On-Site and Customized Training

Introduction
In addition to our annually planned off-the-shelf workshops, IP3 designs and implements customized training workshops and activities for governments, donors, NGOs, and private institutions worldwide. The idea of "customizing" a training workshop consists of structuring the training content, selecting case studies, and utilizing the most appropriate training methodology to address the specific needs of the client. IP3 often conducts a training needs assessment for the client before implementing the actual required training.

Customized training is extremely beneficial when trying to achieve tangible and rapid results in developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of participants. Customized training allows organizations to tailor programs to all levels of management, including the direct implementers of programs and projects, thereby expediting the change processes desired by the client. Additionally, topical areas that are of priority to an organization are targeted during the program, thus ensuring relevancy of the training at all times. IP3's customized training offers a valuable solution for organizations at any stage of the P3 process, ranging from identifying public-private partnership opportunities, to structuring and financing projects, to streamlining transactions, to monitoring private sector performance and ensuring program and contract compliance.

Since 1994, the Global Training Services (GTS) has been responsible for designing, developing, and implementing customized training solutions on all aspects of public-private partnerships and regulation in over 50 countries. Customized training offers clients the flexibility to fully meet the capacity building needs of their organizations, while working within scheduling and budgetary constraints.

Customized training has also greatly enhanced IP3's technical assistance projects in a number of countries. GTS often designs workshops to address capacity building needs of our projects to ensure their successful implementation and transition to local hands.

Customized Training Capabilities
Since 1994, IP3 has implemented scores of customized training workshops of varying duration. Through customized training workshops, IP3 has trained over 3,000 participants from over 50 countries in their local languages which include: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, French, Spanish, Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bahasa-Indonesian.

The following is an illustrative list of customized training workshops recently
implemented by GTS:

• Egyptian officials from the Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities and governorates on water regulation and utilities
• Nigerian officials from the Bureau of Public Enterprises on pension reform and privatization
  
• South African officials from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry on best practices in economic regulation of water services
  
• South African officials from the Development Bank of Southern Africa on PPP strategies and project finance
• Jordanian officials from the Executive Privatization Commission on regulation of infrastructure and utilities
  
• Southeast Asian officials (Korea, Philippines, Thailand) on public-private partnerships in environmental infrastructure
• Barbados officials from 10 agencies on PPP strategies and techniques
• Kenyan officials from the Ministry of Justice on contract compliance and performance monitoring
• Middle Eastern officials from eight Ministries of Information Technology on PPP and ICT's
• Nepalese officials from the Ministry of Finance and financial institutions on project finance strategies

Cooperation with Multi- and Bilateral Agencies
IP3 has provided customized training services for the following multi- and bi-lateral development agencies:

• African Development Bank (AfDB)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
• United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
• World Bank (IBRD)

Cooperation with International Training Organizations
IP3 has partnered with a number of international training organizations through USAID's, global, local and Indefinite Quantity Contracts (IQC). These projects include: Global Training for Development (GTD), Development Training II (DT2) in Egypt, and the Strategic Technical Assistance for Results with Training (START) and DOT.COM. IP3 is very appreciative of the support these organizations have given us and would like to recognize each below.

• Academy for Educational Development
• AMIDEAST
• Development Associates
• Institute of International Education
• World Learning

How to Start the Process?
Most of our customized workshop opportunities begin with a government organization, multi- or bi-lateral agency or international organization approaching IP3 with a training request - and need - to develop the necessary capacity of managers and/or staff on a particular aspect of public-private partnerships. With that request in hand (sometimes in the form of a request-for-proposal) and a brief description of the goals of the training request, IP3 will design, at no cost, a training solution to fit your organization's needs that will include:

• Analysis of the training needs assessment;
• Goals and objectives of the proposed workshop;
• Proposed daily schedule, including module descriptions, session titles, location, optimal number of attendees, and the most appropriate case studies;
• Team of highly qualified trainers;
• Suitable training methodology;
• Method of obtaining feedback and evaluation; and
• Budget.

IP3 stands ready to help your organization in the design and implementation of its training needs. For more information, please feel free to contact the Global Training Services at training@ip3.org.