Viability Gap

Description

Introduction

 This course is ideal for those who are practising first-line managers who wish to make a management career at this level. It focuses on underpinning knowledge and practical skills, providing the opportunity to preserve and develop good practice.

This course focuses on formal cost-benefit analysis to determine overall economic merits and value for money in mostly private and public partnerships.

Course Content

• Overview of the development of the viability gap facility (VGF)
• Financial & economic assessment of public-private partnerships
• Development of the viability gap funding and its challenges
• What to expect from viability gap funding?
• Recent global trends and challenges
• The case for competitive partnership
• Minimum revenue guarantee
• Control and implementation & reporting, monitoring and evaluation
• Project and operational control
• Productivity performance measure
• Costs and benefits
• Monitoring and evaluation of the operation

Learning Outcomes

• This course will provide delegates with an insight into the practical aspects of VGF
• You will be able to identify, implement and establish sufficient viability gap
• It will help you how to reduce the upfront capital costs of pro-poor private infrastructure investments
• You will understand the concept of financial & economic assessment of public, private partnerships
• Understanding public sectors’ requirements and capacity in the government to implement VGF projects.