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Differentiating high-quality Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects that are fit for purpose for the SDGs from the rest is a crucial step in implementing the People-first PPP approach in national infrastructure policies and programmes.
In November 2018, the UNECE Working Party (WP) on PPPs recognized that identifying a proper evaluation methodology for scoring PPP projects, and encourage the various partners to make them People-first was the next most crucial step in implementing the People-first PPP approach; and that a joint effort from multiple stakeholders, including contributions from a broad group of experts and organizations was needed to develop such a methodology. The WP therefore requested the secretariat to give priority to the development of such a methodology, and to submit a proposal for the creation of an evaluation methodology project team to the Bureau, for consideration and approval.
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d. Stakeholders including CSOs, including NGOs and academia, in assessing new and existing PPP projects at different stages of their lifecycle life-cycle towards the achievement of the SDGs. The tool could also be used to enhance PPPs that do not meet the SDG requirements. Reporting on progress of infrastructure projects will improve transparency and governance in that it can strengthen people’s right to express their views on the merits and demerits of specific projects.
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b. Use the five People-first core outcomes[3] and other factors, including:
- Intent Intent: extent to which parties to the project intend to achieve environmental and social impact from their project;
- Verification Verification: that the impacts/outcomes are in fact able to be verified;
- Location: that the locations of projects can make the greatest contribution to social development if they are in countries where the development challenges are the greatest.
c. Identify relevant methodological frameworks or indicators under each outcome. These must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Reasonable and Time-bounded (SMART).
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