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IP3 Specialist Certifications

An IP3 Specialist Certification instills confidence in the recipient’s understanding of—and ability to apply real-world solutions to—an organization’s most critical challenges.

Certification signifies a commitment to the enhancement of not only job-related skills for professional career advancement, but also to the enrichment of global and comprehensive knowledge in the recipient’s field of study.

Each globally recognized certification program is structured following standards established by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).

How to Become a Certified Specialist

Complete 24 CEUs from approved IP3 courses in one of our three fields of study.

Demonstrate your comprehension through the completion of a final exam.

What are the Benefits of an IP3 Specialist Certification?

  • Bring best practices and an understanding of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), Project Finance, or Regulation and Utility Management to your organization
  • Establish a benchmark of knowledge that employers can rely on for goal accomplishment
  • Contribute to your organization’s and community’s growth and advancement
  • Advance your skills and create a positive impact within your current role
  • Become more marketable and mobile
  • Generate added opportunities for professional growth
  • Demonstrate your global and comprehensive skills

IP3 offers three professional certification programs for qualified individuals:

Certified Public-Private Partnership Specialist

PPP Specialists are fully-prepared to design, finance, procure, implement, and monitor complex PPP projects. IP3 helps students to achieve this level of knowledge by successfully identifying, defining, and supporting best practices, and by transferring this intelligence to participants through education and training.

Certified Project Finance Specialist

Project Finance Specialists have acquired the skills to build and interpret financial models by assessing data and relevant assumptions; performing sensitivity analyses; applying tariffs; projecting cash flow; and determining net present value, internal rate of return, and cost of capital in introductory, intermediate, and advanced level courses.

Certified Regulation and Utility Management Specialist

Regulation and Utility Management Certified Specialists have developed the knowledge and skills to restructure, redevelop, design, and improve public services while promoting excellence in the management of competitive utilities. Courses cover the electricity, water, wastewater, transportation, telecommunications, education, health, and municipal services sectors.