Events and Conferences

World Bank Group Infrastructure Finance Academy

The WBG Infrastructure Finance Academy is actively collaborating with universities, development partners and governments to share lessons learned and real-world examples in the field of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). This section offers a rich and supportive learning environment through an interactive learning journey, available both an in-person and virtually.

Global Roundtables on Infrastructure Governance and Tools

The Global Roundtables on Infrastructure Governance and Tools program brings together government officials, the private sector, civil society and practitioners to create better approaches, standards, and tools that will improve infrastructure governance around the world. A series of regional roundtables comprise the core of the program.

Basic infrastructure services are scarce in many developing countries. Yet, the main impediment to e investment, is not lack of financing, but of good governance. Globally, research shows we will have an infrastructure deficit of $57 trillion by 2030 making effective mobilization of infrastructure financing an imperative.

The program follows directly from the 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development. It also comes in response to the recommendations of the Global Infrastructure Forum that took place in Washington DC in April 2017.

Global Infrastructure Forum

The Global Infrastructure Forum aims to enhance coordination among multilateral development banks and their development partners to better develop sustainable, accessible, resilient, and quality infrastructure for developing countries, and focuses on how governments and their working partners can attract more resources for infrastructure.

• Global Infrastructure Forum 2018: Unlocking Green, Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Technology Driven Infrastructure, October 13, 2018 in Bali, Indonesia  - The Global Infrastructure Forum aims to enhance coordination among multilateral development banks and their development partners to better develop sustainable, accessible, resilient, and quality infrastructure for developing countries, and focuses on how governments and their working partners can attract more resources for infrastructure.  See Sessions and Outcomes & Statements.

• Global Infrastructure Forum 2017: Delivering Inclusive and Sustainable Infrastructure, April 22, 2017 in Washington DC, USA - The Global Infrastructure Forum aims to enhance coordination among multilateral development banks and their development partners to better develop sustainable, accessible, resilient, and quality infrastructure for developing countries, and focuses on how governments and their working partners can attract more resources for infrastructure. See Sessions, Outcomes & Statements and Publications. 

• Global Infrastructure Forum 2016, April 16, 2016 in Washington DC, USA - The Global Infrastructure Forum aims to enhance coordination among multilateral development banks and their development partners to better develop sustainable, accessible, resilient, and quality infrastructure for developing countries, and focuses on how governments and their working partners can attract more resources for infrastructure.

Regional Roundtables on Infrastructure Governance

The Regional Roundtables on Infrastructure Governance program brings together government officials, the private sector, civil society and practitioners to create better approaches, standards, and tools that will improve infrastructure governance around the world. A series of regional roundtables comprise the core of the program.

• The Second African Roundtable on Infrastructure Governance, June 21, 2018 to June 22, 2018, Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire - This roundtable was the second of two in Sub-Saharan Africa. It promoted the creation of communities of practice between government officials and used technology to ensure that the knowledge gained and the momentum created will be sustained.

• The First African Roundtable on Infrastructure Governance, November 2, 2017 to November 3, 2 017, Cape Town, South Africa - This roundtable was the first of two in Sub-Saharan Africa. It promoted the creation of communities of practice between government officials and used technology to ensure that the knowledge gained and the momentum created will be sustained.

The Public-Private Partnership Resource Center Seminars and Conferences

The Public-Private Partnership Resource Center staff travels around the world providing training to government officials and other organizations interested in public-private partnerships, as well as participating as featured speakers in conferences or related events.

In this page you will find past presentations and trainings performed or organized by The Public-Private Partnership Resource Center. All material belongs to the World Bank. 

PPP Days 2015: London (16-17 November 2015)

Public-Private Partnerships in Water: Contract Management and Regulation by Victoria Rigby Delmon, Senegal, Dakar - June, 2012 - A presentation on contract management and regulations on PPPs in water by Victoria Delmon, Senior Counsel of the World Bank. Learn what model of regulatory framework is appropriate for PPPs; what is a contract management; what is scope of Regulator's powers and what are the source of these powers? How much discretion should Regulator have? What recourse is there against Regulatory Decisions?

Law Justice and Development Week

• Law Justice and Development Week 2015: PPP sessions (18 November 2015)
• Law Justice and Development Week 2014: PPP sessions (23 October 2014)
• Law Justice and Development Week 2013: PPP Day (19 November 2013) - As part of the World Bank Group's Law, Justice and Development Week 2013 a “Public-Private Partnership Day” was held on November 19, 2013. Featuring three consecutive sessions on currently debated legal and policy aspects of PPPs, this event brought together not only senior officials from the World Bank Group and other international financial institutions, but also government officials as well as PPP, construction management and dispute resolution specialists and practitioners from all over the world.
  • Highlighting Session 3 : The Use of Dispute Boards in PPP Transactions - PPPs being complex projects, in addition to the conventional construction and operational commercial and political disputes that arise, there is often an asymmetry of capacity and knowledge between the public and private parties, which can give rise to conflicts. In response to this challenge, the use of Dispute Boards is considered. This session brought together international experts in dispute boards – and representatives from the World Bank Group – to share their experiences and shed light on how Dispute Boards can make PPP projects more sustainable. Guest speakers included Dr Cyril Chern, Giovanni Difolco and Kurt Dettman, all world renowned experts in this area.
  • Chair:
    • Mark Moseley, Lead Counsel, World Bank Global Center for Infrastructure Finance, Singapore
    • Patricia Sulser, Chief Counsel, Legal – Global Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation
    • Panelists:
    • Dr. Cyril Chern, Secretary of the Dispute Board Federation (DBF) and Barrister, Crown Office Chambers, London"Dispute Board Foundation: Dispute Boards in Practice" (link to speaker bio and presentation slides)
    • Giovanni Di Folco, President and Senior Partner of Techno Engineering & Associates, Doha and Bucharest (link to speaker bio and video) 
    • Kurt Dettman, President-Elect of Region 1 of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) and Principal, Constructive Dispute Resolutions, Hingham, Massachusetts "Dispute Resolution Board Foundation: Dispute Boards and Public Private Partnerships" (link to speaker bio and presentation slides)

• Q&A Panel Discussion: Panel Discussion: Use of Dispute Boards in PPP Transactions from PPPLRC on Vimeo.
• Law Justice and Development Week 2012: Legal and Enabling Environment for PPPs, Washington, DC - December, 2012 - As part of the World Bank's Law, Justice and Development Week 2012, PPPLRC co-organized a couple of session on public-private partnerships. The first session discussed the enabling legal environment required for an adequate implementation of PPPs capable of ensuring equitable access to public utilities. The second session focused on case-studies on the legal solutions that have been followed to achieve the financing of infrastructure in challenging conditions, promote coordination amongst multilateral and bilateral agencies, and address issues throughout the life of certain projects.

  • Session 1: Enabling Legal Environment

    • Bertrand du Marais, Conseiller d’Etat, France. "Instruments and Tools of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs): Ensuring the Foundations of an Equal and Effective Access to infrastructure"

    • Mr. Mamadou Dia, Chief Executive Officer, Sénégalaise des Eaux, Senegal. "Partenariat Public-Prive, Cas de la Senegalaise des Eaux"

    • Beatriz Giraldo, Dirección Técnica de Gestión Acueducto y Alcantarillado Superintendencia de Servicios Públicos, Colombia. "Alianza Público-Privada/ Sector de Acueducto y Alcantarillado en Colombia"

  • Session 2: Case Studies on Legal Solutions for Structuring PPPs

    • Laurencia K. Njagi, Company Secretary and Member of the Board of The Kenya Power & Lighting Company Ltd. (Lawyer), Kenya. "Public-Private Partnership in the Power Sector in Kenya"
    • Omar Vajeth, Head of Power and Energy, Absa Capital, South Africa."Thika Power Project"
    • Victoria Rigby Delmon, Senior Counsel, Lawyer at the World Bank. "PPPs in water and sanitation: Ensuring foundations of equal access to infrastructure"
    • Jane Jamieson, Sr. Infrastructure Specialist, IFC. "PPPs in water and sanitation: Ensuring foundations of equal access to infrastructure"
    • Catherine O’Farrell, Senior Investment Officer, Infrastructure Advisory Department, IFC "Supporting the Development of Public-Private Partnerships in Health"
    • Mark Moseley, Lead Counsel, Infrastructure Finance Center, Lawyer at the World Bank