The 11th meeting of the OPPS Forum was held on July 20th for the purpose of mutual exchange and information sharing among members. This time, it was held online again, but a total of 23 people from 10 member companies, 1 observer from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and 3 people from the African Development Bank participated.

This time, we received a presentation on “World Bank Initiatives” from the World Bank and the “Infrastructure Systems Overseas Expansion Action Plan 2021” from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Overseas Project Promotion Division. The secretariat shared information on PPP projects in Tunisia and Ghana.

<11th OPPS Forum Program>
1. Opening

2. Theme
　(1) About the World Bank’s efforts
　(2) Infrastructure Systems Overseas Expansion Action Plan 2021
　(3) New PPP project information sharing
　　・Tunisia
　(4) Other information sharing

3. Questions and Answers / Exchange of Opinions

4. Closing

General Incorporated Association PPP Promotion and Support Organization (commonly known as OPPS) held its general meeting on May 18th.

Two proposals were approved: “Fiscal 2020 business report, business income and expenditure, and approval of financial statements” and “Fiscal 2021 business plan and income and expenditure budget formulation.”

In fiscal 2020, due to restrictions on movement due to the corona crisis, we postponed overseas research and public relations activities. We invited guests such as banks, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and the Asian Development Bank to introduce their efforts, provide information on new projects, and strive to share knowledge with an eye on the post-corona era. In addition, we participated remotely in the Japan-ASEAN Smart City Network High Level Meeting and the Japan-US Infrastructure Forum. In the 2021 activity plan, we will invite external lecturers to hold seminars, further discover new projects, further expand the network to form a consortium, and more actively seek new members.

Even as the corona crisis continues, the global demand for infrastructure has not decreased. This year, OPPS will continue to build more and more networks in Japan and overseas, and will receive various orders from developed countries, Asia, Africa, Central and South America, and other parts of the world. We will continue to discover new projects for the infrastructure business.

The 10th meeting of the OPPS Forum was held on March 17th for the purpose of exchange and information sharing among members. Although it was held online, a total of 28 people from 11 member companies and one observer from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism participated.

This time, we received a presentation from the Asian Development Bank about their efforts to support public-private partnership projects. The secretariat shared the verification results of projects introduced at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s PPP seminar and information on new PPP projects.

<10th OPPS Forum Program>

1. Opening

2. Theme
　(1) Efforts of the Asian Development Bank
　(2) Verification of projects introduced at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism PPP seminar
　(3) New PPP project information sharing
　　　① Kazakhstan PPP Project Overview
　　　② Estonia-Finland PPP Project Overview
　(4) Other information sharing

3. Questions and Answers / Exchange of Opinions

4. Closing