The OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials has created a special network devoted to the topic of the governance of infrastructure and public-private partnerships (PPPs). The Network supports governments getting infrastructure right, by providing best practices based on Member country experiences with what works (and what doesn't). The Network's regular meetings provide unique opportunities to exchange experience and knowledge between policy makers to improve the governance of infrastructure across countries. 

 

OECD Framework for the Governance of Infrastructure Poor governance is a major reason why infrastructure projects often fail to meet their timeframe, budget, and service delivery objectives. The OECD Framework for the Governance of Infrastructure provides an overview of current practices in infrastructure governance and presents practical tools to help policy makers better manage infrastructure. The dimensions relate to how governments prioritise, plan, budget, deliver, regulate and evaluate infrastructure investment.
OECD Recommendation on Principles for Public Governance of Public-Private Partnerships Since the early 1990s, and even more so since the early 2000s, PPPs have been an established practice in many OECD countries and have attracted growing attention in others. The complexity of PPPs requires a number of capacities in government both in terms of skills, institutional structures and legal framework. The OECD Principles for Public Governance of Public-Private Partnerships can help governments strengthen their institutional framework and ensure value for money, preventing ill-designed projects from going forward.

 

Events:

• 13th OECD Meeting of Senior Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure Officials, Virtual meeting, 29 October 2020
• 12th OECD meeting of Senior Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure Officials, Paris, 16 April 2019
• 4^th Forum on the Governance of Infrastructure, OECD, Paris, 17 April 2019
• 11th OECD meeting of Senior Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure Officials, Paris, 27 March 2018
• 3^rd Forum on the Governance of Infrastructure, OECD, Paris, 26 March 2018
• 2^nd OECD Forum on the Governance of Infrastructure, OECD, Paris, 20 March 2017 (summary)
• 10^th OECD meeting of Senior Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure Officials, Paris, 21 March 2017 (summary)
• 1^st OECD Forum on the Governance of Infrastructure, OECD, Paris, 29 February 2016 (summary)
• 9th OECD meeting of Senior Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure Officials, Paris, 1 March 2016
• 8^th OECD meeting of Senior Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure Officials, Paris, 23-24 March 2015 (summary)
• 7^th OECD meeting on Public-Private Partnerships, Paris, 17-18 February 2014 (summary)
• 6^th OECD meeting on Public-Private Partnerships, Paris, 15-16 April 2013 (summary)
• 5^th OECD meeting on Public-Private Partnerships, Paris, 26-27 March 2012
• 4^th OECD meeting on Public-Private Partnerships, Paris, 24-25 March 2011
• 3^rd OECD meeting on Public-Private Partnerships, Paris, 12-13 April 2010
• 2^nd OECD meeting on Public-Private Partnerships, Paris, 5-6 March 2009
• OECD Symposium "Public-Private Partnerships: Affordability, Value for Money and the PPP Process", Winterthur, Switzerland, 21-22 February 2008
• OECD Symposium on Agencies and Public-Private Partnerships, Madrid, 5-7 July 2006

 

Regional Networks:

• Regional Rountables on Infrastructure Governance
• Asian Public GovernanceForum on Public-Private Partnerships
• Regional Policy Network Meeting on PPPs, Infrastructure and Connectivity

 

Database

• OECD (2018), Database: OECD Survey of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Governance

 

Links and related documents:

• OECD (2017), Gaps and Governance Standards of Public Infrastructure in Chile, Infrastructure Governance Review, (book)
• OECD (2017), Getting Infrastructure Right: A framework to better governance (book)
• OECD (2017), Getting Infrastructure Right: A framework to better governance (brochure)
• OECD (2017), The Governance of Regulators (book)
• World Bank (2015), "From lessons to principles: The public governance of PPPs", Handshake: The World Bank Group's journal on public-private partnership (article)
• OECD (2012), Recommendation of the Council on Principles for Public Governance of Public-Private Partnerships (brochure)
• OECD (2010), "Public-Private Partnerships: Making the right choice for the right reason", OECD Observer magazine (article)
• OECD (2010), Dedicated Public-Private Partnerships: A Survey of Institutional and Governance Structures (book) 
• OECD (2008), Public-Private Partnerships: In Pursuit of Risk Sharing and Value for Money (book)