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How to Host a Workshop with NCPPP
Learn how your organization can work with NCPPP to host a workshop in your area
• Real Estate Workshop
• Transportation Workshop
• Water/Wastewater Workshop

NCPPP Awarded FTA Grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded the NCPPP a grant to conduct a program that includes a series of four workshops on the use of public-private partnerships for development of transit projects. A particular focus of this program will be the use of Transit Oriented Development (TODs) as a means of supplementing the funding for these projects ... more

Joint Effort by the AGC and NCPPP
As reported at the Board Meeting in Houston in November, the Council and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) are working together on a workshop designed to outline PPPs as a viable option in the public works development process. A major objective of the workshop will be to clarify many misperceptions about PPPs and to raise awareness that this alternative funding method for projects can be of benefit to the contracting community ... more

NCPPP Holds another Federal Properties Workshop
This 1-day event, held at the Westin City Hotel in Washington, DC, on February 6th, featured David Bibb, Deputy Administrator of GSA, as the keynote speaker. Mr. Bibb kicked off the meeting with a report on the current state and evolution of federal real property policy ... more

UNECE Guidebook on governance
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe has just published a Guidebook on Promoting Good Governance in Public-Private Partners, now available here.

PPPs for Federal Properties: Opportunities & Challenges
February 6, 2008
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Art Smith Statement Made Upon Release of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission's Report
January 18, 2008
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The Capital Beltway & Public-Private Partnerships
The George Washington University Capstone Study "The Capital Beltway & Public-Private Partnerships" presented at the December 12 meeting of the Transportation Institute is now available.
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Annual Meeting Sees Record Turnout
The November 1 - 2 events in Houston were some of the most successful that the Council has held in the last decade.Over 250 people attended, largely the result of the strong cosponsoring support seen from the Texas Department of Transportation, the Association of Water Board Directors of Texas and the Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council...more

President Butler Addresses Board
Upon his election by the Board of Directors as the new President of the NCPPP, Ken Butler (Capital Partnerships) took a few minutes to outline his goals for his two-year term. Butler has served on the Executive Committee for seven years, most recently as President-Elect and prior to that as the Vice President of Finance...more

Transportation Institute Meets
Members of the NCPPP Transportation Institute (TI) met on December 12 to prepare plans for their activities for 2008. The first item on the agenda was a presentation by students of The George Washington University Graduate School for Public Policy & Public Administration ... more

NCPPP Conducts a NLC Workshop
A team from the NCPPP conducted a day-long session on November 13, as part of the National League of Cities Congress of Cities, held in New Orleans. An audience of 65 mayors and other elected officials participated in the session that explored the use of public-private partnerships for economic development, transportation and water/wastewater projects ... more

NCPPP and Toyo University Sign Agreement
In 2006, President Art Smith (Management Analysis Inc.) participated in a PPP Forum conducted by Toyo University in Tokyo, Japan. As a direct response to his participation, three NCPPP representatives were asked to return to the University's campus for another forum, held on September 27 of this year...more

Water Associations Meet
On December 5, the associations representing the water and wastewater sector met to discuss areas of mutual interest. Participants in the meeting included both volunteer leadership and staff of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), the NCPPP, US Conference of Mayors' Water Council, Water Design-Build Council (WDBC), Water Partnership Council (WPC) and the Water & Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) ... more

NLC Presentations Available
Presentations from the National League of Cities meeting on November 13, 2007 are now available including ones by Rick Norment (NCPPP), Charlie Hales (HDR), Bob Jennings (Scannell Properties), and Dan Sugarman (United Water)
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New Case Studies Available
NCPPP 2007 Public-Private Partnership Award recipients case studies are now available:
• Great Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Hammerhead Barracks Energy Renovation
• Herryford Village at Fort Belvoir

NCPPP 2007 Annual Report
The NCPPP's 2007 Annual Report is now available.
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NCPPP's 2007 Annual Meeting
View full presentations from the November 2, 2007 meeting in Houston, TX.
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Press Release
Annual Public-Private Partnerships Awards Recipients Named (October 8, 2007)
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Press Release
Joint NCPPP and UNECE press conference for a preview of “UNECE Guide to Promoting Good Governance in Public-Private Partnerships”
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International Institute
As part of last year's training session for UN Development Program personnel (Insights, Fall, 2006), a call for "faculty members" led to a surprisingly strong response. The NCPPP had little difficulty in filling the over a dozen slots on the five-day program...more

Fundamentals of Public-Private Partnerships
Presentation by Richard Norment (NCPPP) in Luguillo, Puerto Rico, 8/07
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