Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in Nigeria has announced the commencement of operations of the Nigeria Institute of Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnership (NII3P). As part of the Commission’s mandate for the development of Public Private Partnership (PPP) as a preferred public procurement route in the face of dwindling fiscal resources and revenue challenges, the Commission intends to use the NII3P as a major vehicle for accelerating overrall efforts at putting in place requisite capacity to develop and take bankable PPP projects to market so as to rapidly close Nigeria’s Infrastructure deficit.

The Commission has been involved in several PPP capacity building programmes. These were with the aim of developing the required competence, knowledge and skills for public and private practitioners to structure and implement viable and sustainable PPPs. This has involved direct trainings, and where possible; notification of other training programmes, usually outside the country. The Commission has also facilitated the delivery of PPP programmes using internal and external faculties for relevant public agencies. One of our key successes was the facilitation of the global APMG CP3P certification programme for staff of ICRC and other MDAs.

To kick off NII3P operations the following online certificate courses are planned with content delivery partners over June and July 2020:

• Refresher course on key clauses for PPP agreements with CRISIL Infrastructure and Risk Advisory, India
• Project screening tool and its application for PPP projects with CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Advisory, India
• Port and Dry Port PPP Project Development Course with Maritime and Transport Business Solutions, Netherlands.