Welcome to PPP Capacity Building Activities: Bangladesh Experience Dr Md Bashirul Alam Deputy Secretary PPP Authority, Dhaka
Presentation outline 1. PPP in Bangladesh(3-7) 2. PPP capacity building in Bangladesh(8-9) 3. Capacity building of government officials(10) 4. Policy consultations with high officials(11) 5. PPP awareness seminar/workshops(12) 6. International investment Forum(13) 7. Future capacity building program-2015-16(14) 8. Q & A
PPP in Bangladesh 1. Key driver of PPP Government s Vision 2021 Government s goal : To be middle income country by 2021 It Needs: i)increase investments in infrastructure from 2% to 6% of GDP (ii)target 77 % investment from private sector Public Private Partnerships (PPP) as one of the key initiatives to meet this investment priority.
2. History of partnerships with private sector Chronological development of PPP Up to 1995 1996 2004 2005-2009 2010 - On going Project Based Initiative Sector Initiative Program Initiative Centrally Integrated Program Initiative 1996: Private Sector Power Generation Policy 2004: Private Sector Infrastructure Guidelines 2010: Policy and Strategy for PPP 2010: Special Power Act Fertiliser JV (e.g. KAFCO) Health (e.g. BIRDEM, Heart Foundation Power Projects (e.g. Haripur 360MW & Meghnaghat 450 MW power plants) Power Projects (e.g. RPCL 70MW) Road Projects (e.g. Hanif Flyover) PPP Act 2015 Multi-Sectoral Projects (e.g. Transport, Port, Power, Health, Zones, Civil Accommodation, Housing, Tourism)
3. Success of PPP in Bangladesh Strong pipeline of 42 projects valued over $16bn Transaction Advisors of 34 projects appointed 08 ppp projects are in tendering stage Contract agreement of 05 ppp projects signed PPP Law 2015 has enacted
Success contd. Contract signed PPP Projects 1. Dhaka Elevated expressway-road sector 2. Hemodialysis center at NIKDU-Health 3. Hemodialysis center at CMCH-Health 4. Hi-tech Park at Kaliakoir(block 2)-ICT 5. Hi-tech Park at Kaliakoir (Block 5)-ICT
contd: Pioneering PPP project: Hemodialysis center
PPP capacity building: Bangladesh Experience Strategies for capacity building Step-1: Identify target group Step-2: Assessing Training needs Step-3: Prepare capacity building plan Step-4: Design training package Step-5: implement training program Step-6: Sustain the capacity Priority: In designing training program for public sector people we have given more priority on financial, commercial, legal and negotiations skills rather than technical skills.
Capacity building program: 2012-2015
Capacity building training of government officials Intensive capacity building on PPP started from 2012 Total 450 government officials were trained on ppp by 36 events 46 government officials were trained abroad on various PPP issues
Policy level consultations Implementation of PPP needs high level policy decisions To get easy approval of PPP, 15 policy consultation events held Attended 300 high officials of Planning Commission & ministries
PPP awareness building seminar/workshop To create awareness 31 workshop/seminars held About 3400 local & international investors & other stakeholders participated those events As a result, PPP is a well-known phenomenon in Bangladesh today
International investment Forum To attract international investment, Global investment Forum held on 7-8 December 2012 International investment Forum-17 Sept 2014 Both the events were inaugurated by Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Investors from 20 countries attended
Future Capacity building plan(2015-16) 1. PPP Office in-house training: 09 days-72 hours 2. PPP series training : for govt officials-batch 3&4 3. PPP outside training :for project related officers, focal points and ACAD course officers- 3 events 4. Workshop/Seminars: for officials, investors, Corporate people, Policy makers:6 events 5. Overseas training- For govt officers in USA/UK 6. International investment Forum: 3 events- Dhaka(2) & Singapore. 7. Total budget-30 Million BDT
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