Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) enable governments to procure and deliver public infrastructure and leverage the resources and expertise of the private sector through risk-sharing arrangements. When properly designed and executed, PPPs can create social value through on-time and on-cost delivery, generating efficiency gains and offering innovation in project design, incorporation of global expertise, and accessing new sources of capital. Conversely, poorly designed and executed PPPs can fail to deliver on these promises and create additional risks compared to traditional financing modalities. Capacity building of developing country governments is therefore important to ensure that their benefits are harnessed and risks mitigated.
Building on the success of the 2024 and 2025 PPP Hot Topic Workshop Series, MCDF and its partners are delighted to launch the 2026 Series. If you are working on PPPs in any role (government, financier, developer, consultant, contractor) this is essential for you to attend for the following reasons:
- Enhance understanding of the latest “frontier issues” in PPPs: The workshops will provide insights and best practices on key topics at the frontier of practice and research. For 2026, this includes developments in PPP capacity building, PPP transaction design, and data center PPPs (see below for details).
- Learn and collaborate with leading International Financial Institutions (IFIs): IFI co-organizers will not only share their latest thinking and tools, while also providing opportunities to request further support through the feedback survey at the end of each workshop.
- Gain insights from experienced PPP units in developing countries: Partners, including PPP centers from Egypt and Kenya, as well as additional contributors brought in by the World Association of PPP Units and Professionals (WAPPP) and other co-organizers, will share practical approaches to addressing common challenges in PPP project development and implementation.
- Strengthen Professional Networks: Through MCDF’s event management platform and in the workshops, participants can connect with other practitioners.
Participants attending the workshop series will receive a certificate for each session upon completion of the feedback form.
The workshop series is tailored for staff from PPP units, ministries of finance and planning, and PPP practitioners from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia. Project developers, financiers, contractors and consulting companies are also welcome to cover the full PPP ecosystem.
The first two workshops will be held virtually, and the third workshop is a hybrid event to enable a richer set of interactions from both in-person and online participants.
Presentations and discussions will be conducted in English, while MCDF’s event platform will provide simultaneous AI written and audio translation in 60 languages.
Participants will engage through survey apps, and question and answer sessions at the end of each panel discussion.
Video recordings, presentations and background materials of select workshop content will be uploaded on the MCDF website and event management platform.
The 2026 Hot Topics Workshop Series benefits from a set of co-organizers with rich experience in PPPs and a strong footprint across the target regions. The Workshop Series is jointly organized by:
- Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF)
- Egypt Ministry of Finance
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Development Bank of Latin American and the Caribbean (CAF)
- Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)
- Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) of World Bank
- World Association of PPP Units and Professionals (WAPPP)
Ede Ijjasz, Senior Advisor to the CEO, MCDF
If you would like to learn more about the 2026 Workshop Series on PPP Hot Topics or get in touch with the IFI co-organizers, please contact MCDF’s Ms. Lulu Meng Gu (meng.gu@themcdf.org)