Course Overview
Did you know that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are critical to addressing the $15–20 trillion global infrastructure gap, particularly in developing countries where PPPs contribute 15–20% of infrastructure investments? This reality underscores the urgent need for specialized training in PPP project finance to bridge capacity gaps and drive successful infrastructure development.
Our comprehensive PPP Project Finance Model Training Program equips public and private sector professionals with the skills needed to design resilient financing models, mitigate risks, and align projects with strategic goals, ensuring measurable success in large-scale infrastructure initiatives.
Why This Course Is Required?
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project finance training is critical to address the $15–20 trillion global infrastructure gap, particularly in developing countries where PPPs contribute 15–20% of infrastructure investments. The World Bank highlights that insufficient capacity to prepare and implement PPPs remains a universal challenge, with 60% of failed projects linked to inadequate financial structuring and risk allocation.
Specialized training equips professionals to design resilient financing models, mitigate risks like currency fluctuations and political instability, and align projects with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For example, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) identified that Pakistan’s $2.6 billion PPP pipeline required upskilling 300+ officials in financial modeling and risk assessment to attract private investment, demonstrating the urgent need for capacity building.
This course is essential for organizations aiming to leverage PPPs for infrastructure development, ensuring projects are financially viable and sustainable. By mastering project finance models, participants can reduce project delays, attract private capital, and deliver high-quality public services, ultimately contributing to economic growth and societal benefit.
Course Objectives
The main objective of this PPP Project Finance Model Certification Program course is to empower public and/or private sector professionals as well as other stakeholders with:
- In-depth understanding of the theories and principles around project finance and PPPs
- The required confidence to undertake higher roles and responsibilities and play an important part in project finance setup and maintenance across a project
- The adequate experience and exposure to mitigate most, if not all, risks related to project finance
- The confidence to play a role in convincing investors to invest funds and finance public sector projects
- The required skill and knowledge to monitor the performance of projects under the project finance agreement, implement next steps to enhance performance, pre-empt risk and take action early enough
- Experience, knowledge, and information to formulate policies and contracts around this arrangement, with limited or no liability to borrowers
Transform your project finance expertise and drive successful PPPs-enroll today for immediate impact!
Training Methodology
This collaborative PPP Project Finance Model Training Program delivers a powerful, immersive learning experience through carefully selected methodologies that balance theoretical knowledge with practical application. We’ve designed each element to ensure participants not only understand project finance principles but can confidently apply them in real-world situations, creating immediate impact within their organizations.
- PowerPoint presentations by the trainer
- Group activities involving speeches, debates, contests, assignments, and presentations
Zoe Talent Solutions believes in a training methodology best suited to the audience. As such, the course content, module sequence, and duration are highly customizable and rechecked before the initiation of each training program to ensure relatability to real work scenarios. We follow the Do-Review-Learn-Apply Model, ensuring a structured, participatory approach for maximum retention and application.
Who Should Attend?
This course would be suitable for:
- Senior officials of private and/or public sectors responsible for decision making for finance of public sector projects
- Investors and shareholders responsible for investments and influenced by decisions with regard to project finance in PPPs
- Policymakers and contract managers from either sector responsible for formulating policies and preparing contracts covering all required clauses
- Legal authorities and compliance agents to ensure the required standards and legislation are adhered to
- Finance officials who play an important role in decision making or serve as consultants to investors in such projects
- Human resource officials who define individual or group performance parameters and metrics required to track and gauge the progress and performance of a project
- Any other private or public sector professional who would like to be part of project finance arrangements in the future
- Any other non-private or non-public sector stakeholder involved in project finance
Organizational Benefits
Organizations that invest in this PPP Project Finance Model Training Program will gain significant advantages:
- A more confident and experienced workforce to conduct and manage project finance for long-term infrastructural and public service projects
- Lesser risk due to early identification of risks or prediction of future risks and mitigation of the same earlier into the agreement/project
- Limited liability and reduced stress on one partner alone because of effective and calculative risk allocation across partners
- Better performance tracking of the project and greater accountability to ensure performance objectives and service delivery are as per the standards defined
- Higher chances of private investment in public sector projects, thus increasing the quality and efficiency of public services to citizens
- Clarity in responsibilities and liabilities between partners set out in the agreement/contract
- Greater client satisfaction because of timely completion of projects with superior quality and good efficiency
- Access to Private Capital: Skilled professionals can attract third-party investments, as demonstrated by the UK’s Private Finance Initiative, which mobilized over $80 billion for public infrastructure, enhancing service quality and efficiency.
- Risk Mitigation: The World Bank’s PPP Institutions Building Program reduced project delays by 40% in partner countries by standardizing financial due diligence processes.
Empower your organization with PPP project finance expertise-enroll your team today and see the transformation in infrastructure project success!
Personal Benefits
Participants who enroll in this PPP Project Finance Model Certification Program course will benefit in the following ways:
- Increased knowledge and understanding of all principles, theories, and concepts around project finance for large-scale, long-term infrastructural and public service projects
- Greater capabilities, information, and confidence to proactively take part in the project finance process
- Increased ability to positively influence the success of a project finance arrangement and the project thereafter
- Greater confidence and abilities to successfully undertake higher roles and responsibilities, fostering faster career growth and progression
- Increased clarity and authority for decision making, thus enhancing one’s critical reasoning and decision-making skills
- Enhanced capabilities to work in any sector and perform roles with regard to private finance and investment in the public sector
- A sense of satisfaction by achieving customer satisfaction and delight through timely completion of critical projects with good quality
Course Outline:
The PPP Project Finance Model Certification Program course will cover the following areas important to understand project finance and PPPs:
Module 1 – Features of Project Finance
- Non-recourse financing
- Off-balance sheet
- Capital intensive
- Numerous project participants
- Project finance documents
- Risk allocation
- Special purpose entities
- Cash flow waterfall
- Cost of financing
Module 2 – Sources of Project Finance
- Equity
- Debt
- Government grants
Module 3 – Areas Impacted by Financing Sources
- Overall project cost
- Cash flow
- Ultimate liability/claims to project income/assets
Module 4 – Sources of Equity
- Project sponsors
- Government
- Third-party private investors
Module 5 – Forms of Debt
- Commercial loan
- Bridge finance
- Bonds and other debt instruments
- Subordinate loans
Module 6 – Parties in a Typical Financing Structure
- Shareholders
- Grantors
- Lenders
- Operators
- Construction contractors
- Input suppliers
- Offtake purchasers
Module 7 – Types of Agreements in Project Finance
- Shareholder agreement
- Loan agreement
- Operating agreement
- Construction agreement
- Concession agreement
- Offtake purchase agreement
- Input supply agreement
Module 8 – Advantages of Project Finance
- Reduction/Isolation of financial risks of investors
- Careful project scrutiny
- Detailed risk analysis
- Reduced risk due to appropriate allocation
Module 9 – Disadvantages of Project Finance
- More complex transactions
- Higher transaction costs
- Protracted negotiation between parties
- Need for close monitoring and regulatory oversight
Module 10 – Concerns of Lenders
- Certainty and sufficiency of project cash flow
- Creditworthiness of public sector and contractors
- Soundness and stability of legal and regulatory framework
- Effectiveness/Enforceability of PPP contract
- Authority in case of failure
- Availability of alternate contractors and vendors
- Vague, uncontrollable, infinite risks
- Reputation impact of the project
- Availability/Effectiveness of insurance coverage
General Notes
- All our courses can be facilitated as Customized In-House Training course.
- Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.
- As for Open Enrolment Courses, we offer our clients the flexibility to chose the location, date, and time and our team of experts who are spread around the globe will assist in facilitating the course.
- The course fee includes facilitation, training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate of successful completion of Training.
- FREE Consultation and Coaching provided during and after the course.
Real World Examples
The impact of PPP project finance model training is evident in leading initiatives:
- M6 Toll Road (United Kingdom)
Implementation: Financed through the UK’s Private Finance Initiative (PFI), where private consortium Midland Expressway Ltd raised debt and equity to build and operate the toll road, with revenues repaying lenders under a non-recourse structure.
Results: Delivered a critical infrastructure project without direct public funding, easing traffic on the M6 motorway and generating consistent cash flow for investors over a 53-year concession period. - GIZ develoPPP (Nepal)
Implementation: Partnered with Laerdal Global Health to train 850+ midwives using PPP-financed simulation tools, integrating financial sustainability modules for maternal health projects.
Results: Reduced maternal mortality by 22% in target regions and secured $12 million in blended finance for rural clinics. - World Bank Group (Global)
Implementation: Launched the PPP Institutions Building Program across 12 countries, focusing on financial structuring, contingent liability management, and renegotiation frameworks.
Results: Increased private investment in Colombian infrastructure by $1.2 billion post-training, with a 30% reduction in contract disputes.
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