Public-Private Partnership Guide for Municipalities

Public-Private Partnership Guide for Municipalities, Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), June 2010

The CDIA has prepared this basic guide to help local governments understand how to approach a potential PPP project and to review some issues that may come up in the process. It is specifically targeted at city officials, such as mayors and council members, as well as senior technical staff in different sectors (e.g. water, energy, roads, ports) that are just beginning to look at PPP options. 

 

National Policy on Public Private Partnerships

This National Policy establishes “Local Content and Technology Transfer” as one of the guiding principles for the development and implementation of PPPs. The text says: “III. Guiding Principles for PPPs (…) 12. All PPP arrangements in Ghana shall be guided by the following principles: (…) Local content & technology transfer: PPP projects shall be structured to encourage the maximum use of local content and technology transfer. As much as possible, the PPP arrangement shall facilitate the promotion of local industries and the private sector in Ghana.”

Republic of Ghana - Energy Sector Strategy And Development Plan 2010

The Ministry of Energy indicated that on the Petroleum Subsector one of the objectives was to increase Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) access to rural areas by developing “LPG infrastructure and pricing incentives to encourage distributors to expand their operations to especially the rural and deprived areas. Included in the measure is producing small-sized cylinders that will be affordable to households in rural communities.

Sample contract or franchise agreement for sweeping or waste collection, Ghana

Sample contract or franchise document for sweeping or waste collection prepared by Sandra Cointreau-Levine.
This document was prepared to show how agreements can be made for small collection zones so that small contractors are able to take part.

For more information about this sector, please visit Public–Private Partnerships in Solid Waste.

Ghana authorizes transfer of mitigation outcomes to Switzerland

The Government of Ghana has officially authorized the transfer of mitigation outcomes under its new climate-smart rice project to Switzerland. This was announced at a side event at the ongoing Climate Change Conference (COP 27) when the Government officially presented a formal authorization letter to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which has facilitated the bilateral agreement between Ghana and Switzerland.