Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation

A Professional Training Course On:

Public-Private
Partnerships (PPP)
Project Preparation

Strategic Valuation, Risk Allocation, and Transaction Structuring for Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Investments

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Course Schedule

About This Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation Training Course

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation training course provides institutional decision-makers with the foundational mechanisms required to conceptualise, evaluate, and structure high-value public asset investments. Modern infrastructure projects depend upon robust pre-feasibility analysis, clear legal instruments, and exhaustive economic appraisals to balance public policy goals with private sector investment metrics. By systematically addressing early-stage project governance, this learning pathway enables organisations to mitigate long-term fiscal liabilities while maximising return on capital across complex operational ecosystems.

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation training course equips infrastructure leaders with structured methodologies to align strategic objectives, refine procurement frameworks, and establish balanced risk-sharing protocols. Developing advanced competencies in investment appraisal, tariff design, and lifecycle governance ensures that public asset ventures maintain commercial viability and deliver enduring socio-economic value. Connecting technical validation with executive governance, this initiative prepares key leaders to navigate evolving regulatory conditions, safeguard public capital, and execute seamless project transitions.

Expected Outcomes

Completing the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation training course enables professionals to transform strategic infrastructure goals into bankable, commercially viable investment projects.

  • Execute comprehensive needs assessments while evaluating legal, technical, and early-stage financial feasibility criteria.
  • Integrate environmental and social governance standards alongside optimal state financial contribution mechanisms.
  • Apply refined public investment models, market capacity evaluations, and rigorous value-for-money metrics.
  • Formulate bankable transaction structures, equitable payment models, and actionable project implementation plans.
  • Establish high-performing project delivery units equipped with defined governance authorities and oversight metrics.
  • Coordinate complex stakeholder interfaces, manage operational transitions, and direct structured asset hand-back procedures.

This Course is Best For

Attending the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation training course directly benefits senior leaders responsible for capital allocation, asset management, and major infrastructure initiatives.

  • Public Sector Infrastructure Directors and Policy Advisors
  • Project Finance Directors and Investment Banking Specialists
  • Infrastructure Legal Counsel and Commercial Contract Managers
  • Dedicated Project Delivery Unit Leaders
  • Enterprise Risk Management Executives
  • Private Concessionaires, Infrastructure Developers, and Institutional Investors

Training Method

Participants experience an immersive executive learning environment focused on practical application, collaborative analysis, and strategic problem-solving. The Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation training course prioritises real-world applicability, guiding decision-makers through practical risk matrices, financial structures, and governance frameworks. Facilitated discussions and structured self-reflection encourage delegates to translate core principles directly into operational strategy.

Through peer-to-peer analysis of transaction models and commercial terms, leaders gain critical insight into balancing risk and reward across complex asset life cycles. Facilitated group discussions explore regulatory frameworks, contractual safeguards, and operational readiness, enabling participants to build organizational resilience and elevate delivery standards.

Course Outline

Day 1:Project Pre-Feasibility Analysis

Key behaviours:

  • Perform a comprehensive Needs Analysis
  • Understand the different types of feasibility studies required for any PPP project
  • Distinguish between the needs and wants in the project scope
  • Interpret and identify social and environmental safeguards

Topics to be covered:

  • Needs and options analysis
  • Legal feasibility
  • Technical feasibility
  • Scoping social/environment safeguards analysis
  • Preliminary financial viability including expectations of required Government financial support
Day 2:Defining Public-Private Partnerships and Setting the Framework & Structure

Competency Description: It is essentially important that personnel involved in any PPP project understands the full scope and context of the various PPP schemes.

Key behaviours:

  • Appreciate the fundamental concepts of the PPP scheme
  • Understand the different types of PPP contracts
  • Know and understand the critical phases and levels of a PPP project
  • Appreciate the rationale behind market needs

Topics to be covered:

  • Rationale, aim and motivation for engaging PPP
  • Key phases of the PPP project process
  • The structure of the PPPs
  • Different types of PPPs
  • The four levels of preparation and implementation
  • Analyse the important factors for the project preparation process
Day 3:Key Decision Criteria to Identification of PPP Projects, PPP Screening & Cost Benefit Analysis

Competency Description: Many vital decisions have to be made and PPP project professionals must recognize and understand the various options in order to make the right decision for a sustainable and successful PPP project.

Key behaviours:

  • Appreciate Understanding and knowledge of investment models
  • Know how to select suitable PPP projects
  • Knowledge and insights of the different PPP models
  • Analysis of cost benefits
  • Decision making abilities giving value for money
  • Perform a basic project appraisal

Topics to be covered:

  • Public investment delivery model
  • Economies of scale and project grouping
  • Analysis of cost benefits of a PPP project
  • How to get value for money in PPP projects
  • Commercialisation potential analysis
  • Market potential
  • Capacity of assuming long term commitments
Day 4:Basics of Project Preparation: An Overview of its Key Components

Competency Description: A critical success factor in any PPP project is understanding the various components and best practice to prepare and implement a comprehensive project implementation plan.

Key behaviours:

  • Develop a practical ability to identify and mange project risks
  • Understand the importance of financial and economic analyses
  • Interpret costings estimates and impacts
  • Decipher payment mechanisms in PPP projects
  • Develop and implement practical project plans

Topics to be covered:

  • Project identification, risks, sustainability
  • Project design: Tender strategy, technical aspects, components, cost estimation, and financing
  • Structuring a PPP contracts
  • How to avoid common pitfalls
  • Importance of project financial and economic analysis
  • Understanding and applying payment mechanisms
  • Preparing the Project Implementation Plan
  • Project Management Arrangements – Various types of agreements and monitoring indicators
Day 5:Planning for PPP Project Management, Project Operations and Hand Back

Key behaviours:

  • Appreciate the importance of proactive project management strategy
  • Know the fundamental concepts of project management
  • Identify the challenges parties face in a PPP projects and how to overcome them
  • Choose the right people and skills for the various roles
  • Formulate clear and concise management plans
  • Appreciate the strategic objectives of stakeholder management

Topics to be covered:

  • Appointing a PPP project manager and project team (Project Implementation Unit)
  • Key roles within the project, including decision-making authorities, and sources and funding for assistance
  • Preparing the project plan
  • Dealing with main challenges of a PPP project
  • The absolute importance of stakeholder consultation and managing the interface
  • Risk assessment and analysis
  • Going beyond the construction phase to ensure success in Operations
  • Hand back of asset upon contract expiry

Certificate

  • The 360 Leaders Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

Our Collaboration

Anderson Copex Coventry

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Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation FAQs

The training course outlines systematic methodologies for conducting pre-feasibility analysis, balancing risk distribution, and designing transparent payment mechanisms, ensuring initiatives meet stringent commercial standards required by institutional investors.  

It provides public sector leaders with the capability to evaluate value-for-money parameters accurately, safeguard state assets, and negotiate balanced agreements that minimize long-term fiscal liabilities.  
Delegates acquire actionable tools to manage project implementation units, guide multi-party stakeholder groups, design procurement schedules, and oversee complex post-construction asset handovers.  
While a basic understanding of capital investment principles is beneficial, the material is structured to guide executives step-by-step through technical feasibility, economic appraisal, and contract execution frameworks.  
By building comprehensive competence across every stage of initial project structuring—from early needs analysis to asset hand-back—professionals position themselves as strategic leaders capable of directing complex capital investments.  
The content examines post-construction operational continuity, ongoing performance management metrics, dynamic risk adjustments, and formal protocols for contract completion and asset transfer.  

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