On May 19, the 2020 General Meeting was held remotely via Zoom. There were three proposals: (1) business report and income and expenditure report for fiscal 2019, (2) business plan and income and expenditure budget for fiscal 2020, and (3) election of officers, all of which were approved without incident.

A total of 31 people participated, including full members, associate members, and observers. We received words of encouragement from Mr. Miyasaka, Manager of the Overseas Project Promotion Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

OPPS will continue to actively discover overseas PPP projects this fiscal year, and deepen information sharing and exchanges among members.

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

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.

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)