Huambo - Public managers from the provinces of Bié and Huambo have been participating since Monday, in a training on public-private partnerships, for better identification and selection of projects, which can be implemented in the General State Budget (OGE-2025).
The training, which takes place in the city of Huambo, includes municipal and deputy administrators, secretaries-general and directors of the Economic and Integrated Development, Infrastructure and Studies, Planning and Statistics offices of the two governments, within the framework of the National Development Plan.
In four days, participants will be trained on the notions of public-private partnerships and applicable legislation, how they are used – motivations and warnings, procedures to start the process of developing a project, management platform and creation of infrastructures.
On the occasion, the national director for Public-Private Partnerships of the Ministry of Planning, Augusto Dembo, said that, in recent times, there has been a lack of knowledge on the part of governments and municipal administrations about what the legislation provides, in the implementation of projects for the provision of services and beyond
To this end, he said, there is an urgent need to address comprehensive matters on the identification and preparation of projects, which involve the preparation of feasibility studies and the sharing of risks between the public and private sectors, through the creation of solid and long-term relationships.
In his turn, the secretary-general of the Government of Huambo province, Tiago Cangombe António, stressed that PPPs are relationships made up of contracts, through which legal entities undertake, in a lasting way, to ensure the development of an activity aimed at satisfying a collective need.
He added that, in this initiative, the responsibility for financing, investment, operation and associated risks rests, in whole or in part, with the private partner.
With this training of the staff, he continued, it is intended to achieve what is established in the National Development Plan (NDP), in the program for the reform and sustainability of public finances, with the aim of promoting PPPs, as a source of financing for infrastructure and services.
The initiative aims to train managers from the country's 18 provinces, with the aim of promoting PPPs as a source of financing for infrastructure and public services. ZZN/JSV/ALH/DOJ
