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Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation

Winning Strategies for Successful Delivery of PPP Projects

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Why Choose Us

The Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation Course gives government officials, infrastructure professionals, and project finance specialists a comprehensive, structured framework for preparing, structuring, and managing PPP projects — covering pre-feasibility analysis, PPP framework design, cost-benefit analysis, project preparation components, and operational management through to contract expiry and asset hand back.

PPP projects are among the most complex and consequential infrastructure delivery mechanisms available to governments and public sector organisations. Getting the preparation right — from initial needs analysis and legal feasibility through to tender strategy, payment mechanisms, stakeholder management, and risk allocation — is what determines whether a PPP delivers sustainable public value or becomes a costly, disputed liability.

This course addresses every stage of that preparation challenge, covering needs and options analysis, PPP structures and types, investment delivery models, project appraisal, contract structuring, project implementation planning, and the operational management disciplines that sustain PPP success beyond construction and through to hand back.

The Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation Course is built for professionals who want the structured knowledge, practical frameworks, and decision-making capability to prepare and manage PPP projects that deliver genuine value for money across their full contractual lifecycle

 

Why Choose Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation
Course Goals

What are the Goals?

The Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation Course is designed to develop comprehensive PPP project preparation capability, from pre-feasibility analysis and PPP framework design through cost-benefit analysis, project preparation, and operational management.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Conduct needs and options analysis and perform legal, technical, and preliminary financial feasibility assessments for PPP projects
  • Identify and interpret social and environmental safeguards and evaluate government financial support requirements
  • Explain PPP rationale, project phases, structures, and contract types and apply the four levels of PPP preparation and implementation
  • Apply public investment delivery models, economies of scale principles, and cost-benefit analysis to PPP project identification and screening
  • Evaluate commercialisation potential, market potential, and long-term commitment capacity for PPP project decisions
  • Identify and manage project risks, interpret cost estimates, and understand financial and economic analysis requirements
  • Structure PPP contracts, decipher payment mechanisms, and develop project implementation plans
  • Prepare comprehensive project management arrangements including monitoring indicators and agreement types
  • Appoint and organise PPP project teams including decision-making authorities and funding sources
  • Manage stakeholder consultation, risk assessment, operational phase challenges, and asset hand-back planning upon contract expiry

Who is this Training Course for?

The Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation Course is designed for government, public sector, and private sector professionals who are involved in the development, structuring, financing, or management of PPP projects across infrastructure, utilities, transport, healthcare, and social sectors.

This course is suitable for:

  • Government officials and public sector professionals responsible for developing and managing PPP projects and procurement programmes
  • Infrastructure and project finance professionals structuring PPP schemes and advising on financial viability and investment models
  • Legal and contract management professionals drafting, reviewing, and negotiating PPP contracts and agreements
  • Project managers and project implementation unit professionals managing PPP preparation and delivery processes
  • Risk management professionals conducting risk identification, assessment, and allocation within PPP frameworks
  • Private sector investors, developers, and concessionaires evaluating PPP project opportunities and managing PPP contracts
  • Development finance institution professionals assessing PPP project viability and government support requirements
  • Graduate public administration, finance, and infrastructure professionals entering roles involving PPP project development
Learning Approach

How will this Training Course be Presented?

The Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Project Preparation Course is delivered through a structured, project lifecycle-aligned learning approach that moves from pre-feasibility and PPP framework design through screening, project preparation, implementation planning, and operational management. Each day addresses a distinct phase of the PPP project preparation process, building a complete, integrated understanding of what is required to prepare and manage a PPP project to a professional standard.

Practical exercises, case analysis, and project preparation workshops are integrated throughout, ensuring delegates connect PPP frameworks to the real preparation challenges they face in their professional roles.

Delivery methods include:

  • Instructor-led sessions covering PPP fundamentals, pre-feasibility methodology, screening criteria, contract structures, and governance frameworks
  • Needs and options analysis sessions applying needs assessment and feasibility evaluation to PPP project scenarios
  • PPP structure and type analysis workshops examining different PPP models, contract types, and preparation phases
  • Cost-benefit analysis and screening exercises applying investment delivery models, value for money analysis, and commercialisation potential assessment
  • Operations and hand-back planning sessions examining post-construction management and contract expiry asset hand-back requirements

The Course Content

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

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

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

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

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
Recognition

Certificate

  • • Wallstreet Development Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course.
Qualifications & Endorsements

Accreditation

PMI

Wallstreet Development Academy is an official PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP). All applicable project management courses are pre-approved by the Project Management Institute, allowing participants to earn the necessary PDUs and Contact Hours for certification and recertification.

Collaborations

In Partnership With

Anderson Copex Coventry