Seminar set on how to prepare for PPP bidding

MANILA, Philippines - In preparation for the government’s roll-out of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects for the 2nd half of this year, the Center for Global Best Practices, in collaboration with Forensic Solutions and the International Chamber of Commerce, will hold the third series of its pioneering seminar entitled “Public-Private Partnerships Series III: PPP for Airports, Seaports, Water, Tollways, Real Estate Projects, Light Rail & Railway Systems (MRT)”, on Aug. 4 & 5, at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City.

This new program will focus on airports and seaports, light rail and railway (mass transit) systems, water facilities and distribution, toll ways, and real estate projects, through a sectoral approach. This one-and-a-half-day program will present specialized approaches on how you can structure your own PPP deals with these types of projects by knowing how existing projects were done successfully as well as valuable insights from experts sharing their success stories on PPP modes they adopted locally and in other countries.

The program will also present the best practices do’s and don’ts in preparing for PPP Bids and its implementation, pitfalls and challenges, peculiarities and unique issues, key points in the financial statements to watch out for, justifications in project finance, risk allocations and tariff rates, schemes in charging customers and the public, common payment structure and profit sharing arrangements in partnerships and many more!   For more details, check www.cgbp.org or call Manila lines 842-7148/ 59 and 556-8968/ 69, Cebu (032) 512-3106/ 07 or Baguio (074) 423-5148.

This special event will feature former Justice Secretary, Alberto C. Agra who is the course director of this program. He is a strong advocate of PPP, a professor of laws (1993 to present), and co-author of Knowing BOT and JV. He currently heads Forensic Law and Policy Strategies, Inc. and Forensic Solutions, a think tank offering services in the fields of policy, law reform, advocacy and governance.

In addition, the program will also feature several PPP experts and resource persons including:

• Bhaskar Subramanian, associate director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, India

• Martina M. Dampf, executive vice president & COO, Ausphil Tollways, Phils.

• Aileen Anunciacion R. Zosa, executive vice-president, BCDA

• Virgilio C. Rivera, Jr., group director, Regulation and Corporate Dev’t. Manila Water Inc.

For those looking to enter into PPP projects, this seminar is surely of great help to you. Register early and avail of early bird discounts for early registrations, and group discounts for attendees of 3 or more. This is a limited-seats-only event and pre-registration is required.