Risk Management in Transport PPP Projects
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o The Bureau National d’Etudes Techniques et de Développement (BNETD) is a
public engineering and consulting company which provides technical support to the
Ministries and Procuring Institutions in the preparation and implementation of
projects;
o Other transport sector-specific institutions may also be involved in the planning
and/or regulation of initiatives in the transport sector, such as the recently established
Abidjan Transport Planning Authority or the Regulatory Transport Authority.
 Contracting Authorities/Procuring Institutions:
o In line with the responsibilities outlined in the section above, highway PPP projects
fall under the responsibility of the Ministry of Economic Infrastructure and/or
subsidiary entities (such as the National Roads Administration);
o All other transport sectors (Ports, Airports, Railways, Public Transport, Logistics) are
generally under the responsibility of the Ministry of Transport and/or subsidiary
entities (such as the Abidjan Port Authority or the San Pedro Port Authority).
The PPP unit (CNP-PPP). The main mission of the CNP-PPP is to define strategies to develop
PPP agreements, submit new drafts of new rules to the government in order to improve the PPP
legal framework, to approve infrastructure projects selected for implementation by means of
PPP agreements, to approve the awarding procedure documents and evaluation criteria and to
manage the fund dedicated to studies and activities related to PPP initiatives.
As part of its mission to develop and promote PPPs in Côte d'Ivoire, in partnership with
CEPICI, the CNP-PPP is responsible for:
 Developing the national strategy for medium- and long-term PPP initiatives;
 Validating, in collaboration with the contracting authorities, the annual program of
projects to be carried out in PPP contracts, to monitor its implementation, in collaboration
with the contracting authorities, and to produce an annual review of the progress of this
program, with useful recommendations for the improvement of its implementation and
contribute to the development of a PPP-friendly environment by taking the following
actions:
o Proposing any reform or evolution of legislations and regulations or administrative
procedures relating to PPP;
o Participating in the development of technical standards and specifications as well as
the quality management system applicable to PPPs, in line with the harmonization
process within the UEMOA;
o Promoting the development of appropriate tools and funding structures for PPP
projects;
o Defining and implementing the training and capacity-building strategies of national
PPP actors.