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Programme

The Public Private Partnership Executive Leadership Master Class Programme is designed for public sector executives concerned with the following aspects of public private partnerships:

  • Policy development and implementation
  • Project initiation and development
  • Major project procurement
  • Economic impact and cost benefit analysis
  • Risk identification and management
  • Regulation
  • Project finance
  • Process structure and management

The objective of the programme is to improve knowledge and understanding of this specialised form of public procurement using best practice principles, case studies and site visits to major PPP projects in South East Queensland. Public private partnerships (PPPs) are a form of contractual arrangements that aims to achieve value for money in public procurement, improve government service delivery and contribute to stronger regional economic growth and development. However, PPPs are complex and
require a robust process to maximise the benefits to governments.
The Executive Leadership Programme is designed to examine PPPs in all their dimensions.
The programme content includes:

  • The elements of a public private partnership transaction – what is it, how is it structured, what does it seek to do?
  • Policy frameworks – best practice principles and lessons learnt
  • Project selection – what types of projects make the best PPPs
  • Sustainable development principles
  • Project evaluation, cost benefit and economic impact analysis
  • Value for money
  • The role of risk transfer, measurement, pricing and management
  • Sectoral developments – what are the worldwide trends
  • The bid process, bid evaluation and selection
  • Contract management
  • T he economics of PPP deals – how do they work?
  • Lessons learnt – how are PPPs improving public procurement
Please click here to see a sample day to day schedule of the program

Information on web pages is accurate at the time of posting and may be subject to change from semester to semester to reflect changes in program structure. It is therefore important to check current information at the time of enrolment.