1. Building capacities for PPPs
Clive Harris
Manager, Public-Private Partnerships
World Bank Institute

2. The World Bank is stepping up efforts to build capacities for PPPs
World Bank Institute has PPPs as one of six focus themes
WBI is responsible for client learning in WBG
Undergoing renewal process which is seeing focus on
selected areas, one of which is PPPs
Network of partner institutions, Global Distance Learning
Network (GDLN) centers
Three business lines —structured learning, knowledge
exchange, innovation-sharing platforms
Crucial for Accra Agenda for Action
World Bank Group Global Expert Team on PPPs
Provides WBG global knowledge & experience on PPPs
Undertaken over 20 assignments, advising and transferring experiences, most related to dealing with impacts of crisis

3. WBI as connector of global knowledge networks
A new vision for WBI
WBI as connector of global knowledge networks
Focus on knowledge being generated in “BRICs” and knowledge hubs in developing countries
“South-South” platform and learning critical to WBI strategy
Move from retail to wholesale in the development and delivery of structured learning
Flagship modular courses with world class partners, customized & delivered through country/regional institutions & use of technology
Knowledge exchange via peer-to-peer practitioner learning
Peer-to- peer practitioner networks; multistakeholder consensus building & peer networks
Focus on innovation-sharing
Development marketplace on frontier challenges, wholesale & franchise through country institutions; Innovation zones & secondments

4. Structured learning models and approaches from other sectors
Flagship learning progams
Distill and package international best practice
Modules customized to different country setting, developed with NVPs, donors, worldclass partners (Harvard, MIT, Lee Kuan Yew School)
Are then customized and wholesaled
Networks of institutions – China network of 27 health institutions
Technology – 30,000 municipal officials with TEC Monterrey, Brazil LED 18,000 with mass-media & web
Certification – India Urban Management Certification
Developing capacity-building architecture
Engaging on broad review of capacity building architecture for urban sector in India as part of major government investment program
South-South learning platform and trust fund
Resources and platform to provide peer-to-peer contacts and knowledge exchange for specific requests

5. WBI is developing a broad program of capacity building for PPPs
Practitioner networks
PPPI Days is center piece: the only global meeting place
public sector PPP practitioners: March 22-23, focusing on
future of PPPs following financial crisis, and “growth”
sectors such as urban
GDLN/VC events used for specific knowledge requests
Additional regional activities: Caribbean PPP Forum/Training,
Dec 2009, Anglophone and Francophone Africa PPP Forums
Crucial for Accra Agenda for Action
Structured learning
Core course on PPP fundamentals, to be developed with set of partner universities who will be “wholesale” hubs
Urban PPP training as part of broader India urban capacity building program

6. Partnerships are crucial to effective capacity building
Public good aspects to some capacity building activities
Means resources are more efficiently utilized if done in partnership
Cross-regional learning and knowledge transfer is maximized
Development of PPP approaches and experiences in Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America etc. means that we need to develop strong links both between PPP practitioners and learning institutes => collaborative effort from regional development banks and others
MP3IC initiative
ADB, IADB and World Bank have begun collaboration through MP3IC, which covers range of activities including networking events (PPPI Days), development of diagnostics and development of learning materials
Global PPP network
Can be built up from the global and regional meetings to form a “virtual” network for knowledge and learning and share innovations

7. For contact: charris@worldbank.org
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