There are so many projects that are ongoing in our country like building bridges, buildings, and airports and service-providing projects like healthcare, waste management and education projects. Some projects were imitated by the government, some by the private sector and some by both sectors. The project started by the both is known as PPP.
PPP stands for the company Public-Private Partnership. It is a mutual agreement between the private and public sectors. This mutual agreement is about providing the goods and services to the public.
The aim of the PPP model is to divide the profit and loss in any project between the private and government sectors.
This model is used to build bridges, airports, roads, hospitals and bridges.
This model also delivers services to the public like education and healthcare.
PPPs, or private-public partnerships, come in a variety of forms, but the following are the most prevalent:
Public-Private Partnership for Infrastructure Development Program: Build Operate Transfer (BOT), Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO), Build Own Operate (BOO), Management Contracting (MC), Operational Lease
Each PPP kind has distinct advantages and traits of its own.
The most crucial step is choosing the appropriate PPP type for your project's requirements. For instance, the BOT model would be more suited if you wanted to build a new hospital because it entails transferring ownership to the private sector after the building is complete and running. On the other hand, the Operating Lease should be used if you just want to renovate an existing hospital.
Public-Private Partnerships can be classified into different given below forms;
Build Operate Transfer (BOT)
Build Own Operate (BOO)
Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO)
Operating Lease
Management Contracting (MC)
Public-Private Partnership for Infrastructure Development Programme (PPPIDP).
These are some important forms of Public-Private Partnership.
Service-based models and Asset-based models
are the two categories of PPP.
For short time projects such as waste management, healthcare service based models are better.
For Infrastructure based projects like bridges, airport, tunnels, railway, etc asset based models are suitable.
Selecting the correct types of PPP is an essential part for the success of the project. Each type has its own weaknesses and strengths and knowledge of the weaknesses and strengths of each type is important.
Some steps are written for selecting the correct type of PPP.
Know the aim of the project and what do you expect?
Identify the loss you will face in the project.
Impact of the projects on the stakeholders and customers.
Also take care about the time period of the project.
Take the advice of the people who are experts in PPP.
After choosing the correct type of PPP make sure to prepare a contract for all parties involved in the project.
Sustainability for a Long Period
For the sustainable development, maintenance of services and infrastructure should be maintained for a long period of time, this can be done with the PPP.
Sharing of Risk
If any loss occurs in the project then all the parties involved in the project share the risk this will reduce the loss of the government and private sector.
Innovation
The more parties involved, the more innovative ideas and plans make the project better.
The PPP model has a number of drawbacks, including the following:
Lack of competition: Using a PPP occasionally has the potential to reduce competition and raise prices.
Pros of the Public-Private Partnership
Complexity
The terms and policies to start any project under PPP may be very complex. Sometimes the private parties face difficulty in fulfilling all the terms and policies of the government sector.
Time-consuming
It takes a lot of time to initiate the projects sometimes due to lack of proper communication and plan leads to stop the project.
Conflict
If some conflict arises due to any reason between two sectors then it becomes difficult to continue the project.
Political Inference
In PPP political interference may result in a change in the direction of the project that may cause difficulty for the private sector.
PPP also stands for the Point-Point- Protocol
The three components of the PPP are;
Link Control Protocol
High Level Data Link Control Protocol
Network Controls Protocols
PPP is also known as the funding project model in which the government provides funds for the private sector for the completion of the project
Some sectors are telecommunications, healthcare, education, power and energy, and transportation.