The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center met with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) for the third field mission of latter’s Technical Assistance (TA) program on April 2-12, 2024, at the PPP Center in Quezon City. The mission consists of workshops focused on the use of the Climate Change and Disaster Risk (CCDR) Screening Tool and the CCDR Adaptation and Mitigation Affordability Tool.
The CCDR Screening Tool intends to capture the need for integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation, and disaster risk reduction considerations in PPP projects across all stages of the project life cycle. Meanwhile, the CCDR Adaptation and Mitigation Affordability Tool aims to assist in climate change mitigation efforts by reducing and preventing greenhouse gases and other substance emission through the review of applicable adaptation and mitigation measures and climate finance mechanisms for specific projects.
During the workshop, the tools were applied to various PPP projects such as those in the water and sanitation, waste management, renewable energy, and urban and public transport sectors.
The two-year TA program aims to strengthen the PPP Center’s capacity in assisting local and national agencies in preparing, structuring, and evaluating PPP projects that integrate disaster resilient and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures and strategies.
The program also includes support and assistance on mainstreaming CCDR considerations on identified PPP projects, preparation of knowledge products and materials, including tools and template PPP model clauses related to climate change issues, and capacity building activities on climate change adaptation and mitigation, and disaster risk resilience.
The TA program commenced its inception phase on October 2022 with its first and second AFD mission in the Philippines conducted on November 17-25, 2022, and March 27-April 4, 2023, respectively. The program hopes to mainstream the inclusion and consideration of green, climate and disaster-resilient tools and resources into the Center’s PPP project portfolio.
