PPP bags 2nd international award

MANILA, Philippines - The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center of the Philippines bagged its second international award after emerging as winner in the annual IJGlobal Asia Pacific Awards 2014 held at Singapore.

PPP Center was recognized as Asia Pacific Grantor of the Year, in recognition of its role as a government body that advises awarding authorities on the procurement of infrastructure projects.

IJGlobal Infrastructure Journal and Project Finance Magazine recognizes excellence, achievement and innovation in energy and infrastructure finance. It also honors excellence of market participants by naming outstanding public and private sector players in the region.

The awarding body is composed of industry leaders in the various areas of international infrastructure finance.

This is the second international award bagged by the PPP Center after winning last year’s Best Central/Regional Government PPP Promoter of the UK-Based Partnerships Bulletin.

For 2015, the PPP Center is shortlisted again for the said category. Its two projects, the PPP for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP) Phase II and Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) Project, have also been shortlisted as Best Education Project and Best Transit Project, respectively.

“We feel very honored to receive this international recognition. This reflects the hard work and efforts of our institution as the main driver of Public-Private Partnership program in the country,” PPP Center executive director Cosette Canilao said.