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News April 3, 2008 , Immediate Release: Updated 2008 Corporate Training Capabilities Now in PDF The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) is pleased to announce the release of our updated 2008 Corporate Training Capabilities, now available in PDF format. Tommy White, Chief Executive
Officer of IP3 states, "We are delighted to provide our alumni and newcomers to
IP3 alike with a comprehensive document of IP3's complete training and capacity
building capabilities. With over 25,000 alumni and growing everyday, we wanted
to provide readers with both a glimpse of our past as well as a view of our
future. Interest worldwide in our core capacity building areas continues to
grow as more and more governments recognize the need for public-private
partnership (PPP) operational models for service delivery and good regulation
to support these initiatives. As the premier provider of such services, IP3
stands ready to help you in your transitions." To view IP3's 2008 Corporate
Training Capabilities, please click
here. August 26, 2007 , Immediate Release: 2008 Course Schedule Announced The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) is pleased to announce the release of our 2008 Course Schedule. In 2008, IP3 has expanded our
course offerings in Washington, DC as well as online to address a number of
emerging topics in the international development community. We continue to
offer our standard two-week intensive training courses in Washington as well as
our six-week and three-week group-interactive online courses. To view IP3's 2008 Course
offerings, please click hereon IP3's website or
for a printable PDF version, please click
here. January 31, 2007 , Immediate Release: Professional Certifications Obtainable through Distance Learning and Online Training Programs The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) and the Water Engineering Development Centre (WEDC) of Loughborough University are pleased to announce that our professional certifications (Certified Public-Private Partnership Specialist™, Certified Regulation Specialist™, and Certified Utility Management Specialist™ ) are now fully obtainable through distance learning and online training programs offered by the two institutions. Tommy White, Chief Executive Officer of IP3, states, "Both IP3 and WEDC have been offering distance learning and online courses for years now. We are excited and pleased that we have now reached a 'critical mass' of program offerings that allows participants the option of completing their entire certification program without ever leaving their office or the comforts of home." For detailed information on
how you can complete your professional certification via distance learning and
online training, please view the brochure herehttp://www.ip3.org/pdf/IP3_WEDC.pdf January 14, 2007 , Immediate Release: IP3 is approved by the NASBA to offer CPE credits for "Group Live" Classroom Courses The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, (IP3) is pleased to announce our recent approval by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) to be a sponsor of continuing professional education (CPE) credits for the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. Developed in 1990, the National Registry of CPE Sponsors is a program offered by NASBA to recognize CPE program sponsors who provide continuing professional education programs in accordance with nationally recognized standards.
Continuing Professional
Education (CPE) is the term used to describe the education activities that
assist Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in achieving and maintaining quality
in professional services. An explosion of relevant knowledge, ongoing changes
and expansion, and increasing complexity of business transactions characterizes
the profession of accountancy. To keep up with this dynamic environment
requires CPAs to continuously maintain and enhance their knowledge, skills, and
abilities by participating in training to earn required CPEs. The names of approved CPE program sponsors (over 1,400) are published in a listing distributed throughout the country via the Internet and in printed format. State Boards of Accountancy and their licensees can refer to this listing to identify and select CPE program sponsors. Tommy White, Chief Executive Officer of IP3, states, "We are very excited about our approval by the NASBA to offer authorized CPEs to those in the accounting profession. Our classroom courses ("group live") offer a range of financial and managerial topics very relevant to the accountancy community." For more information on the NASBA and the CPE standards and requirements, please visit their website at www.nasba.org. To learn more about IP3 CPE's program, please go to IP3's Professional Accreditations. January 13, 2007 , Immediate Release: Contract Award: Prime Contract for the
Support for Economic Growth and Institutional Reform- General Business, Trade
and Investment IQC (SEGIR -GBTI II IQC) August 21st, 2006, Immediate Release: 2007 Course Schedule
Announced March 8th, 2006, Immediate Release: PPP Skills and Competency
Development
Each module contains rich content on the module topic, case studies and simulation exercises to illustrate the content topic, and strategic action plan development by the participants so each can apply what they learn into their own environment. Participants, the course facilitator, and guests will engage each other through weekly posting of assignments and communication using Discussion Board threads, email, and chat room functions. For a full description of this new program including course dates, sponsors and contact information click here For a complete press kit in PDF format
click here March 7th, 2006, Immediate Release: Kristen M. Nicole to Serve as Capacity Building Solutions Manager
November 15, 2005, Immediate Release: Contract Award: Prime Contract for the
Building Recovery and Reform Through Democratic Governance (BRDG IQC)
October 25, 2005 Immediate Release: First Enrollees Complete the Certified
Public-Private Partnership Specialist™ Certification
Program
Ms. Irene Muloni is an Electrical
Engineer with a Masters in Business Administration. Since April 2002, she has
been the Managing Director of the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company
Limited (UEDCL). Ms. Muloni's final Action Plan (part of the certification
requirements) focused on the performance monitoring of the new 20 year
Electricity Distribution System contract/concession that
Mr. Tommy White, CEO of IP3, states, "We are very pleased to have these two outstanding individuals be our first 'graduates' of the Certified Public-Private Partnership Specialist certification program. We are particularly pleased to see two 'sectors' represented- energy and roads/transport- as this illustrates the applications of PPPs to a variety of sectors. We wish them both the best of success with their careers and professional development." September 12th, 2005, Immediate Release: 2006 Training Schedule
Announced September 12th, 2005, Immediate Release: New IP3 Catalog of Capacity Building
Products and Services Now Available July 20th, 2005, Immediate Release: New Graduates Complete the Certified
Regulation Specialist™ Certification Program 
Mr. Kaliisa has served as the
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals since 1998. He is
responsible for overseeing the organization and operations of the Ministry as
well as advising the serving Minister on the role of the Ministry. In addition
to these roles within the Ministry, he also oversees operations of the Uganda
Electricity Board, Kilembe Mines Ltd, and Kasese Cobalt Company Limited. Before
serving in this role he was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural
Resources. An engineer by training, Mr Kaliisa received his M.Sc. from the
University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. January 19, 2005, Immediate Release: First Participant Completes Regulation
Certification Program
January 15, 2005, Immediate Release: IP3 MENA Opens New Offices in Cairo;
Hosts IP3 Regional Operations Mohamed H. Ashmawi, Eng.
Key Contact Persons:
November 1, 2004, Immediate Release: IP3 Provides New Demo for Online
Courses August 1, 2004 Immediate Release: IP3 Training Catalog with New and
Expanded courses for 2004 and 2005 February 27, 2004 Immediate Release: The Institute for Public-Private
Partnerships, Inc. (IP3) is pleased to announce the newest addition to our IP3
team. Tom Crossan has joined us as our Marketing Director for Global
Training & Certification. Tom comes to IP3 with a diverse background in
international training and international exchange programs. Tom will focus on
assisting IP3 alumni, clients and new customers in assessing their training and
certification needs, while keeping everyone up-to-date on our high quality
course offerings in the competitive fields of regulation, competitive utility
management, and public-private partnerships. February 12, 2004 For Immediate Release: USAID Awards IP3 and SEGURA Consulting LLC Prime Contract for SEGIR Privatization II IQC The Institute for
Public-Private Partnerships, Inc. (IP3) and SEGURA Consulting LLC
(SEGURA) are pleased to announce the award, as a prime contractor, of the
USAID-funded SEGIR Privatization II Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC). IP3 and
SEGURA joined forces to create SEGURA/IP3 Partners
LLC, a joint venture partnership for this specific contract. Our
subcontractors include Chemonics International, Enterprise Resource Group,
Inc., Foundation for Enterprise Development, Global Business Solutions,
Infrastructure Management Group, Inc., and McConnell International.
SEGURA/IP3 Partners, LLC is a qualified small business under this award. For more information on our services, please contact:
December 16, 2003 Immediate Release: The Institute for Public-Private
Partnerships, Inc. (IP3) and the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)
are pleased to announce the offering of joint training courses in Hyderabad,
India for 2004. The courses being offered include the
following: October 25, 2003 Immediate Release: 2004 Catalog of Courses The Institute for Public-Private
Partnerships, Inc. (IP3) is pleased to announce the release of our
2004 Catalog of Courses. IP3 will be offering over
75 courses in eleven locations and in six different languages. One-week and
two-week courses will be held in Washington, DC, Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja,
Cairo, Cape Town, Hyderabad, Manila, Bogor, Moscow, Toronto, and Buenos Aires.
April 15, 2003 Immediate Release IP3 offers first Regional Francophone Training Course in Dakar, Senegal The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships Inc. (IP3) recently concluded its first Francophone regional training course in Dakar, Senegal. The program "Les Partenariats Public-Prive pour les Services et Infrastructures Publics: Planification, Execution et Reglementation" was held April 7-11, 2002. Twenty-six (26) participants from Senegal, Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Mauritania and Burkina Faso attended this pioneering event. The one-week intensive training course covered the institutional, economic, financial and regulatory issues in planning and implementing public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the water, energy and transportation sectors. Mr. Idrissa Niasse, Director, Planning Department, SENELEC (National Electricity Company) in Senegal says of his learning experience, "We are currently advertising for our second IPP under a BOT. I have gained great insights into what mistakes we should avoid in developing and reviewing the bids and negotiating with the potential awardee, particularly the financial aspects". One of the highlights of the course was a videoconference with the World Bank office in Washington. Mr. Michel Layec, Lead Energy Economist, AFTEG, discussed best and worst practices for PPPs through several African case studies, namely the rural electrification project in Senegal, the natural gas pipeline between Nigeria and Ghana, and the rehabilitation of the water and electric Sectors in Tchad. In addition to Michel Layec, the faculty included Alioune Fall (Director - IP3 Africa), Francois Serres (Francois Serres and Associates, Paris), Chrisitan Cucchiarini (Entreprises Generales de France, Paris) and Fabrice Ndjodo (International Finance Corporation, Private Sector Advisory Services). This was the first in a series of courses IP3 intends to organize in West Africa in French and English this year. February 5, 2003, Immediate Release IP3 and WEDC of Loughborough University Announce Joint Accredited Professional Certification Programs The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Inc. (IP3) and the Water, Engineering and Development Centre of Loughborough University (WEDC/LU) announced today the offering of three joint-accredited Professional Certification Programs in the following disciplines:
The international collaboration between IP3, located in Washington, D.C., USA and WEDC/LU, located in Leicestershire, UK, to create these Professional Certification Programs was born out of the recognition that education and training plays a vital role in accelerating the modernization and productivity of governments and utilities around the world. The application of "best practices" in management and governance using public-private partnerships, effective regulation, and improved utility management is a central feature of efficient and sustainable economic development. The goal of these landmark accredited Professional Certification Programs is to create a world class standard in public-private partnership, regulation, and utilities management and to provide participants who complete the requirements of each certification with the technical and management tools to effect change at the enterprise, sector, or policy-making level. By completing the courses and earning the accredited credential, graduates will continue to add prestige to the new standard year after year. Tommy White, Chief Executive Officer of IP3 states, "The necessity of advancing training in these three areas is critical as countries continue to adopt reform-minded and commercial solutions to economic, social, and infrastructure development problems. Our goal with each of the three Professional Certification Programs is to provide structure and standards to the training being offered and to graduate a new class of 'experts' in each of the fields of discipline. We think that IP3 and WEDC/LU offer the perfect combination of skills and reputations to make this standard world class." Ian Smout, Director of WEDC/LU states, "We are very excited about this Professional Certification Program. Around the world, many utilities, government agencies and departments are going through major changes including an increased customer focus in their business management, and more collaborative working between public sector, private sector and civil society organizations with distinct roles. The success of these changes will depend on the people involved, and this new program will help managers develop their understanding and skills to a high professional level, at the same time clarifying the standards required." To receive certification, participants will be required to complete a select number of training courses offered by IP3, WEDC/LU and third-party education and training institutions; completion of a comprehensive Strategic Action Plan; and the completion of a written examination. IP3 and WEDC/LU will jointly administer each Certification Program, including admission standards and requirements; the adoption and maintenance of quality standards expected for adult education and training; and course selection guidance and counseling for current and prospective participants. To receive more information on the requirements, procedures, and standards for each Professional Certification Program please register your contact information here or fax your request to 1-202-466-8934. Complete information on all three Professional Certification Programs will be available shortly. The Institute for Public Private Partnerships, founded in 1994, is a global leader in providing training and capacity building on all aspects of public-private partnership transactions, regulatory reform, and competitive utility management. Over 10,000 officials from 175 countries have successfully completed courses conducted by IP3. For more information on IP3, please visit www.ip3.org. The Water, Engineering and Development Centre of Loughborough University is a leading training and research organization in the application of public-private partnership approaches, regulation, and utility reform, particularly in the environmental sectors. Loughborough University, with its campus in Leicestershire, boasts over 12,000 students and is a leading educational institution in the United Kingdom in the environmental sciences and engineering sectors. For more information on WEDC/LU, please visit: www.lboro.ac.uk/wedc/. August 15, 2002, Immediate Release IP3 Announces 2003 Global Commercial Training Schedule IP3 is pleased to announce its 2003 global commercial training workshop schedule. 2003 will be IP3's 10th year offering global training and education -- the alumni network now stands well over 8,000 officials from 175 countries worldwide. For 2003, IP3 has initiated several important changes our training offerings. For the first time, IP3 will be offering its commercial "off-the-shelf" courses not only in Washington, D.C. but also in Cape Town, Bangkok, Cairo, Dublin, New Delhi, Dakar, and St. Petersburg. Tommy White, CEO of IP3, states, "Many of our clients and customers for years have requested that IP3 offer our courses on a regional basis so more participants can attend on a more cost effective basis. We have listened to our market and are excited about this new training direction for IP3. Response so far has been overwhelmingly positive." A second important change to the 2003 schedule involves offering several "advanced" courses in IP3's core training subject areas: regulation, PPP, and project finance. Tommy White again states, "We recognize that our training market is 'moving up the learning' when it comes to PPP project development and regulation. We are now offering, for example, two advanced regulation courses- one solely on managing incentive-based tariff regulation programs and another on overall planning and managing regulatory commissions; one advanced project finance course; and two advanced PPP design and implementation courses. Most of the world has moved past 'the rationale for good regulation or the rationale for PPP' and are focused solely on an implementation mode. Our training is addressing those areas now. We believe this will set us a part from other organizations that try to offer training in our these areas as they continue to offer outdated and basic courses." For a listing of the 2003 Training Courses, please visit IP3 at www.ip3.org. April 15, 2002 Immediate Release IP3 Signs MOU with the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Services On February 7th, IP3 signed an agreement with the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Services (Arab Academy) to offer joint training programs in the Middle East. This new organizational relationship, which was initiated by former US Congressman Larry LaRocco (D-ID), is designed to leverage both organizations' extensive training and capacity building resources to deliver more courses to many more Middle Eastern participants at affordable rates. The Arab Academy is an internationally recognized training institution holding diplomatic status and offering accredited continuing adult education courses in Amman, Cairo, Beirut, and Sanaa'. The Academy offers specialized programs in the fields of banking and finance. IP3 will co-brand several training courses with the Academy in the coming months focused on infrastructure finance, pensions and social insurance reform, and e-government. A full offering of courses will be available later this summer and will be highlighted on the IP3 and Arab Academy websites. For more information about this new strategic relationship, please contact Tommy White at twhite@ip3.org. March 15, 2002 Immediate Release IP3 Signs Collaborative MOU with the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC) The National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC) has entered into an Memorandum of Understanding with IP3 to further both firm's goal to promote sound regulatory practices to a global audience. Under the scope of the MOU, NARUC and IP3 will initially focus their efforts on providing regionally based training workshops to regulatory bodies and staff in Africa. "This agreement (between NARUC and IP3) is an important step forward to providing regionally-based training for the newly formed regulatory bodies in Africa," said Matthew Hensley, President of IP3. "NARUC serves as a wonderful resource for the burgeoning regulatory bodies while IP3 provides the important institutional resource." Please contact Mr. Alioune Fall (afall@ip3.org) or Mr. Dan Nelson (dnelson@ip3.org) at IP3 or Ms. Erin Skootsky (eskootsky@naruc.org) at NARUC for additional information. October 15, 2001 Immediate Release Training Series on Private Sector Participation in Egyptian Water and Wastewater Utilities Recently Completed In September, a team of senior IP3 trainers implemented the seventh and final module of the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in Egyptian Water and Wastewater Utilities training series in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. For this final workshop entitled "The PSP Project Life Cycle," participants came from three ministries, five central planning bodies, and more than 15 local water and wastewater utilities. IP3 was truly honored to have the opportunity to conduct this training series and would like to thank the following people and institutions for their continued guidance, participation, and assistance throughout the 11-month training program: Dr. Beyaly H. El Beyaly of the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities; Mr. Anton Dahdouh, Project Manager and Ms. Melanie Sanders-Smith, Chief of Party, of the Development Training 2 Project (DT2) of the Institute of International Education and Training; Eng. Adel Halim and Mr. Timothy Alexander of USAID, and Mr. Tom Allen and Mr. Jerome Donovan of the Legal, Institutional, and Regulatory Reform Project (LIRR2) (the technical consulting project for the training series). October 15, 2001 Immediate Release Let's Hear From Our Alumni! IP3 Alumni, we want to hear from you! Do
you have anything newsworthy you would like to share? Progress on your Action
Plan? New job or promotion? Would you like to contribute an article to our
e-newsletter? Let us know! Contact IP3 at klim@ip3.org with your information. We look
forward to hearing from you! September 20, 2001 Immediate Release Training Workshop on Public-Private Partnership Policies and Strategies Recently Conducted In September, IP3 conducted its first comprehensive training program on Public-Private Partnership Policies and Strategies for a global audience. Fifteen participants attended the program from the following countries: Tanzania, Malawi, Romania, India, Russia, Nepal, Zambia, South Africa, Ghana, and Kuwait. Key topics focused on the institutional, legal, regulatory, and financial issues to creating P3 opportunities and projects. A number of techniques were reviewed and applied to a range of sectors, including water, energy, urban planning, housing, health, and solid waste. Mr. Tommy White, Vice-President of IP3, states, "The participants were really into the workshop topics. Everyone was able to gain a tremendous amount of knowledge from the training sessions and site visits, and it really showed in their action plans. Interestingly, one the major themes that evolved in the participants' action plans was the need to increase significantly the overall institutional capacity of government to manage and monitor public-private partnership programs. We at IP3 see this as a continuing trend worldwide as governments try to manage and monitor the P3 process more effectively." IP3 will be offering this course again from May 13 - 24, 2002. August 15, 2001 Immediate Release IP3's Training Workshop Schedule for 2002 is Announced IP3 is pleased to announce our training workshop schedule for 2002. 2002 will be IP3's 9th year offering global training and education -- our alumni network now stands well over 8,000 officials from 175 countries worldwide. Next year's management training workshops include 13 courses in the following areas:
IP3 is very excited about our course offerings for next year. We have responded to the market by consolidating our training programs into a number of core sectors and issues, while adding several new training courses in eco-tourism and ICT. Mr. Matthew Hensley, President of IP3, states, "Looking ahead, 2002 will certainly be an interesting year for the global training market. We anticipate a continued robust market for public-private partnership-related training as more governments than ever are adopting P3 programs as the model for development." August 1, 2001 Immediate Release IP3 Receives IACET Accreditation for Providing CEUs IP3 is pleased to announce that we are now an Authorized Provider of the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to award Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for all our off-the-shelf, on-site/customized, regional, and e-learning training products and services. IACET is the internationally recognized continuing education accreditation and certification agency that sets the criteria, guidelines, and universal standards for awarding continuing education units (for more information on IACET or CEUs, please go to our Training section of the website or directly to www.iacet.org). Mr. Tommy White, Vice-President of IP3
states, "Being recognized as an authorized provider of CEUs by IACET gives IP3
a real competitive edge in the international training market. With the IACET
'stamp of approval', firms and organizations can be assured of a high standard
of quality that goes into the planning, management, and evaluation of IP3
training products and services. Since many firms and government agencies
require their managers and staff to earn official CEUs as part of their
on-going job requirements or to obtain promotions, our courses are an excellent
vehicle to satisfy many, if not most, of their training requirements." Home | About IP3 | Training | Consulting Alumni Corner | e-Newsletter | Careers | Site Index | Links | Contact
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The Banking Association South Africa,
acting in its capacity as the Secretariat for the SADC Banking Association, and
with funding provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
has awarded a five-year contract to the Institute for Public-Private
Partnerships, Inc. (IP3) to design, develop, and implement on a quarterly basis
an intensive six-week skills-based online training programme titled, PPP
Skills and Competency Development.
Ms. Kristen M. Nicole is joining the IP3 team
after service with the United States Peace Corps in Bangladesh where she had
first hand experience in array of development projects. Ms. Nicole will work
with IP3 training clients and customers worldwide to help identify training
needs and develop capacity building solutions with the range of IP3 training
products and services available. "I am very fortunate to be welcomed into the
IP3 family of alumni and colleagues with such a courteous manner. I look
forward to communicating and meeting with IP3 alumni and new participants in
the coming months, as well as growing valued relations with our 2006 candidates
for certification, and all past, current, and future associates of IP3" says
Ms. Nicole.
UEDCL entered into with Umeme Limited, a consortium between CDC
Globeleq of United Kingdom (56% shares) and Eskom Enterprises of South Africa
(44%). Ms. Muloni will have an important role in monitoring the new concession
agreement.
Mr. Godwin Brocke holds a Masters of Engineering in
Engineering Management from Cornell University. He has served in various
positions in the Ministry of Roads and Transport since 1984 where he is
currently the Director of Research, Statistics and Information Management. Mr.
Brocke's final Action Plan focused on the development of a PPP Unit within the
Ministry of Roads and Transport. "The training on PPP has enabled me to have a
new perspective on how governments can effectively utilize the capacities of
the private sector to accelerate development and growth in their economies,"
says Mr. Brocke.
He is responsible for the overall
management and operations of the ERA and serves as the key link between the
commissioners and professional staff at the ERA and the many electricity sector
stakeholders firstly in Uganda and elsewhere. A professional engineer by
training, Dr Sebbowa received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. from Leeds University in the
United Kingdom.