On February 13, we held the first OPPS seminar, “Mechanism and Essence of Overseas Infrastructure/PPP Projects,” which was planned with the aim of learning the basics of PPP in response to the voices of member companies. A total of 32 people attended, filling the venue.

The lecturer was Mr. Gin Sasaki, Executive Officer and Managing Director of Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC. Based on his experience at think tanks and international financial institutions, he gave a practical and easy-to-understand talk about “overseas PPP overview and key points in 3 hours”.

It was very well received by everyone who participated, and all respondents to the questionnaire gave the impression that they were “very satisfied” or “satisfied.” In addition, we have received many comments such as “The explanation was very easy to understand and I learned a lot” about the specialized and advanced content.

We plan to hold two more seminars within the year. In principle, it is for OPPS members, but non-members can also participate for a fee. If you would like to participate, please contact the OPPS secretariat.

　会員企業の声を受け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1回「海外インフラ・PPPプロジェクトの仕組みと本質」を2月13日に開催しました。会場が満席となる32名の方が参加しました。

　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。シンクタンク・国際金融機関等での経験を踏まえ、実践的でわかりやすい内容の「3時間でわかる海外PPPの全体像とツボ」についてお話頂きました。

　参加頂いた皆様からは大変好評で、アンケートの回答者全員から「大変満足」または「満足」との感想を頂きました。また、専門的かつ先進的な内容を「大変わかりやすく説明いただき、勉強になった」等のコメントを多数頂いております。

　セミナーは年度内にあと2回開催する予定です。原則としてOPPS会員の方向けですが、会員以外の方も有料でご参加頂けます。参加をご希望の方はOPPS事務局までお問い合わせください。

The 4th meeting of the OPPS Forum was held on January 30th at the Trust City Conference Marunouchi for the purpose of mutual exchange and information sharing among members. 10 regular member companies, 1 associate member company, and an observer, Mr. Miyasaka, from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Overseas Project Promotion Division participated.

There were reports on overseas arena PPP case studies, overseas PPP project progress reports, overseas development banks’ PPP support schemes, and overseas smart city activities. In addition, plans for PPP seminars (study groups) have been announced, and we plan to invite participants and hold a total of three seminars by the end of the fiscal year.

4th OPPS Forum

Following the forum, the 2020 New Year’s party was held. Mr. Kunihiro Yamada, Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Mr. Yasuhiro Okanishi, Director-General for International Affairs, Mr. Hideki Hirai, Deputy Director-General, and Mr. Yusuke Miyasaka, Director of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism attended as guests, and received a very grateful congratulatory address from Mr. Yamada. Mr. Keisuke Nakamura, Director of the Asian Office of the Inter-American Development Bank, also participated.

New Year’s party

This year, OPPS is in its second year of activity, and will continue to vigorously promote activities toward the formation of overseas PPP projects and the promotion of projects by member companies.

　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4回会合を1月30日にトラストシティカンファレンス丸の内で開催しました。正会員10社・準会員1社と、オブザーバーである国土交通省海外プロジェクト推進課から宮坂課長が参加されました。

　海外アリーナPPP事例紹介、海外PPP案件進捗状況報告、海外開発系銀行のPPP支援スキームについてと海外スマートシティに関する活動状況等の報告が行われました。また、PPPセミナー（勉強会）の企画が発表され、参加者を募り年度内に全3回のセミナーを開催する予定です。

第4回OPPSフォーラムの様子

　フォーラムに引き続き2020年の賀詞交歓会が行われました。来賓として国土交通省から山田邦博技監、岡西康博国際統括官、平井秀輝審議官及び宮坂祐介課長にご参加頂き、山田技監から大変ありがたい祝辞を頂戴しました。また、米州開発銀行アジア事務所長の中村圭介様にもご参加頂きました。

賀詞交歓会の様子

OPPSでは活動2年目となる今年も海外PPP案件の形成と会員企業によるプロジェクト推進に向けて、精力的に活動を進めて参ります。

On November 21, Vice Chairman Mr. Uemura participated as a committee member in the 2nd “Study Group on Railway Maintenance and Development Along Railway Lines” held at the Japan Transport Research Institute. Representative Director Yamauchi also participates in the study group as director of the Japan Transport Research Institute. Committee members are participating.

This time, the meeting proceeded with the administrative staff explaining the materials to be presented at the ASEAN seminar scheduled to be held next spring, and the committee members commenting on them. At the seminar, issues in urban railway development in ASEAN cities were extracted, items to be considered for railway development were organized, Japan’s technical and financial contribution measures were examined, PPP case studies and TOD (Transit Oriented We are planning to propose specific solutions to each urban traffic problem based on the utilization of the Development).