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Development of Policy, Legal, & Institutional Framework for the PPP Program in Malawi
Final Report
In the job outline below recognises there are two dimensions to the Director of PPP
Projects role. First: is the ‘external’ management of PPP transactions with line ministries;
with the appointment of Project Transaction Managers. There is now need to place
greater emphasis on the skills of management of Project Transaction Managers of
supporting line ministries and working with external consultants. Secondly: there is the
‘internal’ PPP contribution to managing the complexities of a dynamic PPP project
management IT systems. This is to enable the accuracy of information to recoded and
communicated to all stakeholders on the PPP project team.
There are three central components to the Directors of PPP Projects role:
a) Conduct and manage Feasibility Studies e.g to assess project
potential, affordability, value for money and risk transfer
b) Managing the ‘due diligence’ of PPP e.g. Share holdings, labour&
employment issues; land and property ownership; legal authority to
undertake PPP transaction; common PPP enterprise marketing
information for PPP transactions to secure investment; due diligence at
each stage of the PPP feasibility approvals and negotiation.
c) PPP project management procedures and leadership e.g.
information systems to monitor internal & external PPP project
components. PPP Transaction project management electronic data
storage and retrieval systems.
KEY TASKS:
This is a board job outline addressing seven key areas for the role of a Director of PPP
Projects, these are:
1. Project Feasibility Work Planning; weekly, monthly and annual with lime
ministries and investors
2. Project Resource Management; internal personnel, external consulting
resources (procurement) and feasibility budgets
3. Project Approvals; securing MoF approvals for each stage of the feasibility
study
4. Project ‘due diligence’ & PPP compliance Information
5. Management Information Systems (MIS) & Communications
We set out below the general description of these seven activities, including when you
will be considered successful and how you will be accountable.
1. Project Feasibility Work Planning
The Project Feasibility Work Planning for public private partnerships (PPP) and or
privatisations are articulated in the PPP Units annual work plans, prepared each
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