Pioneering seminar on preparing for PPP rollout

MANILA, Philippines - In preparation for the government’s rollout 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 and 5, 2011 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City. 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 many more! For more details, check www.cgbp.org or call Manila lines 8427148/59 and 5568968/69, Cebu (032) 5123106/07 or Baguio (074) 4235148. This special event will feature former Justice Secretary Alberto Agra who is the course director of this program and 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; Marina Dampf, executive vice president and COO, Ausphil Tollways, Phils.; Aileen Anunciacion R. Zosa, executive vice-president, BCDA; Virgilio Rivera Jr., group director, Regulation and Corporate Dev’t Manila Water Inc.