Workshop on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Highways: Institutional, Legal, Financial and Technical Issues

This training workshop offered a broad overview of the international experience with PPP in highways, including measures to mitigate risks, best practices and lessons learned from successful and not so successful cases.  Participants could increase their knowledge on PPP options, selection of concessionaires, improving governance in highway PPP concessions, and learn to identify the risks associated with a PPP transaction as well as the practical tools available to mitigate against some of those risks.  This event was co-sponsored by the World Bank and the Latvian Ministry of Transport.

A G E N D A

Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Ministry of Transport, Riga, Latvia
Moderators: Vigo Legzdins and Talis Straume

8:30 – 9:00 am   Registration and Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 am   Welcome and Objectives of the Workshop

• Krišjanis Peters, Minister of Transport
• Dina Grube, World Bank Country Manager

9:15 – 10:10 am  Session I: International Experience with Highway PPPs

• International Experience in PPP in Highways, Cesar Queiroz, World Bank Consultant, Roads and Transport Infrastructure
• Highway PPPs: Key Challenges for Success, Cledan Mandri-Perrott, Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank

10:10 – 10:30 am   Discussions

10:30 – 10:45 am   Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:00 pm   Session II: Contract Award and Negotiation

• Selection of Highway Concessionaires, Cesar Queiroz, World Bank Consultant, Roads and Transport Infrastructure
• The Spanish Concession Model – Financing with European Funds, Antonio Lopez Corral, Professor, Madrid Polytechnic University

12:00 - 12:15 pm   Discussions

12:15 – 1:30 pm   Lunch Break
 
1:30 – 2:30 pm   Session III: Managing Risks

• Tools to Mitigate Risks in Highway PPPs, Cledan Mandri-Perrott, Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank
• Comments from an European Perspective
  Antonio Lopez Corral, Professor, Madrid Polytechnic University
  Vigo Legzdins, State Secretary, Latvian Ministry of Transport
  Talis Straume, Chairman of the Board, Latvian State Roads

2:30 - 3:00 pm   Discussions

3:00– 3:15 pm   Coffee Break

3:15 – 4:45 pm   Session IV: Financing

• Mobilizing Private Capital in Highway PPPs, Cledan Mandri-Perrott, Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank
• Spanish and European Experience in Private Financing of Roads, Antonio Lopez Corral, Professor, Madrid Polytechnic University
• The World Bank/PPIAF Toolkit for PPP in Highways: Overview and Financial Simulation Model (Microsoft Excel file), Cesar Queiroz, World Bank Consultant, Roads and Transport Infrastructure

4:45 – 5:00 pm   Discussions

Additional References:

• List of Participants of the Riga Workshop (Microsoft Word document)
• Workshop on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Highways: Institutional, Legal, Financial and Technical Issues, Washington, DC, April 3, 2006
• Toolkit for PPPs in Highways
• Transport Paper (TP-9): Launching Public Private Partnerships for Highways in Transition Economies (PDF 182KB), Cesar Queiroz, September 2005
• Transport Paper (TP-1): Public & Private Sector Roles in the Supply of Transport Infrastructure and Services. Operational Guidance for World Bank Staff  (PDF 90KB), Paul Amos, May 2004