SOurce : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-inks-deal-with-Germanys-development-bank/articleshow/5276809.cms
NEW DELHI: The government has partnered with Germany's development bank KfW for skill upgradation of at least 4,000 key officials at different levels engaged in implementation of public private partnership (PPP) projects. The joint initiative will help officials gain familiarity with PPP projects in properly conceiving, developing and implementing them.
One of the bottlenecks identified by the government in using PPPs in infrastructure is the lack of familiarity and detailed know-how of officials at different government levels. This initiative is intended to help the departments in capacity building and gaining from German expertise.
The department of economic affairs in the finance ministry is developing a National Public Private Partnership Capacity Building Programme as part of the joint initiative. The initiative would be delivered through state administrative training institutes and Central training institutes.
The agreement between India and KfW was signed on November 23, 2009. The German government through KfW will provide a grant of Euro 700,000 (around Rs 50 million) to support the initiative, according to a finance ministry note.
The national PPP capacity development programme will be implemented in two phases and is expected to be completed at the end of 2012. The first phase, lasting about 22 months, will create the necessary capacity for carrying out PPP training in a number of institutions through a process of training needs assessment, curriculum design and content development, a training of trainers programme and the roll-out of training programmes.
This will be followed by a second phase of about 15 months. The German government through KfW will provide financial support for Phase I of the programme. I-Cap will be the project executing agency for the programme.
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