ASEAN Moves Forward with Public-Private Partnership

17-Dec-2014

Source:  ASEAN Secretariat News

ASEAN Moves Forward with Public-Private Partnership

MANILA, 17 December 2014 – As ASEAN approaches the crucial 2015 milestone of realising the ASEAN Community, the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) has convened the ASEAN Public–Private Partnership (PPP) Networking Forum on 16–17 December in Manila to discuss PPP as an innovative financing mechanism to realise the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC).

The forum brought together senior officials and experts from various agencies,
international financing institutions, development partners and the private sector
to share PPP experience, discuss proposed PPP guidelines, and explore strategies
to attract the private sector to invest in infrastructure in the region.

They discussed issues related to mobilising resources for MPAC through PPP,
countries’ experiences on PPP, proposed ASEAN PPP Guidelines/Principles, and
creating a more conducive environment to PPP at the regional, national and local
government levels.

The need to develop a pipeline of properly prepared projects and enhance the
public sector capacity in project preparation was emphasised at the forum.  This
could be derived through sharing of best practices, cooperation, collaboration,
and mutually beneficial partnerships. 

The forum was organised by the Philippine Permanent Mission to ASEAN with
support from ACCC, the Office of ASEAN Affairs of the Philippines’ Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA), and the PPP Center of the Philippines. The forum was
supported by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
and ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the EU (ARISE).

For the presentations, please click: http://ppp.gov.ph/?page_id=26925

For further details and questions, please contact:

ASEAN Connectivity Division

Email: connectivity@asean.org