Public-Private Partnership Center

PPPC conducts knowledge sharing and action planning with DICT officials

The PPP Center conducted a knowledge sharing and action planning on PPPs with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for its PPP ICT agenda. In her opening remarks, PPP Center Executive Director Ma. Cynthia C. Hernandez talked about the Philippine PPP Program, its pipeline of projects, policy, and capacity-building initiatives. “The ICT Sector... continue reading

The Revised 2022 IRR of the BOT Law is Out Now

The Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law and the Revised 2022 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) is now available at the PPP Center website. Following consultations with implementing agencies, the private sector, and other stakeholders, the BOT Law IRR Committee approved these amendments in its September 15 meeting. The Revised 2022 IRR was published on September 27, and... continue reading

Primer on the Revised 2022 IRR of the BOT Law

The Primer on the Revised 2022 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law contains the recent amendments to the IRR, including section references for easy review, as well as an overview of the solicited and unsolicited PPP tracks under the revised 2022 IRR. The Revised 2022 IRR of the BOT Law, which... continue reading

PPP Center conducts workshop for DOTr on developing PPP Project Concept Notes

With the current administration’s directive to explore public-private partnerships (PPPs) to accelerate the delivery of infrastructure and public services, the PPP Center conducted a PPP Project Concept Note (PCN) Development Workshop for the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on November 3, 4, 7 and 8, 2022. Around 40 participants from the railways, aviation, road and maritime... continue reading

Project Development Capacity Building for DOT and Attached Agencies

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the tourism sector is a key topic in the series of project development training organized by the Department of Tourism (DOT), its attached agencies, and selected LGUs with tourism projects. Deputy Executive Director Eleazar E. Ricote spoke about the PPP prospects for the sector and key project structuring elements last November... continue reading

PPP Center bares opportunities for international firms in Philippine water sector

The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center presented the opportunities for international partners to participate in the Philippine PPP water sector during the 2022 Philippines-Spain Multilateral Partnership for Development event held at the Fairmont Hotel Makati last November 9, 2022. Director Maria Lerma Advincula shared past collaborations with international partners in awarded PPP projects, the current water... continue reading

PPP Center highlights opportunities for water PPP projects

PPP Center Executive Director Ma. Cynthia C. Hernandez served as a panelist at the 2022 Water Challenge Forum organized by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines last November 7, 2022. In her remarks, Hernandez emphasized that public-private partnerships are uniquely positioned to fill in the gaps of government’s limited fiscal space for water... continue reading

Reforms sought on a regulatory framework to tackle challenges on PPPs

At the Philippine Infrastructure Summit organized by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Philippines, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), and the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center held on October 27, PPP Center Executive Director Ma. Cynthia C. Hernandez talked about PPP legal and regulatory issues and how the Amended 2022 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Build-Operate-Transfer... continue reading

PPP Center welcomes new Chief

Three months after its previous executive director stepped down from office, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center of the Philippines now has a new chief. Executive Director Ma. Cynthia C. Hernandez, whose appointment was signed by the President in August 2022, took her ceremonial oath of office before Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan on Friday,... continue reading

BOT-IRR Committee approves Amendments to the 2022 Revised IRR of the BOT Law

Amendments to the 2022 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law were approved by the Cabinet-level BOT IRR Committee in a meeting held Thursday, September 15, 2022 at the Department of Finance in Manila. Socio-economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan and Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno lauded the measure as an important milestone in... continue reading

2022 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 6957, “An Act Authorizing the Financing, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Infrastructure Projects by the Private Sector and for Other Purposes”, as amended by Republic Act No. 7718

The 2022 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 6957, “An Act Authorizing the Financing, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Infrastructure Projects by the Private Sector and for Other Purposes”, as amended by Republic Act No. 7718, is effective today following its publication in the Official Gazette on April 11, 2022. You... continue reading

Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway (MCX) Case Study

Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway (MCX) is a 4-kilometer 4-lane toll road from the junction of Daang Reyna and Daang Hari Roads in Las Piñas City/Bacoor, Cavite to South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) near the Susana Heights Interchange in Muntinlupa, traversing the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Reservation Area. MCX has been in operation since July 2015.

PPP Talk: January-June 2020 | Philippine PPPs Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the middle of the COVID 19 pandemic, the construction of PPP projects continues, supporting the government’s move to open up the economy and bring in more jobs. Health protocols such as wearing of masks and social distancing continue to be the new normal during this pandemic.