## Strengthening Governance of Public Infrastructure — Agenda — November 12-15, 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [Strengthening Governance of Public Infrastructure — Agenda — November 12-15, 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/topics/fiscal/fiscal-risks/seminarsdocs/workshopagenda-ig-slovenia-nov2019.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/files/topics/fiscal/fiscal-risks/seminarsdocs/workshopagenda-ig-slovenia-nov2019.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/topics/fiscal/fiscal-risks/seminarsdocs/workshopagenda-ig-slovenia-nov2019.pdf.json) --- ### Strengthening Infrastructure Governance (Tuesday, Nov 12) - 08:30 – 09:00 Registration of participants - 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome statement, introductions, and workshop objectives and expectations; Brief introduction of participants - Speakers: G. Schwartz (IMF); J. Repanšek (CEF); R. Heikkinen (EC) - 09:30 – 10:45 P1. What is Infrastructure Governance and why is it important? - Discussion Panel on definition and importance of infrastructure governance; link to public investment efficiency. - Moderator: G. Schwartz; Panelists: (not listed) - 10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break - 11:00 – 12:00 L1. Infrastructure Governance in the region and in Europe, current practices and challenges - Presentation: main findings of IMF’s capacity development activities in the region and globally. - Speaker: C. Renteria; Contributors: Mediha Agar (WB), Jonas Fallow (WB) - 12:00 – 13:00 P2. Infrastructure Governance Community of Practice – International Experience - Discussion of international experience and relevance for the region; Presentation of IMF’s platform supporting the Infrastructure Governance Regional Network. - Presenters: E. Aldunate; I. Rial - 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break - 14:00 – 15:30 L2. Strengthening public investment planning - Presentation topics: Strategic planning; coordination between sectorial and national strategies; costing infrastructure projects. - Presenters: E. Tandberg; E. Aldunate; Country teams - 15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break - 15:45 – 17:00 WG1. Case Study – Costing infrastructure projects, Dealing with uncertainty and risks - Exercise: Costing of a project and use of scenario analysis. Group work. - Facilitators: I. Rial; E. Aldunate; S. Flynn; E. Tandberg - Evening: Welcome dinner ### Allocating resources for public infrastructure (Wednesday, Nov 13) - 09:00 – 09:15 Reflections on what we learned on Day 1. Discussion. - Facilitator: S. Flynn - 09:15 – 10:30 L3. Budgeting for infrastructure projects - Presentation: Medium-term fiscal framework and expenditures ceilings for capital expenditure; project selection criteria, maintenance. - Presenters: E. Aldunate; S. Flynn - 10:30 – 11:00 L4. External funding for infrastructure: Instrument for Pre-accession - Presentation: The Western Balkan Investment Framework. - Presenter: Ritva Heikkinen (EC-DGNEAR) - 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break - 11:15 – 12:15 L5. External funding for infrastructure: addressing dual capital budgeting - Presentation: Role of external funding; importance of a single pipeline for projects; challenges in project selection and budget funding. - Presenters: C. Renteria; E. Tandberg; R. Heikkinen - 12:15 – 13:30 Lunch break - 13:30 – 15:00 L6. Managing external funding for infrastructure - Presentation by country teams: Current national practices. - Presenters: Country teams - 15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break - 15:15 – 16:15 WG2. Case Study – Project selection, Building a fiscally sustainable infrastructure portfolio - Exercise: Given a hypothetical medium-term fiscal framework, a capital expenditure ceiling, a project selection criterion, and a pipeline of appraised projects, participants will propose a set of projects for budget funding and discuss options. Group work. - Facilitators: I. Rial; E. Aldunate; S. Flynn; E. Tandberg - 16:15 – 17:00 Case Study discussion - Evening: City Tour ### Oversight and management of infrastructure projects — Dealing with risks in infrastructure (Thursday, Nov 14) - 09:00 – 09:15 Reflections on what we learned on Day 2. Discussion. - Facilitator: S. Flynn - 09:15 – 10:15 L7. Monitoring and managing infrastructure projects and public assets - Presentation: Current practices and regional challenges monitoring and managing infrastructure projects, balance sheet. - Presenter: E. Aldunate - 10:15 – 11:30 L8. Private sector participation in public infrastructure - Presentation: the role of private sector financing in public infrastructure, macro-fiscal implications of PPPs, challenges for infrastructure governance. - Presenter: I. Rial; Contributors: Country teams - 11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break - 11:45 – 12:45 L9. The PPP Fiscal Risk Assessment Model—PFRAM 2.0 - Presentation: what is PFRAM 2.0; what it can and cannot do; how it works; how to use in fiscal analysis. - Presenter: I. Rial - 12:45 – 14:00 Lunch break - 14:00 – 15:00 WG3. Case Study—Evaluation of fiscal costs and risks of PPPs using PFRAM 2.0 - Exercise: participants will work with a PPP portfolio of 3 projects, input them in the PFRAM, simulate impact on the portfolio of macro shocks and a contract termination. Group work. - Facilitators: I. Rial; E. Aldunate; S. Flynn; E. Tandberg - 15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break - 15:15 – 16:00 WG3 [cont.] Group work - Facilitator: I. Rial - 16:00 – 17:00 Case Study—Discussion ### Infrastructure Governance and Fiscal Transparency (Friday, Nov 15) - 09:00 – 09:15 Reflections on what we learned on Day 3. Discussion. - Facilitator: S. Flynn - 09:15 – 10:15 L10. Infrastructure Governance and Fiscal Transparency - Presentation of country teams: current practices reporting infrastructure assets and related risks, balance sheets. - Presenters: E. Tandberg; S. Flynn; Country teams - 10:15 – 11:15 L11. The role of information systems in supporting infrastructure governance - Presentation: what do we expect from a strong information system; how far is the region from good practices. - Presenter: E. Aldunate; Country teams - 11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break - 11:30 – 12:30 P3. Launch of the “Infrastructure Governance Regional Network” - Discussion: Definition of objectives, approving basic guidelines/rules. Selection of country representative to preside the first year. Date and country of next meeting. - Facilitator: C. Renteria - 12:30 – 13:00 P4. Open Discussion on key challenges in the region to strengthen infrastructure governance; Concluding Remarks - Facilitator: C. Renteria - 13:00 – 13:30 Seminar evaluation, certificates and wrap-up - Facilitators: C. Renteria; J. Repanšek - 13:30 Closing lunch --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/topics/fiscal/fiscal-risks/seminarsdocs/workshopagenda-ig-slovenia-nov2019.pdf_