Governments everywhere face the same gap: infrastructure and public services that cost more to build than public budgets can cover on their own. Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) have become one of the main routes to close that gap, bringing private capital, expertise and risk-sharing into projects that used to sit entirely on government balance sheets. This training course, delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, walks participants through how these partnerships are actually structured, financed and governed from the first idea to the final handover.

Rather than treating PPP as a purely legal or purely financial subject, the course connects the two: how contracts are written so that risk sits with whoever can manage it best, how financial models are built to make projects bankable, and how public agencies stay in control of quality and cost without killing private-sector appetite to invest.

Who Should Attend?

• Officials and project teams inside government agencies responsible for delivering infrastructure or public services through partnership models.
• Private-sector project managers, developers and consultants bidding for or executing PPP contracts.
• Legal and financial advisors structuring, negotiating or reviewing public-private agreements.
• Anyone moving into a PPP-focused role who needs a working grasp of both the public and private sides of the deal.

What You'll Be Able To Do

• Read and evaluate a PPP proposal well enough to judge whether the model, structure and risk allocation actually make sense.
• Work through the legal, institutional and regulatory layers that govern how a partnership is set up and approved.
• Build and question the financial structure behind a deal — funding sources, risk allocation, viability gap support.
• Run procurement, negotiate contract terms and manage stakeholder expectations through to signature.
• Track a PPP project's performance after award and translate the results into lessons for the next one.

Module 1: Why Governments Turn to PPP

• What a public-private partnership actually is, and why it exists as an alternative to conventional procurement.
• The main PPP models in use worldwide (BOT, BOOT, DBFO and variants) and when each one fits.
• Global trends and real-world examples of partnerships that worked, and some that didn't.

Module 2: From Idea to Bankable Project

• Screening candidate projects for PPP suitability.
• Needs assessment and market analysis before committing to the model.
• Pre-feasibility versus full feasibility studies, and what each should answer.

Module 3: The Legal and Institutional Backbone

• The legal and regulatory frameworks that make a PPP enforceable.
• The role public institutions play, and the legislation that enables them to act.
• Building institutional readiness and capacity ahead of a deal.

Module 4: Financing the Deal

• Financial models commonly used to structure PPPs.
• Revenue streams, payment mechanisms and tariff design.
• Public-sector support instruments, including viability gap funding.

Module 5: Managing Risk Before It Manages You

• Identifying the risks specific to partnership projects.
• Principles for allocating risk between public and private partners.
• Mitigation strategies and contingency planning.

Module 6: Winning and Writing the Deal

• Designing transparent, competitive procurement processes.
• Prequalification, tendering and bid evaluation criteria.
• Drafting contract clauses, performance indicators and negotiation tactics that prevent future disputes.

Module 7: Keeping Everyone on Board

• Identifying and engaging stakeholders across the life of the partnership.
• Mobilisation, start-up activities and ongoing compliance monitoring.
• Managing change orders, public consultation and shifting expectations during delivery.

Module 8: Closing the Loop

• Project closure and performance assessment.
• Measuring the economic and social impact of the partnership.
• Feeding lessons learned back into future PPP planning.