Practical, Collaborative Solutions to Increasing the Flow & Success of PPP Projects in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh

Agenda

'Program Agenda'
MS Word file (0.1 MB)

Presentations

'The Global PPP Experience' presentation by Ryan Orr
presentation pdf (3.1 MB)

'The Indian PPP Experience' presentation by Ashwin Mahalingam & Shailesh Pathak
presentation pdf (0.3 MB)

'The PPP Environment in Tamil Nadu' presentation by Vikram Kapur IAS
presentation pdf (1.9 MB)

'The PPP Environment in Gujarat' presentation by Atanu Chakraborty IAS
presentation pdf (0.1 MB)

'The Gujarat International Finanace Tec-City Project' presentation by K. Srinivas IAS
presentation pdf (7.2 MB)

'The PPP Environment in Uttar Pradesh' presentation by Atul Gupta IAS
presentation pdf (1.2 MB)

Other Materials

Project Preparation: The Cindarella of Private Sector Participation An excellent 2 page paper written by Atanu Chakraborty chronicling how a lack of good "project preparation" can lead to failures in private infrastructure projects. Atanu is now the head of the port sector in Gujarat.

Guidelines for Selection of Consultants/Advisors, Developers for PPP Projects & Private Partners for Disinvestments in Uttar Pradesh A policy framework developed in Uttar Pradesh with steps, procedures,and documents for PPP; guidelines on projects that can be considered for PPP; draft term sheet; indicative schedule of developer selection timelines, etc.

Scheme and Guidelines for India Infrastructure Project Development Fund, by Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India Describes the purpose and operationanl management of a Rs.100 crore Revolving Fund created with an initial budgetary outlay by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India to quicken the process of development of credible and bankable Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects that can be offered to the private sector.

Panel of Transaction Advisors for PPP Projects: A guide for use of the Panel, by Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India A panel of 11 pre-qualified transaction advisors has been set-up by the Government of India in order to "streamline the tendering process for PPPs; enable fast access to firms that have been pre-qualified; and ensure transparency and accountability through clear definition of roles of agencies and the private sector."

Formulation, Appraisal and Approval of Public-Private Partnership Projects, by Secretariat for Committee on Infrastructure, Planning Commission, Government of India These Guidelines articulate the need for 'due diligence' in the formulation, appraisal and approval of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects of the Central Government in order to protect the public interest and ensure value for public money.

Financial Structuring of Infrastructure Projects in Public-Private Partnerships, by Antonio Vives et al., Inter-American Development Bank, 2006 A framework for understanding the full solution-space of available PPP modalities and for selecting the most feasible modality given the array of host country variables (presence of rule of law, political risk, fiscal space, willingness to pay tolls, etc.), based on lessons learned at Inter-American Development Bank over 20 years of structuring public-private partnerships in Latin America.

Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition, by Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius and Werner Rothengatter, 2003. Emperical research on 100+ large-engineering projects over a 100 year time frame identifies systemic inaccuracy in demand forecasts and tries to explain the implications and persistance of such bias.

Granting and Renegotiating Infrastructure Concessions: Doing it Right, by J. Luis Guasch, World Bank Institute, 2004 Provides a "how-to" guide for government agencies, based on empirical research of the actual performance of 1000+ infrastructure concessions in the Latin American and Carribean region.

Roundtable Overview

Previous Roundtables hosted by the Collaboratory considered private infrastructure projects in the emerging markets during the 1990s, focusing on the relatively large number of distressed projects requiring renegotiation. Lawyers, business executives, financiers, and public officials examined the reasons why such projects encountered difficulties (often related to changes in government policies) and studied the ensuing renegotiations and workouts. Today, after three years of examining such challenges, the community of scholars and practitioners affiliated with the Collaboratory is shifting directions to study the rise of the new global infrastructure funds and the role of public-private partnership coordination agencies across OECD countries.

The India PPP Roundtable is being planned to merge the Collaboratory community with a set of leading thinkers from States, cities and industry players that are intellectual leaders in the PPP area in India. The purpose of the Roundtable is to facilitate a dialogue amongst peers in Indian states and cities, to share global experiences, to hear diverse points of view, to develop consensus around key PPP concepts and definitions, and to move the debate forward with respect to how to develop a more sustainable stream of PPP deals to help solve India's infrastructure bottleneck.

For this roundtable, we have selected the states of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. A recent study in "Infrastructure Today" magazine placed Gujarat and Tamil Nadu among the Top 5 states for infrastructure investments, while Uttar Pradesh was ranked at 15. We plan to explore the PPP experiences of these states and to strategize on ways to increase the number and improve the performance of infrastructure projects in the PPP mode. Participants are asked to come to the event prepared to put their cell-phones aside and to spend a day and a half of "public service" to help devise strategies to bring "tipping point" projects closer to financial close and to openly discuss larger industry bottlenecks; we are optimistic that our time together will be well spent and could result in both practical business results and broader societal benefits.

Posted by rjorr at April 9, 2008 4:39 PM