NGAC Partnerships Subcommittee – Call for Reference to Support Environmental Scan
The Subcommittee is developing an ‘environmental scan’ to identify and highlight existing partnership
programs from which the geospatial community could learn.
More information –
Examples of case studies
Partnerships in Transit - FTA Training Session
Full Presentations from the December 17, 2008 training session are now available on the
FTA page.
NCPPP's 2008 Annual Meeting Presentations
View full presentations from the November 20, 2008 meeting in Indianapolis, IN.
2008 NCPPP Awards Announced
The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships has announced the
recipients of the 2008 Awards.
See full details here
Partnerships in Transit - 2008
update - presentations from the Dallas workshop now available
View Presentations from the 2008 Partnerships in Transit Series workshops.
Presentation before the Latin American Congress of Ports
Panama, June 19 2008
View Presentation
Presentations before the American Railroad Development Association.
Santa Fe, NM, June 9, 2008
view presentations
Partnerships for Growth in Infrastructure
May 21, 2008 workshop in Charlotte, NC.
View Presentations
Federal Budgetary Scoring Symposium
April 24, 2008 workshop in Washington, DC.
View Presentations
NCPPP Awarded FTA Grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded the NCPPP a grant to
conduct a program that includes a series of four workshops on the use of public-private partnerships for development
of transit projects. A particular focus of this program will be the use of Transit Oriented Development (TODs) as
a means of supplementing the funding for these projects
... more
Joint Effort by the AGC and NCPPP
As reported at the Board Meeting in Houston in November, the Council and the Associated General Contractors
of America (AGC) are working together on a workshop designed to outline PPPs as
a viable option in the public
works development process. A major objective of the workshop will be to clarify many misperceptions about
PPPs and to raise awareness that this alternative funding method for projects can be of benefit to the contracting community
... more
NCPPP Holds another Federal Properties Workshop
This 1-day event, held at the Westin City Hotel in Washington, DC, on February 6th, featured David Bibb,
Deputy Administrator of GSA, as the keynote speaker. Mr. Bibb kicked off the meeting with a report on the
current state and evolution of federal real property policy
... more
UNECE Guidebook on governance
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
has just published a Guidebook on Promoting Good Governance
in Public-Private Partners, now available
here.
PPPs for Federal Properties: Opportunities & Challenges
February 6, 2008
View Presentations
Art Smith Statement Made Upon
Release of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study
Commission's Report
January 18, 2008
View Press Release
The Capital Beltway & Public-Private
Partnerships
The George Washington University Capstone Study "The Capital Beltway
& Public-Private Partnerships" presented at the December 12 meeting
of the Transportation Institute is now available.
View Report
View Presentation
Annual Meeting Sees Record Turnout
The November 1 - 2 events in Houston were some of the most successful that
the Council has held
in the last decade.Over 250 people attended, largely the result of the
strong cosponsoring support seen from the Texas Department of Transportation,
the Association of Water Board Directors of Texas and the Greater Fort
Bend Economic Development Council...more
President Butler Addresses Board
Upon his election by the Board of Directors as the new President of the
NCPPP, Ken Butler (Capital Partnerships) took a few minutes to outline
his goals for his two-year term. Butler has served on the Executive Committee
for seven years, most recently as President-Elect and prior to that as
the Vice President of Finance...more
Transportation Institute Meets
Members of the NCPPP Transportation Institute (TI) met on December 12
to prepare plans for their activities for 2008. The first item on the
agenda was a presentation by students of The George Washington University
Graduate School for Public Policy & Public Administration
... more
NCPPP Conducts a NLC Workshop
A team from the NCPPP conducted a day-long session on November 13, as
part of the National League of Cities Congress of Cities, held in New
Orleans. An audience of 65 mayors and other elected officials participated
in the session that explored the use of public-private partnerships for
economic development, transportation and water/wastewater projects
... more
NCPPP and Toyo University Sign Agreement
In 2006, President Art Smith (Management Analysis Inc.) participated in
a PPP Forum conducted by Toyo University in Tokyo, Japan. As a direct
response to his participation, three NCPPP representatives were asked
to return to the University's campus for another forum, held on September
27 of this year...more
Water Associations Meet
On December 5, the associations representing the water and wastewater
sector met to discuss areas of mutual interest. Participants in the meeting
included both volunteer leadership and staff of the National Association
of Water Companies (NAWC), the NCPPP, US Conference of Mayors' Water Council,
Water Design-Build Council (WDBC), Water Partnership Council (WPC) and
the Water & Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA)
... more
New Case Studies Available
NCPPP 2007 Public-Private Partnership Award recipients case studies are
now available:
• Great Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Hammerhead Barracks Energy Renovation
• Herryford Village at Fort Belvoir
CBO Report Just Published
Trends
in Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956
to 2004, Congressional Budget Office, 8/07
NCPPP 2007 Annual Report
The NCPPP's 2007 Annual Report is now available.
View Annual Report
NCPPP's 2007 Annual Meeting
View full presentations from the November 2, 2007 meeting in Houston, TX.
View Presentations
Federal Properties Meeting Set
Planning for the repeat of last year's highly successful meeting is now
well underway; it will be held on February 6, 2008 in Washington, DC.
A program planning committee has been formed, with Anita Molino (Bostonia
Partners), Steve Surprenant (HDR), Steve Sorett (McKenna Long & Aldridge)
and Bob Jennings (Scannell Properties) as members. Other NCPPP Members
interested in participating in this committee should contact Rick Norment
at the NCPPP offices...more
First Energy Meeting Held
Was a Success
On September 14, the NCPPP conducted another in its series of workshops.
"Partnerships in Energy" was held in Washington, with over
50 people participating. The meeting offered an extremely substantive
and stimulating program. Representatives of the Army, Air Force and
Veterans Affairs outlined how Enhanced Use Leasing (EUL) and other
federal programs have been used to partner with the private sector
for delivery of energy projects...more
Partnerships in Puerto Rico
Over the last several months, the NCPPP has seen an increase in discussions
with a number of Association of General Contractors (AGC) local chapters.
Indiana's chapter made a major presentation at the "Partnerships
in Transportation Workshop" held in Kansas City in May. This
same meeting saw a number of chapters (from Kansas and Missouri) also
participate in the program, all make positive indications about the
use of PPPs in their respective states...more
A Business Approach to Government Places
Citizens First
By: Gary L. Miller, CH2M HILL
OMI
Georgia's on the minds of anyone who follows government. That's because
there's never been anything quite like the way the City of Sandy Springs
runs its government...more
This article originally appeared in Georgia Cities
Partnerships for Energy
View Presentations from the Partnerships for Energy workshop held
in Washington, DC, 8/07
View
Presentations
Major Reports Completed and Available
Three major reports on PPPs that were recently completed by a team headed by AECOM Consult, Inc.
are now available on the FHWA’s PPP Web Site:
• User
Guidebook on Implementing Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation
Infrastructure Projects in the United States, AECOM Consult
Team, 7/07
• Case
Studies of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships in the United
States, AECOM Consult Team, 7/07
• Case
Studies of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships around the
World, AECOM Consult Team, 7/07
Partnerships for Transportation
View the full presentations from the May 15, 2007 workshop in Kansas City, MO.
View Presentations
NCPPP Held its Annual A-76 Meeting
This year's edition of the annual event on the use of the Office
of Management and Budget's (OMB's) Circular A-76 was held on May
3 in Washington, D.C. Again this meeting was cosponsored by the
American Bar Association. Over 80 participants heard presentations
by leaders in this area of federal competitive sourcing...more
Kansas City Workshop Sees Near Record Attendance
The May 15 Partnerships in Transportation Workshop had the second
largest turnout for any workshop in recent history - 180 attendees,
a number exceeded only by the Transportation workshop held in
St. Louis in 2005, which saw just over 200 participants...more
New International Activites for the NCPPP
The United Nations' Special Unit for South/South Cooperation has
extended its contract with the NCPPP for another year. NCPPP will
continue to develop case studies on the use of PPPs in emerging
economies, for inclusion on the Web site administered for the
UN by the NCPPP. In addition to providing a significant income
source for the NCPPP, this continues to raise the credibility
of the Council not only on the international scene but also among
public officials in the United States (a valuable asset in recruiting
cosponsors for our workshops)...more
The Great Debate
By: Richard Norment, Executive Director, National Council for
Public-Private Partnerships
In recent months, the level of debate about public-private partnerships
(PPPs) has significantly increased. In the press and in Congress,
there has been a rising clamor about the validity of use of PPPs.
The intensity of the debate has even reach Business Week, with
the May 7 issue's cover touting "Hey Buddy, You Wanna Buy
a Bridge?"...more
Statement Submitted by the National Council
for Public-Private Partnerships to the National Surface Transportation
Policy and Revenue Study Commission
May 10, 2007
View Statement
Anticipating A Greenhouse Gas
Compliance Strategy
By: Roger D. Stark and John F. Spinello, Jr. (Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Preston Gates Ellis LLP)
Printed in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Inc., April 2007,
Volume 15, No.4
View Paper
NASA: Enhanced Use Leasing Program
Needs Additional Controls
US Government Accountability Office
March 1, 2007
View Report
Rail Project for Dulles Raises
Concerns
Secrecy of Negotiations Worries Officials,
Critics
By Bill Turque, Washington Post Staff Writer
Washington Post
March 23, 2007, 2007; Page B01
View
Article
NCPPP's Op-Ed Regarding the
Dulles Article (see above)
Richard Norment, Executive Director, NCPPP
March 26, 2007
View Op-Ed
Manual for Using Public-Private Partnerships
on Highway Projects
Federal Highway Administration
View Paper
Private Activity Bonds - Now an Issue
For over a decade, the NCPPP has supported removing the cap on Private
Activity Bonds (PABs) for water and wastewater projects. This has been
a continuing effort, as illustrated by the over 180 documents about PABs
on the NCPPP Website (you can use the "Google Search" tool on
the site to see these listings, top right)...more
Working with US DOT
With the changes in leadership at the U.S. Department of Transportation,
NCPPP was able to have two significant meetings in recent weeks. The first
of these was on January 16 with the new Secretary of Transportation, Mary
Peters...more
The Right Audience
By: Richard Norment, National Council for Public-Private Partnerships
All of us are now flooded with meeting announcements, particularly ones
on how to mobilize private sector financing for all types of infrastructures.
In a sense, this is a good trend, as an increasingly broader spectrum
of people come to the realization that public funding for these critical
areas fall far short of the needs...more
National League of Cities Training Institute
The NCPPP provided a briefing for members of the National League of Cities Training Institute, held on January 27,
2007 in Santa Monica, California. With approximately 50 mayors, city council
members and other elected officials, presentations were given that covered
the fundamentals of PPPs by Rick Norment (NCPPP), partnerships for transportation
by Ken Butler (Capital Partnerships), water by Shilen Patel (Veolia Water
North America), and real estate by John Stainback (Stainback Public/Private
Real Estate).View
Presentations
Economic Development Discussed at Fargo Workshop
At first glance, Fargo, ND, does not seem like a probable location for
an NCPPP Real Estate Institute meeting. However, this unique venue saw
a surprisingly good response for a workshop focusing particularly on the
process for developing partnerships for economic development. While the
population of the Fargo and Moorehead, MN area is only about 300,000,
the meeting had 40 participants, all of them key leaders in local government
and interest groups with the common desire to advance the economic development
process in the area to the next, more expansive step...more
NCPPP BOARD REVIEWS GROWTH AT ANNUAL MEETING
As required by the NCPPP Bylaws, the Board of Directors held their annual
meeting on November 15. Each of the Council's Officers provided reports
to the Board, covering NCPPP's activities and growth over the last year.
Chairman Don Levine (Veolia Water), who handled the gavel for the meeting,
also reported on the quarterly meetings of the Management Committee and
its oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Council's staff...more
NCPPP ANNUAL AWARD LUNCHEON HELD
NCPPP completed the process for selection
of its prestigious annual awards in early October.The awards recognize
exemplary projects and services that illustrate the best practices
and innovative approaches in the use of public-private partnerships
(PPPs). The most prestigious of the NCPPP awards is the Leadership
Award, given in recognition of an individual's outstanding efforts
for promotion of the use of PPPs. This year's award went to Governor
Mitch Daniels (Indiana) for his leadership at both the state and
federal levels...more
FEDERAL PROPERTIES
WORKSHOP SOLD OUT
A one-day workshop was conducted by NCPPP staff and members at the
Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, on December 6, 2006. Entitled
"PPPs for Federal Properties", the meeting drew both private
real estate professionals, as well as, real estate decision makers
from many federal agencies and provided NCPPP with its first-ever
sold-out event. The hot topic of the day was enhanced-use leasing,
though other types of partnerships were discussed...more
NCPPP CONDUCTS TRAINING FOR THE UN
Council members and staff conducted an intensive
five-day course for senior UN officials in mid-September. A wide range of
topics covered the creation and management of PPPs for all types of infrastructures
(workshop presentations). As the Letter
of Reference indicates, the United Nations Special Unit that contracted
with the NCPPP for this session was extremely pleased with the results.
NEW APPROACH FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING
The Council's Annual Meeting is an opportunity for all NCPPP members to
be fully updated on recent developments and activities of their organization,
as well as to provide input for the planning of 2007. This year's meeting,
set for November 14 -15 at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town, will experiment
with a new format. While the schedule is compressed to better utilize
the limited time people have on their calendars, the agenda will include
a number of outstanding features that will be of interest to everyone...more
WAVE OF
UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS
Over the next few weeks, the NCPPP will be conducting a number of significant
meetings. Program details and registration information on all of these
meetings is available on the NCPPP Website...more
NCPPP SPEAKS OUT
In recent weeks, the NCPPP has been asked to provide speakers or panels
for a number of meetings...more
NCPPP
TRAINS UN SENIOR OFFICIALS
An intensive five-day training course was conducted by the staff and members
of the NCPPP for key people in the United Nation’s Development
Program (UNDP). Between September 18 and 22, this group explored the specifics
of how PPPs can be utilized in developing the countries of Africa, Asia
and Latin America...more
NATIONAL
COUNCIL AND THE UN - A GOOD FIT?
Some have asked why the NCPPP, a nationally focused organization, has
become involved with the United Nations. Central to these questions is
“what’s the benefit to NCPPP members?” This is a
valid question and therefore warrants an answer...more
COOPERATION
WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Over the last few months, a close working relationship has been developing
with the George Washington University (GWU) Graduate School for Public
Policy and Public Administration (PP&PA). This was sparked by an initiative
made by Transportation Institute Chairman Parker Williams (ACS)...more
MnDOT
SCAN VISITS TxDOT
The NCPPP organized and executed a Scan of the Texas Department of Transportation’s
(TxDOT) public-private partnership team for the Minnesota Department of
Transportation (MnDOT). Douglas Differt, the MNDOT Deputy Commissioner,
led the tour delegation, which included five senior representatives from
MnDOT, two from the Minneapolis office of the Federal Highway Administration,
and one representative from the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The goal of the Scan was to educate MnDOT officials about the implementation
of the PPP process in order for the State of Minnesota to utilize the
option to its fullest capabilities...more
NCPPP
SHOWS ITS FLAG IN NEW ORLEANS
The Council played a visible role at the International City/County Management
Association's (ICMA) major conference RESTORATION 2006, held in New Orleans,
May 15-17. The meeting was also sponsored by the National League of Cities
(NLC) and the National Association of Counties (NACo), and attracted over
1,000 people to discuss efforts and methods for restoration of the Gulf
Coast areas following the hurricanes of 2005. NCPPP was an official cosponsor
of the event...more
THE
2006 EDITION OF THE A-76 WORKSHOP
On May 24, the Council held another of its annual workshops on the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, titled The Changing Face
of A-76. This document establishes the procedures for the federal government
to engage in competitive sourcing for "commercial" positions
within individual agencies. As is all too common with regulations established
by Congress, the rules vary substantially from agency to agency, adding
complexity to everyone's understanding of the process...more
NCPPP
TO ORGANIZE MNDOT SCAN
The NCPPP has been contracted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation
(MnDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) to conduct another
Scan. Like the Scan conducted last November for Illinois and Missouri
transportation officials, the Minnesota team will visit the Texas Department
of Transportation's (TxDOT) public-private partnership team headed by
Phil Russell. The tour takes place on June 20 and 21, in Austin, Texas...more
LEADERSHIP
LUNCHEON SET
Former New South Wales, Australian Premier Bob Carr will be the featured
speaker at a luncheon to be held in conjunction with the June 14 Transportation
Institute full membership meeting...more
NCPPP
SUPPORTS U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has established
the Kosovo Cluster and Business Support Program (KCBS) to stimulate economic
growth and to improve employment opportunities for citizens of Kosovo.
A key component of this program is teaching Kosovo's leaders about modern
governance principles and best practices in business management and economic
development. Earlier this year, USAID brought a group of Kosovar leaders
to Washington, D.C. for ten days of intensive training in western business
practices...more
NCPPP'S
CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED NATIONS
The Council has entered into contracts with the United Nations Development
Program, Special Unit for South-South Coordination (SU/SSC). This group
is responsible for economic development efforts of the UN in South America,
Africa and Asia, and a major focus of their efforts is on the promotion
of public-private partnerships...more
SEVERAL
WORKSHOPS IN THE PLANNING STAGE
A critical tool in fulfilling NCPPP's educational mission is through conducting
partnership workshops. Several are currently in various stages of planning...more
NCPPP'S
2006 AWARD NOMINATIONS IN PROGRESS
Each year NCPPP recognizes public and private sectors for innovative public-private
partnerships. This prestigious award honors partnerships that exemplify
creative approaches, recognizing outstanding projects and programs utilizing
this important public management tool...more
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