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Development of Policy, Legal, & Institutional Framework for the PPP Program in Malawi
Final Report
A great deal of training and capacity building is required to convert government officials, who
understand engineering and lowest-price procurement, into officials who are Service Delivery
oriented. Being Service Delivery oriented means two important things: (1) the project must be
“market driven,” meaning that consumer demand, affordability, and willingness to pay are key
project appraisal factors; and (2) the focus of project appraisal is not on the Facilities, but rather
on the Outputs of those Facilities. The “market driven” factor is especially foreign to officials of
governments in countries where government has traditionally played a pivotal role in most of
the key sectors, and has extensively intervened in economic activities. Such interventions
characterize the governments of most emerging economies, including Malawi.
Below, we have provided framework for capacity building. The curricula need to be
incorporated into a training program for all key stakeholder ministries and departments, as well
as regional and local level bodies. This training should be mobilized concurrently with
mobilization of the National PPP Program, with an initial emphasis on PPP Nodes, and
continued until there is enough capacity for the Program to operate without being constrained
by a shortage of skills.
PPP Professional Certification Program
Included in the capacity building for PPP should be a professional certification program for
managers and senior level officials. Government personnel policies and manuals, along with
individual job descriptions, should provide a role for such certification to play in the process of
selecting personnel and promoting them to higher-level positions.
The components of such a certification program could be as follows:
Forms of PPP and where they are being used within the region and around the world;
Processes to identify PPP opportunities and the key elements that go into a PPP analysis;
Elements to effectively structure the financing for PPP arrangements and put your new
knowledge to the test in a financial modeling simulation exercise;
How PPPs can be designed so that they stimulate the development of the local private
sector and encourage local participation;
Develop skills to effectively manage (and communicate with) the stakeholders to a PPP,
including customers, the media, and labor unions;
Learn about the Indian PPP regulatory framework;
Institutional reviews and case studies; and
Detailed and personalized strategic Action Plan
Course Module Topics
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