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Results of the PPP Transport Forum in Francophone Africa
Outputs Outcomes
Capacity and awareness building
Workshops/seminars
� Forum on PPP in Transport Infrastructure
in Francophone Africa, April 23–29, 2010
Technical capacity enhanced
� Improved awareness and understanding of 130
participants from the Francophone Africa on transport
infrastructure PPPs
6. Rapid Needs Assessments and Help Desk Service ($300,000): this activity was approved on
March 10, 2011. The activity was undertaken in response to governments who needed an immediate
analysis of various options available to them in developing PPPs. This activity will provide a quick
intervention to guide senior level government officials in making a decision for more targeted technical
assistance in the sector. An initial rapid assessment was undertaken to determine options for urban water
supply in Ghana. The options identified were developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders and
discussed with the Minister of Water Resources, Works, and Housing in Accra on October 21, 2011. In
December 2011 the government selected three of the options, which focus on strengthening the
governance and performance of the sector by considering different institutional arrangements and
contractual relationships between the main parties, for detailed analysis. The government has requested
further support for the analysis of these preliminary options. A second intervention for the activity consists
of providing technical assistance through a helpdesk, staffed by experts, to PPP units to build capacity to
develop, implement, and manage PPP projects. The helpdesk is currently being carried out as a pilot
project with Uganda’s privatization unit. There are no outputs and outcomes at this moment as the activity
is still underway. The helpdesk has been in operation since April 2011.
7. PPP Workshop Best Practices and Lessons Learned from Recent African Case Studies
($75,000): this activity was approved on March 30, 2011 and aims to co-finance a workshop to create
awareness to African governments on the realities in PPPs and best practices particularly in the aftermath
of the global financial crisis. There has been a widespread recognition in African countries of the benefits
of private market financing of, and participation in, infrastructure projects. This has been driven largely by
factors such as austere budgetary constraints that have limited the public sector’s ability to meet
increasing infrastructure needs and consumer demand for reliable and efficient services. Perhaps, more
importantly, success stories across Africa have encouraged a number of governments to consider a
change in socio-economic paradigm from the traditional welfare state to one where the user pays for
infrastructure services. However, the African dilemma is that governments are constantly faced with
decisions regarding PPPs, but enthusiasm is usually curbed by factors such as the lack of information
about best practices, absence of PPP skills and capacity to properly manage PPP processes, and the
inadequate regulatory and institutional framework. The workshop seeks to bridge the gap between PPP
theory and PPP best practices and was held in Nigeria in November 2011. Government and private
sector stakeholders and practitioners from several African countries including Kenya, Burundi, Southern
Sudan, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Liberia, Cameroun, Senegal, and Gabon attended.
Results of the PPP Best Practices Workshop in Africa
Outputs Outcomes
Capacity and awareness building
Workshops/seminars
� Africa: PPP Workshop Best Practices
and Lessons Learned, November 14–15,
2011
Technical capacity enhanced
� Improved awareness and understanding of
participants from Africa on best practices and recent
experience of African countries on PPPs
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