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Workshop on Innovation in Transport PPPs
2025 Workshop Series on Public-Private Partnerships Hot Topics
Workshop on Innovation in Transport PPPs
21 May

2025

TIME: 21 May 2025, 18:00 – 20:00 (GMT+8)

LOCATION: Virtual

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Workshop Series

Co-organized by the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF), Egypt Ministry of Finance, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), World Bank, and World Association of PPP Units and Professionals (WAPPP), the 2025 Workshop Series on Public-Private Partnerships Hot Topics will build practical skills tailored for public-private partnership (PPP) units and professionals in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia.

Following the success of the inaugural workshop series in 2024, the 2025 workshop series will feature niche and emerging topics, experience sharing, and good practices in developing countries, incorporating expertise from International Financial Institutions (IFIs).

Certificate of Participation

Those who attend at least three out of four workshops in the series will receive a certificate of participation.

Workshop Three: Innovation in Transport PPPs

The third workshop in the series will examine performance-based contracting (e.g., CREMA approach), green and smart mobility PPPs, nature-based solutions, and nature-positive arrangements.

AGENDA
Speakers
Ekow Coleman
Ekow Coleman
Principal Infrastructure Investment Officer, Infrastructure Partnerships Division, Infrastructure, Cities and Urban Development, African Development Bank
Eric Lancelot
Eric Lancelot
Lead Transport Specialist, World Bank
Jit Bhattacharya
Jit Bhattacharya
Co-Founder and CEO, BasiGO
Sithembiso Mkhwanazi
Sithembiso Mkhwanazi
Senior Manager, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Government Technical Advisory Centre, National Treasury, South Africa
Radhika Behuria
Radhika Behuria
Social and Gender Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Dr. Bonface Makokha
Ede Ijjasz
Senior Advisor to CEO, MCDF
AUDIENCE

The workshop series is tailored for staff from PPP units, ministries of finance and planning, project developers, and PPP practitioners from Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia. Staff from International Financial Institutions, national infrastructure and development banks, and emerging market financiers, as well as interested stakeholders, are also encouraged to participate.

FORMAT

The workshop series sessions will be held virtually. Speaker presentations, case studies, and discussions will be conducted in English.

Participants will engage through small group discussions, quick-answer apps, and question and answer sessions at the end of each panel discussion.

Video recordings of select workshop content will be uploaded on the MCDF website. Complete workshop video recordings and featured presentations will be made available on MCDF’s digital platform, JIGSAW.

ORGANIZING PARTNERS
  • Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance
  • Egypt Ministry of Finance
  • African Development Bank
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
  • World Association of PPP Units and Professionals
SERIES SCHEDULE
CONTACT

If you would like to learn more about the Workshop on Ensuring Fiscal Affordability of PPPs or the 2025 Workshop Series on Public-Private Partnerships Hot Topics, please contact MCDF’s Jenny Lou Fernandez (jenny.fernandez@themcdf.org).

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