• International PPP standards to help implement the post 2015 UN •Development Agenda •Geoffrey Hamilton •UNECE •Brasilia, Brazil •27 April 2015 •Outline •PPP : the way forward for Infrastructure •CHALLENGES to achieve the SDGs •MANDATE •PERSPECTIVE •ACTIONS •MOVING FORWARD •PPP: The way forward for Infrastructure •Finance •Efficiency •Scalability •Sustainable Development •CHALLENGES to achieve the SDGs •Post UN Development Agenda will set extremely ambitious targets, radically increasing access to essential services: • • • • • • • • Energy for all Clean and safe drinking water Resilient and strong infrastructure Human well being (health, education) Internet for all ......others •CHALLENGES to achieve the SDGs cont’d •Enormous investment required (trillions of $) •Lack of public sector skills •Uncertain legal and regulatory frameworks •Need for the private sector be a partner to make the SDGs achievable •Lack of understanding by the business community •Sustainable Development Goals •Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. •Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. •Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. •Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. •Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. •Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. •Sustainable Development Goals cont’d •Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. •Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. •Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries. •Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. •Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. •MANDATE •UNECE International PPP Centre of Excellence (2012): • •Collecting international PPP best practices •Developing international standards •Helping countries with voluntary compliance •Working as one UN (UNECE on behalf of UN Regional Commissions & with UNDP) •The process of developing standards •The Specialist Centre addressing the core challenge in PPP : on Law, Policy and Institutions (France) •Developing international PPP best practices •Supporting the development of PPP international standards: Charter on zero tolerance to corruption in PPP procurement •Assisting countries in implementation •Specialist Centres •PERSPECTIVE • Are standards the way forward? Too much guidance available? (Overkill?) Evidence is available – but Governments choose to ignore it PPP choices present governments with enormous dilemmas… …even for the United Nations (e.g. using PPP to renovate the Palais des Nations) •ACTIONS • •Our Goal: to elaborate 20 to 30 standards in 2-3 years • •First standards are focusing on governance issues in PPPs: Charter on Zero Tolerance to Corruption Certification of Government agencies Policy frameworks for PPPs – Using PPPs for health  •Other standards to be started in 2015: Roads Renewable energy Rail Airports Health projects •Will the UN standards be taken seriously by Governments? • SGDs are universal: they apply to ALL Governments • Focal points within Governments have been set up in over 50 countries Standards making process is led by the Governments Each standard will be developed in 7 months rather than 7 years! Open and transparent system including Public Review Peer reviewed by Business Advisory Board and key stakeholders e.g. World Bank •Will they achieve their goals? •Can we develop high impact, high quality PPP investments ? ‘’Luz para todos’’ project Bringing the Governments back to PPP •UN and Brazil – •Building on Success •Challenges: • •Improving Transparency • •Removing barriers stopping the Infrastructure Programme • •A Charter to Zero Tolerance to Corruption in PPP •UN and Brazil – •Building on Success cont’d •Join the •UNECE PPP Project Teams •Renewable Energy •Water and Sanitation •Transport Infrastructure •Sustainable Cities •Procurement •You are leading the way … •International Specialist Centre on: •Empowering Women •And become a world leader in SDG 5 •UN and Brazil – •Building on Success cont’d •Visit of the UNECE PPP Business Advisory Board (BAB) to Brazil, •to discuss an action oriented programme •to improve delivery, public acceptance •and transparency in PPP. •Thank you! •Geoffrey Hamilton ( UNECE) •geoffrey.hamilton@unece.org