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Training on Case Studies on Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Bangladesh
A
two-day training on case studies on Public Private
Partnership (PPP) projects in Bangladesh was organized
on 17-18 February 2010 at Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka
for officials of the central agencies of the government
and private sector. The training programme was arranged
by the Board of Investment (BoI), sponsored by Investment
Promotion Financing Facility project of Bangladesh
Bank and facilitated by Infrastructure Investment
Facilitation Center (IIFC).
Officials of government ministries and executing
agencies, banks, and leasing companies participated
in the training. The objective of the training programme
was to learn from the previous success stories in
developing and implementing PPP projects in Bangladesh.
Mr. Abu Reza Khan, Executive Member, BOI & Member
Secretary, PICOM was the Chief Guest in the programme.
Mr. Abul Quasem, Project Director, IPFF Cell and
Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank and Mr. Md.
Ashraf Shameem, Director, BOI was present in the
inaugural session to welcome the participants.
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Chief Guest Mr. Abu Reza Khan, Executive Member, BOI & Member Secretary, PICOM (Additional Secretary to the GOB) is seen with Mr. Abul Quasem PD, IPFF Cell & Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank and Mr. Nazrul Islam ED & CEO, IIFC at Hotel Sheraton on 17-18 February 2010. |
In the
training programme three case studies based on three
successful PPP projects were discussed:
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360
MW Haripur Power Plant. The plant is successfully
adding around 360 MW power to the national grid. |
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Leasing
PGCB’s Optic Fiber Cable. The OFC from
Dhaka to Chittagong upto Cox’s Bazar is
being used by Grameen Phone (GP) for carrying
most of the GP’s voice signals. |
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Power
Station of United Power at Dhaka Export Processing
Zone (DEPZ). The plant is providing 35 MW power
to DEPZ. |
Project
overview, technical considerations, commercial considerations,
pre-qualification and tendering process of the case
studies were examined in detail in the training.
Training
on Basics of PPP on 28-29 October 2009
The
training was held on 28-29 October 2009 in Dhaka.
Different broad aspects of PPP were covered in the
training including the overview of PPP concept,
institutional arrangements for PPP, relevant stages
prescribed in the Private Sector Infrastructure
Guidelines (PSIG) and Tendering approaches and investor
selection process. The importance of adopting PPP
projects in the national planning process was also
highlighted.
Mr. Abu Reza Khan, Executive Member, BOI and Member
Secretary, PICOM Additional Secretary to the GOB
was the Chief Guest in the inaugural session.
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In Inaugural session Chief Guest Mr. Abu Reza
Khan, Executive Member, BOI and Member Secretary,
PICOM Additional Secretary to the GOB is seen
with Mr. Abul Quasem PD, IPFF Executive Director
of BB at Hotel Sheraton on 28-29 October 2009
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A two
daylong Training for the officials of the central
agencies of the government and Private sectors involved
in the development and planning process was arranged
by BOI on 28-29 October 2009 at Hotel Sheraton,
Dhaka. Officials of Planning Commission, Finance
Division, Banks, Leasing Company and IIFC participated
in the Training. The objective of the Training was
to familiarize to the officials, Public Private
Partnership concepts to be incorporated in the national
planning process.
Training
on Bangladesh Private Sector infrastructure Guidelines
on 4-5 March 2009
The training was held on 4-5 March 2009 at Dhaka.
Different broad aspects of PPP were covered in the
training including the overview of PPP concept,
institutional arrangements for PPP, relevant stages
prescribed in the Private Sector Infrastructure
Guidelines (PSIG) and Tendering approaches and investor
selection process.
Mr. Abu Reza Khan, Executive Member, BOI and Member
Secretary, PICOM Additional Secretary to the GOB
was the Special Guest in the inaugural session.
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In Inaugural session Mr Mamdood Hossain Alamgir,
Director, BOI ; Mr Abu Reza Khan, Executive
Member, BOI and Additional Secretary, GOB
and Mr Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Executive Chairman,
BOI were present in the Inaugural session
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Training
on Basics of PPP on 25-26 January 2009
This
training was held on 25-26 January 2009 at Dhaka.
It covered the following broad aspects of PPP:
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overview
of PPP concept |
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institutional
arrangements for PPP |
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relevant
stages prescribed in the Private Sector |
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Infrastructure
Guidelines (PSIG) ways of tendering and investor
selection process |
For
facilitating better understanding of the participants,
basics of infrastructure regulation and project
financing were also discussed. The importance of
adopting PPP projects in the national planning process
was also highlighted in the workshop. Mr. Kamaluddin
Ahmed, Executive Chairman, BOI was the Chief Guest
in the inaugural session.
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Training on Basics of PPP Environment held
on 25-26 January, 2009. Mr. Nazrul Islam,
Executive Director and CEO, IIFC; Dr. Shah
M Farid, Former Member, Programming Division,
Planning Commission and Mr Abu Bakar Siddiqui,
Division Chief, GED, Planning Commission
were present
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Workshops
on Private Sector Infrastructure Guidelines
BOI
has been arranging a number of workshops under the
Investment Promotion and Financing Facility, to
create awareness on the Private Sector Infrastructure
Guidelines in all the cities of the country primarily
at divisional level. Apart from the workshops at
Dhaka, the following workshops have been held in
the following cities:
- Khulna
18 November 2008
- Sylhet
12 February 2009
- Cox's
Bazar 30 April 2009
These
workshops helped to reach the local authorities
and to know about the problems of initiating and
implementing infrastructure development projects
in the divisional cities. The workshops were sources
of great encouragement to the officials of the divisional
cities in taking up new PPP projects. The participants
felt that, this will help in reducing the burden
on the government budget in future.
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Fifth
Workshop for Awareness Creation on Private
Sector Infrastructure Guidelines, held on
18 November 2008 |
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Sixth
Workshop for Awareness Creation on Private
Sector Infrastructure Guidelines, held on
12 February 2009 |
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Seventh Workshop for Awareness Creation on
Private Sector Infrastructure Guidelines in
Tourism Sector, held on 30 April 2009
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IRTI Training
on Public Private Partnership
Board
of Investment (BOI) and Islamic Research and Training
Institute (IRTI) of Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
jointly organized an international training on Public–Private
Partnership. The workshop was held from 10th to14th
August 2008 at Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
IIFC facilitated the event. National and International
PPP experts were invited as resource persons in
the training. Dr. A B Mirza Azizul Islam, former
Advisor for Finance and Planning chaired the workshop,
as Chief Guest.
The
main purpose of the workshop was to provide an understanding
about the complexities of PPP arrangements. In the
workshop, coordination amongst IDB member countries
in developing PPP projects was suggested. The workshop
offered an opportunity to share country and project-specific
experiences to the participants.
Lectures
and technical papers were presented focusing on
the existing guidelines, present and future private
infrastructure projects and the sources of financing
of the projects. The participants were from different
ministries, executing agencies, regulatory bodies,
private sector and financial institutions.
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Dr.
Osman Babiker Ahmed (from left), IRTI, IDB
and officials from BOI in the IRTI Training
on Public Private Partnership held on 10-14
August, 2008 at Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka |
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