An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Supervising and Monitoring PPP and Concession Contracts

Oversight, Performance Management and Compliance for Contracting Authorities

Supervising and Monitoring PPP and Concession Contracts

Scheduled Dates

09 - 13 Nov 2026
Online
$4,950
07 - 11 Dec 2026
London - UK
$5,950
10 - 14 May 2027
London - UK
$5,950
20 - 24 Sep 2027
London - UK
$5,950
08 - 12 Nov 2027
Online
$4,950
06 - 10 Dec 2027
London - UK
$5,950

Why Choose this Training Course?

This Supervising and Monitoring PPP and Concession Contracts training course develops the capabilities required to protect public value throughout the operational life of a PPP or concession. Participants will learn to establish effective contract management functions, monitor service performance and enforce contractual obligations. They will also develop practical approaches to reporting, risk oversight and stakeholder coordination.

Effective supervision ensures that the private partner delivers the agreed assets and services at the required standard. The training course explains how to translate contractual commitments into monitoring plans, performance indicators and compliance controls. It also addresses payment mechanisms, deductions, benchmarking, contract changes and dispute prevention.

This Supervising and Monitoring PPP and Concession Contracts training course will highlight:

  • PPP contract governance frameworks
  • Contract management functions
  • Performance and service monitoring
  • Compliance and risk oversight
  • Payment and deduction mechanisms
  • Stakeholder coordination and reporting

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Supervising and Monitoring PPP and Concession Contracts training course, participants will learn to:

  • Establish a contract management function
  • Interpret output and service specifications
  • Develop performance monitoring plans
  • Apply KPIs and service standards
  • Manage reporting and compliance obligations
  • Calculate performance deductions
  • Conduct benchmarking and market testing
  • Report contract performance effectively

Who is this Training Course for?

This Supervising and Monitoring PPP and Concession Contracts training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • PPP Unit Officials
  • Public-Sector Contract Managers
  • Concession Supervision Officers
  • Infrastructure Regulatory Officials
  • PPP Performance and Compliance Officers
  • Public-Sector Contract Administrators
  • Infrastructure Audit and Assurance Professionals
  • Government Infrastructure Delivery Officials

How will this Training Course be Presented?

Participants will receive thorough training through a balanced combination of expert facilitation, applied case studies and hands-on exercises. The training course draws on real concession agreements and international oversight practice, and uses worked examples of performance regimes, deduction calculations and monitoring dashboards. Group work, structured discussion and scenario exercises allow participants to apply each technique to the context of their own institution.

Organisational Impact

The Organisation will have the following benefits:

  • Stronger contract supervision capability
  • Earlier identification of performance failures
  • More consistent compliance enforcement
  • Better application of contractual deductions
  • Improved performance reporting
  • Stronger protection of public value
  • Reduced dispute and renegotiation risks

Personal Impact

At the end of this training course, the participants will gain the following:

  • Stronger contract interpretation skills
  • Practical monitoring-plan capabilities
  • Greater confidence in applying deductions
  • Better private-partner oversight
  • Improved compliance management skills
  • Stronger performance reporting capabilities
  • Better judgement in managing contract risks

Daily Agenda

Day 1: The PPP Contract Management Mandate
  • The PPP lifecycle and the shift from procurement to contract management
  • Why the management phase determines whether value for money is realised
  • The contract management unit: purpose, structure and staffing
  • Roles and responsibilities across the authority, the regulator and the private partner
  • Building the contract management manual and the obligations baseline
  • Effective handover from the transaction team to the management team
Day 2: Performance Monitoring Frameworks
  • Output and performance specifications as the basis for monitoring
  • Designing and interpreting key performance indicators and service levels
  • Availability regimes and performance regimes explained
  • Self-monitoring by the private partner versus independent certification
  • The role of the independent certifier or monitoring engineer
  • Building a monitoring plan and a defensible evidence trail
Day 3: Compliance and Obligations Management
  • Creating and maintaining an obligations register
  • Managing reporting, information and access rights
  • Conducting inspections, audits and performance reviews
  • Identifying, recording and grading non-compliance
  • Cure periods, remediation plans and escalation
  • Record keeping that will withstand scrutiny and dispute
Day 4: Payment Mechanisms, Deductions and Incentives
  • How the payment mechanism links performance to payment
  • Calculating availability and performance deductions
  • Abatement, penalty points and persistent breach regimes
  • Incentive mechanisms and their limits
  • Benchmarking and market testing of services
  • Practical deduction and abatement exercises
Day 5: Managing Change, Relationships and Reporting
  • Managing variations and minor changes without eroding value
  • Relationship management and constructive challenge
  • Early warning systems for performance and dispute risk
  • Performance dashboards and reporting to government
  • Capturing lessons learned across a portfolio of contracts
  • Continuous improvement of the supervision function

Certificate

  • Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded an official PetroKnowledge Certificate of Completion, signed by the course facilitator. The certificate confirms successful participation and records the total learning hours completed.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.

Accreditation

NASBA Approved Training Courses

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