High-level Expert Group Meeting on Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development

The High-level EGM was organized by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea in Seoul from 2 to 4 October 2007. The High-level EGM was held in conjunction with a Ministerial Conference on PPPs and and Asia-Pacific Business Forum on PPPs.

Background materials

• Public-private partnerships in infrastructure development: An introduction to issues from different perspectives, background document for the meeting prepared by the ESCAP Secretariat (PDF, 80 pages).
  
  
• Guidebook on Promoting Good Governance in PPPs , prepared by the ECE Secretariat (PDF, 105 pages).
  
  
• PPP work flow diagram: Procurement process of PPI projects in the Republic of Korea (PDF, 38 slides)
  
  
• The Philippines National Infrastructure Forum, Manila 1997 (PDF, 83 pages)
  
  
• E-procurement, ESCAP/ADBI publication ST/ESCAP/2406, 2006 (Web | PDF)
  
  
• The way forward, a brief overview of models used to develop a PPP Alliance Network for Asia, prepared by the ESCAP Secretariat (PDF, 10 pages )
  
  
• Country reports submitted by ESCAP members and associate members (Web)
  
  
• Tools for PPP self-assessment:
  • Guidelines (PDF, 55 pages)
  • MS Excel files for the self-assessment:
    • Manual input (.xls)
    • Individual files: Government (.xls), Domestic private sector (.xls), International private sector (.xls)
    • Linked input from individual files (.xls)

Presentations and Statements

• Opening Statements:
  • Director of Transport and Tourism Division of the UNESCAP (PDF)
  • President of Korea Development Institute (PDF)
    
    
• Congratulary Address: Vice Minister of Planning and Budget, Republic of Korea (PDF)
  
  
• PPP Alliance Programme for Capacity-building, Presentation to introduce the project by the ESCAP Secretariat (PDF, 17 slides)
  
  
• PPPs in Infrastructure Development - Issues from different perspectives (PDF, 31 slides ), presentation by the ESCAP Secretariat to introduce the background paper
  
  
• Insight into Korea's Public-Private Partnerships by Cho Yong-Man, Ministry of Planning and Budget (PDF, 27 slides )
  
  
• Promoting Good Governance in Public-Private Partnerships by Geoffrey Hamilton, UNECE (PDF, 22 slides)
  
  
• Risk Management in Public-Private Partnerships, Value for Money and the Public Sector Comparator by Anthony Smith, Farne Project Consultancy (PDF, 17 slides)
  
  
• Self-Assessment of PPP-Readiness of Countries, Presentation on the PPP readiness tool for diagnostic purposes, by the ESCAP Secretariat (PDF, 24 slides)
  
  
• Case studies in administration and management of public-private partnerships programmes:
  • Bangladesh (PDF)
  • Philippines (PDF)
  • Sri Lanka (PDF)
    
    
• e-Governance for Infrastructure Development in Japan by Yoshio Umehara, JACIC (PDF, 31 slides)
  
  
• Public Procurement System in Korea by Kim Jong-Yeul, Public Procurement Service (PDF, 27 slides)
  
  
• Risk Allocation/Mitigation by Institutional Arrangements, Concession Agreements & Payment Security Mechanisms by Siddhartha Das (PDF, 47 slides), Ernst & Young Private Limited / Additional Notes (PDF, 1 page )
  
  
• Key Issues, Some Illustrations of Activities, & Suggestions for the Way Forward by Batdelger Luuzan UNDP-PPPSD (PDF, 25 slides )