The 5th meeting of the OPPS Forum was held on April 15th for the purpose of mutual exchange and information sharing among members. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, it was the first remote meeting using Zoom. A total of 30 people from 10 regular member companies and 2 associate member companies participated.

There was a report on the international forum that I participated in in February, a report on project screening tool development, a survey report on construction-related companies, and information sharing on new overseas PPP projects. In the future, it will continue to be difficult to hold meetings in one place, but we will proceed with project formation using screening tools.

<FY2019 5th OPPS Forum Program>

1. Opening

2. Introduction of attendees

3. Review handouts

4. Theme
① International Forum Report (Secretariat)　
　・Report on the US-Japan Infrastructure Forum (February 6)
　・10th World Urban Forum (February 8-13)
　・Examples of smart cities around the world

② COGITE Screening Tool Completion Report (Secretariat)

③ Survey Report: “Current Situation and Strategies of Construction-Related Companies Expanding Internationally” (Secretariat)

④ Member company introduction New overseas PPP project (IC)

⑤ Report (Secretariat)
　・Overseas PPP project progress report
　・OPPS PPP seminar held report
　・Future plans (general meeting, next forum)

5. Q&A and opinion exchange

6. Closing

　会員相互の交流と情報共有を目的としたOPPSフォーラムの第5回会合を4月15日に開催しました。新型コロナウイルスの影響を受け、Zoomを使用した初めてのリモート会議となりました。正会員10社・準会員2社から計30名が参加しました。

　2月に参加した国際フォーラムの報告、案件スクリーニングツール開発の報告、建設関連企業に関する調査報告、新規の海外PPP案件の情報共有がありました。今後も一堂に会しての会議が難しい状況が続きますが、スクリーニングツールを活用した案件形成を進めてまいります。

＜2019年度第５回ＯＰＰＳフォーラムプログラム＞

1. 開会
2. 出席者ご紹介
3．配布資料の確認
4. テーマ
① 国際フォーラム報告（事務局）　
・日米インフラフォーラム報告（2月6日）
・第10回世界都市フォーラム（2月8～13日）
・世界のスマートシティ事例

② COGITEスクリーニングツール完成報告（事務局）

③ 調査報告：「国際展開する建設関連企業の現状と戦略」（事務局）

④ 会員企業紹介　海外PPP新規案件（IC）

⑤ 報告（事務局）
・海外PPP案件進捗状況報告
・OPPS PPPセミナー開催報告
・今後の予定（総会、次回フォーラム）
5. 質疑応答・意見交換
6. 閉会

The 2nd OPPS Seminar, “Fundamentals of Overseas Infrastructure Investment Practices,” was held on April 9th. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, it was held as a webinar using Zoom. 34 people participated remotely, mainly from full member companies.

The lecturer was Mr. Hitoshi Sasaki, Executive Officer and Managing Director of Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC. He talked about “from project formation to implementation” in an easy-to-understand manner based on his practical experience. The third meeting is scheduled for April 22nd.

PPPの基本を学ぶことを目的として企画したOPPSセミナーの第2回「海外インフラ投資実務の基礎」を4月9日に開催しました。新型コロナウイルスの影響を受け、Zoomを利用したウェビナーとして実施しました。正会員企業を中心に34名がリモートで参加しました。

　講師はデロイトトーマツフィナンシャルアドバイザリー合同会社執行役員マネージングディレクターの佐々木仁氏。「プロジェクトの形成から実施まで」について、実務経験に即してわかりやすくお話頂きました。第3回は4月22日の開催を予定しています。

OPPS exhibited at the 10th World Urban Forum (sponsored by UN-Habitat) held in Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) from February 8 to 13. In addition to OPPS, we exhibited panels introducing smart city initiatives by three member companies (Index Consulting Co., Ltd., Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd., and Fujita Corporation).

World Cities Forum Venue (Abu Dhabi)

In addition, Ms. Ikedo of Index Consulting Co., Ltd., a member company, represented OPPS at the panel discussion on February 9th and gave a presentation titled “Localizing the SDGs through PPP in Smart Cities – Lessons learned from Asia to the world-”. We did. Mr. Kurita, Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Ms. Ikedo were the only two speakers from Japanese government agencies/companies.

Ms. Ikedo giving a presentation

The World Urban Forum is held every two years and is a large-scale international conference attended by more than 20,000 people from 160 countries around the world. OPPS will continue to share and disseminate information on smart cities.

Activity introduction panel (Daiwa Lease + Fujita)