8 March 2021

UN ECE hosts Fifth International PPP Forum, 22-23 April 2021

— By Jean-Christophe BARTH-COULLARÉ

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Registration for the Fifth United Nations Economic Commission for Europe International PPP Forum is now open via the indico system https://unece.org/ppp/forum5

People-first PPPs are crucial for the recovery – especially in development countries. The forum will convene multiple PPP stakeholders under the working title: “Building Back Better through People-first PPPs” and for the first time will offer an award for the Pf PPP case which best apply’s the recently released Pf PPP Impact Evaluation Methodology (a self-assessment tool with 100 indicators of which 10 indicators have been made mandatory for this competition).

Deadline for submissions is 31 March 2021.

The Fifth session of the UNECE International Public-Private Partnerships Forum is scheduled to be held from 22 to 23 April 2021.

The main highlights of this year’s Forum will be:

– A high-level debate to discuss ‘Build Back Better’ and how it should guide us in our national and international strategies;
– To test the UNECE People-first PPP Evaluation Methodology to make sure that it can be used effectively by key stakeholders;
– A competition to find out the best projects for ‘Building Back Better’ and for People-first; and
– Guidelines for building community resilience and addressing the needs of those people who have suffered most from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Forum will include a number of high-level debates on topical issues linked to ‘Building Back Better’ as well as sustainable development. We will soon launch a call for projects to be awarded ‘Building Back Better’, and those short-listed will be showcased during the Forum. A preliminary programme will be available in the coming days.

Purpose and objectives of the Forum
The purpose and objectives of the Forum are threefold:
– Discuss the ways that ‘Building Back Better’ can be best accomplished through People-first PPPs.
– Consider how the Evaluation Methodology might be revised to take on board the added importance of resilience.
– Identify the type of People-first projects that can best promote ‘community resilience’ amongst vulnerable members of society.

Organisation The Forum will be held as a hybrid event (Restrictions to in-person participation apply and delegates are encouraged to join the sessions virtually) as follows:
An international debate on how the world can ‘Build Back Better’. It will also explore how People-first approach to PPP, can be more widely known and used by the UN System. In addition, a high-level debate will take place on a specific sector, water and sanitation, to discuss the projects and approaches needed to ‘Build Back Better’.

Session 1 reviews best practice ‘Building Back Better’ projects, using the Evaluation Methodology identifying some revisions in the tool as well as making ‘Building Back Better’ and People-first PPPs more aligned.

Session 2 discusses with local authorities and city administrations their needs in protecting the vulnerable members of their communities and the projects that will be required in core areas – health care, food security, waste and circularity and Innovation and jobs – to delivering People-first PPP that can ‘Build Back Better’ and promote community resilience.

An award ceremony for the best ‘Building Back Better’ projects.

A concluding session that explores how the UN Regional Commissions are playing an important role in developing regional networks of PPP units and infrastructure entities to improve the capability to deliver projects and how such networks can turn their attention to those projects which can have potentially a dramatic role in ‘Building Back Better’.

#ppp #sdg17 #impactassessment #sustainableinfrastructure #buildingforwardbetter

Registration for the Fifth United Nations Economic Commission for Europe International PPP Forum is now open via the indico system https://unece.org/ppp/forum5

People-first PPPs are crucial for the recovery – especially in development countries. The forum will convene multiple PPP stakeholders under the working title: “Building Back Better through People-first PPPs” and for the first time will offer an award for the Pf PPP case which best apply’s the recently released Pf PPP Impact Evaluation Methodology (a self-assessment tool with 100 indicators of which 10 indicators have been made mandatory for this competition).

Deadline for submissions is 31 March 2021.

The Fifth session of the UNECE International Public-Private Partnerships Forum is scheduled to be held from 22 to 23 April 2021.

The main highlights of this year’s Forum will be:

– A high-level debate to discuss ‘Build Back Better’ and how it should guide us in our national and international strategies;
– To test the UNECE People-first PPP Evaluation Methodology to make sure that it can be used effectively by key stakeholders;
– A competition to find out the best projects for ‘Building Back Better’ and for People-first; and
– Guidelines for building community resilience and addressing the needs of those people who have suffered most from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Forum will include a number of high-level debates on topical issues linked to ‘Building Back Better’ as well as sustainable development. We will soon launch a call for projects to be awarded ‘Building Back Better’, and those short-listed will be showcased during the Forum. A preliminary programme will be available in the coming days.

Purpose and objectives of the Forum
The purpose and objectives of the Forum are threefold:
– Discuss the ways that ‘Building Back Better’ can be best accomplished through People-first PPPs.
– Consider how the Evaluation Methodology might be revised to take on board the added importance of resilience.
– Identify the type of People-first projects that can best promote ‘community resilience’ amongst vulnerable members of society.

Organisation The Forum will be held as a hybrid event (Restrictions to in-person participation apply and delegates are encouraged to join the sessions virtually) as follows:
An international debate on how the world can ‘Build Back Better’. It will also explore how People-first approach to PPP, can be more widely known and used by the UN System. In addition, a high-level debate will take place on a specific sector, water and sanitation, to discuss the projects and approaches needed to ‘Build Back Better’.

Session 1 reviews best practice ‘Building Back Better’ projects, using the Evaluation Methodology identifying some revisions in the tool as well as making ‘Building Back Better’ and People-first PPPs more aligned.

Session 2 discusses with local authorities and city administrations their needs in protecting the vulnerable members of their communities and the projects that will be required in core areas – health care, food security, waste and circularity and Innovation and jobs – to delivering People-first PPP that can ‘Build Back Better’ and promote community resilience.

An award ceremony for the best ‘Building Back Better’ projects.

A concluding session that explores how the UN Regional Commissions are playing an important role in developing regional networks of PPP units and infrastructure entities to improve the capability to deliver projects and how such networks can turn their attention to those projects which can have potentially a dramatic role in ‘Building Back Better’.

#ppp #sdg17 #impactassessment #sustainableinfrastructure #buildingforwardbetter