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

11 and 13 November 2012
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

The High-level EGM was organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and hosted by the Government of Iran in Tehran on 11-12 November 2012.

The High-level Expert Group Meeting was followed by a Business forum (13 November 2012) and the third Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Public-Private Partnership for Infrastructure Development (14 November 2012). Both events were organized by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the support of ESCAP.

Meeting Documents

• Programme

Presentations and Statement

• Opening Statement:

Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP (PDF)

• Public-Private Partnerships Modality for Infrastructure Development

  (a) Features of Public-Private Partnerships (PDF)

  (b) Principal barriers/constraints to successful public-private partnerships (PDF)

  (c) Creating an environment conducive to public-private partnerships (PDF)

  (d) Risk management in public-private partnerships (PDF)

  (e) Islamic financing (PDF)

  Islamic Development Bank - Public-Private Partnerships Experiences (PDF)

• Implementation of the Jakarta Declaration on Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development in Asia and the Pacific
  
  

  - Bangladesh (PDF)
  - Brunei Darussalam (PDF)
  - Fiji (PDF)
  - Indonesia (PDF)
  - Iran (PDF)
  - Nepal (PDF)
  - Pakistan (PDF)
  - Philippines (PDF)
  - Sri Lanka (PDF) / (PDF)
  - Vanuatu (PDF)

• Addressing selected planning and policy issues in Public-Private Partnerships

(a) Policy, legal and regulartory frameworks (PDF)

(b) Government support to PPP projects (PDF)

(c) Processes and procedures for implementing public-private partnerships, including effective management over their life cycle (PDF)

(d) Procurement (PDF)

(e) Capacity building for PPP development (PDF)

• The role, structure and functions of public-private partnerships units and programmes (PDF)

Business Forum (PDF)

Meeting Report (PDF)

ESCAP publications on PPP

• A Guidebook on Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure (PDF)
• Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Development - A Primer (PDF)
• PPP-Readiness Self-Assessment (PDF)