CAF PPP Training for Paraguay Officials
The Directorate of the Public Investment System, attached to the Undersecretariat of Economy of the Ministry of Finance, launched the “CAF Diploma in Public-Private Partnerships for Public Officials in Latin America.”
With the purpose of advancing project design and implementation under Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Paraguay, CAF—development bank of Latin America—and the Directorate of the Public Investment System, attached to the Undersecretariat of Economy of the Ministry of Finance, launched the “CAF Diploma in Public-Private Partnerships for Public Officials in Latin America.”
The ceremony was officially opened by the Deputy Minister of Economy, Humberto Colmán, CAF representative in Paraguay, Joel Branski, and Public Investment System Director Facundo Salinas.
The 6-month course is part of CAF’s non-reimbursable Technical Cooperation provided to the Directorate of the Public Investment System, and comprises a short introductory module and 6 main modules: Project Identification and Prioritization, Choice of Funding Method, Effective Risk Assessment and Transfer, Definition of Economic-financial Model, Contract Tendering, and Contract Supervision and Management.
Training participants will include representatives of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (Road Planning and Strategic Project Management Directorate), National Electricity Administration (Planning and Studies Directorate), Attorney General’s Office and Ministry of Finance (Directorate of the Public Investment System, Directorate-General of Budgeting, Directorate of Macro Fiscal Policy, Directorate of Indebtedness Policy, Treasury Attorney). These officials are in charge of planning, approval, execution and monitoring national public investment projects.
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