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Action Learning for PPP

In Public Private Partnerships (PPP), local authority engage private partners to develop urban infrastructure (assets) and related services/public goods (attract investment). PPPs offer several advantages but also a few challenges.

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Goal

Provide a brief input about needs for private sector investment in cities, and the difference between direct private capital investment and public private partnerships and identify and discuss pros and cons and success factors for PPPs.

Tasks

Step 1: Get familiar with needs for private investment in cities and further details about public private partnerships (PPPs)

Step 2: Discussion: what are, for your city, the pros and cons for PPPs? It is recommended to have a diverse group from administration perspective, from financing, planning and services departments. Collect all pros and cons in flipchart.

Step 3: Discussion: what are the success factors for a PPP: in a meta-board, place 3 larger ‘actor cards’ City – Private – Public. Collect from the group various success factors on ‘factor cards’. Discuss the relationship factors between all pairs of ‘actor cards’

Step 4: Now, based on the previous steps, discuss what are the bottlenecks for your city and how to overcome them?

Materials

PowerPoint Slides, flipchart, moderation materials

Note

If participants are not well versed with financing topics, take enough time to also discuss the questions arising after step 1; If participants are also convinced about the importance of PPP, feel free to discuss step 3 directly.