Last year, the Head of State in his Address to the People of Kazakhstan noted the need to pay attention to better preparation of public-private partnership projects with the participation of international financial institutions. In order to fulfill this instruction, work is currently underway with international financial institutions to form this pool. Chairman of the Board of JSC «Kazakhstan Center for Public-Private Partnership» Aslan Kaligazin spoke about it in more detail during a press conference in the CCS.

According to him, projects are selected from among proposals from local and central government agencies. Then they are agreed with international financial institutions and included in the relevant list, which is approved by the Government of Kazakhstan. The development of these projects is carried out by international consultants selected by international financial institutions with the participation of interested government agencies and the PPP Center.

The head of the Center cited the example of the university hospital project in Karaganda, which was included in the list. Consultants from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) developed tender documentation and announced an international competition to select a private partner. Also, currently, ADB consultants are developing documentation for the project for the construction and operation of a student dormitory in Almaty.

«In general, practice shows that the presence of such a pool of PPP projects is assessed by international investors as transparency and consistency of the state's investment policy, which increases its investment attractiveness. Such joint work will certainly provide an opportunity to improve the quality of these projects through the use of the best world practices,» – said Aslan Kaligazin.

He also focused on the issue of developing the professional competencies of all participants in the process. Since 2015, the PPP Development Center has been training specialists from government agencies and the business community. Over the past three years, about 60 seminars and webinars have been held, covering about 800 participants. On-site seminars were held in Aktobe, Almaty, Konayev, Kostanay, Karaganda and Turkestan.

The PPP Development Center also interacts with international financial organizations. Thus, with the support of the EBRD, ADB and IFC, training was conducted under the international certification program for specialists in the field of PPP for 67 participants from central government bodies and local executive bodies.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/economy/press/news/details/972987?lang=kk