PPP Center
29 June 2012
A delegation from the Guam Legislature led by Vice-Speaker Benjamin J.F. Cruz visited the Philippine Public-Private-Partnership Center to learn about the country’s PPP Program, its policy and institutional framework and its experience in the pursuit of PPP projects. The delegation was principally interested in the program as Guam itself is pursuing policy and procedural reforms for its own PPP Program.
The PPP Center, headed by the its Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao provided a comprehensive briefing on the PPP Program, highlighting its evolution from the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Program, the major policy and capacity building efforts currently being pursued, the PPP projects in the pipeline and the critical role of the PPP Center as the key PPP agency.
Vice-Speaker Cruz shared the Guam experience and raised various policy and implementation issues that he stressed, are similar to that of the Philippines. He noted that they have seriously looked at the Philippine BOT Law, the current legal framework for PPPs, as a reference for the proposed PPP law that he is pursuing through legislation. Along with him, the delegation also sought insights as to how the Philippines managed various PPP project structuring, review, procurement and implementation issues.
Executive Director Canilao gratefully acknowledged the delegation’s interest in the Philippine PPP Program. Along with PPP Center officials present in the briefing, she stressed the critical importance of a key agency or unit to serve as main driver of the PPP Program.