Public-Private Partnership Center

27 Experts on Transport and Sustainable Development from nine different countries in the Asia-Pacific region took part in the “Hong Kong Round Table on Private Sector Financing for Sustainable Transport” held in Hong Kong last 4-5 June 2015. Source: Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)

The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center conducted PPP Training for the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Management on 11 June 2015 at PNR Executive Building, Mayhaligue St., Tondo, Manila. The PPP training aims to capacitate them on PPPs and provide next steps particularly in entering the bidding phase for the North-South Railway Project (NSRP)-South Line.

Two more public-private partnership (PPP) projects were given a go signal today by the cabinet-level National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Investment Coordinating Committee (ICC). The NEDA-ICC approved the PhP10.528 billion Batangas-Manila Natural Gas Pipeline (BatMan 1) Project of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) and PhP6.403 billion C-5 Modern Bus Transit System (C-5 MBTS) Project of... continue reading

Public-Private Partnership Center Deputy Executive Director Eleazar E. Ricote is one of the presenters in the Accelerating Infrastructure Development and Financing session at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Philippines 2015 Senior Finance Officials’ Meeting in Bagac, Bataan last June 12. He also discussed current updates and status of the Philippine PPP Program. ‪#‎APEC2015‬

Granting bidders’ requests for extension, the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved the submission date of pre-qualification (PQ) documents for the Php 50.2 billion Regional Prison Facilities through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project. Prospective bidders now have until June 26 to submit their PQ documents for the first prison public-private partnership project in the country. DOJ’s decision... continue reading

PPP Center welcomes the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for their study visit to learn about the Philippine Program

Strategic Opportunities in the Philippines for Finnish SMEs held in Helsinki, Finland on 4 June 2015

Asia Regional Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships: Engaging the Private Sector held in Tokyo, Japan on 2-5 June 2015

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) issued the notice of award (NOA) to MPCALA for the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAx) Project last Monday, June 8. This is the tenth Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project of the Aquino Administration awarded to the private sector. DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson released the NOA to the chief executive officer... continue reading

As the lead agency mandated to pursue the Philippine PPP Program, the PPP Center gratefully and humbly acknowledges The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2014 Infrascope Study recognizing the country as most improved for PPP readiness in the Asia Pacific region. The Economist report entitled “Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Asia-Pacific, the 2014 Infrascope” ranked... continue reading