On November 7, CLDP held a Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) workshop with the Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka (UDA). The workshop focused on practical PPP models and PPP project development in the urban sector, including business case development, attracting foreign investment, real...

On November 2-3, CLDP engaged the Office of the Investment Board of Nepal (OIBN) in a workshop focused on feasibility studies and how they relate to public private partnerships (PPPs). OIBN is working on developing a pipeline of bankable PPP projects and feasibility studies that can assist in...

On August 29 through 30, CLDP, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of the Secretary and the DOT Volpe Center conducted a workshop on Port Sustainability & Modernization in partnership with the Bangladesh Ministry of Shipping. The one and a half-day workshop covered an overview of port...

From April 24-28, CLDP, in coordination with the President’s Office of Sri Lanka, the National Agency for Public-Private Partnerships, and the Asian Development Bank, organized a workshop to draft an updated version of the law on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) based on international best...

From March 20-22, CLDP held a regional workshop on port financing and logistics in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop convened port officials from the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Thailand, with officials from Singapore and the Philippines participating virtually. This program builds on CLDP’s...

On March 23-24, CLDP held a workshop on Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for the Office of the Investment Board of Nepal (OIBN). OIBN oversees large infrastructure projects in the country, and they aspire to implement life-cycle cost analyses as a step to assessing major infrastructure projects for its...

CLDP conducted PPP Strategic Infrastructure Planning Program for Mongolian New Recovery Policy Accelerator, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Economic Development. The workshop focused on organizational structuring and resourcing, project selection, project management and readiness, and project...

On February 8-9, CLDP provided a 2-day workshop on Public-Private Partnerships for the Ministry of Planning & Investment and relevant line ministries on PPP topics including bankability, strategizing procurement, and procurement processes.

On February 13-14, CLDP conducted a workshop on procurement practices with the Sri Lankan Attorney General’s Department. The workshop focused on common approaches to public procurement, U.S. procurement best practices, bid evaluation, and bid protests. CLDP’s programming with Sri Lanka seeks to...