and urban space

• Developing material on PPPs for civil society, parliamentariansa