Capacity Training Workshop on Private-Public Partnerships in Jordan

6 September 2007, Amman, Jordan 

A capacity training workshop attended by over 30 officials from the Jordanian Privatisation Commission (EPC) and other public sector agencies such as the Ministries of Economy and Finance working on privatisation and public-private partnership (PPP) projects was organised by the MENA-OECD Investment Programme at the request of the Commission. The workshop was chaired by Dr. Mohammad Abu Hammour, Chairman of the EPC and Dr. Rainer Geiger, Head of the MENA OECD Investment Programme. The objective of this workshop was to present the OECD and MENA practices and models on structuring PPP transactions, with an emphasis on legal, financial and risk management considerations. Case studies of transactions undertaken in Tunisia, Turkey and Sweden were presented and discussed by the participants and experts who debated the benefits of the various models of PPP and discussed the socio-economic challenges that are commonly encountered while implementing PPP projects as well as the mechanisms to avoid them. Follow-up activities with the EPC are being planned to further strengthen its capacity to pursue the envisioned projects.

Agenda

Presentations:

Session 1: Overview of International Principles and Tools on PPPs

• Regulatory Framework for Successful PPPs
  Dr. Alexander Böhmer, Executive Programme Manager, MENA-OECD Investment Programme

• World Bank Experience in structuring successful PPPs
  Mr. John Speakman, Lead Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank    

Session 2: Financial Arrangements in PPPs

• Experience of Turkey in Public Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development for PPP development
  Mr. Emre Basaran, PPP Expert, Turkey
• Financial Arrangements in PPP
  Mr. Michael Flynn, Manager, Specialised Finance/Financial Advisory Services, Deloitte Ireland Office

Session 3: Contractual and Risk Management Arrangements in PPPs

• Managing Risk in PPP Projects through Legal Documentation
  Mr. Alan Straus, Director and General Counsel, Acap Partners Ltd, BIAC representative
• Contractual & Risk Management Arrangements - PPPs
  Mr. Imtiaz Hizkil, Country Operations Department, Islamic Development Bank

Session 4: Presentation of Case Studies

• Swedish Experience with PPP
  Mr. Peter Stein, CEO, Stein Brothers AB, Sweden
• Concession In Tunisian Law: A Privileged Instrument Of The Public-Private Partnership
  Mr. Majed Sfar, Councilor for Public Services, Tunisia
• Different PPP Designs in the MENA Region: Establishing an Effective Legal & Contractual Framework
  Mr. Roger Fiszelson, Director, SEFI, France