PPP Policy
Textbox 2.6: Guidance on Stakeholder Consultation Stakeholders Usually Consulted During PPP Policy Public sector
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Priate sector
• Business beneficiaries of the PPP Programme objectives, including exporters, importers and general business • Developers, contractors, construction companies • Operators, asset managers • Etc.
Financial sector
• Banks • Investors banks and funds • Funds and other investors • Insurance • Insurance providers • Rating agencies
Professional bodies and consultants
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Organised Labor
• Unions
Academic and training institutions
• Universities • Colleges • Research centres / institutes
Media
• Journalists
Development Partners, International Financial Institutions (IFIs)
• Caribbean Development Bank • Inter-American Development Bank • The World Bank
Customers and Consumer Groups
National Ministries and Departments Government Agencies Audit Offices State Owned Enterprises Parliamentary bodies related to budgetary and public works topics Provincial / Regional governments Local governments Etc.
Financial advisors Lawyers General management consultants • Etc.
• Consulting engineers • Project managers
• International Finance Corp. • PPP Regional Support Facility • Etc.
• Users/ consumers of proposed PPP projects • Public groupings identified in line with the objectives of the PPP Programme, and groupings skeptical about PPPs
The PPP policy team should prepare a tailored consultation plan, taking into account any formal requirements, as well as seeking the opinion of leading members of each stakeholder group. A Stakeholder Consultation Plan helps: (i) define key groups of stakeholders; (ii) explain why stakeholders are being consulted; and (iii) define how the government will undertake the consultations and how the results will feed into the wider Policy Formulation Process. To ensure the process generates value, it is important to determine the purpose of the consultations with each stakeholder. In general, there are three main objectives of consultation, namely:
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