Current Projects

NEPAD Africa-specific Project Appraisal Methodology

A review of past PPI projects in the region reveals shortcomings in the methodologies employed which have tended to differ from project to project in terms of feasibility assessment, justification, preparation and documentation, which have largely been left to private sector consultants.  Against this background, the objectives of this project are:

• To develop guidance material to strengthen the capacity of staff in DFIs in appropriate quantitative analytic techniques and methodology used in preparing, managing, and monitoring PFI/ PPP and similar types of private-sector-participation projects involving infrastructure and infrastructure-related services;
• To train relevant staff on the use of the methodology.

The overall objective of the study is to come up with a methodology and quantitative techniques that are suitable for African economies. Phase I of the project will, therefore, involve a desk study on PPP approaches worldwide while Phase II involves the development of the actual methodology.

Establishment of PPP Facilitation Units

PPP Facilitation Units will be set up in a select number of SADC DFIs to test and implement the appraisal methodology developed under Phases I and II. It is anticipated that in 2005/6 one PPP facilitation unit will be established as a pilot project, with training done in situ. For 2006/7 a second PPP facilitation unit will be established in another DFI with a mandate in infrastructure delivery.

The National Development Corporation of Tanzania is targeted for the pilot project. Building on the experience of South Africa’s Municipal Infrastructure Investments Unit (MIIU), the work of the Facilitation Units will include three basic tasks:

• Project management of PPP development
  These include:
  • Assistance with deal conceptualisation.
  • Advice on consultant procurement and management.
  • Advice on project packaging.
  • Assistance in the evaluation of proposals and the negotiation of a contract.
• Building the capacity of public partners to take ownership of deals
  These include the following:
  • Ensuring that the public partner understands the logic and purpose of the deal.
  • Assisting public partners in negotiating with government regulators on behalf of PPP deals.
  • Ensuring that the public partner understands the risks and responsibilities associated with the project.
  • Ensuring that the public partner understands the need for post-closure contract compliance monitoring of PPP deals.
• Building the capacity of national DFIs to participate in PPP deals
  These tasks include the following:
  • Helping the DFIs staff learn to identify and carry out preliminary appraisals of potentially viable PPPs.
  • Giving DFI staff guided access to model contracts, standardised documents, policies and procedures development and tested by the MIIU.
  • Building the capacity of DFI staff to understand and eventually carry out technical deal-making activities.
  • Helping the DFI to play a supportive role in PPP projects –private partners should be selected competitively, but, in appropriate cases, the DFI can offer financing to the deal, regardless of who is the preferred bidder.
  • Helping DFI staff present complex PPPs to their credit committees.

NDC and Mtwara Development Corridor - Phase 2

• Expression of Interest
  The World Bank intends to finance the assignment/services described below under a Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF).
  
  
• Project Background
  The Governments of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia are collaborating to attract private sector investment in the resource-rich Mtwara Development Corridor. The initiative aims to reduce poverty by stimulating broad-based economic growth through the creation of conditions conducive to private sector investment and public-private-partnership. As inadequate infrastructure is one of the major bottlenecks, the project focuses on the development and rehabilitation of roads, sea and lake ports, ferry equipment, air transport facilities, etc. with maximum possible private sector involvement. To facilitate the development of the Corridor, the Governments of Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique each obtained a PPIAF grant, administered by the World Bank, to appraise and package potential PPI projects. While project appraisal has been completed in Tanzania (under the auspices of the National Development Corporation of Tanzania), this assignment comprises project appraisal & packaging in Malawi and Mozambique. The implementing entities will be specialized units for Spatial & Corridor Development within the Ministry of Transport & Communications in Mozambique (UCCD) and the Ministry of Transport and Public Works in Malawi (SU).

For more information, please go to: http://www.worldbank.org/eprocurement. Once logged in firms can complete EOIs and submit them for consideration in the Short Listing stage. The submission deadline is Friday, March 9, 2007.

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